Vaktrian language

Vektranamic
Ⲫⲉⲕⲧⲣⲁⲛⲁ̄ⲙⲓ vektranā́mi
6th century BC inscription
Region	Terranihil
Era	16th century BC - 2nd century AD (and until present in liturgy)
Revival	8th century AD
Language family	Indo-European Ecro-Avansertian Terranilic-Azumanakan Terranilic Vektranamic
Writing system	Vektranamic alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–

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.

History

Classical Vektranamic

1600-1000 BC

Middle Vektranamic

1000-400 BC

Late Vektranamic

400 BC-200 AD

Phonology

Consonants

		Labial	Coronal			Palatal	Velar	Glottal
			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	voiceless	/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

Vowels

High	i ī	u ū
Mid	e ē
Low	a ā

Morphology

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
Nominative	1		-va	-i
Accusative	2	-ay	-vay	-iya
Dative	3	-al	-val	-il
Genetive	4	-ok	-vok	-ik
Instrumental	5	-ap	-vap	-ip
At locative	6	-ec	-vec	-ic
On locative	7	-er	-ver	-ir
In locative	8	-est	-vest	-sit

Pronouns

Vektramic has seven personal pronouns. Second and third person have a dual form but first does not. Each person has a plural. They are not gendered. All of the noun cases apply to pronouns; however, instrumental case denotes accompaniment rather than usage and the at locative case denotes near or around.

Vektranamic personal pronouns

Person	Number	Case
		Nominative	Accusative	Dative	Genetive	Instrumental	At locative	On locative	In locative
First	Singular	agam	agay	agal	agok	agap	agec	ager	agest
	Plural	vayam	vaya	vayal	vayok	vayap	vayec	vayer	vaysit
Second	Singular	tu	toy	tul	tok	tuyap	tuyec	tuyer	tuyest
	Dual	vu	voy	vul	vok	vuyap	vuyec	vuyer	vuyest
	Plural	yu	oy	yul	yok	oyap	oyec	oyer	yusit
Third	Singular	sa	saya	sayal	sayok	sayap	sayec	sayer	sayest
	Dual	sva	svaya	svayal	svayok	svayap	svayec	svayer	svayest
	Plural	täs	täya	täyal	täyok	täyap	täyec	täyer	täysit