Shataranjan

Shataranjan (Shataranjan: ʂataʁanɖʐan) is the main language spoken on the planet Shataran by the Shataranjan species.

Origin
When the planet Shataran's main empire was split in half, the planet spoke one main language, along with other, less relevant languages found in small indipendent states. Due to the numerous wars between the two races of Shataranjans, white (tajaz) and black (ʂajaz), two different languages never arose.

Vowels
All front vowels are unrounded, while all back vowels are rounded. There are no central consonants.

Phonotactics
The structure of many words is simply CV(C), each syllable being represented by a special symbol each. More complex words are formed with the CVCCV or CVCVC structure, the middle or last consonant being used as an infix.

Example: Tsuran = desert

Tsu = sand

Ra = land

Tsu(principal)n = land of

Therefore, Tsuran translates literally as "sand land of", becoming "land of sand".

Nouns
Nouns in Shataranjan have three cases and lack gender. They have a singular and plural form, the latter being formed by adding a suffix -z DIRECTLY AFTER the main word, regardless of whether it is combined twith another word to form a complex word or sentence, or even whether the word combination is a genitive.

Nouns originated from verbs
In Shataranjan, to create a noun from a verb, a suffix -ʁ is added. Examples: ɖʐɛ = eat, ɖʐɛʁ = food; ɮa = ride, ɮaʁ = rider.

Verbs
Verbs are very simple, having only three tenses and no voices.

Adjectives
Adjectives in Shataranjan sentences come before the noun. Most adjectives can be turned into nouns, and viceversa.

Compound words
Compound words are the foundation of the Shataranjan language, which has only 224 simple words created by CV.

There are several ways to combine basic words into one compound word, including adding an adjective before a noun, uniting a noun and a verb with a suffix -ʁ or using -n.