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{{Infobox language
{{Infobox language
|name=Common Amorian
|name=Common Amorian
|family=Agayyeuryn Languages
|family=Manoryn Languages
|scripts=Peasant's Writing, Charcoal Tongue
|scripts=Peasant's Writing, Greenwords (laranpanpiyuwan)
|country=[[Amoria]]
|country=[[Amoria]]
|number=1
|number=1
|usage=
|usage=
|lang-code=APL
|lang-code=
|endonym=Anpanola [an.pa.no.la]
|endonym=Anpanola [an.pa.no.la]
|exonym=Common Amorian
|exonym=Common Amorian
}}
}}
{{Notice|This article is a work in progress, as I can't put it all down in one sitting because I don't have time to do so.}}
==Example Sentence==
Dciludaylahbveley: Beugeuninycangeneuleylaygehjeyyehneymeucnini. DakinelahbveleymaynpahntamBeugeunaynycangeneulyjbeugeuleunaylumaytamhybyneum mingi ehniramahaymeucnileunydugigehjayaneuhay.
twelfth-and-third-box-ART.DEF.SING.M.NOM: Burger-ART.NDEF.N.SING.NOM-king-POSS-ART.DEF.M.SING.NOM-leaf-ART.NDEF.M.SING.NOM-foot-ART.NDEF.N.SING.NOM last-box-ART.DEF.M.SING.NOM-which-in-2P-Burger-ART.NDEF.N.SING.DAT-king-POSS-ART.DEF.M.SING.DAT-burger-POSS-ART.NDEF.N.SING.DAT-and-which-2P-want<COND> be<PFV> foreigner-ART.NDEF.F.SING.ACC-foot-POSS-ART.NDEF.N.SING.ACC-mushroom-POSS-ART.NDEF.F.SING.ACC
=Top=
Common Amorian is the language of the commonfolk of Amoria. It is a language in the Lomaryn subfamily and one of three Lomaryn languages spoken on Ngearth, one of the others being its very close (and endangered) relative [[Aristoamorian]].<br>
Common Amorian is the language of the commonfolk of Amoria. It is a language in the Lomaryn subfamily and one of three Lomaryn languages spoken on Ngearth, one of the others being its very close (and endangered) relative [[Aristoamorian]].<br>
=Grammar=
= Grammar =
==Morphology & Syntax==
== Cases ==
Common Amorian uses the "Hyperactive" morphosyntactic alignment, meaning Agents (A) and Agentive Subjects (Sₐ) use the same case and declensions, while Patients (P) and Patientive Subjects (Sₚ) each have their own cases and declensions. The cases used in Amorian are nominative (A and Sₐ), accusative (P), and allegative (Sₚ). Each of these three cases, as well as the dative case, change the ending of a word. Word endings also depend on the gender of the word, which is variable in some words and constant in others. The four grammatical genders of Common Amorian are Masculine, Feminine, Trinary, and Divine.
Common Amorian has 5 distinct cases. Those cases are nominative, accusative, allegative, dative, and genitive. Nominative denotes agents, accusative denotes a patientive object, and allegative denotes a patientive subject. Dative and genitive are unaltered from their standard uses. The nominative case can also be used as the vocative, as Common Amorian does not have a vocative. All cases are indicated by changing the ending of a noun, with the exception of the genitive, which takes one of two suffixes: "-leu" for possession or "-na" for modification.
===Word Order===
== Gender ==
By default, Common Amorian uses SVO word order. The only exception is when the interrogative mood is used, which changes the word order to SOV. Common Amorian puts its adjectives before its nouns and possessors before possessees. Adpositions always go at the beginning of a sentence or clause.
Common Amorian has 4 grammatical genders. Those genders are masculine, feminine, non-binary or trinary (here out referred to as hermaphrodite<ref>Amorian Skinfolk (palaarran) are usually assigned one of 3 genders at birth, and there are 3 standard sexes, so while the hermaphrodite grammatical gender could be used for non-binary identities, it is intended for people of this third sex.</ref>, and divine. Most nouns have a default gender, but if the discussed individual has a gender that is different from the default gender of the word, the word's gender can be changed to match. For example, the word for Skinfolk<ref>One of the two dominant species of Amoria is the Skinfolk, which resemble humans for the most part.</ref> (palaarran) is feminine by default. However, if the person being discussed were male or non-binary, the word ending would change to reflect this, turning the word into palaleha or palairri. If the gender of the person being discussed is simply not known, the default gender of the word is used, which in this case is feminine.
===Verb Conjugations===
== Word Order ==
Verbs in Common Amorian have seven different conjugations, not counting the infinitive. Verbs conjugate to be placed in the perfect, imperfective, perfective, progressive,  and habitual aspects, the optative mood, or to convey what [[English]] conveys with the verb "can". To express tense, verbs take one of three prefixes for either the past, near past, or future, or do not take any affixes for the present.
By default, Common Amorian uses SVO word order. The only exception is when the interrogative mood is used, which changes the word order to VOS. Common Amorian puts its adjectives before its nouns and possessors before possessees. Adpositions always go at the beginning of a sentence or clause.
==Agglutination & Fusion==
== Verb Conjugations ==
Verbs in Common Amorian have seven different conjugations, not counting the infinitive. Verbs conjugate to be placed in the perfect, imperfective, perfective, progressive,  and habitual aspects, the optative mood, or to convey ability to do something (akin to [[English]] "can"). To express tense, verbs take one of three prefixes for either the past, near past, or future, or do not take any affixes for the present.
