Artahšatrānu džaŋgmu

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Phonology

Consonants

Labial Labiodental Dental ~ Alveolar Palatalized dental ~ Alveolar Postalveolars Palatal Velar
Nasals m n ŋ
Plosive p pʰ b t tʰ d k kʰ g
Affricates t͡s t͡sʰ d͡z t͡sʲ t͡sʲʰ d͡zʲ t͡ʃ t͡ʃʰ d͡ʒ
Fricatives s z sʲ zʲ ʃ ʒ x ɣ
Trills r
Lateral approximants l
Approximants ʋ j

Spelling

/p t tʲ k/ [p t tj k]
/pʰ tʰ tʲʰ kʰ/ [ph th thj kh]
/b d dʲ g/ [b d dj g]
/t͡s t͡sʲ t͡ʃ/ [c cj č]
/t͡sʰ t͡sʲʰ t͡ʃʰ/ [ch chj čh]
/d͡z d͡zʲ d͡ʒ/ [dz dzj dž]
/s sʲ ʃ x/ [s sj š h]
/z zʲ ʒ ɣ/ [z zj ž x]
/m n nʲ ŋ/ [m n nj ŋ]
/r rʲ l lʲ/ [r rj l lj]
/ʋ j/ [v j]

Vowels

Front Central Back
Short Long Short Long Short Long
Close iː yː
Near close ɪ ʏ ʊ
Close-Mid
Open-Mid ɛ ɔ
Open ä äː

Spelling

/ɪ ʏ ʊ/ [i y u]
/ɛ ɔ/ [e o]
/ä/ [á]


/iː yː uː/ [ī ȳ ū]
/eː oː/ [ē ō]
/ɑː/ [ā]

Phonotactics

(C)(C)V(ː)(R)(C)

Accent

  • penultimate primary acute accent
  • ultimate secondary gravis accent

Grammar

Nouns

Gender and number

Singular Plural
Animate Masculine -a mana man manē men
Feminine -i kōni woman -in kōnī women
Inanimate -u hakmu stone hakmȳ stones

Declension

Nominative - subject of intransitive clause and agent of transitive clause
Genitive -s manas of man possessor, patient of transitive clause, theme of ditransitive clause
Instrumental -mi manami with man instrument, accompaniament, method, recipient of ditransitive clause
Vialis -ko manako through man way in space or time
Ablative -de manade from man direction from smth
Allative -ri manari to man direction towards smth
Locative -thu manathu (in/on/under) man various locations (with prepositions)
Benefactive -la manala for man destination to smth, purpose

Definiteness

Indefinite um um mana a man
Definite Proper is is mana the man
Distant at at mana that man

Verbs

Negation

Affirmative - vāth- (to) look, observe
Negative ne- ne-vāth- don't (to) look, observe

Preverbs

Towards ri- rivāth- to discern
Away from de- devāth- to look from afar
Inside en- envāth- to stare
Outside ba- bavāth- to look out

Voice

Active - vāth- (to) look, observe
Reflexive -si- vāsith- (to) look on self
Causative -ra- vārath- (to) to pay attention, (to) cause looking to smth
Reflexive-Causative -šē- vāšēth- (to) pay attention to self, (to) cause looking to self

Aspect

Imperfective - vāth- (to) look, observe
Iterative -jā- vāthjā- (to) look, observe (many times)
Perfective -nu- vāthnu- (to) look, observe

Person

Singular Plural
1. -an / -n I -ami we
2. -aš / -š you -ači / -či you
3. -at / -t he / she / it -ari / -ri they
4. -ah / -h someone / something  

Mood

Indicative - ēsjan I am going
Conditional -pō ēsjanpō I would be going
Potentional -mē ēsjanmē I may be going
Eventive -vī ēsjanvī I could be going (potentional + conditional)
Imperative -īh ēsjīh you go !

Non-finite verbs

Action noun -it-u vāthitu looking, observing
Participles
Adjectival -ŋ- vāthaŋ- looking, observing
Adverbial -ŋ-e vāthaŋe looking, observing

Adjectives and adverbs

  • three degrees: positive, comparative, superlative

Degrees of comparison

Positive Comparative Superlative
- es- good -im- esim- better -tat- estat- best
dōrg- strong dōrgim- stronger dōrgtat- strongest
ispānd- equine ispāndim- more equine ispāndtat- most equine

Formation of adverbs

Basal adjective Derived adverb
es- good -e ese well
dōrg- strong dōrge strongly
ispānd- equine ispānde like / as horse

Numerals

Cardinal numerals

1. šine
2. vahta
3. hāran
4. neljen
5. taven
6. hašte
7. algan
8. sekin
9. žahsin
10. žuvaŋ
11. šinekičthu
12. vahtakičthu
20. vahtažāŋ
21. vahtažāŋ šine
30 hāranžāŋ
100. kidžāt
101. kidžāt šine
120. kidžāt vahtažāŋ
121. kidžāt vahtažāŋ šine
200. vahta kidžāt
1.000. džāsul
10.000. žāŋdžāsul

