Parthavan language
| Parthavun erciğ | |
|---|---|
| Pronounced: | /parθaβ ɛrtʃɪɣ |
| Timeline and Universe: | Alamanti |
| Species: | Human |
| Spoken: | Parthava, Parizhia, Seleyizhe, Dorcindi |
| Total speakers: | 40 million |
| Writing system: | Parthavan script |
| Genealogy: | Ayartaic
Central Aghantian ParthavanParthavan |
| Typology | |
| Morphological type: | Agglutinative |
| Morphosyntactic alignment: | Nominative-Accusative |
| Basic word order: | SOV |
| Credits | |
| Creator: | Nadeem Ahmad |
| Created: | September 2006 |
Parthavan is a language that is spoken throughout much of central Aghantia. It is very closely related to Armavi
Distribution
Parthavan is spoken mainly in the central Aghantian countries. There is also an area in Parizhia where it is spoken.
Its largest concentration of speakers is in Parthava.
Phonology
Vowels
Parthavan has 7 vowels, which are arranged into three classes for vowel harmony:
| Front | e (IPA: ɛ) | ö (IPA: œ) | ü (IPA: ʏ) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Back | a (IPA: a) | o (IPA: o) | u (IPA: u) |
| Neutral | i (IPA: ɪ) |
A word can only contain either front vowels or back vowels (and the neutral vowel i). For words with only i, the word is regarded as front.
If a word contains both back and front vowels (in some foreign words), vowel harmony acts on with the last vowel, that is to say that when adding suffixes, if the word is mixed, look at the last vowel as an indicator.
Consonants
Parthavan also has the following consonants:
| Consonants | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilabial | Labiod. | Dental | Alveolar | Post-alv. | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||||||
| Nasal | m (m) | n (n) | ŋ (n) | |||||||||||||
| Plosive | p (p) | b (b) | t (t) | d (d) | k (k) | g (g) | q (q) | |||||||||
| Fricative | θ (ť) | s (s) | z (z) | ʃ (ş) | ʒ (ž) | x (x) | ɣ (ğ) | |||||||||
| Affricate | ts (ts) | |||||||||||||||
| Approximants | β̞ (v) | j (y) | ||||||||||||||
| Trill | r (r) | |||||||||||||||
| Lateral Fricative | ɬ (l) | |||||||||||||||
As well as this, most consonants have labialised and palatised forms. These are shown, where appropriate, by y and w following the consonant.
Counting
Parthavan has a base-10 number system. Each number from 0 to 9 has initial, medial, final, isolated, and multiplier forms, which are used to make bigger numbers.
Morphology
Noun suffixes
Case in Parthavan is marked by attaching suffixes to the end of words. These suffixes must harmonise in accordance with the vowel harmony rules stated above.
