Xanian language

Xanian (Vâka Xâkömarī) is the predominate language of the Xanian species, and the official language of the Xanian Empire. Xanian is spoken by well over n/a billion people, and has a history going back some twelve thousand years, with the first known speakers having originated within the Zanusano Plains. The language was created by Xanus for his children, the father of the Xanians, allowing them to communicate in an organized manner verbally. The language grew to incorporate terms that were largely influenced by warfare, which came to dominate the planet for thousands of years until the formation of the Xanian Empire.
The Xanian language is unique in that in the twelve thousand years of its existence, the language lacks descendants and ancestor languages, and has only two known dialects – Imperial and Feral – and has only been expanded to provide words and terms for new ideas and objects. Much of this is believed to be due to the flawed perception of a shared consciousness of the species, but few have ever cared to research this anomaly further. Xanian exhibits a relatively simplistic grammar and word order, with several roots used throughout the language, providing a level of order and understanding as opposed to the array of human languages once spoken across Earth, many with archaic word orders and words sharing similar meanings and but different pronunciations or vise versa.
==Phonology and orthography==
Main articles: Xanian phonology and IPA for Xanian
===Consonants===
Grapheme	Grapheme	IPA 	Description 	Notes
D 	d 	[d] 	Voiced alveolar stop 	-
H 	h 	[h] 	Voiceless glottal fricative 	-
J 	j 	[dʒ]	Voiced palato-alveolar affricate 	-
K 	k 	[k] 	Voiceless velar stop 	-
M 	m 	[m] 	Bilabial nasal 	-
N 	n 	[n] 	Alveolar nasal 	-
R 	r 	[ɹ] 	Alveolar approximant 	-
S 	s 	[s] 	Voiceless alveolar sibilant 	-
Š 	š 	[ʃ] 	Voiceless palato-alveolar fricative	-
T 	t 	[t] 	Voiceless alveolar plosive 	-
V 	v 	[v] 	Voiced labiodental fricative 	-
X 	x 	[ʒ] 	Voiced palato-alveolar sibilant 	-
Y 	y 	[j] 	Palatal approximant 	-
Z 	z 	[z] 	Voiced alveolar fricative 	-
===Vowels===
Grapheme	Grapheme	IPA	Description 	Notes
A 	a 	[a]	Open front unrounded vowel 	[a] becomes [ɐ] when in the first syllable
Â 	â 	[ɐ]	Near-open central vowel 	-
E 	e 	[e]	Close-mid front unrounded vowel 	[e] becomes [ɪ] at the end of a word
I 	i 	[i]	Close front unrounded vowel 	-
Ī 	ī 	[ɪ]	Near-close near-front unrounded vowel	-
O 	o 	[o]	Close-mid back rounded vowel 	-
Ö 	ö 	[ɵ]	Close-mid central rounded vowel 	-
U 	u 	[u]	Close back rounded vowel 	[u] becomes [ɵ] when the final phoneme in a word, except when the only vowel in the word
===Digraphs and trigraphs===
===Alphabet===
The Xanians have two written scripts, one which is a featural syllabic script, and the other which is an alphabetical script. The former script was utilized throughout much of Xanian history, though the latter alphabetical script has come to dominate most Xanian documentation out of bare simplicity. However, Xanians are still trained to use both scripts, with the alphabet learned during childhood, and the syllabic script learned during their teen years. Since both scripts use the same basic designs, cross-training is relatively quick and easy. The Xanian alphabet consists of 22 alphabets divided into seven vowels and fifteen consonants, with stressed letters appearing with diacritics.
Xanian alphabet
(a)	(â)	(d)	(e)	(h)	(i)	(ī)	(j) 	(k)	(m)	(n)
[a]	[ɐ]	[d]	[e]	[h]	[i]	[ɪ]	[dʒ]	[k]	[m]	[n]
(o)	(ö)	(r)	(s)	(š)	(t)	(u)	(v) 	(x)	(y)	(z)
[o]	[ɵ]	[ɹ]	[s]	[ʃ]	[t]	[u]	[v] 	[ʒ]	[j]	[z]
===Syllables===
The Xanian language has a simple phonological constraint system, in which either vowels or consonants may be placed at the start of a word. However, while any unstressed vowel may close the word, only four of the language's fifteen consonants may end a word if they are used.
