Naric

Naric is a language descended from Old Kharadim that is currently spoken in Aerisca Borealis by the Nar people.

Writing System

See Naric Alphabet for more information.

Phonology

Consonant inventory: /b d f g h j k l m n q r s sˤ t tˤ w z ħ ʃ ʔ ʕ/
Vowel inventory: /a aː eː i iː oː u uː/
Syllable structure: (C)(C)V(C)
Stress pattern: Ultimate — stress is on the last syllable
Orthography:

Pronunciation	Spelling
ʔ	’
ħ	ch
tˤ	th
j	y
ʕ	ʻ
ʃ	sh
sˤ	ts
a:	ā
e:	ē
i:	ī
o:	ō
u:	ū

Morphology

Inflectional morphology

Nouns

Masculine

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Absolute	No affix gab /gab/ man	Suffix -eːm gabēm /gaˈbeːm/ (those two) men	Suffix -iːm gabīm /gaˈbiːm/ men
Construct	No affix gab /gab/ (someone's/something's) man	Suffix -eː gabē /gaˈbeː/ (someone's/something's two) men	Suffix -eː gabē /gaˈbeː/ (someone's/something's) men

Feminine

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Absolute	Suffix -at ’inaat /ʔinaˈat/ woman	Suffix -teːm ’inatēm /ʔinaˈteːm/ (those two) women	Suffix -uːt ’inaūt /ʔinaˈuːt/ women
Construct	Suffix -ot ’inaot /ʔinaˈot/ (someone's/something's) woman	Suffix -teːn ’inatēn /ʔinaˈteːn/ (someone's/something's two) women	Suffix -uːt ’inaūt /ʔinaˈuːt/ (someone's/something's) women

Articles

Definite	Indefinite
Prefix a- akal /aˈkal/ The dog	Suffix -n kaln /kaln/ A dog

Pronouns

Personal

	1st	2nd masculine	2nd feminine	3rd masculine	3rd feminine
Singular	’anāki /ʔanaːˈki/ I/me	’at /ʔat/ You (masc.)	’ati /ʔaˈti/ You (fem.)	hū /huː/ He/him	hī /hiː/ She/her
Dual	’an /ʔan/ We two	’atumā /ʔatuˈmaː/ Ye two (masc.)	’atimā /ʔatiˈmaː/ Ye two (fem.)	himāt /hiˈmaːt/ These/those two (masc.)	hīn /hiːn/ These/those two (fem.)
Plural	’anu /ʔaˈnu/ We/us	’aton /ʔaˈton/ You (masc.)	’atin /ʔaˈtin/ You (fem.)	himūt /hiˈmuːt/ They/them	hīn /hiːn/ They/them (fem.)

Enclitic Personal

	1st	2nd masculine	2nd feminine	3rd masculine	3rd feminine
Singular	Suffix -iː kalī /kaˈliː/ My dog	Suffix -ka kalka /kalˈka/ Your dog	Suffix -kiː kalkī /kalˈkiː/ Your dog	Suffix -eːyuː kalēyū /kaˌleːyˈuː/ His dog	Suffix -eːya kalēya /kaˌleːyˈa/ Her dog
Dual	Suffix -an kalan /kaˈlan/	Suffix -kima kalkima /kalkiˈma/	Suffix -iːm kalīm /kaˈliːm/	Suffix -huːn kalhūn /kalˈhuːn/	Suffix -hiːn kalhīn /kalˈhiːn/
Plural	Suffix -oːn kalōn /kaˈloːn/ Our dog	Suffix -kiːm kalkīm /kalˈkiːm/ Your dog	Suffix -kan kalkan /kalˈkan/ Your dog	Suffix -noːm kalnōm /kalˈnoːm/ Their dog	Suffix -neːm kalnēm /kalˈneːm/ Their dog

Demonstrative Pronouns

Masculine

	Singular	Plural
Proximal	zi /zi/ this (m)	hele /heˈle/ these (m)
Distal	halu /haˈlu/ that (m)	halām /haˈlaːm/ those (m)

Feminine

	Singular	Plural
Proximal	zō /zoː/ this (f)	helu /heˈlu/ these (f)
Distal	hala /haˈla/ that (f)	hilen /hiˈlen/ those (f)

Verbs

Singular

	Perfect	Imperfect
1st	Suffix -iː qatalī /qataˈliː/ I have killed	Prefix ʔi- ’iqatal /ʔiqaˈtal/ I am killing
2nd masculine	Suffix -aːl qatalāl /qataˈlaːl/ You (m.) have killed	Prefix ti- tiqatal /tiqaˈtal/ You (m.) are killing
2nd feminine	Suffix -iːl qatalīl /qataˈliːl/ You (f.) have killed	Prefix ti-, Suffix -iː tiqatalī /tiˌqataˈliː/ You (f.) are killing
3rd masculine	Suffix -oːl qatalōl /qataˈloːl/ He has killed	Prefix yi- yiqatal /yˌiqaˈtal/ He is killing
3rd feminine	Suffix -ʔoːl qatal’ōl /qatalˈʔoːl/ She has killed	Prefix ti- tiqatal /tiqaˈtal/ She is killing

