Lenyara

Setting
Lenyara is spoken in the Baraneto Unity in world of Eno. It is one of the main scholarly languages across the globe, and is known to be an international auxilary language, as the Baraneto Unity is the only nation that has stayed neutral and peaceful during the Great War. As the language is so far spread, there are many variations of word usage and pronunciation on the different continents, as it has blended with the other languages of the world, though mutual intelligibility is still maintained.

Word Order
Word order tends to be SVO, though this has changed some in the various dialects and there are times when it tends to VS. It is an ergatie language, though the ergative is the only explicit case marking. The absolutive is marked by word order.

Transitive vs. Intransitive Word Order
In transitive sentences, the subject is marked with the suffix -k, and the object/s come after the verb. If the verb is ditransitive, the indirect object precedes the direct object, and it is always accompanied by a preposition.

In intransitive sentences, the verb comes first, and the subject comes after the verb.

Noun Phrase
Noun phrases follow a general pattern. The general pattern is: (possessive adjective or numeral), head noun, adjective, interrogative, relative clause.

Adverbial Phrase:
To create an adverbial phrase, the clause comes after the verb, and the suffix -vande (vowel-final words) or -avande (consonant-final words) is added to the final word of the phrase.

Agreement
In general, the agreement follows this table:

Questions
There are two types of questions in Lenyara: questions that require an extended response, and yes-no questions. In both forms of questioning, an interrogative word is fronted; however, in a yes-no question, the particle Vi is added before the verb or interrogative.

Intervocalic Alveolar Flap
[r]>[ɾ]/V_V

Alveolar trill changes to alveolar flap between vowels.

Final Trill Weakening
The alveolar trill becomes weakened at the end of a word.

Verbs
Verbs in Lenyara are interesting, as they are all conjugated periphrastically, except for the verb Ejare (to be/exist/do).

Infinitive
Infinitives end in -re and are almost never used in creating sentences.

Participle
The participle is used to conjugate every verb except for Ejare. To create a participle, the stem (-re) is removed and the suffix -nyo is added.

Conjugation
The only verb that actually gets conjugated inflectionally is Ejare. It is conjugated based on person, number, tense, aspect, and mood. To conjugate the other verbs, one must conjugate Ejare, and place the verb in its participle after.

Negation
To negate a verb add non before it,

Reflexive Verbs
To create reflexive verbs, a reflexive prefix is added to Ejare.

Polite Address
To politely address somone, the Li form of the verb is used.

Nominalizing Verbs
To nominalize a verb, the e in the stem is removed and an a is added. Therefore, lenyare (to speak/talk) becomes lenyara (language/speech/talking/speaking).

Creating an Animate Noun from a Verb
To create an animate noun assosciated with a verb, remove the stem. Therefore, lenyare (to speak/talk) becomes lenya (speaker).

Adverbs
Adverbs come directly before the verb they modify. Adverbial phrases were discussed above.To create an adverb from an adjective, the suffix -vande (vowel-final words) or -avande (consonant final).

Personal Pronouns
Personal pronouns are rarely used in Lenyara, as their meaning is included in the verb.