Sarim

Sarim (Sarim: Sarim vār) is a language spoken by most of the population of Sarimis, as well as several its satellite nations.

Phonology

Consonants

NB: Sarim has possibly one of the most boring phonologies in the history of conlanging.

-Plosives /p b t d k g/ <p b t d k g>

-Nasals /m n/ <m n>

-Fricatives /f v θ s x/ <f v th s h>

-Rhotic/Approximants: /r ɫ j/ <r l y>

Vowels

/i e a o u/ <i e a o u>

Syllable Structure

The basic syllable structure in Sarim is (C)(C)V(V)(C), with the monovocalic nucleus being the only compulsory component, with the following caveats:

No nucleus with two vowels of the same quality occurs.

Coda consonants only occur word finally, and then can only be one of /t k θ s x r j m n/.

Word-initial clusters to not occur. Word-internally, clusters are organised into several series:

-the h series: /xp xt xk/ -the s series: /sp st sk sn sm/ -the n series: /nt nd nk ng nv ns nθ nn/ -the m series: /mp mt md mk mg ms mθ mm mn/ -the stop series: /ps ts ks pn bn kn gn km gm/

Allophony

-/r/ is realised as an approximant [ɻ] before a vowel or word-finally, but [ɮ] before a consonant.

- The voiceless stops are often realised as lightly aspirated.

- /n/ is realised at the same point of articulation as a following consonant: /nk/ = [ŋg]

-Before /s/, nasals tend to be realised as a sequence nasal+voiceless stop, e.g. /ms/ = [mps].

-All vowels are pronounced lax: [ɪ ɛ ɐ ɔ ʊ] when not part of a two-vowel nucleus.

Stress

Stress in Sarim is non-phonemic ,always falling on the final syllable of a word. Monosyllabic lexemes are stressed; grammatical particles are not.

Morphophonological Processes

If two vowels of the same quality would occur within the same nucleus, the second is lost.

In word-final position, /p b t d/ merge to /t/; /g f v x/ merge to /x/, and /ɫ/ merges with /r/.

Nominal Morphology

Sarim nouns are declined for three numbers, absolutive, ergative and construct, and singular and plural numbers. Nouns come in three declensions. The first declension consists of stems ending in a single consonant, the second of stems ending in a short vowel, the third of those ending in a long vowel, and the fourth of stems ending in two consonants.

First Declension

yat - woman

	Singular	Plural
Absolutive	yat	yato
Oblique	yata	yatama
Construct	yato	yatō

Second Declension:

tano - heart

	Singular	Plural
Absolutive	tano	tanon
Oblique	tanō	tanoma
Construct	tanō	tanō

Third Declension:

huansā - house, fort

	Singular	Plural
Absolutive	huansā	huansan
Oblique	huansā	huansāma
Construct	huansāyo	huansāmo

Fourth Declension:

inte - the Sun

	Singular	Plural
Absolutive	inte	into
Oblique	intā	intama
Construct	into	intō

Possessive Pronoun Clitics:

These are suffixed to the construct state form of the noun (the form of which does come from the third person singular pronoun -on

	Singular	Plural
1P	-n	-nca
2P	-li	-yca
3P	-	'-