Irocran

Op'javondást codremaste bosca noze va jano she'iroscadia van dis'suedaluda sa c'loronvidor. / I've never heard blasphemy like the sound of Irocran on the lips of a foreigner.

—  Irocran poet

Irocran is the official language of Irocra. It is rarely spoken outside of Irocra or with foreigners in the province due to cultural views of outsiders as "less than", though there is some bleed over into Porcanda and Vinato where the borders become blurred in the Ganuiles Mountains.
Modern Irocran is descended from the language spoken by the Irocai prior to The Great Invasion. Dialects of southern Irocra take influence from the languages of the Subsah and the Bellshin.

Phonology

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Consonants

IPA	Examples
b	benado
d	derilla
ð	bethpoál conshid
f	clefan
g	galdo
ɣ	foga
ʝ	moyen
k	macon
l	loveso
m	remaldor
n	ando
ɲ	reñosál
ŋ	angoríl
p	componál
r	loscaterre
ɾ	troque
s	donsa
ʃ	blasha
t	tene
tʃ	chevaco
v	van
x	clejala
ʎ	derilla
z	mesce

Vowels

IPA	Examples
a	galdo
aɪ	traina
e	enque
ei	remál
i	divo
o	coso
u	sules

Semivowels

IPA	Examples
j	Tolercia
w	cuanque

Morphology

Noun Morphology

• Plural: suffix -eluda (consonant ending) or -luda (vowel ending)
• Person who does/makes: suffix -aldor (consonant ending) or -ildor (vowel ending)
• Person who is affected: suffix -re, remove -e if noun ends in -e and add suffix
• To verb: suffix -ál (consonant ending) or -íl (vowel ending)
• To adjective (affected): suffix -uso (consonant ending) or -so (vowel ending)
• To adjective (like): suffix -arde (consonant ending) or -rde (vowel ending)

Base Noun	Plural	Person Who Does/Makes	Person Who Is Affected	Verb	Adjectives
plunt paint	plunteluda paints	pluntaldor someone who paints	pluntre someone who is painted	pluntál paints	pluntuso painted pluntarde paint-like
baillo dance	bailloluda dances	bailloildor someone who dances	baillore someone who is danced with	bailloíl to dance	bailloso danced baillorde dance-like
scanse sleep	scanseluda multiple sleeps	scanseildor someone who sleeps	scansre someone slept on or with	scanseíl to sleep	scanseso appearing to have slept scanserde sleep-like

Verb Morphology

• Noun created by action: remove -íl or -ál suffix
• One who (verbs): remove accent, add suffix -dor
• One who is affected by (verb): remove ál/íl (if result ends in -e, remove -e), add suffix -re

Verb	Noun	Person Who Does Action	Person Affected By Action
grandeíl to be grateful for	grande gratitude	grandeildor someone who is grateful	grandre someone to whom or for which someone is grateful
sanoreíl to please	sanore pleasure	sanoreildor someone who pleases	sanorre someone who has been pleased
remál to serve	rem servitude	remaldor someone who serves	remre someone who is served

Adjective Morphology

• To adverb: suffix -ya
• If an adjective begins with the same letter as its noun ends in, remove first letter and attach to noun with apostrophe
• More adjective: prefix kob-
• Most adjective: prefix kol-
• Less adjective: prefix wob-
• Least adjective: prefix wol-

Adjective	Adverb	Augmentative	Diminutive
epse quick	epseya quickly	kobepse quicker kolepse quickest	wobepse less quick wolepse least quick
donsa good	donsaya well	kobdonsa better koldonsa best	wobdonsa less good woldonsa least good
galdo bad	galdoya badly	kobgaldo worse kolgaldo worst	wobgaldo less bad wolgaldo least bad

Prestrophes

Not included in this chart: prepositions

Pres.	Use	Example
c'	before noun indicates ownership or origin	brola c'Lana Lana's house euva va c'Aici water of the Aici
que'	before verb indicates a question	Do'be'ta fiso? Are you okay?
go'	before second person verb indicates a request use of sanor (please) not required, but considered polite and expected when dealing with social superiors	Go'bojestí-sper, sanor. Smell it, please.
lop'	before second person verb indicates a command	Lop'bojestí-sper. Smell it.
op'	before verb indicates action not performed	Se op'ameorebí-sler. He doesn't love her.