Dual

	Perfect	Imperfect
1st	No affix qatal /qaˈtal/	No affix qatal /qaˈtal/
2nd masculine	Suffix -umuː qatalumū /qaˌtaluˈmuː/ You two (m.) have killed	Prefix ti-, Suffix -aːni tiqatalāni /tiqaˌtalaːˈni/ You two (m.) are killing
2nd feminine	Suffix -umaː qatalumā /qaˌtaluˈmaː/ You two (f.) have killed	Prefix ti- tiqatal /tiqaˈtal/ You two (f.) are killing
3rd masculine	Suffix -aː qatalā /qataˈlaː/ These two (m.) have killed	Prefix yi-, Suffix -aːni yiqatalāni /yˌiqaˌtalaːˈni/ Those two (m.) are killing
3rd feminine	Suffix -ataː qatalatā /qaˌtalaˈtaː/ Those two (f.) have killed	Prefix ti-, Suffix -uːni tiqatalūni /tiqaˌtaluːˈni/ Those two (f.) are killing

Plural

	Perfect	Imperfect
1st	Suffix -nuːl qatalnūl /qatalˈnuːl/ We have killed	Prefix ni- niqatal /niqaˈtal/ We are killing
2nd masculine	Suffix -um qatalum /qataˈlum/ You all (m.) have killed	No affix qatal /qaˈtal/ You all (m.) are killing
2nd feminine	Suffix -un qatalun /qataˈlun/ You all (f.) have killed	Prefix ti-, Suffix -na tiqatalna /tiˌqatalˈna/ You all (f.) are killing
3rd masculine	Suffix -ʔuːl qatal’ūl /qatalˈʔuːl/ They (m.) have killed	Prefix yi-, Suffix -uːl yiqatalūl /yiˌqataˈluːl/ They (m.) are killing
3rd feminine	Suffix -nal qatalnal /qatalˈnal/ They (f.) have killed	Prefix yi-, Suffix -aːl yiqatalāl /yiˌqataˈlaːl/ They (m.) are killing

Negation
Naric uses two standalone particle words for negation:

Negation 1	Particle before the verb: bal - bal qatal /bal qaˈtal/ we two haven't killed
Negation 2	Particle before the verb: ʔiːl - ’īl qatal /ʔiːl qaˈtal/ we two have never killed

Derivational morphology

Syntax

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

Vocabulary

Numbers

Naric has a base-10 number system:
1 - wach
2 - shan
3 - shala
4 - ’arba
5 - chama
6 - shisht
7 - shabʻ
8 - shamān
9 - tishʻ
10 - ʻasharat
11 - wach wa ʻasharat “one and ten”
100 - mi’at “hundred”
101 - mi’at wa wach “hundred and one”
200 - shan mi’at
1000 - ’alp “thousand”

Phonetics

Consonants

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Pharyngeal	Glottal
Nasal	m		n
Stop	b		t tˤ d			k g	q		ʔ
Fricative		f	s sˤ z	ʃ				ħ ʕ	h
Approximant					j
Trill			r
Lateral approximant			l

Co-articulated phonemes

↓Manner/Place→	Labial-velar
Approximant	w

Vowels

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

Tenses

The Naric language does not mark its verbs for tense, only aspect. Naric language and culture does not conceptualize actions as occuring in an imagined past, present, or future; actions are merely complete (perfect) or in process (imperfect). When a speaker of Naric needs to specify exactly when an action occurs, they will use adverbs of time, such as 'ayōm' (today) or 'ba'yōm (tomorrow)

Dictionary

6 Words.

Natively known as: Dāwārīm Narīm /daːwaːˈriːm naˈriːm/

...and Elissa stood holding her spear and threw it at the large orc...
u ʻamidi’ōl Elisha chōziq rumachēya u ramā’ōl ōto laruq rabbu
Pronunciation: /u ʕamidiˈʔoːl eliˈʃa ħo:ˈziq rumaħe:ˈja u rama:ˈʔoːl o:to laˈruq rabˈbu /
Naric word order: and stood Elissa holding spear-her and threw it to-the-orc large

Root Languages

• Old Kharadim

Spoken by

• Nar

Common Phrases

shalūm ʻalekīm

Peace be upon you!

ma shemka

What is your name (masc.)?

ma shemki

What is your name (fem.)?

shmī Elissa

My name is Elissa.

ma chazɑ’āl

How are you (masc.)? (lit. What have you foreseen?)

ma chazɑ’īl

How are you (fem.)?

chazɑ’ī shalūm

I am well (lit. 'I have forseen peace')