Imqorášə

Classification and Dialects
Imqorášə (coll. Imqə̀aš or Imqə̀š) is a language isolate spoken in the Caucuses. It is the result of people from Europe, Africa, and America immigrating to the Caucuses to create an independent country (for religious reasons) and their culture and language merging overtime.

Vowels
Phonemes in parenthesis were brought into the language through loanwords but are now integral to the language. Phonemes in brackets are today rarely distinguished.

Vowel Suprasegmentals and Diphthongs
All occurrences of /ɪ/ can be realized as /ɛ/ or /i/, and all occurrences of /ə/ can be realized as /u/, /o/, /a/, /ɑ/, /ɒ/, or /ɔ/.

There are 2 tones (ex. on /a/): normal (/a/) and rising-falling (/a᷈/). The latter only occurs on /a/, /ɛ/, /i/, /o/, and /u/. All vowels can also be creaky voiced (/a̰/).

Nasalization occurs sometimes and /ɑ̆~ɒ̆~ɔ̆/ is the vowel most prone.

Phonotactics
Many phonemes vary depending on their context in a given word:


 * 1) When /k/ and /g/ are word-final, they have no audible release (/k˺/ and /g˺/).
 * 2) When /t/ and /d/ are word-final, they are dental with no audible release (/t̪˺/ and /d̪˺/).
 * 3) When /q/ appears word-final, it is a glottal stop with no audible release (/ʔ˺/).
 * 4) Final long vowels are followed by an implied glottal stop with no audible release follow (ex: /kaːʔ˺/).
 * 5) All above phonemes sometimes may be followed by some audible release.
 * 6) /ʀ/ is rarely pronounced as a trill (except when it is word-initial or directly precedes /a/), but is rather approximated, as a back vowel /ɑ/, or when following a rounded vowel, as rounded velar /w/ or uvular approximant. Syllables with /ʀ/ often become diphthongs (ex. /imqoʀˈaʃə/ often becomes /imˈqɔaʃə/).
 * 7) When /l/ is word-final, it is /w/.
 * 8) Postalveolar consonant clusters are often realized more retroflex, ex.: "pə́ščar" (/ˈpəʂʈʂaʀ/).

Allowable syllable structures: CV, VC, CVC. Geminated consonants are considered as two consecutive consonants.

Rominazation
All other characters are exactly their corresponding IPA value. All Latin characters were used, otherwise simple replacements were used, especially to maintain a one-character-one-phoneme rule and a no-diacritic rule for vowels, except when it would be simpler and clearer to use the IPA.

Conjugation and Declension
There are 3 genders, typically determined by the first consonant (usually the first phoneme) of a root. Usually, if the first consonant is a stop, the root is masculine, if it is a fricative, the root is feminine, and if it is anything else, the root is neuter (in this case /ɬ/ and /ɮ/ are actually categorized as stops). If the first phoneme in a root is a vowel, the root is usually neuter, but many times it is irregular. Colloquially, conditional mood is used for simple past tense and potential mood is used for simple future tense. The auxiliaries always appear at the very end of a clause.

Instrumental case is only used colloquially.

There is a sort of "construct state", which utilizes accusative and genitive case. Ex.:

"life-GEN book-ACC"

"book of life"

This form applies even to possessives and many adjectives. There are only a few "true adjectives" in Imqorášə that are not just nouns in the "construct state". Ex.:

"me-GEN book-ACC"

"my book"

"ridiculousness-GEN book-ACC"

"ridiculous book"

The definite article varies depending on the gender and case of the word it is modifying. The article always precedes the noun it is modifying.

Simple Phrases
Naxáwmə - "Hello (form.)"

Ka-ə̀ná - "Who are you? / What's your name?"

Rosə̀ná ([ɒɔsˈná]) -"How are you?"

Ros addátu - "Things are well (lit. Everything is on the ground / in order)"

Saweng - "Okay (interjection)"