Atrean

Die Sprache Atrean entstammt dem Herzen des Atreanischen Kaiserreichs, Atrea. Heute wird die Sprache in allen Regionen des Kaiserreichs gesprochen und ist auch in einigen fremden Regionen wie Eljiet häufig anzutreffen.

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
gud queum pis ca queum prax gud pret queum lubi fes punc mor
Pronunciation: /guːd kʷeu̯m pis ka kʷeu̯m praːks guːd pret kʷeu̯m ˈluːbi feːs puːnk mor/
Atrean word order: and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: b d f g h k kʷ l m n p r s t w

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m		n
Stop	p b		d t	k kʷ g
Fricative		f	s		h
Trill			r
Lateral approximant			l

Co-articulated phonemes

↓Manner/Place→	Labial-velar
Approximant	w

Vowel inventory: a ae̯ au̯ aː e ei̯ eu̯ eː i io̯ iu̯ iː o oe̯ oː u ui̯ uː
Diphthongs: ae̯ au̯ ei̯ eu̯ io̯ iu̯ oe̯ ui̯ ?

	Front	Back
High	i iː	u uː
High-mid	e eː	o oː
Low	a aː

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

Pronunciation	Spelling
kʷ	qu
ks	x
k	c
w	v
ː
̯

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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
Definite	No affix plit /plit/ the dog	Prefix kroː- croplit /ˈkroːplit/ the dogs
Indefinite	If starts with vowel: Prefix k- Else: Prefix ki- ciplit /ˈkiplit/ a dog	Prefix io̯- ioplit /ˈio̯plit/ some dogs

Articles

Atrean encodes definite article ‘the’, and indefinite article ‘a’ in noun affixes. See Noun section.

Pronouns

1st singular	plir /plir/ I, me, mine
2nd singular	lens /leːns/ you, yours
3rd singular	queum /kʷeu̯m/ he, him, his, she, her, hers, it, its
1st plural	seunt /seu̯nt/ we, us, ours
2nd plural	grui /grui̯/ you all, yours (pl)
3rd plural	stui /stui̯/ they, them, theirs

Possessive determiners

	Possessive
1st singular	plir /plir/ my
2nd singular	lens /leːns/ your
3rd singular	queum /kʷeu̯m/ his, her, its
1st plural	seunt /seu̯nt/ our
2nd plural	grui /grui̯/ your (pl)
3rd plural	stui /stui̯/ their

Verbs

Present	No affix su /su/ learn
Past	If starts with vowel: Prefix w- Else: Prefix wuː- vusu /ˈwuːsu/ learned

Atrean uses a standalone particle word for future tense:

Future

Particle before the verb: bui̯ - bui su /bui̯ su/ will learn

Progressive aspect

The ‘progressive’ aspect refers to actions that are happening at the time of speaking, such as I am learning.
Atrean uses an affix for progressive:

Progressive

If starts with vowel: Prefix oh- Else: Prefix ohiu̯- ohiusu /oˈhiu̯su/ is learning

Habitual aspect

The ‘habitual’ aspect refers to actions that happen habitually, such as I learn (something new every day), as opposed to actions that happen once (I learned something).
Atrean uses a standalone particle word for habitual:

Habitual

Particle before the verb: pla - pla su /pla su/ learns

Numbers

Atrean has a base-10 number system:
1 - ma
2 - cex
3 - miul
4 - stit
5 - cluid
6 - vast
7 - a
8 - scu
9 - qui
10 - li
100 - glist
1000 - so

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = Suffix -iks
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Suffix -ins
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix pr-
Else: Prefix pra-
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -s
Else: Suffix -ui̯s
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If starts with vowel: Prefix f-
Else: Prefix foe̯-
Noun to verb = If ends with vowel: Suffix -l
Else: Suffix -ae̯l
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Prefix e-
Tending to = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ps
Else: Suffix -oːps
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -m
Else: Suffix -ei̯m
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -r
Else: Suffix -aːr
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Prefix iu̯-
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Suffix -is
Diminutive = If ends with vowel: Suffix -nk
Else: Suffix -oːnk
Augmentative = Prefix te-

Dictionary

3017 Words.