Serqar

Phonology
The language has a mostly regular phonology. The language features aspiration, commonly after vowels.

Alphabet (IPA)
The alphabet is the standard modern ISO latin alphabet, with one added letter, ẘ, totaling 27 letters.

A/a - /a/

B/b - /b/

C/c - /k/

D/d - /d/

E/e - /e/

F/f - /f/

G/g - /g/

H/h - /h/

I/i - /i/

J/j - /j/

K/k - /k/

L/l - /k/

M/m - /m/

N/n - /n/

O/o - /o/

P/p - /p/

Q/q - /k/

R/r - /ɾ/

S/s - /s/

T/t - /tʰ/

U/u - /u/

V/v - /v/

W/w - /v/

W̊/ẘ - /w/

X/x - /ks/ - {only used in loanwords}

Y/y - /y/

Z/z - /z/

The language also use the six vowels with diacritics, mainly to distinguish the same words from each other.

The vowels use the grave diacritic - à, è, ì, ò, ù, ỳ

They get different sounds from them:

à - /æ/

è - /ɛ/

ì - /ɨ/

ò - /œ/

ù - /ʌ/

ỳ - /ø/

Diphthongs
vg - /v/

ott - /ʌ/

iy - /jy/

kc - /k/

rw - /ʕ/

Vowel length
Any vowel followed by e denotes that it is long.

Stress
The language does not have stress.

Nouns


The nominative case is used on the direct or indirect subject of an intransitive verb.

The accusative case is used on the direct or indirect subject of a transitive verb.

The oblique case is used on the object of a word.

Moods
The verbs are marked for tense and mood at the same time. The mood marking is put at the root first (for example ge-le-pol; -le is mood and -pol is tense).

Apart from these conjugations, some auxilary verbs, namely be, have, want and do change completely according to the gender of the subject in a sentence:

Be:

Common - gon

Neuter - qe

Masculine - gof

Feminine - vge

Have:

Common - repy

Neuter - hehy

Masculine - hae

Feminine - rwae

Want:

Common - zo

Neuter - reriyn

Masculine - se

Feminine - jerwy

Do:

Common - qude

Neuter - zè

Masculine - base

Feminine - juvym

Numbers
1 - Ska

2 - Po

3 - Su

4 - Di

5 - Godo

6 - Ryf

7 - Ijusu

8 - Kepe

9 - Lottpi

10 - Pito

11 - Acag

12 - Toup

13 - Supito

14 - Dipito

15 - Glopito

16 - Rypito

17 - Ijupito

18 - Klepito

19 - Lottpito

20 - Luduty

30 - Ykasa

40 - Kakolo

50 - Gyka

60 - Daufa

70 - Memepui

80 - Peduno

90 - Hepali

100 - Slusu

101 - Skraaslusu

200 - Proslusu

201 - Skaproslusu

Word order
The standard word order in Serqar is Subject-Object-Verb (SOV). Adjectives and adverbs precede the noun, prepositions precede the verb. Pronouns can be suited as the subject. Conjunctions/particles follow the noun or adjective if it is present.

Comma
A phrase is divided into two by a comma. The comma can be set when one verb and two nouns are present.

Asking a question
When asking a question, the word order is changed to VSO. For example:

SAM-ORANGES-ATE (SOV)

VSO would change it to:

ATE-SAM-ORANGES?

The tone of voice does not have to change when asking a question, although it is preferred.

Vocabulary
Most commonly occuring word pattern:

CVCVC

Nasal consonants are mostly at the end of words. F, which isn't a nasal, also only appear at end of words.

Pronouns
I/me - kype

He - cy

She - si

It - zevo

Me - gon

You - ken

Both - qykef

Us - pige

They - diy

Basic phrases
Thank you - Ry ken

You're welcome - Gon powiyf ken

Yes - Rwe

No - Hef

I don't understand - Guogiym jaehen kype

How many? - Tin suocu

Please speak English - Ríykcuof Enlaez qykef

What? - Retyn?

Fire! - Raeke!

I'm a tourist - Ho pyzuon kype

It costs about 200 American dollars - Recemal zevo Ameriykaen Dollare 200

Example texts
Anthem of Serchar-Batelo

Serchar-Batelo

Rede thy people

The good usward

In Serqar:

Serqar-Batelo

Rom ken sepysot

Vgajo vìe goca

Literal transliteration:

Serqar-Batelo-SNG-

advise-PST-you-people-PL-OBL

good-(PTCL)*-toward


 * ) vìe is a particle that indicates the preceding or following sentence is formal