Miscellaneous Affixes

• Opposite: prefix hun-
• City: suffix -cia
• Village: suffix -leva
• Study of: suffix -osfeo

Syntax

Basic Rules

• Subject Verb Object
• Adjective comes after noun
• Adverb comes after object clause, or after verb if no direct object
• Preposition comes before noun

Examples
English: Mara quickly ran outside the house.
Irocran: Mara jestrebíst va ron'brola epseya.
Literal English: Mara ran the outside house quickly.

English: We are at Lana's friend's purple house.
Irocran: Bonte'bá va brola avello c'tismo c'Lana.
Literal English: We are located at the house purple of friend of Lana.

English: If you will not eat, then I will not bake sweet bread for dessert.
Irocran: Mif te op'enplotiré, bes me op'seromsediré conshid sulijarde foga'andsuli.
Literal English: If you not will eat, then I not will bake bread sweet for dessert.

Vocabulary

Articles

	Definite	Indefinite	Proper
Singular	Va	Sa	Pa
Plural	Van	San	Pan
	Near	Far
Singular	Vada	Vapa
Plural	Vanda	Vanpa

Possessive Pronouns

	Singular	Plural
1st	mo	mon
2nd	to	ton
3rd	so - masc slo - fem spo - ng	spon - ng

Conjunctions

Conjunction	Translation
and	ve
or	vi
but	ni
because	desquead
if	mif
so	ripe
then	bes

Pronouns

	Singular	Plural
1st	me - sub mer - obj	men - sub meny - obj
2nd	te - sub ter - obj	ten - sub teny - obj
3rd	masculine se - sub ser - obj feminine sle - sub sler -obj nongendered spe - sub sper - obj	spen - sub speny - obj

Question Words

Word	Translation
Boqueta	Where
Cuanque	When
Enque	Who
Quevon	What
Quevonta	Which
Sque	How
Troque	Why

Numbers

cilo - 0	trunícilo - 30
un - 1	fonnícilo - 40
dun - 2	panícilo - 50
trun - 3	stanícilo - 60
fon - 4	suenícilo - 70
pan - 5	ocenícilo - 80
stan - 6	nocenícilo - 90
suen - 7	uncicien - 100
ocen - 8	duncicien - 200
nocen - 9	truncicien - 300
unícilo - 10	foncicien - 400
uníun - 11	pancicien - 500
unídun - 12	stancicien - 600
unítrun - 13	suencicien - 700
unífon - 14	ocencicien - 800
unípan - 15	nocencicien -900
unístan - 16	(un)kin - 1000
unísuen - 17	panícilokin - 50,000
uníocen - 18	uncicienkin - 100,000
unínocen - 19	(un)min - 1,000,000
dunícilo - 20	(un)bin - 1,000,000,000

Time

Word	Translation
Shod	Day
Mondeshod	Today
Noleshod	Yesterday
Funoshod	Tomorrow
Peysonod	Morning
Eflod	Afternoon
Luva	Night
Covetya	Now
Peyo	Early
Ando	Late
Dascan	Second
Pellave	Minute
Chevaco	Hour
Shunala	Week
Mesce	Month
Depsol	Year

Greetings

Phrase	Translation
Lavema	Hello (formal)
Vema	Hello (informal)
Shod'onsa	Good day
Eflod'onsa	Good afternoon
Luvod'onsa	Good evening
Sque be'tá?	How are you?

Partings

Phrase	Translation
Mendío	Goodbye
Vadí-ter kolandoya	See you later

Introductions

Phrase	Translation
Mo'nomse betdá...	My name is...
Quevon be'tá to'nomse?	What is your name?