== Tenses, Aspects, Moods ==
Common Amorian has four tenses: Far Past, Near Past, Present, & Future. The present leaves the verb as is while the far past adds the prefix "'ol-", the near past adds the prefix "da-", and the future adds the prefix "dada-". <br>
Common Amorian also contains the following aspects & moods:
* Aspects
** Perfective
** Imperfective
** Perfect
** Progressive
** Habitual
** Ability<ref>The Ability aspect conveys the same concept that English conveys with the verb "can". It is grouped in with aspects because [[User:BoubaWiki1102|I]] did not know where else to put it.</ref>
*** All of these are indicated with verb conjugations.
* Moods
** Indicative
*** The default sentence.
** Interrogative
*** Indicated with word order VOS.
** Imperative
*** Begin sentence with "jilyu"
** Hypothetical
*** Begin sentence with "tiyu"
** Optative
*** Indicated with verb conjugation.
** Conditional
*** Begin sentence with "dayhu"
== Agglutination & Fusion ==
Common Amorian has extreme amounts of morpheme fusion and agglutination. It could be considered a polysynthetic language by someone more experienced in linguistics, but no such person has analyzed the language as of now. Verbs function as the hearts of sentences; subjects attach in front of verbs and objects behind.
Common Amorian has extreme amounts of morpheme fusion and agglutination. It could be considered a polysynthetic language by someone more experienced in linguistics, but no such person has analyzed the language as of now. Verbs function as the hearts of sentences; subjects attach in front of verbs and objects behind.
= Sound System =
Common Amorian generally contains the following sounds.
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |
!'''Labial'''
!'''Dental'''
!'''Alveolar'''
!'''Postalveolar'''
!'''Dorsal'''
!'''Glottal'''
|-
|-
! colspan="2" |'''Nasal'''
|m
|n
|
|
|ŋ ⟨ng⟩
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |'''Plosive'''
!voiceless
|p
|t
|
|
|k
|ʔ ⟨'⟩
|-
!voiced
|
|d
|
|
|g
|-
! colspan="2" |'''Fricative'''
|ɸ ⟨f⟩
|
|s
|ʃ ⟨j⟩
|
|h
|-
! colspan="2" |'''Approximant'''
|w
| colspan="3" |l
|j ⟨y⟩
|
|-
! colspan="2" |'''Trill'''
|
| colspan="3" |r ⟨rr⟩
|ʀ ⟨r⟩
|
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" |'''Front'''
! colspan="2" |'''Central'''
! colspan="2" |'''Back'''
|-
!short
!long
!short
!long
!short
!long
|-
!'''Close'''
|i<br>ɪ ⟨y⟩
|iː ⟨ii⟩
|jʉ ⟨yu⟩
|jʉː ⟨yuu⟩
|u
|uː ⟨uu⟩
|-
!'''Close-mid'''
|e ⟨e⟩
|eː ⟨ee⟩
| colspan="2" |
|o
|oː ⟨oo⟩
|-
!'''Mid'''
| colspan="2" |
| colspan="2" |ə ⟨eu⟩
| colspan="2" |
|-
!'''Open'''
| colspan="2" |
|a
|aː ⟨aa⟩
| colspan="2" |
|-
|}
If followed by an open vowel or a schwa, 't' and 'd' become θ and ð respectively.
<br> Many urban accents, but most notably the Hearyn accent, will realize /r/ and /ʀ/ as [ʰr] and [ʰʀ~ʁ]. /ʀ/ may also be realized as [ʀ], [ʁ], [x], [χ], or even [h] in different accents. /a/ is often realized as [ɐ].
<br> If a vowel meets itself as a result of the agglutination of morphemes, the vowel lengthens. /l/ and /r/ are deleted after /n/, /t/, /d/, /s/, and after each other. Rhotics (/r/ & /ʀ/) cannot follow nasals and are deleted if agglutination places them after nasals. /ji/ turns into /i/ and if /u/ is followed by another vowel it either becomes /w/ or /w/ is inserted between them.
== Syllables ==
The basic syllable structure of Common Amorian is (C)(j)V(ɪ/w)(C).
= Word Endings =
Common nouns have word endings that change depending on gender and case. These endings correspond to the many articles in [[Aristoamorian]], as both evolved from the articles of [[Classical Amorian]]. The word endings are as follows:
{| class="wikitable"
!
!'''Masculine'''
!'''Feminine'''
!'''Hermaphrodite'''
!'''Divine'''
|-
!'''Nominative'''
|leha
|arran
|irri
|yula (yuwan ''pl.'')
|-
!'''Accusative'''
|laha
|ara
|du
|yu (yul ''pl.'')
|-
!'''Allegative'''
|lyj
|ray
|nay
|yo
|-
!'''Dative'''
|mey
|jay
|laywi
|su
|-
|}
The nominative and accusative divine endings are the only distinction of number to survive in Common Amorian. <br>
There are also word endings that convey the concept of "this" and "that". They are as follows:
{| class="wikitable"
!
!'''This'''
!'''That'''
|-
!'''Nominative'''
|leyrri
|lana
|-
!'''Accusative'''
|leyhi
|lahi
|-
!'''Allegative'''
|eri
|laray
|-
!'''Dative'''
|ler
|lajay
|-
|}
= Honorifics =
Common Amorian requires an honorific be placed at the end of given names. They function similarly to word endings, changing for gender and case. However, they also change for formality, although the only three levels of formality that survive in Common Amorian are formal, for Rulers, and for Gods.
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |
!'''Masculine'''
!'''Feminine'''
!'''Hermaphrodite'''
|-
! rowspan="3" |'''Nominative'''
!'''Formal'''
|ko
|ku
|ko
|-
!'''Rulers'''
|ja
|sa
|jan
|-
!'''Gods'''
|ni
|niyu
|nym
|-
! rowspan="3" |'''Accusative'''
!'''Formal'''
|ngo
|nga
|ngo
|-
!'''Rulers'''
|jal
|da
|jal
|-
!'''Gods'''
|niw
|niw
|nywu
|-
! rowspan="3" |'''Allegative'''
!'''Formal'''
|no
|na
|nu
|-
!'''Rulers'''
|san
|ta
|seul
|-
!'''Gods'''
| colspan="3" |li
|-
! rowspan="3" |'''Dative'''
!'''Formal'''
|'o
|'u
|'o
|-
!'''Rulers'''
|jey
|say
|ji
|-
!'''Gods'''
|nyn
|nyla
|nyh
|-
|}
= References & Footnotes =
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Latest revision as of 04:36, 15 July 2026

