Aratkoma


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General information
Aratkoma is the official language of Aratkom.

Vowels
The y, u and o are rounded. All other vowels are unrounded.

Alphabet
All letters are pronounced as in the tables above.

Phonotactics
The syllable formula is: (C)(R)V(R)(C), with C a consonant, R a consonant but not a plosive or an affricate, and V a vowel. There can't be more than two vowels in a row.

Cases
The Aratkoma language has five cases: nominative, genitive, dative, accusative and prepositional.

The nominative is used for the subject: (I ate a fish.)

The genitive is used for possesion: (The man's house is red.)

The dative is used for the indirect object: (He gave some money to you.)

The accusative is used for the object: (I ate a fish.)

The prepositional is used after all prepositions.

Nouns
There are four groups of nouns: masculine nouns ending on a vowel, feminine nouns ending on a vowel, neuter nouns ending on a vowel and nouns ending on a consonant. Nouns ending on a consonant are all declined the same way.

Some masculine nouns have a nominative singular ending on -i. The other cases have the same endings.
 * MASCULINE NOUNS ENDING ON A VOWEL

Some feminine nouns have a nominative singular ending on -u or -y. The other cases have the same endings.
 * FEMININE NOUNS ENDING ON A VOWEL

Some neuter nouns have a nominative singular ending on -é or -ê. The other cases have the same endings.
 * NEUTER NOUNS ENDING ON A VOWEL

Words from this group with a P within them are usually masculine. Other words with a S, a Š, a Z or a Ž within them are usually feminine. Other words with an A, an É, an Ê or an I within the are usually neuter. Most other words are masculine.
 * NOUNS ENDING ON A CONSONANT

Adjectives
Adjectives are placed in front of the nouns and have the same endings as the nouns ending on a vowel.

Articles
Aratkoma only has definite articles.

Example text
Ra tulra nea posan šé a çistu, ñéte du vuré, em lautin.

The old man walks to the city, but he doesn't know where it is.