Aruk

General information
Aruk (Aruk nan otlo [ɑɺɯk nɑn otɬo]) is a language isolate that employs a multitude of cases and verb forms, but maintains complete regularity. It is largely agglutinative and sentences are head-final.

Phonology
Aruk has a fairly small phonemic inventory. Allophones are in parentheses.

Consonants

 * /n/ becomes palatalized to [ɲ], and becomes velarized [ŋ] before velar consonants and fricatives.
 * /s/ is becomes palatalized to [ɕ].
 * /ts/ is becomes palatalized to [tɕ].
 * /h/ becomes labio-palatalized to [ɸᶣ].
 * /h/ becomes palatalized to [ç].
 * /h/ becomes velarized to [x].

Vowels

 * /i/ palatalizes preceding consonants.
 * /y/ labio-palatalizes preceding consonants.
 * /ɯ/ velarizes preciding consonants.

Phonotactics
General syllable structure is (C)V(C) or GN, where: Some exceptions:
 * C is any consonant.
 * V is any vowel.
 * G is a glottal stop /ʔ/.
 * N is a syllabic nasal.
 * 1) A word cannot begin with /ʔ/ if it begins with a (C)V(C) syllable. ( ‘ am)
 * 2) A syllable cannot end in /ʔ/ or /h/. (ka ‘, raa h mün)
 * 3) GN syllables cannot follow a syllable that ends in a consonant. (hat ‘n )

Example text
“I felt that I was not, never had been and never would be a living part of this overpoweringly solid and deeply meaningful world around me.”

— A Separate Peace by John Knowles

“Apau iuuranüö mu apau tanüöke, honoie nan tsü‘n kina kotoonenemai ken sötö ame sëtë‘nte ken tarapniis nan ketëin ohüs apau‘ëtsët kutsut kem tanüöötl ame kutsut kem tasaats.”

— Tsüüskar nan A‘an John Knowles-n