Phonological Constraints	Phonological Constraints	Phonological Constraints	Phonological Constraints	Phonological Constraints
(C) 	V 	C 	(V) 	(C)
===Stress===
Xanian is a highly stressed language, with emphasize on the first or second syllables of a short word, or first and middle syllables of a longer word, typically regarded as the norm. The stress on words with Xanian is often considered similar to the stressing of words in the English and Latin, though Xanian words will have diacritic marks to indicate when stress on a particular syllable is required, much as with the accents in Latin and Romance languages. With regards to rhythm, Xanian is a stress-timed language, with stressed and unstressed syllables carrying equal weight in a word though the stressed portion may be shorter than the unstressed portion in letter length, but longer when voiced.
===Nota bene===
#/z/ never comes before another stop consonant
#/j/ can never be placed next to another consonant
#/r/, /n/, /s/ and /k/ are the only consonants allowed next to one another
#/s/ may only come after /r/ and before /h/ at all times if placed next to one another
#In words with two or more /a/ vowels, stress is always placed on the second /a/
#/r/ is never permitted to sit next to another consonant due to the illegality liquids
#Stress is placed on the first /a/ if another vowel precedes it, or if /ʒ/ or /v/ directly precedes /a/
#/n/, /k/, and /r/ are the only consonants permitted to end a word
Violation of these rules are only rarely permitted, but avoided if at all possible.
==Grammar==
===Cases===
There are five cases in the Xanian language:
#Nominative
#Accusative
#Genitive
#Ablative
#Dative
===Nouns===
Xanian has no gender, with all nouns using a strictly neuter form with the sole exception of titles.
 	Cases 	Cases 	Cases 	Cases 	Cases 	Cases 	Cases 	Cases 	Cases 	Cases
Phoneme ↓	Nominative 	Nominative 	Accusative 	Accusative 	Genitive 	Genitive 	Ablative 	Ablative 	Dative 	Dative
-n 	-n (s) / -nī (p)	-n (s) / -nī (p)	-n (s) / -nī (p)	-n (s) / -nī (p)	-no (s) / -nokī (p)	-no (s) / -nokī (p)	-nu (s) / -nurī (p)	-nu (s) / -nurī (p)	-na (s) / -nânī (p)	-na (s) / -nânī (p)
-r 	-r (s) / -rī (p)	-r (s) / -rī (p)	-r (s) / -rī (p)	-r (s) / -rī (p)	-ro (s) / -rokī (p)	-ro (s) / -rokī (p)	-ru (s) / -runī (p)	-ru (s) / -runī (p)	-ra (s) / -rânī (p)	-ra (s) / -rânī (p)
-k 	-k (s) / -kī (p)	-k (s) / -kī (p)	-k (s) / -kī (p)	-k (s) / -kī (p)	-ko (s) / -konī (p)	-ko (s) / -konī (p)	-ku (s) / -kurī (p)	-ku (s) / -kurī (p)	-ka (s) / -kânī (p)	-ka (s) / -kânī (p)
-s 	-s (s) / -sī (p)	-s (s) / -sī (p)	-s (s) / -sī (p)	-s (s) / -sī (p)	-so (s) / -sonī (p)	-so (s) / -sonī (p)	-su (s) / -surī (p)	-su (s) / -surī (p)	-sa (s) / -sânī (p)	-sa (s) / -sânī (p)
====Diminutives and augmentatives====
===Articles===
Articles denoting definiteness and indefiniteness are both attached to their respective words as prefixes, separated from the word by a dash.
====Definite====
Articles	Articles	Articles	Articles	Articles	Articles	Articles	Articles	Articles	Articles	Articles	Articles	Articles	Articles
a 	a 	an 	an 	and 	and 	the 	the 	if 	if 	of 	of 	by 	by
dī- 	dī- 	dīr- 	dīr- 	do- 	do- 	jâ- 	jâ- 	ne- 	ne- 	no- 	no- 	kâ- 	kâ-
====Indefinite====
===Adjectives===
In Xanian, adjectives are placed before nouns at all times. Certain adjectives which are descriptions for verbs or nouns will be modified to agree with the word it is attached too. For instance, Vâka Xâkömarī literally means "signed" or "spoken Xanian", simply translated as "Xanian language". As "vâka" represents a verb or action, it does not decline based on the word it is attracted too. However, Tâzeno Xâkömâro, meaning "Imperial Xania", does decline, as "tâzeno" is a noun describing another noun, and therefore agrees with it.
