Tanaros

Tanaros
Pronounced:	['tɑ.nɑ. ros]
Timeline and Universe:	Polycosm?
Species:	Multiple Species
Spoken:	Milky Way Galaxy
Total speakers:	Unknown
Writing system:	Various
Genealogy:	Isolate with heavy human loans
Typology:
Morphology:	Isolating
Morphosyntax:	Nominative
Word order:	SVO
Credits
Creator:	Linguarum Magister
Created:	January 2018

Background

Tanaros is an auxiliary language created for the galactic community. Its most striking feature is the presence of coronal consonants, and coronal consonants only. This is an accommodation to the diverse communicative morphology of intelligent species.

Phonology and Orthography

n [n]

t [t]

s [s]

r [r]

d [d]

z [z]

rn [ɲ]

rt [ʈ]

rs [ʂ]

dn [ɫ]

a [ɑ]

o [o]

e [e]

i [i]

Syllable structure: (C)V(C)

Permitted onsets: n t s r d dz dr dn ts tr zn st str rn rt rs O

Permitted codas: n t s r

Pronouns

ni - 1st person

tu - 2nd person

si - 3rd animate

tin - 3rd inanimate

Verbal Forms

nat - to talk

stá nat - initiative

sta nát - inchoative

én nat - cessative

en nát - perfective

tón nat - continuous

ton nát - imperfective

ro nát - prospective

re nát - retrospective

Text

nan nas sta trá est en tís ran sinar én tra in tisit nte person PL INCHOA move east PFV discover plain Shinar CESS move LOC district other

nan nas stá nat to ne nas person PL INIT talk to REFL PL

ni nas nét nos nan ston 1 PL CAUS make man stone