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	'''Arha''' (Lit. ''ordered, structured'') is a constructed language spoken in the [[Verse:Void Demesne\|Void Demesne]], a dim, stellar region between the galaxies in our local cluster. It is a rigorously standardised language based on the dominant speech of the region 4000 years ago as recorded by the Information Cubes. Knowingly structured by conscious planners to achieve a more mellifluous speech, ''Arha'' in its current form has accumulated a divergence of over 200 features from the ancient linguistic soup it is based on. It is a moderately fusional language encoding 2-3 categories on average per grammatical affix, with the rare affix encoding up to five.		'''Arha''' (Lit. ''ordered, structured'') is a constructed language spoken in the [[Verse:Void Demesne\|Void Demesne]], a dim, stellar region between the galaxies in our local cluster. It is a rigorously standardised language based on the dominant speech of the region 4000 years ago as recorded by the Information Cubes. Knowingly structured by conscious planners to achieve a more mellifluous speech, ''Arha'' in its current form has accumulated a divergence of over 200 features from the ancient linguistic soup it is based on. It is a moderately fusional language encoding 2-3 categories on average per grammatical affix, with the rare affix encoding up to five.

			Arha uses a duodecimal counting system (''nakarh safa'', lit. 'long count') as the standard but an alternate senary system is in use in vast, largely desolate areas (''nakarh resha'' lit. 'trade count' ).
	== Phonology ==		== Phonology ==

Chrysophylax: /* Definiteness */

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Definiteness

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	Telicity is marked by a pre-verbal component that can be split from the verb by other categorical affixes. However, this component can never carry accentuation and can only exist disjunct in a clause from its verbal parent, it cannot be displaced further, wherefore it's linked more intensely with the verb.		Telicity is marked by a pre-verbal component that can be split from the verb by other categorical affixes. However, this component can never carry accentuation and can only exist disjunct in a clause from its verbal parent, it cannot be displaced further, wherefore it's linked more intensely with the verb.

	=== Definiteness ===		==== Definiteness ====
	The verb can ''optionally'' be marked for definiteness with the infix ''-y-'' which is inserted to the right of the vocalic nucleus in the stressed syttibas before sandhi effects, e.g. ''//ayrh//'' → ''erh'' [æi̯rχ].		The verb can ''optionally'' be marked for definiteness with the infix ''-y-'' which is inserted to the right of the vocalic nucleus in the stressed syttibas before sandhi effects, e.g. ''//ayrh//'' → ''erh'' [æi̯rχ].
	This leads to a situation of vocalic alternation patterns for the indefinite-definite axis. Note that when the verb is not accompanied by a telic pre-verb, the definiteness marker is obligatory.		This leads to a situation of vocalic alternation patterns for the indefinite-definite axis. Note that when the verb is not accompanied by a telic pre-verb, the definiteness marker is obligatory.

Chrysophylax: /* The future tense */

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The future tense

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	====== The future tense ======		====== The future tense ======
	This tense is used for non-past-non-present events.		This tense is used for non-past-non-present events.
	''d-'', e.g. ''darh'' [dɒrχ]		''d-'', e.g. '''darh''' {{IPA\|[dɒrχ]}} ''will be ordered''

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Verbal morphology

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	=== Verbal morphology ===		=== Verbal morphology ===
	The verbal variants of a verbo-nominal stem are identified by various affixes that modify the categories of tense, person, telicity, definiteness, and mood.		The verbal variants of a verbo-nominal stem are identified by various affixes that modify the categories of tense, person, telicity, definiteness, and mood.

			==== Telicity ====

			Telicity is marked by a pre-verbal component that can be split from the verb by other categorical affixes. However, this component can never carry accentuation and can only exist disjunct in a clause from its verbal parent, it cannot be displaced further, wherefore it's linked more intensely with the verb.

	=== Definiteness ===		=== Definiteness ===

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Derivational morphology

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	Verbo-nominal stems are distinctly identified by terminating in consonants without a known exception<sup>1</sup>, unlike ideophones or adjectives who permit a larger variance in phonetic shape, cf. '''arh''' (''order, to put in order'').		Verbo-nominal stems are distinctly identified by terminating in consonants without a known exception<sup>1</sup>, unlike ideophones or adjectives who permit a larger variance in phonetic shape, cf. '''arh''' (''order, to put in order'').
	== Derivational morphology ==		== Derivational morphology ==

			Adjectives end in ''-a'' /a/ [ɒ] and can be formed from both ideophones and verbo-nominals, cf. '''renna''' ''heavily metallic sounding'' ( < '''renn''' ''dull clang of metal struck'') and '''arha''' ''ordered, structured'' (< '''arh''' ''to put in order, an order'').

