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Prichinan (language)

Prichinan (Prichinan: prɪtʃinən, pronounced [prɪtʃinən]) is a language characterized by its concise grammar and use of the International_Phonetic_Alphabet as a base for its alphabet.

Alphabet

The Prichinan alphabet is based heavily off of the International_Phonetic_Alphabet, though there are several notable differences. There are a total of 33 letters, along with three accent marks. The following table provides a complete Prichinan alphabet, along with each letter's most common corresponding IPA value.

a /a/	ɑ /ɑ/	e /e/	i /i/	ɪ /ɪ/	ɨ /ɨ/	ɑ /ɑ/	ɛ /ɛ/	ə /ə/	o /o/	œ /œ/
ɑ /ɑ/	ʌ /ʌ/	p /p/	b /b/	t /t/	d /d/	k /k/	g /g/	m /m/	n /n/	r /r/
f /f/	v /v/	s /s/	z /z/	ʃ /ʃ/	ʒ /ʒ/	x /x/	χ /χ/	l /l/	j /j/	t͡s /t͡s/

Differences from IPA

There are two Prichinan consonants and one vowel which have no distinction between voiced and voiceless pronunciation, thus making them allophones. χ is pronounced either /χ/ or /ʁ/. x is pronounced either /x/ or /ɣ/. The vowel a is pronounced /a/, /æ/, or occasionally /ɑ/. How the speaker chooses to pronounce these letters depends entirely on personal preference.

Accents

Prichinan has three accent marks: ʲ, ᵏ, and ~. For information on how and when they are used, see #Phonology.

Grammar

Nouns

Nouns in Prichinan are always preceded by an article, which specifies their case, number, and whether or not the noun is definite. This is accomplished through a highly flexible article declension system.

Declension

Noun articles are declined using a definition marker, the article's root, six cases (Nominative, Genitive, Dative, Accusative, Prepositional, and Locative), and a plural marker. Note that in singular nouns, the genitive -v becomes -f.

Definition:

Definition	Affix
Indefinite	-
Definite	l-

Definition	Root	Case	Plurality
-	ɛ	-	-
l-		-v/-f	-s
		-ão
		-m
		-i
		-ɪ