Audapaupadopolisian (language)

**Audapaupadopolisian** is the language spoken by the Children of the Sun and citizens of the city Audpaupadopolis.

## History

### Creation

The language was created by Cain, the son of Adam el Asem the ruler of the city of Audapaupadopolis.

### Later usage

The language continued to exist even after the fallen of Asem's kingdom, used in the antediluvian Afro-Eurasia as a classical and liturgical language. It's presumed that Cain based the language of Canaan on the Audapaupadopolisian language.

## Phonology

### Consonants

Audapaupadopolisian has 15 consonantal phonemes that are divided in:

* **Nasal**: M (Labial) and N (Alveolar).
* **Plosive**: P and B (Labial); T and D (Alveolar); K and G (Palatal-Velar).
* **Fricative**: F and V (Labial); S and Z (Alveolar); ç (Palatal-Velar).
* **Approximant**: L (Alveolar); J (Palatal-Velar).

### Vowels

Vowels in Audapaudadopolisian form a simple five-vowel system, there is another type of vowel that don't exist in other languages called "thaumicity", which can modify the resonance created during speech through anomalous means (marked with a cedilla, a diacritic mark shaped as a hook beneath the letter, in phonemic marking and an acute accent in Romanization, and it is recommended to approximate them in speech using nasal vowels). The exact effects are unknown.

Vowels are divided in:

* **Close**: I and i̧ (Front); U and u̧ (Back).
* **Middle**: E and ȩ (Front); O and o̧ (Back).
* **Open**: A (Front); a̧ (Back).

### Diphthongs

Audapaudadopolisian has only diphthongs for non-thaumic words.

Examples:

* A: a͡e, a͡i and a͡u.
* E: e͡a and e͡i.
* O: o͡a, o͡i and o͡u.
* I: i͡a and i͡o.

## Grammar

### Verbal Conjugation

#### Absolute Conjugation

The Absolute conjugation is the most morphologically simple, signifying verbs that are perceived by the speaker to be basic, unchangeable and objectively universal truth.

Examples: Láf fófilat pio válaelaz = People are born equal. Division into syllables: láf fófil -at pio -∅ ∅ -válae-z = into equality-DAT person-NOM ABS-born -POS.

#### Common Conjugation

The Common conjugation marks statements considered commonly known facts that are variable or otherwise not as basic as the verbs in the first conjugation.

Examples

* Fei fásaez nioválg télépalaz umalúmioz = The saiga can run fast.
	+ Division into syllables: fei fa̧sae-z niova̧lg-∅ tȩlȩp-al -az u -ma -lu̧mio-z = in speed-DAT saiga -NOM run -INF-POS NFUT-COM-able -POS.

#### Firsthand and Indirect Conjugation

Both of these conjugations respectively mark statements directly experienced by the speaker to be true or that the speaker thinks are true, but weren't directly experienced.

Examples:

* Pia oufiav utigoiz = I drank water.
	+ Division into syllables: pia-∅ oufia-v u -ti -goi -z = 1S -NOM water-ACC NFUT-FIR-drink-POS.
* Tai oufiav ulagoiz = She told me that she drank water.
	+ Division into syllables: tai-∅ oufia-v u -la -goi -z = 3S -NOM water-ACC NFUT-IDR-drink-POS.

#### Potential Conjugation

The Potential conjugation is used for verbs that express possibility, but that aren't certain.

Examples:

* Tai oufiav uzagoiz = She likely drank water.
	+ Division in syllabes: tai-∅ oufia-v u -za -goi -z = 3S -NOM water-ACC NFUT-POT-drink-POS.

#### Infinitive Conjugation

The Infinitive marks nonfinite verbs.

Examples:

* Tai oufiav goilaz utilúmioz = She is able to drink water.
	+ Division in syllabes: tai-∅ oufia-v goi -l -az u -ti -lúmio-z = 3S -NOM water-ACC drink-INF-POS NFUT-FIR-able -POS.

### Nominal Conjugation

#### Noun Cases

Audapaupadopolisian has four noun cases (nominative, accusative, genitive and dative), each marked with a suffix, that may be positive or negative. These are the suffixes:

* **Positive**: ev (Accusative), ap (Genitive) and at (Dative).
* **Negative**: akam (Nominative), evam (Accusative), apam (Genitive) and atam (Dative).

#### Pronouns

Audapaupadopolisian conjugates pronouns based on number, person and clusivity in the plural 1st and, remarkably, 2nd person. In addition, pronouns take on the appropriate case endings.

Here's the list for pronouns in Audapaupadopolisian:

* **1st Person**: pia (Singular), çet (Plural inxclusive) and çeku (Plural exclusive).
* **2nd Person**: mae (Singular), ju̧l (Plural inclusive) and ju̧lu (Plural exclusive).

### Syntax

The order in which words are disposed in Audapaupadopolisian is Subject-Object-Verb, but looking to its grammatical cases, the order could be changed to Object-Verb-Subject if the object is the topic of conversation. The language operates head-finally, except for relative clauses, which follow the head, and of the traditional format of names, where the head (the personal name) is always initial. Audapaupadopolisian marks the relationships of the Genitive through the genitive case and amalgamation, where the word drop their genitive case ending.

Example (the two phrases both mean "child of (the) father"): Paupap vemb/ Paupavemb.

## References

1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 Audapaupadopolisian Language.
2. ↑ Entry Page: 6666