Ezanrun/harengon

a language spoken by most harengon and locathah.

Natively known as: ezanrun /eˈzanɾun/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
in nan nesun gezuka nan dawa in pipyun nan kigu keza ha hiki
Pronunciation: /in man ˈnesun geˈzuka man ˈdawa in ˈpipjun man ˈkigu ˈkeza ha ˈhiki/
Ezanrun word order: and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: b d g h j k m n p s t w z ŋ ɾ

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m	n		ŋ
Stop	p b	t d		k g
Fricative		s z			h
Approximant			j
Tap		ɾ

Co-articulated phonemes

↓Manner/Place→	Labial-velar
Approximant	w

Vowel inventory: a e i o u

	Front	Back
High	i	u
High-mid	e	o
Low	a

Syllable structure: Custom defined ?
Stress pattern: Penultimate — stress is on the second last syllable ?
Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
ŋ	n
m	n
j	y
ɾ	r

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Grammar

Main word order: Subject Verb Object (Prepositional phrase). “Mary opened the door with a key” turns into Mary opened the door with a key.
Adjective order: Adjectives are positioned before the noun.
Adposition: prepositions ?

Nouns

	Singular	Plural
Masculine	No affix onpen /ˈompen/ boy	Prefix a- aonpen /aˈompen/ boys
Feminine	No affix nato /ˈnato/ girl	Prefix e- enato /eˈnato/ girls
Neuter	No affix eyon /ˈejon/ dog	If starts with vowel: Prefix h- Else: Prefix he- heyon /ˈhejon/ dogs

Articles

Ezanrun has no definite article ‘the’, or indefinite article ‘a’.

Pronouns

1st singular	zo /zo/ I, me, mine
2nd singular	gen /gen/ you, yours
3rd singular masc	nan /man/ he, him, his,
3rd singular fem	nan /nan/ she, her, hers,
3rd singular neuter	u /u/ it (neut), its (neut)
1st plural inclusive	pen /pen/ we (including you), us (including you), ours (including you)
1st plural exclusive	in /in/ we (excluding you), us (excluding you), ours (excluding you)
2nd plural	hon /hon/ you all, yours (pl)
3rd plural masc	ton /ton/ they (masc), them (masc), theirs (masc)
3rd plural fem	ka /ka/ they (fem), them (fem), theirs (fem)
3rd plural neuter	ke /ke/ they (neut), them (neut), theirs (neut)

Possessive determiners

	Possessive
1st singular	zo /zo/ my
2nd singular	gen /gen/ your
3rd singular masc	nan /man/ his
3rd singular fem	nan /nan/ her
3rd singular neuter	u /u/ his, her, its (neut)
1st plural inclusive	pen /pen/ our (including you)
1st plural exclusive	in /in/ our (excluding you)
2nd plural	hon /hon/ your (pl)
3rd plural masc	ton /ton/ their (masc)
3rd plural fem	ka /ka/ their (fem)
3rd plural neuter	ke /ke/ their (neut)

Verbs

Ezanrun uses a standalone particle word for past tense:

Past	Particle before the verb: a - a pora /a ˈpoɾa/ learned

Ezanrun uses a standalone particle word for future tense:

Future

Particle before the verb: go - go pora /go ˈpoɾa/ will learn

Imperfective aspect

The ‘imperfective’ aspect refers to ongoing actions, such as I am learning and habitual actions, such as I learn (something new every day).
Ezanrun uses an affix for imperfective:

Imperfective

Prefix zu- zupora /zuˈpoɾa/ learns/is learning

Perfect aspect

The perfect aspect in English is exemplified in ‘I have read this book’, which expresses an event that took place before the time spoken but which has an effect on or is in some way still relevant to the present.
Ezanrun uses an affix for the perfect aspect:

Perfect

Reduplicate whole word porapora /ˌpoɾaˈpoɾa/ have learned

Numbers

Ezanrun has a base-20 number system:
1 - se
2 - ni
3 - da
4 - ta
5 - gon
6 - su
7 - nare
8 - dan
9 - ko
10 - he
11 - pun
12 - nukinta
13 - hin
14 - takonu
15 - yo
16 - bu
17 - i
18 - pan
19 - te
20 - buza
400 - ron
8000 - nin

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = Prefix he-
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix oz-
Else: Prefix ozu-
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix p-
Else: Prefix po-
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix m-
Else: Prefix mo-
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If starts with vowel: Prefix n-
Else: Prefix ne-
Noun to verb = Prefix o-
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix k-
Else: Prefix ka-
Tending to = If starts with vowel: Prefix ubj-
Else: Prefix ubjo-
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix s-
Else: Prefix se-
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = If starts with vowel: Prefix d-
Else: Prefix do-
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Prefix te-
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Prefix e-
Diminutive = If starts with vowel: Prefix d-
Else: Prefix do-
Augmentative = Prefix to-

Dictionary

3059 Words.

Spoken by

• Harengon
• Locathah