Limpāshim

Limpāshim is a language primarily spoken on the island Arcturus. It is related to Nebatii and Predmova, as the Arcturians were descended from the Nortfolk. It uses a triconsonantal root system for the majority of its words, with each noun being in one of three genders masculine, feminine, or neuter. The language has also been adopted by the Fislankif Sect due to the large number of Arcturians present during the sect's founding.
==History==
The language of Limpāshim is a part of the Proto-Nebatii language family. The language split off from the Predmova branch when the Arcturians migrated further north from the Archipelago. Due to their separation, Limpāshim would evolve by acquiring elements from other languages especially when the Arcturians later migrated south due to climate shifts. Most of these elements were loan words, such as "aver" from Hanzeizh, with some scholars arguing the triconsonantal root system may have also been the result of outside influence. 
When the Arcturians settled on the island Limpāshim was the primary language used. However, as the years wore on and various empires influenced the island, it began to slowly fall out of use in favor of the languages of their neighbors. It is still used in the northern city of Fislankif where the culture is most dominant, but in the south it's mainly used as the tongue of the religiously devout.
==Phonology==
Consonants
 	Bi-labial 	Labio-dental	Dental	Alveolar 	Post-Alveolar	Velar 	Glottal
Nasal 	/m/ m 	 	 	/n/ n 	 	 	
Plosive 	/p/ p, /b/ b	 	 	/t/ t, /d/ d	 	/k/ k, /g/ g	
Fricative 	 	/f/ f, /v/ v	/Ɵ/ x 	/s/ s 	/ʃ/ sh 	 	/h/ h
Approximant	 	 	 	 	/j/ j 	 	
Tap 	 	 	 	/ɾ/ r 	 	 	
Lateral 	 	 	 	/l/ l 	 	 	
Vowels
 	Front 	Mid 	Back
Close	/i/ i, /i:/ ī	 	/u/ u, /u:/ ū
Mid 	/e/ e, /e:/ ē	 	/o/ o, /o:/ ō
Open 	 	/a/ a, /a:/ ā	
Pronunciation Guide
Sound 	Explanation
/Ɵ/ x 	Like English th as in think
/j/ j 	Like English y as in yarn
/ʃ/ sh	Like English sh as in shut
/ɾ/ r 	Like Spanish r as in eres
/a/ a 	Like Spanish a as in ahora
/a:/ ā	Like /a/ but held for longer
/o/ o 	Like English o as in no
/o:/ ō	Like /o/ but held for longer
/u/ u 	Like English oo as in fool
/u:/ ū	Like /u/ but held for longer
/e/ e 	Like Spanish e as in de
/e:/ ē	Like /e/ but held for longer
/i/ i 	Like English ee as in feel
/i:/ ī	Like /i/ but held for longer
==Basic Grammar==
===Syntax===
The default word order for Limpāshim is verb-subject-object. Adjectives come after the noun they modify and receive a suffix depending on the nouns gender. The three genders in Limpāshim are masculine, feminine, and neuter, with the verbs also reflect the gender of the noun with a suffix. Adjectives, and nouns also inflect for number either singular, dual, or plural. Dual is hardly used at all, with singular and plural being the most common.
=== Triconosnantal Root System ===
Almost all words in Limpāshim are derived from one of the triconsonantal roots. All verbs are conjugated based on their root, with the conjugation being done by placing specific vowels between the consonants of a root. There are also noun and adjectival forms, for example kizdā and kissā are both the noun form of their respective roots. Suffixes are added to the end of infinitive verb forms or noun forms of these roots to create additional words. Such as the word for writer being getishbā, with the “bā” being a suffix attached to the infinitive form of the root g-t-sh.
===Articles===
Articles act as prefixes in front of the noun, with articles only given to definite nouns. If it's not important enough to be definite it doesn't need an article. Articles also encode information about gender(masculine, feminine, neuter) and number(singular, dual, plural).
Articles
 	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine
Singular	sar- 	sor- 	sir-
Dual 	sarus-	sorus- 	sirus-
Plural 	saras-	saras- 	saras-
==Sample Vocabulary==
*Kizdā - Meaning person.
*Aver - loan word from Hanzeizh, meaning hail or praise.
*Sitel - Limpāqim word meaning to praise.
* getishbā - Meaning writer, or someone who engages in the act of writing.
* fislankif - Ancient word meaning, lifeless land.
*Pegud mafep? - Semi-polite phrase meaning, "How are you?"
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