===Comparatives===
====More====
====Less====
====As... as====
===Superlatives===
====Most====
====Least====
===Personal pronouns===
The Xanian language lacks gender outside of titles, and does not differentiate between male, female, neuter, animate or inanimate objects. All genders are represented as the same pronoun. The lack of gender in the Xanian language can best be attributed to the Xanians overwhelmingly female population, but the vital role males play in their species, leading to the Xanians simply discarding the need for gender in their language. Instead, all objects are referred to equally, and without any regard to the gender of the individual unless their position or family name is brought up in the sentence. In these instances, only the title and the surname are given genders, with "o" for men and "a" for women, though the former only applies to surnames for men.
Personal pronouns in Xanian	Personal pronouns in Xanian	Personal pronouns in Xanian	Personal pronouns in Xanian	Personal pronouns in Xanian	Personal pronouns in Xanian	Personal pronouns in Xanian	Personal pronouns in Xanian	Personal pronouns in Xanian	Personal pronouns in Xanian
Person 	Person 	Subject/Object 	Possessive 	Reflexive 	 	 	 	 	
Singular 	Singular 	Singular 	Singular 	Singular 	 	 	 	 	
First 	First 	kī(I/me) 	kīn(my/mine) 	kīnu(myself) 	 	 	 	 	
Second 	Second 	to(you) 	ton(your/yours) 	tonu(yourself) 	 	 	 	 	
Third 	Third 	te(he/she/it) 	ten(his/hers/its) 	tenu(him/her/itself) 	 	 	 	 	
Plural 	Plural 	Plural 	Plural 	Plural 	 	 	 	 	
First 	First 	ku(we/us) 	kunī(our/ours) 	kunu(ourselves) 	 	 	 	 	
Second 	Second 	to(you) 	tenī(your/yours) 	tenu(yourselves) 	 	 	 	 	
Third 	Third 	du(they/them) 	dunī(their/theirs) 	dunu(themselves) 	 	 	 	 	
===Possessives===
===Interrogative pronouns===
===Relative pronouns===
===Demonstrative pronouns===
===Verbs===
====Tenses and moods====
=====Indicative mood=====
=====Conditional mood=====
=====Imperative mood=====
====Voices====
====Continuous====
====Gnomic====
====Reflexives====
====Polarity====
====Irregular verbs====
===Adverbs===
===Word order===
==Numerals==
===Cardinal===
The Xanians use a decimal, e.g. base-10 counting system within their language, basing it off of the countable appendages on their hands. Cardinal numbers, as with the other numbers, are unaffected by the Xanian case system.
Examples:
*dī-mârok (a nation)
*nok mârokī (zero nations)
*âyn mârok (one nation)
*kor mârokī (nine nations)
*xi mârokī (ten nations)
*xidīn mârokī (a/one hundred nations)
Cardinal numbers 	Cardinal numbers
Number 	Xanian
0 	nok
1 	âyn
2 	tīr
3 	vyâ
4 	jâr
5 	yân
6 	sīn
7 	šan
8 	zon
9 	kor
10 	xi
11 	xi-âyn
12 	xi-tīr
13 	xi-vyâ
14 	xi-jâr
15 	xi-yân
16 	xi-sin
17 	xi-šan
18 	xi-zon
19 	xi-kor
20 	tīr'xi
30 	vyâ'xi
40 	jâr'xi
50 	yân'xi
60 	sīn'xi
70 	šan'xi
80 	zon'xi
90 	kor'xi
100 	xidīn
101 	xidīn-âyn
110 	xidīn'xi
111 	xidīn'xi-âyn
200 	tīr'xidīn
1000 	xidīnko
1001 	xidīnko-âyn
1010 	xidīnko'xi
1011 	xidīnko'xi-âyn
1100 	xidīnko'xidīn
1101 	xidīnko'xidīn-âyn
1110 	xidīnko'xidīn'xi
1111 	xidīnko'xidīn'xi-âyn
2000 	tīr'xidīnko
10,000 	xi'xidīnko
100,000 	xidīnoju
1,000,000 	xidīnkovâr
1,000,000,000 	xidīnyâkī
1,000,000,000,000	xidīndâvo
∞ 	zhâukono
===Ordinal===
===Adverbial===
===Multiplier===
===Distributive===
===Collective===
===Fractional===
==Ages==
==Months of the year==
==Days of the week==
==Dates==
==="What date is it?"===
==="When?"===
==Times==
==="What time is it?"===
==="When?"===
==Seasons==
===Traditional===
===Xanian===
==Names==
==Vocabulary==
===Colours===
===Conjunctions===
===Contionary===
===Kinship===
===Points of the compass===
===Swadesh list===
===Weather phrases===
Category:Xanian language
Category:Languages of Xania