Karaalani language

Karaalani
Karaalan, Karaalanish
Ethnic Flag of the Karaalani people
Pronunciation	//
Native to	Monte Blanco Karaalan Region
Region	Slavic Belt in Thuadia
Ethnicity	Karaalani Slavs
Native speakers	L1: 17,980,000 L2: 1,200,000- FL: 25,000
Language family	Thuado-Thrismaran languages Zarav-Slavic Slavic Kento-Polyash Mustelarian subgroup Karaalani
Early form
Standard forms	Eastern Karaalani
Dialects	Western Eastern Southern Sofgorod
Writing system	Govoric Script Protopolyash script
Official status
Official language in	Monte Blanco Karaalan Region
Recognised minority language in	Zhousheng Kandan Region Zaprei Autonomy Monte Blanco Phnom Montes
Language codes
ISO 639-1	KR
ISO 639-2	KRA
ISO 639-3	KRA
Distribution of the language   Absolute majority   >30% of native speakers

The Karaalani language is a [placeholder]-Slavic Pidgin language, which arose from [placeholder] merchants and traveler going into whats modern day Monte Blanco, Mustelaria, and settling in the area. The language is co-official in the Karaalani region of Monte Blanco, Mustelaria, and the 4th most spoken langauge in Mustelaria.

Phonology

Consonants

		Labial	Alveolar		Palatal	Velar
Plosive/ Affricate	voiceless	p	t	t͡s	t͡ʃ	k
	voiced	b	d	d͡z	d͡ʒ
Fricative	voiceless	f	s		ʃ	x
	voiced		z		ʒ	ɣ
Nasal		m	n
Approximant		ʋ	l~ɫ		j
Rhotic			ɾ

Vowels

	Front	Central	back
Close	i		u
Mid	ɛ	ɤ	o
Open		a

	Vowels	Harmony
		type 1	type 2
Front	i, ɛ	ɛ	i
Back	a, ɤ	ɤ	a
Round	o, u	u

A - vowel harmony type 2 is used in some affixes like the clitic genitive pronouns and others.

Writing System

Karaalani officially uses the Cyrillic script but it also has adapdet co-official Protopolyash and Latin forms.

А а	Б б	В в	Г г	Д д	Е е	Ж ж	З з
И и	Й й	К к	Л л	М м	Н н	О о	П п
Р р	С с	Т т	У у	Ф ф	Х х	Ц ц	Ч ч
Ш ш	Щ щ	Ъ ъ	Ь ь	Ѣ ѣ	Ю ю	Я я

Order	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31		31	32
Cyrillic upper case	А	Б	В	Г	Д	Е	Ж	З	И	Й	К	Л	М	Н	О	П	Р	С	Т	У	Ф	Х	Ц	Ч	Ш	Щ	Ъ	Ь	Ѣ	Ю	Я		Дж	Дз
Cyrillic lower case	а	б	в	г	д	е	ж	з	и	й	к	л	м	н	о	п	р	с	т	у	ф	х	ц	ч	ш	щ	ъ	ь	ѣ	ю	я		дж	дз
Protopolyash upper case	Ⲁ	Ⲃⲃ	Ⲃ	Ⲅ	Ⲇ	Ⲉ	Ⲋ	Ⲍ	Ⲏ	Ⲓ	Ⲕ	Ⲗ	Ⲙ	Ⲛ	Ⲟ	Ⲡ	Ⲣ	Ⲥ	Ⲧ	Ⲩ	Ⲫ	Ⲭ	Ⲯ	Ϫ	Ϣ	Ϣⲧ	Ϩ	Ⲓ	-	Ⲓⲩ	Ⲓⲁ	Ⲇⲋ	Ⲇⲍ
Protopolyash lower case	ⲁ	ⲃⲃ	ⲃ	ⲅ	ⲇ	ⲉ	ⲋ	ⲍ	ⲏ	ⲓ	ⲕ	ⲗ	ⲙ	ⲛ	ⲟ	ⲡ	ⲣ	ⲥ	ⲧ	ⲩ	ⲫ	ⲭ	ⲯ	ϫ	ϣ	ϣⲧ	ϩ	ⲓ	-	ⲓⲩ	ⲓⲁ	ⲇⲋ	ⲇⲍ
Latin upper case	A	B	V	G	D	E	Ž	Z	I	J	K	L	M	N	O	P	R	S	T	U	F	H	C	Č	Š	Št	Y	J	-	JU	JA	Dž	Dz
Latin lower case	a	b	v	g	d	e	ž	z	i	j	k	l	m	n	o	p	r	s	t	u	f	h	c	č	š	št	y	j	-	ju	ja	dž	dz
IPA sound	a	b	ʋ	ɣ	d	ɛ	ʒ	z	i	j	k	l	m	n	o	p	ɾ	s	t	u	f	h	t͡s	t͡ʃ	ʃ	ʃt	ɤ	◌ʲ	ja/ɛ	ju	ja	d͡ʒ	d͡z

^{^2} read as /ja/ when the vowel in the next syllable is of back or round harmony, or there is no other syllable, and as /ɛ/ when the vowel in the next syllable is of front harmony.

