Maarikata

Maarikata (IPA [ma.a.ri.ka.ta])

Introduction
Maarikata is an artificial language that Nanimo9 has been working on since June 2022. Many root words of Maarikata come from Austronesian languages ​​and also the word order. The language is still under development and its vocabulary now reaches around a thousand. However Maarikata can be used to make simple sentences.

Phonology
Maarikata uses a few consonants and vowels, including:

the glottal stop only occur at the beginning of word that wasn't followed by i particle.

Phonotactics and morphology
Maarikata syllables is always open syllable. Syllable structure is (C)V and allows all possible syllable. Maarikata has no diphthongs, long vowel, and sound changes, but if a speaker can't pronounce a phoneme they can pronounce as they can, example English speakers maybe is not used to using alveolar trill so they can read /r/ as English r /ɹ/.

Stress
stress occurred at second syllable, on monosyllabic word it occurred at first syllable.

Word order
Maarikata has a VSO order, the subject begins with the particle ki and for the object and description it begins with ka.

Example:

uku ki aku ka ritu

uku verb close

ki subject particle

aku first person singular i

ka particle to

ritu noun door

Noun
Nouns created by nominalizer are grouped into two parts Nouns that are exist near speaker and those that are exist in other place. The former is use iri as a nominalizer, and the latter use itu. Nominalizer must be placed before word.

Demonstratives and location
Maarikata demonstratives usually preceded with i particle except at start of a sentence, it must be placed after noun or verb.

Adverb of place is placed before noun, example i'm over the house S is subject marker

Word list
Maarikata in Swadesh Word List

Writting system
Maarikata can be written using the Latin alphabet and currently Maarikata already has one syllabus script that has not been named, hence this syllabus script is called Umauma which means art or drawing or writing.

The Umauma script
sample text

romanization

Mu marika!, maakiaki ki ara

IMP hear, praise S world

Listen the world praise

Ka urakimu

to hero

To the nation's heroes

Mati i marumaru kaaka kamatima

die which young for_the_sake_of symbol

Who died young for the flag

Takata ka umiriku

hardly to public

defend the nation

Mamumaau ka kamu, atiati rari rikuriku

remember to 2.sing, flower from nation

I remember you, the nation's flowers

Kimu i tamu, kamu iku aikari

benefit which all, 2.sing COP torch

All merits, you are torch

Ka umiriku taki irakiru

to public become free

For the nation to be free

History and culture
This section presents Maarikata in the fictional world created by the creator imsmall

Maarikata in Noaseus culture
Maarikata is spoken by Noaseus planet residents to communicate with supernatural beings on rituals, magic spells, or in one's subconscious while meditating. because of its function, or rather because it is often used for bad things, Maarikata is often referred to as a curse language. Maarikata is rarely taught and only a few people understand the grammar.

Language creation
No one knows for sure when and where Maarikata was made and who made it. However, the Maarikata text was first discovered on an inscription near ancient prehistoric ruins on cacao island. This also resulted in more sorcerers and shamans coming from cacao island.

Links
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