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, and modern South Atamaran is a daughter-language of ASA as well as a fusion of various East Continent languages, Islander and some Cabospanian. (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

Pronunciation is generally the same as in modern English, though the letter "c" is always hard and never soft.

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

Noun List

Personal Pronouns

Pronouns are used just the same as nouns, with added prefixes or suffixes depending on case.

• First-Person Singular - got
• First-Person Plural - dagot
• Second-Person, Intimate/Familiar - ogelm
• Second-Person, Formal/General - oge
• Third-Person Singular, Male - neg
• Third-Person Singular, Female - isneg
• Third-Person Singular, Neuter - goti
• Third-Person Plural - kargot

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) - The root form of the noun
• Accusative (or Objective) - Indicated by the suffix fa
• Genitive (or Possessive) - Indicated by the suffix yes

• Plurals - Indicated by the suffix tor, which is placed before any other suffixes.

Adjectives

Adjectives are grammatically similar to nouns.

Verbs

Verb List

Tenses

The following verb tenses exist in this language:

• Simple Past (I went) - Indicated by the suffix sha
• Past Progressive (I was going) - Indicated by the suffix ge
• Past Perfect (I had gone) - Indicated by the suffix ti
• Simple Present (I go) - The root form of the verb
• Present Progressive (I am going) - Indicated by the prefix bin
• Present Perfect (I have gone) - Indicated by the prefix mat
• Simple Future (I will go) - Indicated by the prefix ol

Syntax

The language is more synthetic than analytic. Standard sentence order is usually Subject, Object, Verb (SOV).

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.