Serqar

Serqar is the national language in Serchar-Batelo.

It was originally the national language of Serchar, but the two nations Serchar and Batelo were interwoven and it became the national language along Ido.

Alphabet (IPA)
A/a - /a/

B/b - /b/

C/c - /k/

D/d - /d/

E/e - /e/

É/é - /æ/

F/f - /f/

G/g - /g/

H/h - /h/

I/i - /i/

Í/í - /ɯ/

J/j - /j/

K/k - /k/

L/l - /k/

M/m - /m/

N/n - /n/

O/o - /o/

P/p - /p/

Q/q - /k/

R/r - /ɽ/

Rw/rw - /ʢ/

S/s - /s/

T/t - /tʰ/

U/u - /u/

V/v - /v/

W/w - /ʍ/

X/x - /x/ - {only used in loanwords}

Y/y - /y/

Z/z - /z/

Dipthongs
vg - /v/

ott - /ʌ/

uo - /æ:/

íy or iy - /jy/

kc - /k/

ae - /a:/

Stress
Stress is unpredictable like in English or Italian, but the word that has stress has it on the penult (the second from last) letter.

Grammar
Serqar is an agglutinative language. It uses a high number of affixes to express its information. Articles doesn't exist in the language. The inflections are always the same, no matter if it is 1st, 2nd or 3rd person. The alignment is fluid, which means the cases and moods can be used as the speaker wish.

Rule: Suffixes always replace the last letter of the word, unless it starts with a vowel.

Nouns - Numbers
Serqar uses the normal singular and plural numbers, but also uses the very rare "Distributive plural" that tend to view individuals as independent. Numbers work the same way in Number-words.

Nouns - Genders
4 different genders are used. Instead of using affixes, letters in affixes are replaced with either a vowel or consonant. The first letter is always replaced. If an affix starts with a consonant, it is replaced with a vowel, and if it starts with a vowel it is replaced with a consonant.

Although these names for the genders describe better how words are categorised in them, the official names of them are:


 * Non-living Non-Autonomous = Common


 * Living Autonomous = Feminine


 * Living Non-autonomous = Masculine


 * Non-living Autonomous = Neuter

Nouns - Tenses
Because only one affix can be put on every word, noun tenses come in use when verbs use mood. Tense on nouns generally do the same thing as tenses on verbs.

Adjectives - Cases
Cases on adjectives are used to describe the "history" of the statement.

Numbers
1 - Skraa

2 - Pro

3 - Sku

4 - Dis

5 - Glodo

6 - Ryf

7 - Ijux

8 - Klépe

9 - Lottpí

10 - Pjito

11 - Acag

12 - Toujp

13 - Skupjito

14 - Dipjito

15 - Glopjito

16 - Rypjito

17 - Ijupjito

18 - Klépjito

19 - Lottpjito

20 - Ludr

30 - Yjka

40 - Klajko

50 - Ghykka

60 - Daufla

70 - Memepui

80 - Pedunno

90 - Heipla

100 - Sluus

1000 - Loka

1000000 - Lokaslu

1000000000 - Lokao

Word order
Serqar can both be classified as Verb-Subject-Object and Verb-Object-Subject. It only has one sort of word clause where it is divided into 3 Sub-clauses that contains specific word classes. Up to 3 words can be put in every sub-clause. And-words (eg. "geese and ducks") are also put at the absolute end, where a comma is put between them (eg. geese, ducks). The particle kcof mark where they should have been. It is set just before them (eg. kcof, qezon, lucae).

Sub-Clause 1 (Verb), Sub-Clause 2 (Noun, proper noun, adjective, pronoun, adverb), Sub-Clause 3 (Noun, proper noun, number, preposition, particle)

The 3 words are put in order in the sub-clauses. When 3 words have been put in a sub-clause and more words are put in a sentence, a comma is put and the clause-process are continued. For example:

The man took his gun and shot them all

TOOK-SHOT-MAN-GUN-HIS-THEM-ALL-AND

Asking a question
When asking a question, the word order is changed to OSV. For example:

ATE-ORANGES-SAM / ATE-SAM-ORANGES (VOS/VSO)

OSV would change it to:

ORANGES-SAM-ATE?

Punctuation
Comma only appears as described above. Full stop/period is put at the end of a clause. Question mark at question. Exclamation mark at a strong statement.

Vocabulary
Most commonly occuring word pattern:

CVCV

The following word patterns also occur:

V

VC

CV

CCVC

VCCV

VCVC

Nasal consonants are mostly at the end of words.

Pronouns
I/me - kype

He - cy

She - sí

It - zevo

Me - gon

You - kén

Both - qykéf

Us - pigé

They - diy

Basic phrases
Thank you - Ry kén

You're welcome - Gon powiyf kén

Yes - Rwé

No - Hef

I don't understand - Guogíym jaehen kype

How many? - Tin suocu

Please speak English - Ríykcuof Enlaez qykéf

What? - Retyn?

Fire! - Raeke!

I'm a tourist - Ho pyzuon kype

It costs about 200 American dollars - Récemal zevo Ameriykaen Dollare 200

Example texts
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights:

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

''Gon huo pélae gí kelof dé tibae kcof, qezon, lucae. Gon vgegy sef gyn vgeríy diy skraa tibae pewom sezy, víydypol sef dam kcaetem begíy kcof, véka, pépi.''