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{{Infobox language

|name = Xanian

|nativename = ''Vâka Xâkömarī''

|nativename = Vâka Xâkömarī

|image = Vâkâ Xâkömârī.png

|imagesize = 300px

|imagecaption = ~~'''~~Vâkâ Xâkömârī~~'''~~ in written Xanian in [[Vanka]]

|imagecaption = Vâkâ Xâkömârī in written Xanian in [[Vanka]]

|pronunciation = ~~{{IPA|/~~vɐka ʒɐkɵmaɹɪ~~/}}~~

|pronunciation = vɐka ʒɐkɵmaɹɪ

|creator = [[User:Vivaporius~~|Vivaporius]]~~

|creator = User:Vivaporius

|states = [[Xania]]

|speakers = 5,270,832 in the United States<br/>334,656 overseas

|date = 2014

|familycolor = Language isolate

|~~family~~ = [[Xanic langauges|Xanic]]

|fam1 = [[Xanic langauges|Xanic]]

|stand1 = [[Imperial Xanian Standard]]

|~~script~~ = [[Vanka]] (primary)~~<br/>~~[[wikipedia:Latin script|Latin]] ([[Xanian alphabet]])~~<br/>~~Xanian Braille

|scripts = * [[Vanka]] (primary)

* [[wikipedia:Latin script|Latin]] ([[Xanian alphabet]])

* Xanian Braille

|sign = Signed Xanian

|nation = Xania

|agency = Imperial Xanian Linguistics Institute

~~|iso1 = xa~~

~~|iso2 = xan~~

~~|iso3 = xan~~

|map = Xanian speakers in North America.png

|mapcaption = Location of nations where Xanian is a spoken language

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| style="text-align: center;"|[a]

| style="text-align: left;"|Open front unrounded vowel

| style="text-align: left;"| -

| style="text-align: left;"|[a] becomes [ɐ] when in the first syllable

|-

| style="text-align: center;"|Â

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| style="text-align: center;"|[e]

| style="text-align: left;"|Close-mid front unrounded vowel

| style="text-align: left;"| -

| style="text-align: left;"|[e] becomes [ɪ] at the end of a word

|-

| style="text-align: center;"|I

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| style="text-align: center;"|[u]

| style="text-align: left;"|Close back rounded vowel

| style="text-align: left;"| -

| style="text-align: left;"|[u] becomes [ɵ] when the final phoneme in a word, except when the only vowel in the word

|}

===Digraphs and trigraphs===

===Alphabet===

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| scope="col" style="text-align: center; width: 42px; "|[j]

| scope="col" style="text-align: center; width: 42px; "|[z]

|}

===Syllables===

The Xanian language has a simple phonological constraint system, in which either vowels or consonants may be placed at the start of a word. However, while any unstressed vowel may close the word, only four of the language's fifteen consonants may end a word if they are used.

{|class=wikitable style=text-align:center

!colspan=5|Phonological Constraints

|-

|('''C''')

|'''V'''

|'''C'''

|('''V''')

|('''C''')

|}

===Stress===

Xanian is a highly stressed language, with emphasize on the first or second syllables of a short word, or first and middle syllables of a longer word, typically regarded as the norm. The stress on words with Xanian is often considered similar to the stressing of words in the English and Latin, though Xanian words will have diacritic marks to indicate when stress on a particular syllable is required, much as with the accents in Latin and Romance languages. With regards to rhythm, Xanian is a stress-timed language, with stressed and unstressed syllables carrying equal weight in a word though the stressed portion may be shorter than the unstressed portion in letter length, but longer when voiced.

===Nota bene===

#/z/ never comes before another stop consonant

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===Articles===

Articles denoting definiteness and indefiniteness are both attached to their respective words as prefixes, separated from the word by a dash.

====Definite====

{| class="wikitable" style="width: 660px; text-align: center;"

! colspan="14" scope="col"|Articles

|-

!colspan="2" scope="col"|a

!colspan="2" scope="col"|an

!colspan="2" scope="col"|and

!colspan="2" scope="col"|the

!colspan="2" scope="col"|if

!colspan="2" scope="col"|of

!colspan="2" scope="col"|by

|-

|colspan="2"| ''dī-''

|colspan="2"| ''dīr-''

|colspan="2"| ''do-''

|colspan="2"| ''jâ-''

|colspan="2"| ''ne-''

|colspan="2"| ''no-''

|colspan="2"| ''kâ-''

|}

====Indefinite====

===Adjectives===

In Xanian, adjectives are placed before nouns at all times. Certain adjectives which are descriptions for verbs or nouns will be modified to agree with the word it is attached too. For instance, ''Vâka Xâkömarī'' literally means "signed" or "spoken Xanian", simply translated as "Xanian language". As "vâka" represents a verb or action, it does not decline based on the word it is attracted too. However, ''Tâzeno Xâkömâro'', meaning "Imperial Xania", does decline, as "tâzeno" is a noun describing another noun, and therefore agrees with it.

