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| family = Indo-European
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==History==
More commonly just Verát, this was the language spoken by the southern [[dōra|dōras]], most famously, those who's clans entered into the [[Great Pact]] at [[Terek (KVC)|Terek]]. This is the langauge spoken by [[Undun]] and his compatriots, as opposed to the slightly younger and only slightly changed High or [[Terek Verat]] which appears during the [[First Kingdom (KVC)|First Kingdom]]. Genetically, Verát is an old Indo-European language, an early branching-off, indicated by some archaic and otherwise unsusual features. It shares many traits with the Indo-Iranian languages in particular, but is clearly not a member of that family.
More commonly just Verát, this was the language spoken by the southern [[dōra|dōras]], most famously, those who's clans entered into the [[Great Pact]] at [[Terek (KVC)|Terek]]. This is the langauge spoken by [[Undun]] and his compatriots, as opposed to the slightly younger and only slightly changed High or [[Terek Verat]] which appears during the [[First Kingdom (KVC)|First Kingdom]]. Genetically, Verát is an old Indo-European language, an early branching-off, indicated by some archaic and otherwise unsusual features. It shares many traits with the Indo-Iranian languages in particular, but is clearly not a member of that family.


It was clearly in the south and east, especially at Terek, as presumably as far north as Kuban. The early [[First Kingdom (KVC)|First Kingdom]] scholar [[Rōtalka-vega|Rōtálkos]] eksa Kherosko mentions that the territory of [[Leşpeli-vega]] extended only as far north as Kuban, that being the last of the original seven clans to enter the Pact.
It was clearly in the south and east, especially at Terek, as presumably as far north as Kuban. The early [[First Kingdom (KVC)|First Kingdom]] scholar [[Rōtalka-vega|Rōtálkos]] eksa Kherosko mentions that the territory of [[Leşpeli-vega]] extended only as far north as Kuban, that being the last of the original seven clans to enter the Pact.
==Orthography and Phonology==
''Also:'' [[Old Verat Phonology]]
The Phonology of Verat is somewhat simpler than that of Proto-Indo-European. It shows 15 phonemic consonants and 5 vowels with phonemic length contrasts. Traditionally, the consonants are divided into three main series.
{| style="text-align:center"
!  !! Voiceless !! Voiced !! Fricative !! Nasal
|-
! Velar
| k || g || kh || 
|-
! Labial
| p || b || v || m
|-
! Alveolar
| t || d || s || n
|}
As wells as '''r''', '''l''', '''j''', and '''ş''' which constitute a fourth series of coronal continuants. For vowels, we have:
{| cellpadding="4"
! Short-
|i||e||a||o||u
|-
! Long-
|ī||ē||ā||ō||ū
|}
==Noun==
''Also:'' [[Old Verat Noun]]
==Verb==
''Also:'' [[Old Verat Verb]]

Revision as of 00:18, 2 May 2007

Old Verat
Verát
Spoken in: Terek Highlands (Teregvérga)
Conworld: Khelivega Continuity
Total speakers: Roughly 300 Thousand
Genealogical classification: Indo-European
Indo-Caucasian
Vertaic
Old Verat
Basic word order: SOV
Morphological type: Inflecting
Morphosyntactic alignment: Split-S
Writing system:
Created by:
S. G. McCabe c2002 CE

History

More commonly just Verát, this was the language spoken by the southern dōras, most famously, those who's clans entered into the Great Pact at Terek. This is the langauge spoken by Undun and his compatriots, as opposed to the slightly younger and only slightly changed High or Terek Verat which appears during the First Kingdom. Genetically, Verát is an old Indo-European language, an early branching-off, indicated by some archaic and otherwise unsusual features. It shares many traits with the Indo-Iranian languages in particular, but is clearly not a member of that family.

It was clearly in the south and east, especially at Terek, as presumably as far north as Kuban. The early First Kingdom scholar Rōtálkos eksa Kherosko mentions that the territory of Leşpeli-vega extended only as far north as Kuban, that being the last of the original seven clans to enter the Pact.

Orthography and Phonology

Also: Old Verat Phonology

The Phonology of Verat is somewhat simpler than that of Proto-Indo-European. It shows 15 phonemic consonants and 5 vowels with phonemic length contrasts. Traditionally, the consonants are divided into three main series.


Voiceless Voiced Fricative Nasal
Velar k g kh
Labial p b v m
Alveolar t d s n

As wells as r, l, j, and ş which constitute a fourth series of coronal continuants. For vowels, we have:

Short- i e a o u
Long- ī ē ā ō ū

Noun

Also: Old Verat Noun

Verb

Also: Old Verat Verb