Danan
The Danan language is an imaginary language made by Francesco Bravin as part of the setting of the role playing game Madatarn, where it is spoken by the Danan people (Dananes).
The Danan is an ancient western Indoeuropean language. Its phonology, lexicon, grammar and syntax are all derived from those of the reconstructed [Proto-Indoeuropean] language. Amongst the Indoeuropean family, Danan is closest to the ancient [Italic] languages, with some minor similarities with [Celtic] languages and [Mycenean] Greek. In some features, Danan is very close to Archaic [Latin], even if they have some important differences.
The Danan is an inflectional language, having a noun inflection and a verbal inflection, similar to those of the other Indoeuropean languages. The order of the words is quite free, thanks to the inflection, but the non-marked order is SOV (Subject-Object-Verb) for the sentences and AN (Adjective-Noun) for the nominal syntagmata. Other orders can be used for expressive reasons, especially in rhetoric and poetic contexts.
The Danan shows some varieties: Classic Danan is the standard language, Archaic Danan is an older, literate and more aulic variety, Folkish Danan is the variety spoken by common people. Folkish Danan also can show some dialects, grouped by area: western, eastern, northern and southern dialects. Actually, every spoken dialect can show some features from a main group and some from another: for example, a north-western dialect will show both some northern and some western features.
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