Grammar

Pronouns

Number and Person			Nominative	Dative / Locative 1/2			Genitive		Accusitive		Instrumental- Commitative	Abessive
				stressed	clitic dat.	clitic loc.	stressed	clitic	stressed	clitic
Singular	First		Я	Мену	-'мА2	-'мАн	Мой / Моя / Мое	-'мА2	Мен(е)	-'мА	Менем	Менез
	Second	informal	Ти	Тебу	-'тА2	-'тАн	Твой / Твоя / Твое	-'тА2	Теб(е)	-'тА	Тебем	Тебез
		formal	Вие	Васу	-'вА2	-'вАн	Ваш / Ваша / Ваше	-'вА2	Вас	-'вА	Васам	Васаз
	Third		Тон	Негу	-'гА2	-'гАн	Негов / Негова / Негово	-'мА	Него	-'гА	Негом	Негоз
Plural	First		Ние	Насу	-'нА2	-'нАн	Наш / Наша / Наше	-'нА2	Нас	-'нА	Насам	Насаз
	Second		Вие	Васу	-'вА2	-'вАн	Ваш / Ваша / Ваше	-'вА2	Вас	-'вА	Васам	Васаз
	Third		Тѣх	Тѣху	-'гА2	-'тАн	Тѣхен / Тѣхна / Тѣхно	-'(А2)м	Тѣх	-'гА	Тѣхем	Тѣхез
Self			Себеси	Себу	-'сА2	-'сАн	Свой / Своя / Свое	-'сА2	Себеси	-'сА	Себем	Себез

A - type1 vowel harmony
А² - type 2 vowel harmony

Nouns

Gender

Modern Karaalani has kept it's gender system partually, it appears in few places, like the stressed forms of the genitive pronouns, and in plurality.

Number

Number in Karaalani varies depending on the word, mainly due to their gender.

Examples of plurality:

Singular	Plural
мъж (man)	мъже (men)
жена (woman)	жени (women)
дете (child)	деца (children)

In old Karaalani there used to be a counting form of words' plurality, that appeared in most monosyllabic words, and has disapeared in modern Karaalani, but it was kept in the cloasy related languages like Vranic and Zaltylani.

Examples of couning plurality:

	Singular	Plural general	Plural counting
Old Karaalani	бор (pine)	борове (pines)	бора (pines)
Modern Karaalani		бора (pines)
Old Karaalani	хлѣб (bread)	хлѣбове (breads)	хлѣба (breads)
Modern Karaalani		хлѣба (breads)

Case

Case	affix	Example
Nominative	-∅	мъж (man) жена (woman) дете (child)
Dative/ Genitive/ Locative 1	-(А)на	мъжъна (to / on / at / of a man) женана (to / on / at / of a woman) детене (to / on / at / of a child)
Accusitive	-∅	мъж (man) жена (woman) дете (child)
Locative 2 (Innesive)	-(A)в	мъжъв (in a man) женав (in a woman) детев (in a child)
Instrumental- Commitative	-(А)м	мъжъм (man) женам (woman) детем (child)
Abessive	-(А)з	мъжъз (man) женаз (woman) детез (child)

Language examples

Lord's prayer

Following text shows Lord's prayer written in Karaalani

Common language		Karaalani (Iraklic)	Karaalani (Protopolyash)	Karaalani (Latin)
Our Father in heaven,		Оче наш, кѫто си нѥбо,	Ⲟϫⲉ ⲛⲁⲋ, ⲕⲓⲱⲧⲟ ⲥⲏ ⲛⲓⲉⲃⲃⲟ,	Oče naš, kyóto si nyebo,
hallowed be your name.		да се свѥти йимем ти,	ⲇⲁ ⲥⲉ ⲥⲃⲓⲉⲧⲏ ⲓⲏⲙⲉⲙ ⲧⲏ,	da se svyeti yimem ti,
Your kingdom come.		да дойде царстѡ ти,	ⲇⲁ ⲇⲟⲓⲇⲉ ϯⲁⲣⲥⲧⲃⲟ ⲧⲏ,	da doyde carstó ti,
Your will be done,		да буде вѡля ти,	ⲇⲁ ⲃⲃⲩⲇⲉ ⲃⲱⲗⲓⲁ ⲧⲏ,	da bude vólya ti,
on earth as it is in heaven.		како нѥбо, тако и земѫ.	ⲕⲁⲕⲟ ⲛⲓⲉⲃⲃⲟ, ⲧⲁⲕⲟ ⲏ ⲍⲉⲙⲓⲱ.	kako nyebo, tako i zemyo.
Give us this day our daily bread		Нѥвний ни хлѣб ним дай нес	Ⲛⲓⲉⲃⲏⲓ ⲛⲏ ⲭⲗⳉⲃⲃ ⲛⲏⲙ ⲇⲁⲓ ⲛⲉⲥ	Nyewniy ni hlýb nim day nes
and forgive us our debts,		и ни прости наши дългове,	ⲏ ⲛⲏ ⲡⲣⲟⲥⲧⲏ ⲛⲁⲋⲏ ⲇϩⲗⲅⲟⲃⲉ,	i ni prosti naši dălgove,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.		како ние проставаме нашите длъжничеу.	ⲕⲁⲕⲟ ⲛⲏⲉ ⲡⲣⲟⲥⲧⲁⲃⲁⲙⲉ ⲛⲁⲋⲏⲧⲉ ⲇⲗϩϧⲛⲏϫⲉⲩ.	kako nie prostawame našite dlăžničeu
And do not bring us into temptation,		И нѥ ним въвеждай ву изкушенѥ,	Ⲏ ⲛⲓⲉ ⲛⲏⲙ ⲃϩⲃⲉϧⲇⲁⲓ ⲃⲩ ⲏⲍⲕⲩⲋⲉⲛⲓⲉ,	I nye nim văvežday vu izkušenye
but rescue us from the evil one.		но ним избави от Лъкави.	ⲛⲟ ⲛⲏⲙ ⲏⲍⲃⲃⲁⲃⲏ ⲟⲧ Ⲗϩⲕⲁⲃⲏ.	no nim izbavi ot Lăkavi.