Cura

Cura, sometimes known as simply Kraznik (Cura Crasnyd), is a language natively spoken by various people groups in Northeastern Caerus. It is the official language of Krasnoi.
While it can be broken into multiple dialects and has linguistic influence from neighboring languages, it is considered a language isolate.
== Phonology ==
=== Consonants ===
The Cura language has a total of sixteen consonant sounds, though across dialects that may be pronounced differently and variably.
 	Bilabial	Labiodental	Dental	Alveolar	Palatoalveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal 	/m/ 	 	 	/n/ 	 	 	 	
Stop 	/p/, /b/	 	 	/t/, /d/	 	 	/k/ 	
Fricative 	 	/f/ 	/θ/ 	/s/, /z/	/ʃ/ 	 	 	/h/
Approximant 	 	 	 	 	 	/j/ 	 	
Tap 	 	 	 	/ɾ ~ r/ 	 	 	 	
Trill 	 	 	 	/ɾ ~ r/ 	 	 	 	
Lateral approximant	 	 	 	/l/ 	 	 	 	
=== Vowels ===
The Cura language has a total of ten vowel sounds. These include five vowels, and their nasalized forms which are treated as separate sounds and digraphs in Cura.
 	Front 	Back
Close 	/i/, /ĩ/	/u/, /ũ/
Middle	/e/, /ẽ/	/o/, /õ/
Open 	/a/, /ã/	
== Orthography ==
The Cura language has a total of twenty-six sounds, with up to eight of which being represented by digraphs.
Letter in Cura	International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)	Notes 	Example
< Y / y > 	/i/ 	 	“Yron”, worker
< Yn / yn > 	/ĩ/ 	 	“Yn”, fox
< U / u > 	/u/ 	 	“Ulanny”, government
< Un / un > 	/ũ/ 	 	“Untan”, wet
< E / e > 	/e/ 	 	“Edh”, nine
< En / en > 	/ẽ/ 	 	“Enlo”, canopy
< O / o > 	/o/ 	 	“Otennlejo”, January
< On / on > 	/õ/ 	 	“Onl”, jungle
< A / a > 	/a/ 	 	“Ateca”, taiga
< A / an > 	/ã/ 	 	“Anle”, plains
< M / m > 	/m/ 	 	“Mascy”, town
< N / n / nn >	/n/ 	Because the letter “n” can be used after a vowel to indicate a nasalized vowel, “nn” will be used after vowels to indicate that it is in fact pronounced as a consonant.	“Nycary”, world
< P / p > 	/p/ 	 	“Prajyda”, province
< B / b > 	/b/ 	 	“Basccosy”, Zilatra
< T / t > 	/t/ 	 	“Tyna”, day
< D / d > 	/d/ 	 	“Doleca”, to fall
< C / c > 	/k/ 	 	“Cosyn”, sun
< F / f > 	/f/ 	 	“Foja”, island
< Dh / dh > 	/θ/ 	 	“Dharon”, to unite
< S / s > 	/s/ 	 	“Soscca”, village
< Z / z > 	/z/ 	 	“Zatolen”, glacier
< Sc / sc > 	/ʃ/ 	 	“Scyna”, dog
< H / h > 	/h/ 	 	“Hosca”, forest
< J / j > 	/j/ 	 	“Jelodh”, ocean
< R / r > 	/ɾ ~ r/ 	 	“Ryja”, ten
< L / l > 	/l/ 	 	“Lyla”, to walk
== Grammar ==
The language utilizes a subject-verb-object (SVO) word order in its grammar.
=== Pronouns ===
In order to indicate a possessive pronoun, it is used after the subject which is being possessed and follow with the word "ann". For instance, "Coto ny ann" (lit. Job my), would be how you say "My job". Otherwise, pronouns are used in the standard position you would expect.
=== Pluralization ===
In order to pluralize a noun, as in to indicate more than one of it, you would use the suffix -(nn)yl. The (nn) is only added if the last sound in the word is a vowel, as Cura lacks diphthongs, and thus requires a consonant to separate the suffix from the base word.
For instance, the word "paly" means "city." In order to say "cities," you would say "palynnyl." Alternatively, the word for "desert" is "zatalyt," in order to say "deserts" you would say "zatalytyl."
=== Derivatives ===
* In order to adjectivize, or turn a word into an adjective or demonym, the suffix -(y)d is applied. For instance, the word for "Krasnoi" is "Crasny," and in to say "Kraznik" you would say "Crasnyd."
* In order to make a diminutive, or implying a littleness to the base word, the prefix "zy-" is applied to the base word.
* In order to form an augmentative, or implying a largeness or greatness to the base word, you would apply the prefix "zat-" to it.
* In order to make an opposite, equivalent to the prefix "un-", you would use the suffix "-mo" in Cura.
* In order to indicate motion, the suffix "-(nn)oja" may be applied. For instance, to buy is "pejacasa," while to go shopping is "pejacasannoja."
* To indicate that the verb is more than or is to a greater degree than a noun, similar to the prefix "-out", you would use the prefix "naf-". For instance to say "he outsold," you would say "nafhylocanna."
* In order to ask to do a verb, you would add the prefix "su-" to the conjugated verb of who is being asked (generally second person singular pronoun). For instance, to ask a singular person to stand up, you would have to say "suholytas?," as opposed to simply "holytas?"
* In order to indicate a place with alot of a noun, or a place where the subject lives, you would use the suffix "-moc," for instance the word for "book" is "lyfa," while the word for a library or bookstore is "lyfamoc."
* In order to make a word take on a pejorative sense (assuming it is, by itself, not pejorative) you may add the prefix "-esyja." For instance, "to speak" is "haja," while "to gossip or speak non-sensibly" is "esyjahaja."
* To form words describing an illness (metaphorical or literal), the part of body or source takes on the suffix "-(y)laca."
* To form words describing an ideology, movement, religion, or other organized body, the suffix "-nnesc" is applied. For instance the word for socialism is "cotonnesc," derived from the word "coto," meaning "job."
* To make a word describing a person who does a verb habitually or at this moment, you would use the suffix "-lofy." For instance, to word "to run" is "pascjon," while "runner" is "pascjonlofy." However, this would not be used for someone who runs as a job, for instance running athletes, who may be called "pascjonnann." as explained later.
* A place where a verb is often done may be indicated by adding the suffix "-(y)dho" to words. For instance, "to cook" is "tota," while a "kitchen" is "totadho."
* To indicate a person who does a verb as a job or profession, the suffix "-(nn)ann" may be applied.
* To describe a tool used for a doing a verb, the suffix "-(nn)ylo" can be used. For instance, "to write" is "eclon," while a writing implement such as a pencil or pen is "eclonnylo."
* To form a word describing a stylistic method of doing a verb, the suffix "-cyta" may be usead. For instance, while "to write" is "eclon," the art of writing, or "calligraphy", is called "ecloncyta."
* To make a color into a verb, i.e. to turn into that color, the suffix "-(y)lanna" may be used.
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