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Catralian, natively Cātralus, was the primary language of the Cātran Empire. Hailing from the southwest of Sandula, the ancestor of Catralian is little understood (if I'm being honest, it doesn't exist). Catralian had very regular morphological patterns and syntax that was very loose. Catralian's descendants are among the most spoken languages in modern Sandula.
| Catralian Cātralus | |
| Spoken in: | The Cātran Empire |
| Conworld: | Sandula |
| Total speakers: | 16.5 Million |
| Basic word order: | SOV |
| Morphological type: | Agglutinative |
| Morphosyntactic alignment: | Accusative |
| Writing system: | Statatris sen Cātralus |
| Created by: | |
| Gabriel Wysong | 2020 |
Phonology and Orthography
The phonology of Catralian was relatively small compared to its neighbor Kalersan. It's most distinctive feature are the geminate consonants /pː/ /tː/ /kː/ and /sː/. It also features long vowels in every place.
| Consonants | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilabial | Labiod. | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||||||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p pː | b | t tː | d | k kː | g | ||||||||||
| Fricative | f | s sː | ||||||||||||||
| Approximants | w | j | ||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||
| Lateral Approximant | l | |||||||||||||||
| Vowels | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Front | Near-front | Central | Back | |||||||||
| High | i iː | u uː | ||||||||||
| High-mid | e eː | o oː | ||||||||||
| Low | a aː | |||||||||||
Allophony and Sound Change
Catralian exhibited allophonic nasal vowels at the end of words. This sound change is found in most of the Central Catran languages, excluding the North and Northwest Central groups. /s/ following long vowels changed to /h/, eventually being dropped. /k(ː)/ shifted to /ʧ(ː)/ before front vowels, as did /g/ to /ʤ/. /n/ before velars shifted to /ŋ/.
Writing System
Catralian was written in the Catralian alphabet, known natively as Statatris sen Cātralus. It is derived from the old Kalersan script.
Grammar
Catralian has been analyzed as a polysynthetic language by some linguists. It features highly complex verbs with noun classifier incorporation, with comparatively simple nouns. Its syntax is very lax, with SOV being a default order.