Polite Words

Phrase	Translation
Sanor	Please
Grandedí-ter	Thank you
Losendá	I'm sorry
Go'mesotí-mer	Excuse me
Sanorbí-mer	You're welcome

Answers

Word	Translation
Ta	Yes
Bol	No
Plancho	Maybe
Físo	Okay
Donsa	Good
Galdo	Bad

Food

Word	Translation
Coso	Food
Euva	Water
Moyen	Flour
Jave	Egg
Sules	Sugar
Naca	Salt
Conshíd	Bread
Hueche	Milk
Tais	Rice
Chejala	Cheese
Divo	Wine
Traina	Fruit
Modela	Vegetable
Cherode	Meat
Nodasc	Fish
Sulija	Sweet/Candy
Chemar	Meal
Pechemar	Breakfast
Flochemar	Lunch
Anchemar	Dinner
Andsuli	Dessert
Pinsemar	Snack

Colors

Word	Translation
Goje	Red
Anajo	Orange
Derílla	Yellow
Perne	Green
Tezul	Blue
Avello	Purple
Benado	Pink
Redo	Black
Macon	Brown
Blasha	White
Blaredo	Grey
Roscun	Dark
Loveso	Light

Prepositions

Word	Translation
rin	in/inside
ron	out/outside
foga	for/to
onme	with
drane	at
crom	from
sey	by
she	of

Tenses

Tenses in Irocran are divided into three primary categories: present, past, and future. The tenses in each category rely on the same verb conjugations and include a prefix or helper word to change the specificity of the tense. In all conjugations the stress is on the final syllable.

When conjugating a verb, if the ultimate letter of the verb base is the same as the letter with which a suffix of a conjugation begins (d for 1st, t for 2nd, b for 3rd), the ultimate consonant of the verb base is replaced with an apostrophe.

Present (simple)

Cosonál (to cook)

	Singular	Plural
1st	cosondá I cook	cosondalós We cook
2nd	cosontá You cook	cosontalós You all cook
3rd	cosonbá He/she/it cooks	cosonbalós They cook

Enploíl (to eat)

	Singular	Plural
1st	enplodí I eat	enplodilós We eat
2nd	enplotí You eat	enplotilós You all eat
3rd	enplobí He/she/it eats	enplobilós They eat

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Past (simple)

Cosonál (to cook)

	Singular	Plural
1st	cosondást I cooked	cosondasón We cooked
2nd	cosontást You cooked	cosontasón You all cooked
3rd	cosonbást He/she/it cooked	cosonbasón They cooked

Enploíl (to eat)

	Singular	Plural
1st	enplodíst I ate	enplodisón We ate
2nd	enplotíst You ate	enplotisón You all ate
3rd	enplobíst He/she/it ate	enplobisón They ate

Past (distant)

While simple past tense can be used to describe things that have happened in the past, distant past is used in regards to events that occurred a very long time ago. Individuals may use distant past to describe faint memories of their childhood, but it is primarily used to discuss historical events.

To use past (distant), add the prefix fe- to a conjugated verb.

Febe'tást sa paclujod.
You were a child.

Pan Porcai fepermibasón cuanque feangrobisón pan Irocai.
The Porcai lost when they challenged the Irocai.

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Future (simple)

Componál (to cook)

	Singular	Plural
1st	cosondaré I will cook	cosondacór We will cook
2nd	cosontaré You will cook	cosontacór You all will cook
3rd	cosonbaré He/she/it will cook	cosonbacór They will cook

Enploíl (to eat)

	Singular	Plural
1st	enplodiré I will eat	enplodicór We will eat
2nd	enplotiré You will eat	enploticór You will eat
3rd	enplobiré He/she/it will eat	enplobicór They will eat

Future (distant)

Future (distant) is used for a distant, ambiguous, or unknown time. Often this is used in regard to abstract theories of events that will likely happen after long after the speaker is dead.

To use future (distant), add the prefix fe- to a conjugated verb.

Va doa fenortebiré sa shod
The world will end someday.

Dictionary

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