Oran

=Setting=

Dialects

 * Extinct dialects:
 * Old Oran (OO): 2000 EE - 4000 EE
 * Middle Oran (MO): 4000 EE - 7000 EE
 * Late Middle Oran (LMO): 5500 EE - 7000 EE
 * Modern dialects:
 * Modern Standard Oran (MSO): 6500 EE - present time
 * Northern High (NH)
 * Northern Low (NL)
 * North East (NE)
 * North West (NW)
 * Common North West (CNW)
 * Island North West (INW)
 * Qaddam (Q)
 * Highland Att (HA)
 * Southern Att (SA)
 * Highland Middle (HM)
 * Highland Southern (HS)
 * Common Southern (CS)
 * Laan (L)
 * Common Laan (CL)
 * Northern Laan (NL)
 * Island Laan (IL)

=Phonology=

Consonants
IPA:


 * Symbol /θ'/ used for tense dental fricative.

Romanized:


 * Futhermore, only romanized transcription is used.

Vowels
=Basic Grammar=

Noun
.PHONY

Noun morphology
Oran nouns can have up to four components which normally appear in the following order:


 * kkelasanarani 'To my houses'


 * When plurality is unmarked, the noun may denote both singular and plural objects, depending on context.
 * When case is unmarked, the noun is in absoluitve case and may be a subject of intransitive inacative verb or an object of transitive active verb.
 * Possessor marker, in general, has same meaning as corresponding personal pronoun in genetive case.

Noun cases

 * normally, suffixes (not only case suffixes) beginning with -i regulary change it to -ai after an i-.

Noun Plural Affixes
.PHONY

Verb morphology
Final form template:
 * (opt) active argument group
 * reduplicated root augment
 * active argument
 * verb root
 * (opt) valency voice marker: one of
 * unergative
 * passive
 * medial
 * (opt) applicative voice marker: one of
 * benefactive
 * locative
 * instrumental
 * (opt) causative voice marker
 * (opt) mood marker
 * (opt) inactive agrument
 * (opt) applicative post-marker
 * final form marker (can be omited after inactive argument)
 * (opt) mood postfix / negative marker
 * tense/aspect marker group