Derived numerals

Ordinal Multiplicative Reproductive Distributive Fractional
-t- -ljār- -kōm- -pen- -te
1. šinet- šineljār- šinekōm- šinepen- šinete
10. žuvaŋt- žuvaŋljār- žuvaŋkōm- žuvaŋpen- žuvaŋte
11. šinekičthut- šinekičthuljār- šinekičthukōm- šinekičthupen- šinekičthute
20. vahtažāŋt- vahtažāŋljār- vahtažāŋkōm- vahtažāŋpen- vahtažāŋte
21. vahtažāŋt- šinet- vahtažāŋ šineljār- vahtažāŋ šinekōm- vahtažāŋ šinepen- vahtažāŋ šinete
100. kidžātt- kidžātljār- kidžātkōm- kidžātpen- kidžātte
101. kidžātt- šinet- kidžāt šineljār- kidžāt šinekōm- kidžāt šinepen- kidžāt šinete
120. kidžātt- vahtažāŋt- kidžāt vahtažāŋljār- kidžāt vahtažāŋkōm- kidžāt vahtažāŋpen- kidžāt vahtažāŋte
121. kidžāt vahtažāŋt- šinet- kidžāt vahtažāŋ šineljār- kidžāt vahtažāŋ šinekōm- kidžāt vahtažāŋ šinepen- kidžāt vahtažāŋ šinete
200. vahta kidžātt- vahta kidžātljār- vahta kidžātkōm- vahta kidžātpen- vahta kidžātte
1000. džāsult- džāsulljār džāsulkōm- džāsulpen- džāsulte
10.000. žāŋdžāsult- žāŋdžāsulljār- žāŋdžāsulkōm- žāŋdžāsulpen- žāŋdžāsulte

Pronouns

Personal pronouns

Singular Plural
1. mi I mej we
2. šī thou čēj you
3. ola he olē they
oli she olī
olu it olȳ
4. kas someone / something

Possessive suffixes

Singular Plural
1. -mi my -mī our
2. -šī thee -čī your
3. -la his -lē their
-li her -lī
-lu its -lȳ
4. -kas of someone / of something

Demonstrative pronouns

Definite proper Definite distant Indefinite
Place sōt here tōt there katis somewhere
Source desōt from here detōt from there dekatis from somewhere
Purpose direction risōt to here ritōt to there, so far rikati to somewhere
Path isti this way atti that way umti some way
Time istīm now attīm then
Method sīd in this way tīd in that way umīd in some way
Quantity isvēl so much
Qualify akissōt like this here akattōt like that akkas like something
Reason ispūdla for this reason atpūdla for that reason kapūdla for some reason

Interrogative, relative, indefinite and unlimited pronouns

Interrogative / Relative Indefinite Unlimited
Animate being ka who ? which ? kas someone kavali anyone
Inanimate object ku what ? which ? kus something anything
Place kati where ? katis somewhere kativali anywhere
Source dekati whence ? dekatis from somewhere dekativali from anywhere
Purpose direction rikati whither ? rikatis to somewhere rikativali to anywhere
Path kajsti which way ? kajstis via some way kajstivali via any way
Time kajstīm when ? kajstīms once kajstīmvali ever
Method ke how ? kes somehow kevali anyhow
Quantity kele how much ? keles somehow much kelevali anyhow much
Qualify kašīn which one ? šīve some vale any
Reason kala why ?

Negative, universal and alternative pronouns

Negative Universal Alternative
Animate being neka nobody kaveš every kamūt anyone else
Inanimate object neku nothing veš every, all kamūt anything else
Place nekati nowhere kativeš everywhere katimūt elswhere
Source denekati from nowhere dekativeš from everywhere dekatimūt from elswhere
Purpose direction rinekati to nowhere rikativeš to everywhere rikatimūt to elswhere
Path nekajsti through no way vešisti through all ways kajstimūt which way else
Time netīm never veštīm always kajstīmmūt when else
Method neke nohow veške in all methods kemūt otherwise
Quantity neku nothing nekuvēl otherwise than so many
Quality nekea / nekei / nekeu neuter, indistinct vala / vali / valu any mūta / mūti / mūtu other

Reflexive, reciprocal and cooperative pronouns

Reflexive si oneself
Reciprocal envahtasj (← en-vahta-si) each other
Cooperative vipōre (← vi-pōru) together cooperatively

Prepositions

Spatials, ablatival and allatival directionals

en in, inside Locative
from inside Ablative
to inside Allative
an on Locative
from on Ablative
to on Allative
ans above Locative
from above Ablative
to above Allative
uns under Locative
from under Ablative
to under Allative
ter beside Locative
from beside Ablative
to beside Allative
de away Locative
from away Ablative
to away Allative
envahtē between Locative
from between Ablative
to between Allative
behind Locative
from behind Ablative
to behind Allative
ba out Locative
from out Ablative
to out Allative
enter around Locative
from around Ablative
to around Allative
var before, opposite to Locative
from before, from opposite to Ablative
to before, to opposite to Allative
entīm during, in time of Locative
from time of Ablative
to time of Allative
after Locative
from after Ablative
to after Allative

Other prepositions

Companion, attributive object vi with Instrumental
Lack bal without Ablative
Alternative enza instead Genitive
Contrary zavare against Allative
Resistance suže despite, though Genitive
Stylization vidlāŋ along to, according to Genitive