Aranchese

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Aranchese Arančilt
Type	A priori
Alignment
Head direction	Initial
Tonal	No
Declensions	Yes
Conjugations	Yes
Genders	None
Nouns decline according to...
Case	Number
Definiteness	Gender
Verbs conjugate according to...
Voice	Mood
Person	Number
Tense	Aspect
Meta-information
Progress	0%
Statistics Nouns 0% Verbs 0% Adjectives 0% Syntax 0% Words of 1500
Creator	ShiningOrange

Aranchese (in Aranchese "Arančilt" ) is a language spoken in Aranchea (Arančək) by about 8,000,000 people.

It is a Western Laveshian language.

Classification and Dialects

Northern Dialects

• Kayrunean Aranchese (Kayru)
• Suzyan Aranchese (Suzyə)
• Coastal Aranchese
• Mêrisian Aranchese (Mêris)

Southern Dialects

• Mutsian Aranchese (Mücyə/Mütsia)
• Nassaryan Aranchese (Nəssar)

Phonology

Consonants

	Bilabial	Labio-dental	Dental	Alveolar	Post-alveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Pharyngeal	Epiglottal	Glottal
Nasal	m		n				ɲ
Plosive	p b		t d					k g
Fricative		f v	θ ð	s z	ʒ		ʃ	ɣ x
Affricate				t͡s d͡z			t͡ʃ
Approximant							j	w
Trill				r
Flap or tap
Lateral fric.
Lateral app.				l			ʎ
Lateral flap

Vowels

	Front	Near-front	Central	Near-back	Back
High	a				u
Near-high
High-mid	ɛ				ɔ
Mid			ə
Low-mid	e ø				o
Near-low
Low	i y

Writing System

Letter	a	-	ə	b	c	č	d	e	ê	f	g	h
Sound	a	-	ə	b	t͡s	t͡ʃ	ɛ	f	g	h/-
Letter	i	ĭ	j	k	l	ł	m	n	ň	o	ô	ö
Sound	i	j:	ʒ	k	l	ʎ	m	n	ɲ	o	ɔ	ø
Letter	p	r	s	š	ś	t	u	ü	v	x	y	z
Sound	p	r	s	ʃ	z	t	u	y	v	x	j	d͡z
Letter	ð	þ
Sound	ð	θ

Grammar

Pronouns

	I	You (singular)	He/She/It	We	You (plural)	They	One (impersonal)
Nom.	þə	vö	êr	jə	hə	nə	ô
Gen.	þən	vən	ên	jən	hən	nean	ôn
Acc.	þin	vön	ênn	jin	hin	nin	ôni
Dat	þata	vöta	êrta	jata	hata	nata	ôta
Caus.	þəlen	völen	êlen	jəlen	həlen	nəlen	ôlen
Abl.	þinni	vinni	ênni	jinni	hinni	nimmi	ônni
Lat.	þanna	vanna	ênnan	janna	hanna	namma	ônnan
Ins.	þinti	vinti	ênti	jinti	hinti	ninti	ônti
Loc.	þin	vin	êni	jin	hin	nin	ôni

Nouns

There are 9 cases: Nominative, Genitive, Accusative, Dative, Causative, Ablative, Lative, Locative-Prepositional and Instrumental.

• nouns that end in -k can turn into g when a vowel is added in declension, however this is not mandatory in written language, although it is in spoken one.
• If the suffix starts with s and the root ends with t they merge and become c
• šeuvet (eagle) > šeuveci (the eagles)
• Arančək > Arančəge (Aranchea's)

There are three/four declension patterns:

Concrete objects

Case	Singular form	Plural form
Nominative	-	-(*)r
Nominative definite	-(y)ia	-(s)i
Genitive	-(t)e	-(t)el
Accusative	-(e)s	-(e)s*r
Accusative definite	-(e)sin	-(e)sinir
Dative	-(t)ən	-(t)əl
Causative	-(*)lən	-(*)lək
Ablative	-(t)ena	-(t)enar
Lative	-(t)anen dative is often used too	-(t)alel
Loc.-prep.	-(y)uda	-(y)udar
Instrumental	þöd(ə)-	þöd(ə)- -(*)r

Living beings and food, adjectives (if necessary)

Case	Singular form	Plural form
Nominative	-	-(*)s
Nominative definite	-(y)ai	-(s)ti
Genitive	-(*)del	-(*)dei
Accusative	-(h)a	-(h)an
Accusative definite	-(n)eas	-(n)ei
Dative	-(t)an	-(t)als
Causative	-(*)lan	-(*)laks
Ablative	-(t)ena	-(t)enas
Lative	-(t)anen dative is often used too	-(t)ales
Loc.-prep.	-(y)utas	-(y)udas
Instrumental	mi(k)- -(*)de	mi(k)- -(*)dei

