Ancient Va'aini

General information
The first written language in all of Nirunae, it was made by the  Lîavor of  Va'ainù, and used a strange alphabet system where each character had both a consonant and vowel sound.

Alphabet
Consonants are spelled as they are on the sound chart with the exception of the double kw which is spelled as qu, the letter k which is spelled as c and ʃ which is spelled and pronounced as sh. The consonants l, n, r and s are doubled when aspirated, though not pronounced doubly (unaimed versus unnamed.) The consonants dh, bh, and fh are spelled and pronounced as t, p, and v respectively. Sh is spelled as sħ when aspirated.

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 * Pronunciation varies. A good rule of thumb is to use palm when stressed or first syllable and done when not

Phonotactics
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Grammar
As can be inferred from the chart above, there are two major groups of parts of speech in Quùvarani: Verbal and Nominal. Though it is usually considered Polysynthetic, it also has a Monosynthetic writing mode. Here's a layout for the two:

Monosynthetic:

(adposition for tense)number (adposition for aspect)number (adposition for person)number (adverb for mood)number (verb) number

(adjective)case&gender (number)case&gender  (noun)case&gender

OR

(adjective)case&gender (pronoun)

Note- case, gender, and number all defined alone by pronoun

The specific endings- case & gender or number- would naturally all be agreed upon in this almost-never-used writing mode, allowing the words to be identified together if the word order were to be changed from the regular VSO for whatever reason, which is the sole purpose of this writing mode: allowing deviation in word order.

Polysynthetic

(adposition for tense)-(adposition for aspect)-(adposition for person)-(adverb for mood)-(verb)number

(adjective)-(number)-(noun)case&gender

OR

(adjective)-(pronoun)

In this writing mode, different morphemes are connected by hyphens in this specific order to indicate association. This is most commonly used (or was as Quùvarani is now a dead language) as it requires a lot less characters to write. Note that collections of morphemes connected by hyphens are considered to be individual words.

And, of course, not all of these morphemes/words are necessary. For example: if there were no adposition for tense, aspect, or mood associated with a certain verb, it would be assumed to be present continuous indicative (e.g.I am doing) as opposed to something crazy like past perfective interrogative (Did I do?!) And a noun does not have to have an adjective or number- they are simply used for further specification. For example, you could say something that translates directly to One quick man (is) running or Man is running quickly - both mean the same thing.

In The Tome of the Lord Seers (the first official texts written in Quùvarani), the latter usage was always employed. In fact, most adjectives are a very recent addition from the latter stages of this language before it officially changed into Varùndi Quùvan (notice how just the name violates the phonological constraints of  Quùvarani)  and are never used in historical texts.