Teranian

Sateysmc (Setting)
Teranian (Teranian: Tapnimisnim) is the current language spoken in the northwestern residual kingdoms of Tera (Tapnimisnim Resmcthumi) as well as the Republic of Tapni of Yupit. After Anc Pateru, Tapnimisnim is the second most widely spoken language in Yupit due to the vast trading networks that the Teranian (Tapnimisnim) have created through the years. Elihi (Elihi) is spoken in the southwestern region of Yupit.

Modern Teranian or Manis Teranian (Teranian: Mnism Tapnimisnim) or Teranian Official or simply Teranian, is one of the three dialects that arose from Ancient Teranian (Teranian: Uyth Tapnimisnim). The other two dialects that developed from this ancient language are Simo Teranian (Smoute Tapnimisnim or simply Simo) and Teranian Zero (Mu Amth Tapnimisnim or simply Zero). Teranian Official became the leading dialect after the 300 year long War of the Dragons due to having the only two cities that were not overrun by the Azuli dragon riders. The Simo dialect, being the prominent dialect spoken prior to the war, had begun to decline and produced another dialect offspring after its people started to migrate to other parts of Yupit. This dialect would later become known as Zero. Although still mutually understandable, it is becoming increasingly difficult for a Teranian Official speaker to communicate with the Simo and Zero varieties.

Ancient Teranian is something that is not to be forgotten, however, as it is the original language from which all these dialects emerged from. It is still fervently studied by the upper-class nobles and scribes as it is still a dialect of Teranian intelligible by all.

This wiki-page will attempt to cover the Ancient, Modern, Simo and Zero dialects of Teranian.

Phonology
Teranian typically has many consonant clusters, which are usually omitted during common speech.

Anisc Crinimynip (Basic Grammar)
Teranian has an SVO sentence structure and has a Nominative-Accusative case system. It has minimal inflection and lacks grammatical gender and adjectival agreement. There are no case markers used in the language and words do not inflect except for personal pronouns. Except for variances in the pronunciation, Teranian verbs inflect the same way for all dialects.

Sesmbya Samtamcai (Simple Sentences)
Teranian, including Ancient Teranian as well as its modern varieties (Manis Teranian, Simo Teranian and Teranian Zero), has similar sentence structures to English. Except for pronouns, word position dictates what is the subject and what is the object.

Cumbunth Samtamcai (Compound Sentences)
Compound sentences are formed when two or more sentences are connected with the words and (nimth), or (up), however (euwarsar), but (ant), etc.

Resapai (Verbs)
Verbs are highly regular in Teranian. In fact, with the exception of the verb 'to be' and it's different forms, every other verb is regularly formed. The most irregularity occurs in the present tense.

Here is a chart with the verb 'to be' in its different forms in Ancient Teranian and Modern Teranian.

Bnist Tamsa (Past Tense)
Here is a table demonstrating how the past tense in Teranian and its dialects are formed.
 * Please note that when spelt, a -w- is placed between two vowels if the are 'o' + 'a' or vice versa

Fantanpa Tamsa I (Future Tense I)
To create the future tense in Teranian, simply apply the auxiliary future tense verb with the root verb. Here is a table demonstrating this. This is the primary way of forming the future and sounds very definite.

Fantanpa Tamsa II (Future Tense II)
To create the future tense in Teranian, simply apply the auxiliary future tense verb with the root verb. Here is a table demonstrating this. This is the secondary way, which involves combining the progressive form of Teranian 'go' (cu) plus the root verb with the word 'to' (tu or often contracted to t') before the root verb. It is analogous to the English 'going to...' form.

Brasamt Brucrasesirsa (Present Progressive)
To create the present progressive tense in Teranian, simply add the ending -smc, pronounced -sɪŋk, to the root verb.


 * Please note that with Zero, the ending is pronounced -sɛŋk rather than -sɪŋk as in the other dialects

Bnist Brucrasesirsa (Past Progressive)
To create the past progressive tense in Teranian, simply add the ending -smc, pronounced -sɪŋk, to the root verb in the past tense.


 * Please note that with Zero, the ending is pronounced -sɛŋk rather than -sɪŋk as in the other dialects