Karaalani language

Karaalani
Karaalan, Karaalanish
Черноалански език Къраалански език
Ethnic Flag of the Karaalani people
Pronunciation	/ˈt͡ʃɛɾnoaɫanski/ /kɤɾaˈaɫanski/
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 Zarav-Slavic Slavic languages Slavic Kento-Polyash Vranic Karaalani
Writing system	Cyrillic script Protopolyash script Latin 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 harmony (A²) 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/ Accusitive	-∅	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)
Locative 2 (Innesive)	-(A)в	мъжъв (in a man) женав (in a woman) детев (in a child)
Instrumental- Commitative	-(А)м	мъжъм (with man) женам (with woman) детем (with child)
Abessive	-(А)з	мъжъз (without a man) женаз (without a woman) детез (without a child)

Verbs

Verbs "Пър" & "Шур"-

The "пър"and "шур" verbs came from the [Placeholder] language, which is the direct ancestor of modern Karaalani's agglutinative aspect, they are used in the context of "there is" and "there is not", these verbs also apear in the Zaltylani langauge, but not in the Vranic language or Old-Karaalani, where the verb meaning "to have" in the third person singular is used.

Questions

The question particle -'ли is used to form yes-no type questions.

Language examples

Lord's prayer The following text shows the Lord's prayer written in Karaalani:

English language	Karaalani (Cyrillic)	Karaalani (Protopolyash)	Karaalani (Latin)
Our Father in heaven,	Очени небесав,		Očeni nebesav,
hallowed be your name.	да светисе имети.		da svetise imeti.
Your kingdom come.	да дойде царствоту,		da dojde carstvotu,
Your will be done,	да бъде волята,		da byde voljata,
on earth as it is in heaven.	както небене, така и земянъ.		kakto nebene, taka i zemjany
Give us this day our daily bread	Днес дайна хлѣбна дневен		Dnes najna hljabna dneven
and forgive us our debts,	и простине дълговени,		i prostine dylgoveni,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.	както ние прощаваме длъжницинине.		kakto nie proštavame dlyžnicinine.
And do not bring us into temptation,	И не въвеждайне изкушениев,		I ne vyveždajne izkušeniev,
but rescue us from the evil one.	но избавине от Лъкави.		no izbavine ot Lykavi.