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:	October 2017

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

net nát - causative

Verbs

do - do

is - Copulative, to be

it - strike

nat - talk

non - recognize

nos - make

not - understand

se - see

sit - sit

sos - help

sto - pack, contain

tis - discover

tra - travel

znar - trap

Astronomy

star - star

stri - planet

Adverbs

tre - very

tro - too much

Prepositions

in - LOCATIVE

ten - POSSESSIVE

to - towards

Demonstratives

dat - that

dis - this

Miscellaneous Parts of Speech

init - greeting

nas - PLURAL

ne - REFLEXIVE

Directions and Geography

ar - west

eset - east

nor - north

sot - south

tisit - district

nes - home

ran - plain

sinar - Shinar

People and Family

nan - person

ner - male

nis - woman

sor - sibling

nini - child

son - son

sir - lord, master

tsar - ruler

Animals

nene - avian

nes - nest, lair

tset - insect

Polarity

si - yes

no - no

Numbers

un - one

dos - two

tres - three

ator - four

nanos - five

ses - six

set - seven

lit - eight

nin - nine

tet - ten

Religion

as - god

so - soul

trin - holy

Adjectives

de - other

innir - inside

ste - fast (hard to move)

stat - fast (quick)

tan - friendly

Miscellaneous

aros - greeting

ston - stone

tanaros - Tanaros

tras - trash

tron - chair

znes - game

Text

nan nas sta trá eset en tís ran sinar én tra in tisit de

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 person stone