Sutaqlian language

Sutaqlian
TBD
Region	Sutaqlia
Ethnicity	Sutaqlian
Native speakers	~22 million (2022)
Language family	Pan-Anqirhan
Early forms	Pre-Anqirhan Classical Anqirhan Vernacular Anqirhan Sutaqlian
Official status
Official language in	Sutaqlia
Language codes
ISO 639-1	sq
ISO 639-2	stq
ISO 639-3	stq

Sutaqlian is the official language of Sutaqlia.

Phonology

Sutaqlian is known for its unusual consonant inventory. Although the stops and nasals are typical of a language with palatal and uvular consonants, the approximants come in three varieties: plain, murmured, and nasalized. The murmured approximants are the only murmured consonants in the Sutaqlian language, but several unofficial dialects fortify them to murmured stops. The nasalized approximants are phonemically /n/ followed by an approximant, and thus, except in unofficial dialects, they can never begin a word. However, the most notable feature of Sutaqlian's consonant inventory is the presence of a voiced uvular stop /ɢ/, which contrasts with /q/ and /ʁ/ in several environments.

Consonants

	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal	m	n		ŋ
Voiceless stop	p	t	tʃ	k	q
Voiced stop	b	d	dʒ	g	ɢ
Fricative		s	(ʃ)			h
Approximant	ʋ	l	j		ʁ
Murmured Approximant	ʋ̤	l̤	j̤		ʁ̤
Nasalized Approximant	ʋ̃	l̃	j̃		ʁ̃

Sutaqlian has a basic three-vowel system: /a/, /i/, /u/; they are pronounced [ɑ], [e], [o] after uvulars.

Transcription into Latin

	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal	m	n		ng
Voiceless stop	p	t	c	k	q
Voiced stop	b	d	j	g	gh
Fricative		s	sh			h
Approximant	v	l	y		r
Murmured Approximant	vh	lh	yh		rh
Nasalized Approximant	nv	nl	ny		nr

The maximum syllable structure is ClVC, where only stops can precede /l/. The only syllable-final consonant allowed next to another consonant is /n/, which assimilates to the following consonant. All sonorants (/j/, /l/, /m/, /n/, /ŋ/, /ʁ/, /ʋ/), however, can end a word.

Orthography

The Sutaqlian syllabary

Grammar

The following section contains ideas for the Sutaqlian language that may or may not make the final cut.

Nouns

Classes

• Humans
• Land animals
• Sea animals
• Plants and fungi
• Life-like forces of nature (e.g. rivers, weather, fire)
• Solid objects
• Flexible objects (e.g. fabrics, paper)
• Stretchy objects
• Thin, long objects (e.g. ropes)
• Edible objects
• Liquids
• Abstract objects

Verbs

Tenses

• Present
• Recent Past
• Remote Past
• Near Future
• Far Future

Moods

• Indicative
• Subjunctive
• Conditional
• Volitional
• Potential
• Imperative
• Admirative