Tero-Konan

General information
The term Tero-Konan refers to the two major dialects spoken on the eastern Caspian shore, Teroan and Konan. It is the language of two kingdoms, Tero in the south, & Kona in the north. The language is a direct decendent of Old Norse. It is largely influenced by the languages of the Silk Road, including Scythian, Khwarezmian, Middle Persian, & an early form of Turkic. Teroan is said to be more conservative than Konan.

Teroan: Teroska, Tonaska.

Konan: Kerosa, Konasa.

Consonants
In old Tero-Konan, the sounds z, sh, c, & j are found only in loanwords. Sound shifts from Early Tero-Konan to modern Tero-Koanan

Vowels
Konan does additionally distinguish length, but it is not marked in writting. The longer vowels are found where the sounds K & G where dropped.

Alphabet
Tero-Konan uses a varient of the Runic script, which here no longer looks Runic. Some borrowed simbles from Aramaic are used for unfamiliar sounds.

For righting in the Latin script, the leters are A, B, C, '1', D, E, '2', F, G, H, I, '3', J, K, L, M, N, O, '4', P, Q, R, S, '5', T, '6', U, '7', W, Y, Z

I does not have a dot lowercase.

'1' looks like a C with a tiny "5" beneath it. It makes the Kh sound used in Modern Teroan.

'2' is an E with an umlaut.

H is a velar fricative in Early Tero-Konan & a glottal fricative in Modern Konan

'3' is an I with a dot, both capital and lowercase.

N is a dental nasal in Early Tero-Konan & Modern Teroan, but it is a velar nasal in Modern Konan

'4' is an O with an umlaut.

Q makes a Gh sound used in Modern Teroan.

'5' is an S with a "comma" beneath it. It makes the Sh sound.

'6' is a T with a tiny "5" beneath it. it makes the Th sound used in Early Tero-Konan

'7' is a U with an umlaut.

Phonotactics
Consonant clusters are not very common. Diphthongs are rare.

Grammar
The grammer for Teroan & Konan are identical. Tero-Konan uses prefixing rather than sufixing.

Nouns
Nouns have four cases (nominative, accusative, genitive, & dative), two numbers (singular & plual), & two gendres (masculine & feminine). The following shos the prefixes for Early Tero-Konan, Modern Teroan, & Modern Konan.

Verbs
Verbs have two numbers (singular & plural), two tenses (present & past), three persons (first, second, & third), & three moods (indicative, imperative, & subjunctive.

Adjectives
Adjectives uses the same prefixes as nouns.

Pronouns
Pronouns have four cases, two numbers, & two genders, just like nouns. Oddly, pronouns do not have person. Pronouns cannot be used in sentences with out a verb.

Articles
Articles have cases, numbers, & genders.

Numbers
Numbers have four cases & two genders. Early Tero-Knan: enta, tewera, tarigira, firara, fem, sekes, sigi, oti, nigi, tigi.

Teroan: enta, tewera, tarigira, wirara, wem, sekes, sigi, oti, nigi, tigi.

Konan: engka, kefera, karira, firara, fem, ses, si, oki, ni, ki.