===Comparatives===

====More====

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[[Category:Languages]]

[[Category:~~Conlangs~~]]

[[Category:Languages]]

[[Category:Xanian]]

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 {{Infobox language
 |name = Xanian
-|nativename = ''Vâka Xâkömarī''
+|nativename = Vâka Xâkömarī
 |image = Vâkâ Xâkömârī.png
 |imagesize = 300px
-|imagecaption = '''Vâkâ Xâkömârī''' in written Xanian in [[Vanka]]
+|imagecaption = Vâkâ Xâkömârī in written Xanian in [[Vanka]]
-|pronunciation = {{IPA|/vɐka ʒɐkɵmaɹɪ/}}
+|pronunciation = vɐka ʒɐkɵmaɹɪ
-|creator = [[User:Vivaporius|Vivaporius]]
+|creator = User:Vivaporius
 |states = [[Xania]]
 |speakers = 5,270,832 in the United States<br/>334,656 overseas
 |date = 2014
 |familycolor = Language isolate
-|family = [[Xanic langauges|Xanic]]
+|fam1 = [[Xanic langauges|Xanic]]
 |stand1 = [[Imperial Xanian Standard]]
-|script = [[Vanka]] (primary)<br/>[[wikipedia:Latin script|Latin]] ([[Xanian alphabet]])<br/>Xanian Braille
+|scripts = * [[Vanka]] (primary)
+* [[wikipedia:Latin script|Latin]] ([[Xanian alphabet]])
+* Xanian Braille
 |sign = Signed Xanian
 |nation = Xania
 |agency = Imperial Xanian Linguistics Institute
-|iso1 = xa
-|iso2 = xan
-|iso3 = xan
 |map = Xanian speakers in North America.png
 |mapcaption = Location of nations where Xanian is a spoken language
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 | style="text-align: center;"|[a]
 | style="text-align: left;"|Open front unrounded vowel
-| style="text-align: left;"| -
+| style="text-align: left;"|[a] becomes [ɐ] when in the first syllable
 |-
 | style="text-align: center;"|Â
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 | style="text-align: center;"|[e]
 | style="text-align: left;"|Close-mid front unrounded vowel
-| style="text-align: left;"| -
+| style="text-align: left;"|[e] becomes [ɪ] at the end of a word
 |-
 | style="text-align: center;"|I
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 | style="text-align: center;"|[u]
 | style="text-align: left;"|Close back rounded vowel
-| style="text-align: left;"| -
+| style="text-align: left;"|[u] becomes [ɵ] when the final phoneme in a word, except when the only vowel in the word
 |}
 ===Digraphs and trigraphs===
 ===Alphabet===
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 | scope="col" style="text-align: center; width: 42px; "|[j]
 | scope="col" style="text-align: center; width: 42px; "|[z]
+|}
+===Syllables===
+The Xanian language has a simple phonological constraint system, in which either vowels or consonants may be placed at the start of a word. However, while any unstressed vowel may close the word, only four of the language's fifteen consonants may end a word if they are used.
+{|class=wikitable style=text-align:center
+!colspan=5|Phonological Constraints
+|-
+|('''C''')
+|'''V'''
+|'''C'''
+|('''V''')
+|('''C''')
 |}
+===Stress===
+Xanian is a highly stressed language, with emphasize on the first or second syllables of a short word, or first and middle syllables of a longer word, typically regarded as the norm. The stress on words with Xanian is often considered similar to the stressing of words in the English and Latin, though Xanian words will have diacritic marks to indicate when stress on a particular syllable is required, much as with the accents in Latin and Romance languages. With regards to rhythm, Xanian is a stress-timed language, with stressed and unstressed syllables carrying equal weight in a word though the stressed portion may be shorter than the unstressed portion in letter length, but longer when voiced.
 ===Nota bene===
 #/z/ never comes before another stop consonant
@@ Line 288: / Line 301: @@
 ===Articles===
+Articles denoting definiteness and indefiniteness are both attached to their respective words as prefixes, separated from the word by a dash.
 ====Definite====
+{| class="wikitable" style="width: 660px; text-align: center;"
+! colspan="14" scope="col"|Articles
+|-
+!colspan="2" scope="col"|a
+!colspan="2" scope="col"|an
+!colspan="2" scope="col"|and
+!colspan="2" scope="col"|the
+!colspan="2" scope="col"|if
+!colspan="2" scope="col"|of
+!colspan="2" scope="col"|by
+|-
+|colspan="2"| ''dī-''
+|colspan="2"| ''dīr-''
+|colspan="2"| ''do-''
+|colspan="2"| ''jâ-''
+|colspan="2"| ''ne-''
+|colspan="2"| ''no-''
+|colspan="2"| ''kâ-''
+|}
 ====Indefinite====
 ===Adjectives===
+In Xanian, adjectives are placed before nouns at all times. Certain adjectives which are descriptions for verbs or nouns will be modified to agree with the word it is attached too. For instance, ''Vâka Xâkömarī'' literally means "signed" or "spoken Xanian", simply translated as "Xanian language". As "vâka" represents a verb or action, it does not decline based on the word it is attracted too. However, ''Tâzeno Xâkömâro'', meaning "Imperial Xania", does decline, as "tâzeno" is a noun describing another noun, and therefore agrees with it.
 ===Comparatives===
 ====More====
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 [[Category:Languages]]
-[[Category:Conlangs]]
+[[Category:Languages]]
 [[Category:Xanian]]