Zalitraeq's Language

Accepted Consonants: d, f, h, j, jz, l, m, n, k, r, s, v, z, st, tch, tz, tr, ch, th, with q and t archaic.
Accepted Vowels: a, ai, ae, e, ii, o, u, with ih (y) archaic.
: See also Zalitraeq Vocabulary
==Grammar==
===NOUN ENDINGS===
:As a general note, all nouns in this language end in consonants.
::Plurals are formed by the suffix -en.
::Possessives are formed by the suffix -e.
:Thus, vesthaq, 'castle', becomes vesthaqen, 'castles'; for the possessive, you can choose to say: vesthaqe maenanen, 'the castle's flowers', or maenanen i vesthaq, 'the flowers of the castle'.
:Other oddities include naming conventions for surnames:
::For those who are not nomadic, the convention is the framing prefix and suffix on __ ka, meaning 'belonging to.'
::For those who are nomadic and are travelling permanently with a group of people, the framing prefix and suffix are nur __ elle.
::For those who are nomadic and are travelling temporarily with a group of people, the framing prefix and suffix are nur __ est.
:The core word for these framing prefix and suffix combinations can be anything; commonly it may be the name of a city, an ancestor, or a geological object that may have been present at the founding of the traveling groups or the city.
:In special cases, people can choose not to reveal their origins with the naschat construct. There are two endings for naschat, meaning 'severed':
::-ren -- You may ask why or how a person came to be naschat. This is typical for people who have left their families or lost them, or never knew their familes, etc.
::-ya -- Do not ask how the person came to be naschat. For those who do not wish to discuss their origins for any reason.
===PRONOUNS===
:The language of Zalitraeq distinguishes between three different 3rd person classes: sapient for people; non-sapient, or inanimate for objects and animals and plants; and arcane for special classes of creatures and objects (mostly notably dragons).
 	SINGULAR	PLURAL
1st 	a 	na
2nd 	e 	ne
3rd S (female)	aisa 	naisa
3rd S (male) 	aida 	naida
3rd N (female)	isa 	nisa
3rd N (male) 	ida 	nida
3rd N (neuter)	ira 	nira
3rd A (female)	aesa 	naesa
3rd A (male) 	aeda 	naeda
3rd A (neuter)	aera 	naera
===VERB FORMS===
:As a note, all verbs end in vowels. Imperatives are formed by the prefix H-, which is a highly aspirated voiceless glottal fricative.
 	 	PRESENT 	 	
 	1st. 	2nd. 	3rd. S&I 	3rd A
s. 	tsa(n)- 	tse(n)- 	tsi(n)- 	tsae(n)-
pl.	tsa(n) -n	tse(n) -n	tsi(n) -n	tsae(n) -n
 	 	PAST 	 	
 	1st. 	2nd. 	3rd. S&I	3rd A
s. 	za(n)- 	ze(n)- 	zi(n)- 	zae(n)-
pl.	za(n) -n	ze(n) -n	zi(n) -e	zae(n) -n
 	 	FUTURE 	 	
 	1st. 	2nd. 	3rd. S&I 	3rd A
s. 	jza(n)- 	jze(n)- 	jzi(n)- 	jzae(n)-
pl.	jza(n) -(e)n	jze(n) -(e)n	jzi(n) -(e)n	jzae(n) -(e)n
 	 	PRESENT PERFECT (I have done)	PRESENT PERFECT (I have done)	PRESENT PERFECT (I have done)
 	1st. 	2nd. 	3rd. S&I 	3rd A
s. 	tsa(n) -r 	tse(n) -r 	tsi(n) -r 	tsae(n) -r
pl.	tsa(n) -re	tse(n) -re 	tsi(n) -re 	tsae(n) -re
 	 	PAST PERFECT (I had done)	PAST PERFECT (I had done)	PAST PERFECT (I had done)
 	1st. 	2nd. 	3rd. S&I 	3rd A
s. 	za(n) -r 	ze(n) -r 	zi(n) -r 	zae(n) -r
pl.	za(n) -re	ze(n) -re 	zi(n) -re 	zae(n) -re
 	 	FUTURE PERFECT (I will have done)	FUTURE PERFECT (I will have done)	FUTURE PERFECT (I will have done)
 	1st. 	2nd. 	3rd. S&I 	3rd A
s. 	jza(n) -r 	jze(n) -r 	jzi(n) -r 	jzae(n) -r
pl.	jza(n) -re	jze(n) -re 	jzi(n) -re 	jzae(n) -re
:Example (to ride):
:
I ride 	tsachali 	I rode 	zachali
You ride 	tsechali 	You rode 	zechali
He/She/It rides 	tsichali 	He rode 	zichali
ArchaneThing rides	tsaechali	He rode 	zaechali
We ride 	tsachalin	We rode 	zachalin
They(S&N) ride 	tsichalin	They rode	zichalin
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