Concepts, places, materials, abstract things, deities

Case	Singular form	Plural form
Nominative	-	-i (replace vowel if final or add)
Nominative definite	-(n)ui	-(n)uis
Genitive	-(t)e	-(t)el
Accusative	-(*)t	-it
Accusative definite	-(e)sit	-(e)sinit
Dative	-(t)an	-(t)ab
Causative	-(*)lan	-(*)lab
Ablative	-(t)ena	-(t)enar
Lative	-(t)alt	-(t)als
Loc.-prep.	-(y)uda	-(y)udas
Instrumental	-(a)mit	-(a)mitar

Loanwords, substantivated nouns

Case	Singular form	Plural form
Nominative	-	-(*)s
Nominative definite	da(t)-	da(t)- -(e)r
Genitive	-(u)s	(u)ses
Accusative	-	-(*)s
Accusative definite	di(t)-	di(t)- -(e)r
Dative	-(t)on	-(t)ons
Causative	-(*)lan	-(*)lans
Ablative	dut -(u)s	dut -(u)ses
Lative	dut -(t)on	dut -(t)ons
Loc.-prep.	dut -	dui -(*)s
Instrumental	-(a)kon	-(a)kons

[*] = vowel harmony, depends on last or first vowel of the word.

If can also be replaced with Causative + ka postpositioned sometimes.

Verbs

Verbs tend to conjugate according to both subject and object.

Verb "to be"

To make the verb to be with a noun or an adjective you can add the suffix -(n)*l followed by the verb suffix, where * is the last vowel of the word root.

Example: həundulə= I am a dog, wahəundulestakur = I wouldn't want to be a dog

to make it "to become" use the suffix -(d)inêkel(ə)

Həundinêkelə = I become a dog, I am becoming a dog

I have made you become a dog = Þəlen həundinêkelafo

REFLEXIVE

REFLEXIVE

Tense	þə	vö	êr	jə	hə	nə/ô
Present	-əs/es	-as	-ins	-eśis	-avis	-iśas
Persistive	-estas	-astas	-istas	-esteis	-əstes	-istes
Near past	-efas	-afos	-ifas	-esefis	-əvefs	-isefes
Remote past	-enefas	-anafes	-enifas	-enesefis	-inəvefas	-inisefs
Near future	-elas	-alos	-is	-esels	-əvels	-isels
Far future	-eles	-ales	-enilas	-enesels	-inəvels	-inisels

with 2nd person object

add (d)uk to all no-object endings

Indicative Mood

with no object

Tense	þə	vö	êr	jə	hə	nə/ô
Present	-ə/e	-a	-in	-eś	-əv	-iś
Persistive	-est	-ast	-ist	-este	-əste	-iste
Near past	-ef	-afo	-if	-esef	-əvef	-isef
Remote past	-enef	-anafe	-enif	-enesef	-inəvef	-inisef
Near future	-el	-alo	-il	-esel	-əvel	-isel
Far future	-ele	-ale	-enil	-enesel	-inəvel	-inisel

Conditional Mood

Same as indicative with 'wə-' or 'wa(h)-' prefix before the verb root. There is no real rule on which one to use, usually people just use the one that sounds better in a said context.

Infinitive

-na

Imperative Mood

2nd person singular: verb root+unt (umas with defined 3 object, umuk 2)

2nd person plural: verb root+untir (umras, umruk)

Other persons present form + (n)unt (they should **** = conditional+imperative)

Inferential Mood

Same as indicative with 'aśa(v)-' prefix. Used to report unsure information.

Participle

Participle is made with -(k)ap

Passive

To make the verb passive add the suffix -(t)inde (before the negative suffix)

Passive-negative is -(t)indekur

Specifying progressive action

Progressive aspect can be shown using "ardast".

Maňes ardast, irum lüdən!!! = I am eating, go away!!!

Negative

To make the verb negative add -(a)kur

Adjectives

Adjectives are usually formed by noun root plus '-(a)c̆ə' suffix.

The prefix pl(i)- makes it become more (adjective)

pluðəc̆ə = faster

The prefix kurpl(i)- makes it become less (adjective)

kurpluðəc̆ə = less faster

han = comparation proposition

Həundur pluðəc̆eneliste han gulur.

Adverbs

Adverbs are usually formed by noun root plus '-(a)vlə' prefix.

Syntax

Word order is mainly SVO.

Questions are made with "ka" at the end.

