Shataranjan

Shataranjan was the language of Shataranjans, inhabitants of the tidally-locked planet of Shataran, located around 500 light years from the Solar System.

There are two main descendants, the one spoken on the always bright side which eternally is illuminated by their star, and the other spoken in the darkness of the hemisphere facing against the star.

= Phonology =

Consonants
The consonant inventory in noteworthy for having a retroflex series of sounds, no labiodentals and a contrast between voiced and voiceless bilabial trills. All nasals and occlusives can be geminated.

Phonotactics
The syllable structure is (C)(L)V(L)(C).

= Transcription = If diacritics are not available, carons, acutes and macrons may be substituted with v, y and doubling the vowel, respectively (č = cv, ś = sy, ū = uu). /ŋ, ɬ, ç/ may be transcribed with the digraphs ,  and , respectively.

= Grammar = Shataranjan is a predominantly agglutinative language with some fusional traits. It is notable for having evidentiality and a system of classifiers.

Verbs
Verbs in Shataranjan are highly inflected, similar to Old Shataranjan. Verbs conjugate for mood, evidentiality, aspect, tense, person and number.

= Lexicon = See Shataranjan/Vocabulary.

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