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− | {| class="wikitable" | + | {|class="wikitable" |
+ | ! Case name !! Case number !! Singular !! Dual !! Plural | ||
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− | ! | + | ! Nominative |
− | + | | 1 || || -va || -i | |
− | |||
− | |||
|- | |- | ||
− | ! | + | ! Accusative |
− | + | | 2 || -ay || -vay || -iya | |
+ | |- | ||
+ | ! Dative | ||
+ | | 3 || -at || -vat || -it | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | ! Genetive | ||
+ | | 4 || -ak || -vak || -ik | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | ! Instrumental | ||
+ | | 5 || -ap || -vap || -ip | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | ! At locative | ||
+ | | 6 || -ec || -vec || -ic | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | ! | + | ! On locative |
− | | | + | | 7 || -er || -ver || -ir |
|- | |- | ||
+ | ! In locative | ||
+ | | 8 || -el || -vel || -il | ||
+ | |||
+ | |} | ||
== Writing system == | == Writing system == |
Revision as of 21:44, 8 February 2021
Vektranamic | |
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vektranā́mi | |
Region | Terranihil |
Era | 16th century BC - 2nd century AD (and until present in liturgy) |
Revival | 8th century AD |
Vektranamic alphabet | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
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Ecro-Avansertian languages |
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Vektranamic (Vektranamic:Ⲫⲉⲕⲧⲣⲁⲛⲁ̄ⲙⲓ, Vektranā́mi) is a classical language of Terranihil belonging to the Terranilian-Azumanakan branch of the Ecro-Avansertian language family. It arose in south eastern Terranihil in the mid 2nd millenium BC from its predecessor, Proto-Terranilic, as the first recorded Terranilic language. It used the Vektranamic alphabet, derived from Greek. It was the language of the ancient Vektranamic Empire that existed from 1500-600 BC. It is the sacred language of X religion, the language of classical X philosophy, and of the X church.
Contents
Etymology
History
Origin
Classical Vektranamic
1600-1000 BC
Middle Vektranamic
1000-400 BC
Late Vektranamic
400 BC-200 AD
Geographic distribution
Phonology
Labial | Coronal | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||
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dental | alveolar | post-alveolar | ||||||
Plosive | voiceless | /p/ p | /t/ t | /k/ k | /ʔ/ ' | |||
aspirated | /pʰ/ pʰ | /tʰ/ tʰ | /kʰ/ kʰ | |||||
voiced | /b/ b | /d/ d | /g/ g | |||||
Fricative | /f/ f | /θ/ tᵃ | /s/ s | /ʃ/ ś | /x/ kᵃ | /h/ h | ||
voiced | /v/ v | /ð/ dᵃ | /z/ z | /ʒ/ ź | /ɣ/ gᵃ | |||
Nasal | /m/ m | /n/ n | ||||||
Liquid | /r/ r, /l/ l | |||||||
Semivowel | /j/ y | /w/ w |
High | i ī | u ū |
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Mid | e ē | |
Low | a ā |
Morphology
Verbs
Nouns
Vektranamic has three grammatical genders: masculine, feminine, and neuter; three numbers: singular, dual, plural; and six cases: nominative, accusative, dative, genetive, instrumental, and locative.
The instrumental case denotes usage of a thing.
- I wrote the note with a pen
- I ewjewfnw
The locative case denotes a noun at location or time, in something, and on something.
- She was born at 3 PM.
- she weue
- The cat is in the bag.
- the cajrrewn
- The paper is on the table.
- the pasoewee
Case name | Case number | Singular | Dual | Plural |
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Nominative | 1 | -va | -i | |
Accusative | 2 | -ay | -vay | -iya |
Dative | 3 | -at | -vat | -it |
Genetive | 4 | -ak | -vak | -ik |
Instrumental | 5 | -ap | -vap | -ip |
At locative | 6 | -ec | -vec | -ic |
On locative | 7 | -er | -ver | -ir |
In locative | 8 | -el | -vel | -il |