Common Amorian
Language familyManoryn Languages
Writing systemPeasant's Writing, Greenwords (laranpanpiyuwan)
Official status
Spoken inAmoria
Speaker
EndonymAnpanola [an.pa.no.la]
ExonymCommon Amorian
Number of speakers1
Technical information

Common Amorian is the language of the commonfolk of Amoria. It is a language in the Lomaryn subfamily and one of three Lomaryn languages spoken on Ngearth, one of the others being its very close (and endangered) relative Aristoamorian.

Grammar

Cases

Common Amorian has 5 distinct cases. Those cases are nominative, accusative, allegative, dative, and genitive. Nominative denotes agents, accusative denotes a patientive object, and allegative denotes a patientive subject. Dative and genitive are unaltered from their standard uses. The nominative case can also be used as the vocative, as Common Amorian does not have a vocative. All cases are indicated by changing the ending of a noun, with the exception of the genitive, which takes one of two suffixes: "-leu" for possession or "-na" for modification.

Gender

Common Amorian has 4 grammatical genders. Those genders are masculine, feminine, non-binary or trinary (here out referred to as hermaphrodite[1], and divine. Most nouns have a default gender, but if the discussed individual has a gender that is different from the default gender of the word, the word's gender can be changed to match. For example, the word for Skinfolk[2] (palaarran) is feminine by default. However, if the person being discussed were male or non-binary, the word ending would change to reflect this, turning the word into palaleha or palairri. If the gender of the person being discussed is simply not known, the default gender of the word is used, which in this case is feminine.

Word Order

By default, Common Amorian uses SVO word order. The only exception is when the interrogative mood is used, which changes the word order to VOS. Common Amorian puts its adjectives before its nouns and possessors before possessees. Adpositions always go at the beginning of a sentence or clause.

Verb Conjugations

Verbs in Common Amorian have seven different conjugations, not counting the infinitive. Verbs conjugate to be placed in the perfect, imperfective, perfective, progressive, and habitual aspects, the optative mood, or to convey ability to do something (akin to English "can"). To express tense, verbs take one of three prefixes for either the past, near past, or future, or do not take any affixes for the present.