	== Inflectional morphology ==		== Inflectional morphology ==

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Verbal morphology

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	=== Verbal morphology ===		=== Verbal morphology ===
	The verbal variants of a verbo-nominal stem are identified by various affixes that modify the categories of tense, person, telicity, definiteness, and mood.		The verbal variants of a verbo-nominal stem are identified by various affixes that modify the categories of tense, person, telicity, definiteness, and mood.

			=== Definiteness ===
			The verb can ''optionally'' be marked for definiteness with the infix ''-y-'' which is inserted to the right of the vocalic nucleus in the stressed syttibas before sandhi effects, e.g. ''//ayrh//'' → ''erh'' [æi̯rχ].
			This leads to a situation of vocalic alternation patterns for the indefinite-definite axis. Note that when the verb is not accompanied by a telic pre-verb, the definiteness marker is obligatory.

	===== The non-future tense =====		===== The non-future tense =====

Chrysophylax: /* The non-future tense */

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The non-future tense

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	===== The non-future tense =====		===== The non-future tense =====
	The non-future tense {{sc\|nfut}} affix //Ø// is unmarked but will be noted with the empty-set symbol for the remainder of this article.		The non-future tense {{sc\|nfut}} affix //Ø// is unmarked but will be noted with the empty-set symbol for the remainder of this article.

			This tense is used for past and present events with reference to the speaker.

			====== The future tense ======
			This tense is used for non-past-non-present events.
			''d-'', e.g. ''darh'' [dɒrχ]

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	== Inflectional morphology ==		== Inflectional morphology ==

			=== Verbal morphology ===
			The verbal variants of a verbo-nominal stem are identified by various affixes that modify the categories of tense, person, telicity, definiteness, and mood.

			===== The non-future tense =====
			The non-future tense {{sc\|nfut}} affix //Ø// is unmarked but will be noted with the empty-set symbol for the remainder of this article.

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	Arha divides the large, independent semantic units into ideophones, verbo-nominals, and adjectives. Adjectives pattern completely differently from other forms of words, a feature introduced by conscious planning in the language's history.		Arha divides the large, independent semantic units into ideophones, verbo-nominals, and adjectives. Adjectives pattern completely differently from other forms of words, a feature introduced by conscious planning in the language's history.

	Verbo-nominal stems are distinctly identified by terminating in consonants without a known exception<sup>1</sup>, unlike ideophones or adjectives who permit a larger variance in phonetic shape.		Verbo-nominal stems are distinctly identified by terminating in consonants without a known exception<sup>1</sup>, unlike ideophones or adjectives who permit a larger variance in phonetic shape, cf. '''arh''' (''order, to put in order'').
	== Derivational morphology ==		== Derivational morphology ==

	== Inflectional morphology ==		== Inflectional morphology ==

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'''Arha''' (Lit. ''ordered, structured'') is a constructed language spoken in the [[Verse:Void Demesne|Void Demesne]], a dim, stellar region between the galaxies in our local cluster. It is a rigorously standardised language based on the dominant speech of the region 4000 years ago as recorded by the Information Cubes. Knowingly structured by conscious planners to achieve a more mellifluous speech, ''Arha'' in its current form has accumulated a divergence of over 200 features from the ancient linguistic soup it is based on. It is a moderately fusional language encoding 2-3 categories on average per grammatical affix, with the rare affix encoding up to five.

== Phonology ==

== Word classes ==
Arha divides the large, independent semantic units into ideophones, verbo-nominals, and adjectives. Adjectives pattern completely differently from other forms of words, a feature introduced by conscious planning in the language's history.

Verbo-nominal stems are distinctly identified by terminating in consonants without a known exception<sup>1</sup>, unlike ideophones or adjectives who permit a larger variance in phonetic shape.
== Derivational morphology ==

== Inflectional morphology ==