Ancient South Atamaran Language

Ancient South Atamaran: Overview

Ancient South Atamaran was spoken in the lands that are now known as Abington, as well as what is now southern Cagilan Empire and some of Carelia. It is not currently a living and spoken language, although it is used in many southern academies and libraries. (Note: This language is actually being constructed and this page will become much more in-depth, including word lists and samples.)

Ancient South Atamaran: Phonetics

Phonemes

Vowels

• a, e, i, o, u

Consonants

• b, c, ch, d, f, g, h, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, sh, t, v, w

Phonological Constraints

CVC, VCV, et cetera are allowed. Liquid consonants (r, l, w) can be followed by other consonants, (i.e Dorton), and (especially in compound word-formation) certain consonants can follow one another (i.e, Werdham).

Ancient South Atamaran: Grammar

Morphological Typology

It is generally an inflecting language, with both prefixes and suffixes to indicate, among other things, plural vs singular nouns, noun, verb and adjective cases, and tenses.

Nouns

Gender

Nouns are not classified into gender, except of course for personal pronouns.

Cases

Ancient South Atamaran has the following noun cases:

• Nominative (or Subjective)
• Accusative (or Objective)
• Genitive (or Possessive)

Adjectives

Adjectives are essentially verbs and conjugate in the same way. So to say, for example, "The wall is red," one would literally say, "The wall reds."

Verbs

Person/Number

Verbs do not distinguish between person/number; personal pronouns are used to indicate:

• First-Person Singular
• First-Person Plural
• Second-Person, Intimate/Familiar
• Second-Person, Formal/General
• Second-Person Plural
• Third-Person Singular, Male
• Third-Person Singular, Female
• Third-Person Singular, Neuter

Tenses

The following verb tenses exist in this language:

• Simple Past
• Past Progressive
• Past Perfect
• Simple Present
• Present Progressive
• Present Perfect
• Simple Future

Syntax

The language is more synthetic than analytic; hence, word order generally doesn't matter. As an accusative language, the subject of all verbs is marked by the nominative case, whereas the object of a transitive verb is marked by the accusative case.