Archive:Yaharan language
Yaharan | |
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Síyähärä | |
Pronunciation | ˈsɪ̈jɑhɑrɑ |
Region | Greater Yahara (Lower Boroso) |
Ethnicity | Yaharans |
Native speakers | 24,000,000 20,000,000 as a second language (2010) |
Language family | Yaharan
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Early forms: | Proto-Yaharan
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Dialects | Celebrezstuvan
Ciovergian
Haran
Yervergian
Yitsman
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Writing system | Feyandya |
Official status | |
Official language in | Confederation of Lower Boroso Template:Country data Upper Yahara Template:Country data Yaxarhayut |
CWS code | SIH |
Yaharan (IPA: /jəˈhɑːɹɪ̈n/, lingua Jahærana, Ꙗгарьскыи ѩзыкъ; Yaharan: Síyähärä /ˈsɪ̈jɑɦɑɹɑ/) is the only living member of the Greater Yaharan languages. Spoken by over eleven million people, it serves as the official language of the Kingdom of Upper Yahara and one of the two official languages of the Kingdom of Yaxarhayut. Historically, it was the predominant language of the Empire of Yahara, and as a result has heavily influenced the Monyo languages, Trunaomatian, and Heoroman, amongst others.
Phonology
Consonants
Bilabial | Labio-dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post-alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
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Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||
Plosive | p b | t d | k g | |||||
Fricative | f v | θ | s z | ʃ ʒ | x | ɦ | ||
Slide | s͢ʃ | |||||||
Affricate | t͡s | t͡ʃ | ||||||
Liquid | ʍ w | l ɹ r | j |
Vowels
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i y | ɯ u | |
Mid | ɛ | ɪ̈ | o |
Open | ɑ |
Diphthongs: /ɛɪ̯/, /ɑɪ̯/, /jⁱɑʊ̯/
Phonotactics
Orthography
The Yaharan language is written using the Feyandya, its traditional alphabet. Three forms are used for various purposes: the civil version (most commonly used in signage and printing), the written version (used in both print and handwriting), and the religious version (used almost exclusively for ceremonial purposes and in temple recordkeeping). The written version is that which is presented below.
Paired consonants: | Unpaired consonants: | |||||||
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Unvoiced letter: | IPA: | Voiced letter: | IPA: | Letter: | IPA: | Letter: | IPA: | |
p | /p/ | b | /b/ | l ,L | /l/ | w ,W | /w/ | |
t | /t/ | d | /d/ | y ,Y | /j/ | č | /t͡ʃ/ | |
k | /k/ | g | /g/ | Vowels: | ||||
f | /f/ | v | /v/ | Long letter: | IPA: | Short letter: | IPA: | |
s ,S | /s/ | z | /z/ | A ,a | /ɛɪ̯/ | Ä ,ä | /ɑ/ | |
š | /ʃ/ | ž | /ʒ/ | O ,o | /o/ | Ö ,ö | /o/ | |
x | /x/ | h | /ɦ/ | U ,u | /u/ | Ü ,ü | /ɯ/ | |
c | /s͢ʃ/ | þ ,Þ | /θ/ | I ,i | /ɑɪ̯/ | Í ,í | /ɪ̈/ | |
n ,N | /n/ | m | /m/ | E ,e | /i/ | Ë ,ë | /ɛ/ | |
r | /ɹ/ | ř | /r/ | Ø ,ø | /jⁱɑʊ̯/ | Ÿ ,ÿ | /y/ | |
Ligatures: | Obsolete letters: | |||||||
nt | /nt/ | nd | /nd/ | Æ ,æ | /ɑ/ | Ï | /ɪ̈/ | |
nk | /ŋk/ | ng | /ŋg/ | Á ,á | /Ø/ | É ,é | /Ø/ | |
ď | /dʲɑ/ | ḳ | /stk/ | Required ideograms: | ||||
ǒ | /os/ | As a ligature for the word ös. | Ideogram: | Meaning: | ||||
ň | /nɪ̈l/ | As a ligature for the word níl. | ǽ | "Ashe" |
Grammar
Nouns
Nouns in Yaharan are split into three classes based on the last sound of the word. These classes determine the definite and indefinite articles, and are summarized below:
Class: | Definite article: | Indefinite article: | Last sound of word: | ||
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Masculine: | {tëmë} tëmë | {dänß} dän | {šä} šä | {cßdßďßËßgßhßnßOßÖßpßřßsßšßtßþßvßxß} -c, -d, -dyä, -ë, -g, -h, -n, -o, -ö, -p, -ř, -s, -š, -t, -þ, -v, -x | |
Feminine: | {täng} täng | {AßÄßbßčßeßfßißíßkßlßmßrßußüßwßÿßzßžß} -a, -ä, -b, -č, -e, -f, -i, -í, -k, -l, -m, -r, -u, -ü, -w, -ÿ -z, -ž | |||
Plural: | {þuwß} þuw | {šä} šä | {šuwß} šuw | Ø -ø |
Further, nouns decline for the genitive, plural, and genitive plural, again based on final sound.
Last sound of word: | Singular genitive: | Plural: | Plural genitive: |
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{aßÄßeßëßißíßoßößußüßÿß} -a, -ä, -e, -ë, -i, -í, -o, -ö, -u, -ü, -ÿ | dä -dä | Ø -ø | Øšä -øšä |
{cßčßfßsßšßþßvßhwßxßzßžß} -c, -č, -f, -s, -š, -þ, -v, –w, -x, -z, -ž | dä -dä | dø -dø | døšä -døšä |
{dßgßkßlßmßnßpßrßřßtßwßøß} -d, -f, -k, -l, -m, -n, -p, -r, -ř, -t, -w, -ø | šø -šø | šä -šä | šøšä -šøšä |
Pronouns
Pronouns are distinguished by person, partially by number, and function. Almost all are able to decline to four cases: the intransitive, transitive, reflexive, and genitive.
Intransitive: | Transitive: | Reflexive: | Genitive: | English equivalent: | |
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1S | {ësto} ësto | {sít} sít | {ëtS} ëts | {ësta} {ëstä} ësta1, ëstä | "I" |
1P | {yënto} yënto | {yën} yën | {utS} uts | {yëntä} yëntä | "we" |
2S | {eṡlí} elí | {lít} lít | {ätS} äts | {lítšä} lítšä | "you" |
2P | {lítšø} lítšø | {lítšøšä} lítšøšä | "you all" | ||
3SI | {yënto} híst | {ÿtS} ÿts | {hístšä} hístšä | "it" | |
3SA | {hístä} hístä | {sä} sä | {otS} ots | {hístädä} hístädä | "he/she" |
3P | {þanto} þanto | {þan} þan | {ötS} öts | {þantä} þantä | "they" |
1. The form {ësta} ësta is used only as an emphatic. |
Intransitive: | Transitive: | Reflexive: | English equivalent: | |
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INAN | {erø} erø | {røt} røt | {ütS} üts | "which/that" |
AN | {nícto} nícto | {níc} níc | "who/which" |