Akanā
History
Akanā developped after the introduction of the printing press and is currently the official language of Agmār. Agmārian is still used for poetry, fancy writting, and all academic texts, but there's an effort to translate old texts from Agmārian to Akanā for accessibility.Features
Strict VSO order; OSV on questions. Syllabary of 78 symbols; 54 of them are pronounced differently depending on if it's at the beginning or the end of a word. Two additional symbols exist: one to mark a silent vowel; the other to mark the consonant is pronounced the other way than what the rules would dictate (words using both of these are old words, sometimes archaic, or loan words). 3 genders (or maybe 5, i'm still thinking it through) Modifier before noun; structure is reversed for questions. Agreement only marked on modifier. Formal conjugation agree with the gender of the object.Casual doesn't bother with verb agreement.
Numeral System
Akanā uses a base 9 numeral system, and uses 10 symbols (0 through 9). Numbers beyond 9 are aggregated, with the 9 as base, on the left signifying a multiplication, and on the right signifying an addition.For example, 291 is read as 2*9+1, aka 19. Multiple 9 in a single number are resolved by doing the calculation on the left of each nine at a time.
For example, 9191 is read as (9+1)*9+1, aka 91.
Another example, 919191 is read as ((9+1)*9+1)*9+1, aka 820. Multiple 9 in a row are never used, as n*9 is more simple and less confusing.
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