Proto-Zulian

Proto-Zulian is the ancient ancestor of modern Zulian in the fantasy world of Segridia. It is the primary language of the Empire of Shaga-Zul. The empire once ruled nearly all of the East and held some of the eastern coasts of the West. Since this time, it has contracted back to only controlling a sizable portion of the East with no presence in the West anymore. However, the languages still remain, and have since developed into distinct languages.

Phonotactics
(C)CV(C)(C) Syllable structures. From most to least common CVC, CV, CVCC, CCVC, CCVCC

Writing System
Latinized Orthography

Nouns
Nouns decline by Case, Gender, and Number. Case and Gender follow the following chart, using a circumfix. (- for stem) Nouns are marked as plural by adding 'ni', 'ki', 'ně', and 'no' to Masculine, Feminine, Neuter Animate, and Neuter Inanimate respectively.

The word cats in the nomnitive case is declined as such. It has the stem 'nant' and is Neuter Animate: Minantině. The t in the suffix half of the circumfix is deleted for visual clarity (rather than Minanttině)

Definite Article
Article is the same for both singular and plural, but is based on noun declensions There is no indefinite article, it is assumed without the definite article.

Verbs
Verbs conjugate in this pattern: Person-Stem-Tense-(Mood)

Moods (which are conveyed in English with modal verbs) is only used for 3 special cirumstances: Condtional (I might, I may, I would*, I could*, etc.), Obligation (I should/I must/I have to etc.), and Ability (I could, I can)

Tense and Aspect conjugate together to create the Tense suffix

* In some contexts

Moods
Moods are attached after Tense/Aspect, i.e. they are the final segment of a verb. However, they are optional.

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