RogalDorn229's proto-language

Classification and Dialects
Proto-Skirithic is a language that was spoken by the peoples who inhabited the Skirithaya plains. Often referred to as Old Skirithic or just Skirithic, Skirithic was split into five dialect groups: North Skirithic; Central Skirithic; West Skirithic; North West Skirithic and Far West Skirithic. Through these various dialects, Proto-Skirithic would eventually give rise to the Skirithic language group, the most prevelent among these languages being those descended from North Skirithic(Arkathian, Jurakki and Farzhani).

Vowels
mini-chellange : add vowel harmony

Tones
neutral (3) rising (35) falling (42) strong rising (15) strong falling (51)

Phonotactics
(C)V, where C is any consonant and V is any vowel. multiple proceeding vowels tend to glide up to pairs of 3, if more than three there will be an hiatus every 3 vowels.

Genders
Proto-Skirithic has 4 genders, masculine, feminine, neuter and undetermined. The masculine and feminine are used when the subject of the verb is clearly one of those two genders, and to indicate the gender which the verb is taking, a prefix is added, -Êss  for masculine and -Is for feminine. When the subject has no gender, the verb takes the neuter, for which no prefix is added. If the gender of a subject is not known, the undetermined is used, having the prefix -Na added to the begining of the word.

Nouns
Proto-Skirithic uses 5 cases, the nominative, accusative, genetive, dative and locative. In proto-skirithic, nouns decline based on case and their stem.

Nominative: In Proto-Skirithic, the nominative is used to indicate the subject of the finite verb.

Accusative: In Proto-Skirithic, the accusative is used to indicate the object of the verb.

Genitive: In Proto-Skirithic, the genitive is used to indicate possession.

Dative: 

Locative: In Proto-Skirithic, the locative case is taken when a subject or object is being located.

Declensions
In Proto-Skirithic, nouns decline based upon the stem they come from, although in some dialects they also decline based on the gender they are obliged to take.

1st declension, -i stem(e.g. fulyi, -)

'''Nom. Fulyi/Fulyiak'''

'''Acc. Fulyia/Fulyiaj'''

Gen. Fulyis/Fulyias

'''Dat. Fulyit/Fulyiart'''

'''Loc. Fulyie/Fulyiaer'''

The Gender of Nouns
In Proto-Skirithic, the noun must agree in gender and number with the finite verb and take the corresponding prefix and ending.

Verbs
In Proto-Skirithic, there are three verb groups(-Ak, -Tun, -Ana) and three sub verb groups(Strong, Intermediate and Weak). Verbs are conjugated depending on their ending and which of the three sub verb groups they belong to.

 -AK VERB GROUP 

 Strong verbs (e.g. Kayanak, to ride)    Intermediate verbs (e.g. Varak, to dance)

1st person: Kayana/ -atho               1st person: Varakay/-ayas

2nd person: Kayanam/-ath               2nd person: Varakays/-ams

3rd person: Kayanass/-aii                 3rd person: Varakaya/-ar

 Weak verbs (e.g. Sualak, to love)

1st person: Sualash/-ashus

2nd person: Sualaf/-afor

3rd person: Sualafa/-ashan

 -TUN VERB GROUP 

 Strong verbs (e.g. Fasstun)    Intermediate verbs (e.g, Najatun)

1st person: Fassu/-uth         1st person: Najaka/-akal

2nd person:Fassum/-uthan  2nd person: Najam/-amal

3rd person: Fassull/-ula       3rd person: Najaf/-fa

 Weak verbs (e.g. Gatun)

1st person: Gava/-vay

2nd person:Galuk/-luthan

3rd person: Gafau/-faun  -ANA VERB GROUP 

 Strong verbs (e.g. Furana)    Intermediate verbs (e.g. Burkana)

1st person: Furi/-is              1st person: Burko/-ano

2nd person:Furim/-ith          2nd person:Burkos/-anos

3rd person: Furin/-ithi         3rd person: Burkoth/-anoth

 Weak verbs (e.g. Fraskana)

1st person: Fraskuy/-uyos

2nd person:Fraskuv/-uvas

3rd person: Fraskoy/-oyam

In most of the languages descended from Skirithic, the Intermediate was merged with the Strong verbs(with the exception of Farzhani which keeps an intermediate to this day).

Syntax
Proto-Skirithic sentence structure is VSO.

Negation
In Proto-Skirithic, negation is indicated by using the word Mal, declined to agree with what it is supposed to be negating.

Lexicon
Koanak. Strong -ak verb meaning to ride.

Varak. Intermediate -ak verb meaning to dance.

Sualak. Weak -ak verb meaning to love.

Zuli, -iak. -i stem noun meaning hill.

Oki, -iak. -i stem noun meaning metal.

Fulji, -iak. -i stem noun meaning lord or leader.

brêgi, -iak. -i stem noun meaning horse.

Juraka. -a stem noun meaning death(as a concept).

Kosol. -l stem noun meaning child.

Sal. -l stem noun meaning hero or man of great renown.

Haskal. -l stem noun meaning evil.

Sikil. -l stem noun meaning foreigner or stranger.

Holfol. -l stem noun meaning slave child or child who is a slave.

Faa. -a stem noun meaning iron.

Forma. -a stem noun meaning house, home, tent or residence.

Example text
Naikoainaiss naizulin vuzaineeg uzii zuliaihii naibreygil, naifunioy, naibreygin zaiyin haishkin if naifunioy naibreygin eyssmarakin. Naishinaiyai naizulin naibreygil naigolai shuyai, eyssburkoth eyssmairaiki naikoainais naibreygil.

Translation: On a hill a hairless sheep saw horses, a horse who carried a big weight and a horse who carried a man. The sheep said to the horses "My soul is hurt to see a man leading horses.