Tenses, Aspects, Moods

Common Amorian has four tenses: Far Past, Near Past, Present, & Future. The present leaves the verb as is while the far past adds the prefix "'ol-", the near past adds the prefix "da-", and the future adds the prefix "dada-".
Common Amorian also contains the following aspects & moods:

  • Aspects
    • Perfective
    • Imperfective
    • Perfect
    • Progressive
    • Habitual
    • Ability[3]
      • All of these are indicated with verb conjugations.
  • Moods
    • Indicative
      • The default sentence.
    • Interrogative
      • Indicated with word order VOS.
    • Imperative
      • Begin sentence with "jilyu"
    • Hypothetical
      • Begin sentence with "tiyu"
    • Optative
      • Indicated with verb conjugation.
    • Conditional
      • Begin sentence with "dayhu"

Agglutination & Fusion

Common Amorian has extreme amounts of morpheme fusion and agglutination. It could be considered a polysynthetic language by someone more experienced in linguistics, but no such person has analyzed the language as of now. Verbs function as the hearts of sentences; subjects attach in front of verbs and objects behind.

Sound System

Common Amorian generally contains the following sounds.

Labial Dental Alveolar Postalveolar Dorsal Glottal
Nasal m n ŋ ⟨ng⟩
Plosive voiceless p t k ʔ ⟨'⟩
voiced d g
Fricative ɸ ⟨f⟩ s ʃ ⟨j⟩ h
Approximant w l j ⟨y⟩
Trill r ⟨rr⟩ ʀ ⟨r⟩
Front Central Back
short long short long short long
Close i
ɪ ⟨y⟩ 		iː ⟨ii⟩ jʉ ⟨yu⟩ jʉː ⟨yuu⟩ u uː ⟨uu⟩
Close-mid e ⟨e⟩ eː ⟨ee⟩ o oː ⟨oo⟩
Mid ə ⟨eu⟩
Open a aː ⟨aa⟩

If followed by an open vowel or a schwa, 't' and 'd' become θ and ð respectively.
Many urban accents, but most notably the Hearyn accent, will realize /r/ and /ʀ/ as [ʰr] and [ʰʀ~ʁ]. /ʀ/ may also be realized as [ʀ], [ʁ], [x], [χ], or even [h] in different accents. /a/ is often realized as [ɐ].
If a vowel meets itself as a result of the agglutination of morphemes, the vowel lengthens. /l/ and /r/ are deleted after /n/, /t/, /d/, /s/, and after each other. Rhotics (/r/ & /ʀ/) cannot follow nasals and are deleted if agglutination places them after nasals. /ji/ turns into /i/ and if /u/ is followed by another vowel it either becomes /w/ or /w/ is inserted between them.

Syllables

The basic syllable structure of Common Amorian is (C)(j)V(ɪ/w)(C).

Word Endings

Common nouns have word endings that change depending on gender and case. These endings correspond to the many articles in Aristoamorian, as both evolved from the articles of Classical Amorian. The word endings are as follows:

Masculine Feminine Hermaphrodite Divine
Nominative leha arran irri yula (yuwan pl.)
Accusative laha ara du yu (yul pl.)
Allegative lyj ray nay yo
Dative mey jay laywi su

The nominative and accusative divine endings are the only distinction of number to survive in Common Amorian.
There are also word endings that convey the concept of "this" and "that". They are as follows:

This That
Nominative leyrri lana
Accusative leyhi lahi
Allegative eri laray
Dative ler lajay

Honorifics

Common Amorian requires an honorific be placed at the end of given names. They function similarly to word endings, changing for gender and case. However, they also change for formality, although the only three levels of formality that survive in Common Amorian are formal, for Rulers, and for Gods.

Masculine Feminine Hermaphrodite
Nominative Formal ko ku ko
Rulers ja sa jan
Gods ni niyu nym
Accusative Formal ngo nga ngo
Rulers jal da jal
Gods niw niw nywu
Allegative Formal no na nu
Rulers san ta seul
Gods li
Dative Formal 'o 'u 'o
Rulers jey say ji
Gods nyn nyla nyh

References & Footnotes

  1. ↑ Amorian Skinfolk (palaarran) are usually assigned one of 3 genders at birth, and there are 3 standard sexes, so while the hermaphrodite grammatical gender could be used for non-binary identities, it is intended for people of this third sex.
  2. ↑ One of the two dominant species of Amoria is the Skinfolk, which resemble humans for the most part.
  3. ↑ The Ability aspect conveys the same concept that English conveys with the verb "can". It is grouped in with aspects because I did not know where else to put it.
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