Pereqaian

The shared language used in the Pereqaian Alliance.

Writing System

Letters

Pereqaian letters consist mostly of arcs, chevrons and straight lines.

A	E	I	U	O	L	R

B	'	D	V	G	M	Z

P	X	T	F	Q	C	N	S

Numbers

Pereqaian numbers are composed of up to five short lines, forming fractions of a five-pointed asterisk. Zero is represented by a small circle.

1	2	3	4	5

6	7	8	9	0

Interpunctuation

.	,	!	?	:	"	(	)

Mathematical Symbols

Ordinal numbers are marked by placing the # symbol after them. Fractions are followed by the % symbol. Amounts of money are indicated by placing the Ucu symbol before them.

+	-	*	/	=

less	greater	#	%	Ucu

Phonology

Consonants

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Dental	Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal	m			n
Stop	p b			t d		k g	q
Fricative		f v	θ	s z	ʃ	x		h
Trill				r
Lateral approximant				l

Vowels

	Front	Back
High	i	u
Near-high		ʊ
High-mid	ø	o
Low-mid	ɛ œ	ɔ
Low	a

Morphology

Nouns

	Singular	Plural
Masculine	Suffix -u còiu /kɔiˈu/	Suffix -udɛ còiude /kɔˌiuˈdɛ/
Feminine	Suffix -i còi'i /kɔiˈhi/	Suffix -idɛ còi'ide /kɔˌihiˈdɛ/
Neuter	No affix còi /kɔˈi/	Suffix -dɛ còide /kɔiˈdɛ/

Tenses

Present	No affix nizùt /niˈzʊt/
Past	if the verb ends in a vowel, append -to, otherwise append -ito nizùtito /niˌzʊtiˈto/
Future	if the verb ends in a vowel, append -ti, otherwise append -iti nizùtiti /niˌzʊtiˈti/

Derivational morphology

Derivation	Prefix	Suffix
Adjective → adverb		-xa
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj])		-vɛ
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj])		-ni
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun])		-aʃ
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic)		-tib
Noun → verb (to create [noun])	ɛrɛ-
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb])	gɛ-
Verb → adjective (likely to do [verb])	nan-
Verb → noun (the act of [verb])		-tet
Verb → noun that verb physically produces (e.g. build → building)	rɛ-
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter)		-lon
Place of (e.g. wine → winery)		-ʃi
Location → adjective (originating from [location])		-an
Diminutive		-xɛ
Augmentative		-xo
Negation	a-

Vocabulary

Pronouns

	Singular	Plural
1st Person	me /mɛ/	mele /mɛˈlɛ/
2nd Person	te /tɛ/	tele /tɛˈlɛ/
3rd Person	se /sɛ/	sele /sɛˈlɛ/

Articles

	Definite	Indefinite
Singular	sèb /sœb/	su /su/
Plural	sèbe /sœˈbɛ/	sune /suˈnɛ/

Numbers

Number	Word		Number	Word
0	còb /kɔb/		10	lèt /lœt/
1	nè /nœ/		11	lèt nè /lœt ˈnœ/
2	xi /xi/		12	lèt xi /lœt ˈxi/
3	bêxu /bøˈxu/		13	lèt bêxu /lœt bøˈxu/
4	dòp /dɔp/		14	lèt dòp /lœt ˈdɔp/
5	qùshu /qʊˈʃu/		15	lèt qùshu /lœt qʊˈʃu/
6	ròt /rɔt/		16	lèt ròt /lœt ˈrɔt/
7	rep /rɛp/		17	lèt rep /lœt ˈrɛp/
8	pêdùt /pøˈdʊt/		18	lèt pêdùt /lœt ˈpøˈdʊt/
9	dùgèc /dʊˈgœk/		19	lèt dùgèc /lœt ˈdʊˈgœk/

Number	Word		Number	Word
20	xilèt /xiˈlœt/		200	xidabin /xidaˈbin/
30	bêxulèt /bøˌxuˈlœt/		300	bêxudabin /bøˌxudaˈbin/
40	dòplèt /dɔpˈlœt/		400	dòpdabin /dɔpdaˈbin/
50	qùshulèt /qʊˌʃuˈlœt/		500	qùshudabin /qʊˌʃudaˈbin/
60	ròtlèt /rotˈlœt/		600	ròtlèt /rotdaˈbin/
70	replèt /rɛpˈlœt/		700	repdabin /rɛpdaˈbin/
80	pêdùtlèt /pøˌdʊtˈlœt/		800	pêdùtdabin /pøˌdʊtdaˈbin/
90	dùgèclèt /dʊˌgœkˈlœt/		900	dùgècdabin /dʊˌgœkdaˈbin/
100	dabin /daˈbin/		1000	rem /rɛm/

Colors

Color	Word		Color	Word		Color	Word
	bêrò /bøˈrɔ/			fêdab /føˈdab/			fêdèp /føˈdœp/
	fêren /føˈrɛn/			ren /rɛn/			reresh /rɛˈrɛʃ/
	resh /rɛʃ/			zupraba /zʊpraˈba/			raba /raˈba/
	bêcêt /bøˈkøt/			lusho /luˈʃo/			lurò /luˈro/
	vic /vik/			tùdos /tʊˈdos/			al /al/
	pùfhedab /pʊθɛˈdab/			pùsodab /pʊsoˈdab/			dùnùdab /dʊnʊˈdab/

Sentence Structure

The verb usually stands at the beginning of the phrase, followed by first the subject and then the object. Alternatively, the object and associated prepositions can stand before the verb for added emphasis.
Adjectives and possessive pronouns are placed after the noun they are modifying, and adverbs follow after the actor.
Verbs are negated by placing the word "o" for "not" before them.

Dictionary

4255 Words.

Spoken by

• Pereqaiande