Irkhilakhu

This language is incomplete. It is currently being worked on (as of Jan 7 2020) but you are free to take a look before it is finished.

Language created Dec 2019.

Classification and Dialects
(UNDER CONSTRUCTION)

Classification
Fusional

Dialects
Eston Speech (kh'atshwalhu ngbhu il /çʔat͡ʃʍaɮu ŋβu il/) - By far the most common dialect of Irkhilakhu, it is the version spoken in the capital.

Western Speech (uzada ngbu il /uzada ŋbu il/) - The dialect spoken in the west of the continent. It is the second most common, and differs very little from Eston Speech, only having a few different consonants, vowels, and words.

Desvaril - The variant of Irkhilakhu spoken by the people of the desert. It is a good deal closer to Common than all other dialects.

Consonants
Also includes: [ʍ], [t͡ʃ], [d͡ʒ]
 * [ʀ] ~ [ɣ] before front vowels (here, /i/ and /a/)

Vowels
Diphthongs: [a͡u], [u͡a], [ɜ͡a], [i͡ɜ], [u͡ɜ], [i͡u]

Phonotactics

 * Penult Stress
 * Max. syllable is (/t/)(f.,n.)(C)V(C)(C)(C-p.,la.)

"(name in Irkhilakhu)"


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Additional notes:

 * The script is written from left to right, and consonants of a single word are connected in a similar manner to cursive.
 * Diphthongs are written as combined versions of normal vowel markers, but from the bottom up.
 * Vowels are placed after the consonant which precedes them, and are not disconnected from the consonant. In the case that a word starts with a vowel rather than a consonant, a circle will be placed in that position in the consonant's stead. The position of the circle in relation to the first consonant is up to the artistic interpretation of the writer, but in most cases it will simply occupy the space directly left of said consonant.

Romanization
The romanization is written completely phonetically.

Nouns
Irkhilakhu nouns can be declined by singular and plural number, definite1, definite2 and indefinite articles, three noun classes, and seven cases.

Definite1 vs Definite2 is defined as if there is a situation in which two of the same object have been introduced and one must differentiate between them. For example, in English, one might say "My uncle was at the party. Then my other uncle came. The first ucle [VP] ... The other uncle [VP] ..." whereas in this language, the first and second are encoded in the definitive article.

The class of the noun is determined by which vowel it ends with. If it ends in a diphthong, the final vowel of the diphthong will determine the class.

Class U declines as follows:

(I don't know why, but this chart keeps breaking. If it's all jumbled up, just ignore it I guess.)

Class I declines as follows: Due to differences in the historical development of these two classes, i-class has no Def. 2 forms.

Class A declines as follows:

A word is always definite before determiners such as "this" or "that."

Genitivity
The genitive is formed by adding a dative pronoun after the noun that possesses the object. This differs from the syntax for actual datives, as the dative is in that case placed before whatever it receives.

For example: He gave me his coffee = give.NFUT PRO.3.NOM.SING PRO.1.DAT.SING coffee.ACC PRO.3.DAT.SING

Adjectives and Adverbs
Adjectives are always attached to the beginning of a noun, and adverbs to the beginning of verbs.

Syntax
Denoting questions - interrogative mood for boolean (do you ____), but what for others?

English to Irkhilakhu Alphabetical
==== Irkhilakhu to English Abjadical ====

Conjunction
Coordinating: And, but, for, nor, or, so, yet

Pronoun
Navigating this chart:

p. = person; u,i,a = noun classes / genders Additional Notes: Additional Notes:
 * The 4th person is akin to that of the Algonquian languages, meaning it is used for another person with the same "gender" of pronoun who is either less important to a topic or is introduced later. i-class nouns do not have it, as they developed separately from a- and u-class nouns.
 * Genetivity is denoted in the following manner: "[possessed] [possessor.DAT]," or, directly translated, "the blank to/of blank"
 * When a pronoun is used for someone whose name is not Irkhilakhu in origin, the pronoun assigned to them will be moved to the closest counterpart of an animate vowel. If their name does not end with a vowel, then the last vowel in their name will be used. (For declension of names, any consonants after the final vowel will be dropped before adding Irkhilakhu inflections.)
 * Under the circumstance that the person being referred to's name is not known, one should generally default to the u-class, though defaulting to the a-class is not seen as unacceptable, merely less frequent.
 * Addessive denotes nearby proximity, inessive denotes that something is directly within. Thereby, it is used considerably less than addessive for anything aside from inanimate nouns. If something is far, it is denoted with a phrase akin to "distant of ___."