INFINITE = U(N) before

Vocabulary

No.	English	Feyðlit
1	I	þə
2	you (singular)	vö
3	he	êr
4	we	jə
5	you (plural)	hə
6	they	nə
7	this	kuś
8	that	ked
9	here	čui
10	there	čei
11	who	śin
12	what	śon
13	where	śen
14	when	śep
15	how	śenlə
16	not	vên
17	all	aht
18	many	ðôl
19	some	sim
20	few	pôki
21	other	nełeda
22	one	inś
23	two	śvo
24	three	ðai
25	four	þü
26	five	wən
27	big	grôs
28	long	lôn
29	wide	löun
30	thick	śôðok
31	heavy	pšant
32	small	mikər
33	short	ze
34	narrow	zeb
35	thin	zek
36	woman	duňam
37	man (adult male)	nam
38	man (human being)	udnam
39	child	peunam
40	wife	verduňam
41	husband	vernam
42	mother	grôsduňam
43	father	grôsnam
44	animal	bêstiê
45	fish	gləbaglajelo
46	bird	þôdo
47	cat	—
48	dog	həund
49	louse	—
50	snake	fiði
51	worm	—
52	tree	arber
53	forest	varkarberne
54	stick	stêk
55	fruit	meive
56	seed	łuna
57	leaf	foła
58	root	jənnüs
59	bark	böröti
60	flower	leör
61	grass	önbi
62	rope	kuśu
63	skin	þałe
64	meat	kress
65	blood	ötə
66	bone	öset
67	fat	grêś
68	egg	öf
69	horn	punt
70	tail	kôd
71	feather	plömə
72	hair	bubuňö
73	head	intə
74	ear	ərək
75	eye	ojə
76	nose	nêč
77	mouth	buj
78	tooth	diyyant
79	tongue	enbujke
80	fingernail	—
81	foot	püš
82	leg	gerpüš
83	knee	gênk
84	hand	harin
85	wing	ača
86	belly	panč
87	guts	—
88	neck	fokui
89	back	sken
90	breast	čeyyat
91	heart	koyyôr
92	liver	fəgəti
93	drink	glôjə
94	eat	maňə
95	bite	hêvə
96	suck	śüšə
97	spit	—
98	vomit	vômə
99	blow	śaffə
100	breathe	upaśəfə
101	laugh	lidə
102	see	—
103	hear	êndərə
104	know	śêperə
105	think	pêśə
106	smell	—
107	fear	—
108	sleep	dremə
109	live	visə
110	die	fulvisə
111	kill	debebnievnə
112	fight	klêngə
113	hunt	kacə
114	hit	klapêdə
115	cut	tałarə
116	split	—
117	stab	—
118	scratch	—
119	dig	—
120	swim	—
121	fly	fləvə
122	walk	—
123	come	gnəgə
124	lie	—
125	sit	—
126	stand	—
127	turn	—
128	fall	—
129	give	—
130	hold	tônguliə
131	squeeze	—
132	rub	—
133	wash	—
134	wipe	—
135	pull	krôlə
136	push	—
137	throw	—
138	tie	—
139	sew	—
140	count	—
141	say	bəsə
142	sing	kanbəsə
143	play	—
144	float	—
145	flow	—
146	freeze	—
147	swell	—
148	sun	śal
149	moon	—
150	star	brelo
151	water	akvo
151	rain	—
152	river	—
153	lake	—
154	sea	dolakvo
155	salt	sulto
156	stone	—
157	sand	—
158	dust	—
160	earth	mondə
161	cloud	—
162	fog	—
163	sky	sêlo
164	wind	—
165	snow	—
166	ice	—
167	smoke	fömje
168	fire	fokto
169	ash	defokto
170	burn	fokt
171	road	vind
172	mountain	jaðu
173	red	śenn
174	green	arbe
175	yellow	viala
176	white	sprame
177	black	dvedə
178	night	fulglurə
179	day	glurə
180	year	aln
181	warm	—
182	cold	—
183	full	—
184	new	—
185	old	agöl
186	good	kan
187	bad	ful
188	rotten	fulkan
189	dirty	—
190	straight	—
191	round	—
192	sharp	—
193	dull	—
194	smooth	—
195	wet	—
196	dry	—
197	correct	—
198	near	—
199	far	—
200	right	najjada
201	left	kômča
202	at	pôd
203	in	pôn
204	with	kôs
205	and	də
206	if	deta
207	because	dekalə
208	name	čedet

Example text

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

Aht udnamas niskatiste eleter də ijosačə diňatiyuda də þikyoyudas. Nə aśinšapaliste kôs kandasat də konsenšyat də mastiste ayuna inśi nełedatals bratarnete almamit.

Spoken sample

The following is a reading of the above text.

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