Old Shataranjan

Old Shataranjan is the earliest form of the Shataranjan language family.

= Phonology =

Consonants

 * /r/ is phonetically [ɾ~ɽ].
 * /x/ is post-velar and varies between [x] and [χ].

Vowels
The small vowel inventory and vertical vowel system, combined with a sonority hierarchy, allows for a wide variety of allophones.

Phonotactics
Each root follows a (C)(R)V(R)(C) structure, where C is any occlusive, nasal or fricative, R is any sonorant (w, l, r, j) and V is one of the three vowels.

= Grammar = Old Shataranjan is an agglutinative, verb-subject-object language, notable for having classifiers (measure words) and no number marking on nouns.

Classifiers
Old Shataranjan makes use of classifiers when referring to its nouns. Classifiers are placed after the numeral denoting the amount of the noun and before the noun itself. The following is a list of commonly used classifiers, along with nouns they can be referred to and examples of usage.

Syntax
= Writing system = Old Shataranjan made use of a highly pictographic logography.