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+In [[Verse:Angai|Angai]], '''Wyacker''' (natively ''wi:akkarung'') is a head-final language inspired by Tamil, Pama-Nyungan languages, Polynesian languages, Danish, Arabic, and German. It belongs to the Pulchric (natively ''puLKarar yaDorLai'') family. It is spoken in the Wyacker Confederacy (''wi:akkar ngauëNTung''). Many languages in the area are Wyacker-xenic.
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+Wyacker was the eighth-most spoken language worldwide in 2025, with 290 million L1 and L2 speakers. Wyacker is one of the six official languages of the Angaian United Nations.
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+== Lexicon ==
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+* ''ya:D'' - treble harp brought by Theic (chiefly Shei²¹ A¹¹Mi³⁵)-speaking immigrants
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+* ''uppe:'' - all, every
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+* ''yungkarL'' - human
+* ''i-'' / ''ingk-'' - (copula)
+* ''i:pu'' 'I, me'
+* ''oKKu'' 'name'
+** ''i:pung oKKu intta:r (ingkad).'' 'My name is Inthar.'
+* ''poe, toe, koe, oe?'' are pronominal demonstratives
+* ''wataL'' (from Thackish ''wụttle'' 'speech') 'talk, prattling; nonsense'
+** ''poe wataL oe ingkad?'' 'What nonsense is this?'
+* ''arKa'' 'crow'
+== Phonology ==
+=== Consonants ===
+Wyacker has 18 phonemic consonants. It lacks fricatives.
+{|class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center"
+|-
+|+
+!rowspan="2" colspan="2"|
+!colspan="2" | Labial
+!colspan="2" | Coronal
+!rowspan="2" style="width: 45px; "| Palatal
+!colspan="2" | Dorsal
+|-
+! style="width: 45px; "|<small>plain</small>
+! style="width: 45px; "|<small>emph.</small>
+! style="width: 45px; "|<small>plain</small>
+! style="width: 45px; "|<small>emph.</small>
+! style="width: 45px; "|<small>plain</small>
+! style="width: 45px; "|<small>emph.</small>
+|-
+!colspan="2"| Nasal
+| '''m''' /m/ || '''M''' /mˤ/
+| '''n''' /n/ || '''N''' /n{{den}}ˤ/
+|
+| '''ng''' /ŋ/ || '''NG''' /ɴ/
+|-
+!colspan="2" style="width: 45px; "| Stop
+| '''p''' /p/ || '''P''' /pˤ/
+| '''t''' /t/ || '''T''' /t{{den}}ˤ/
+|
+| '''k''' /k/ || '''K''' /q/
+|-
+!colspan=2| Trill/Tap
+| ||
+| ||
+|
+|colspan=2|('''rr''' /ʀː/)
+|-
+!rowspan=2| Approximant
+!|central
+| '''w''' /ʋ/ ||
+| || '''D''' /ð{{lowered}}ˤ/
+| '''y''' /j/
+|colspan=2| '''r''' /ʕ/
+|-
+!|lateral
+| ||
+| '''l''' /l/ || '''L''' /l{{den}}ˤ/
+|
+| ||
+|}
+Initial liquids are prohibited.
+=== Vowels ===
+i /i/ i: /iː/ e /e/ e: /eː/ a /a/ a: /aː/ o /o/ o: /oː/ u /u/ u: /uː/ ai /aj/ au /aw/
+By default, these vowels sound like [i e æ o u ɛj ɛw]; in RTR environments, [ɪ ɛ ɑ ɔ ʊ ɑj ɑw]. An RTR envionment is any vowel adjacent to an emphatic consonant.
+Hiatus is always indicated with a diaeresis over the second vowel.
+== Grammar ==
+Head-final like Tamil
+=== Nouns ===
+Cases, plural marker
+Gen. -ung
+=== Verbs ===
+Closed class, adjectives are verbs
+Past and nonpast
+Lots of converbs (Korean-style)
+Wi:äkkar ingk-aD-a:n (Wyacker_person be-3-PL)
+-d could be the 3rd person suffix, -a:n the plural suffix
+=== Particles ===
+Complementizer ''=nga'' or ''=NGa'' (depending on the C it attaches to) (like Korean 고)
+=== Numerals ===
+nga:yu '1'
+oLaNu '2'
+we:NGu '3'
+ingkutu '4'
+ye:npu '5'
+ka:Lu '6'
+puDaTu '7'
+yo:ku '8'
+aimu '9'
+ngaNTu '10'
+=== Ideophones ===
+Initial emphatics are allowed in ideophones; emphatic-nonemphatic alternation functions like Korean ideophone vowel harmony
+* ''tattutattu'' 'in regular rhythm, with smaller motions'; ''TaTTuTaTTu'' 'in regular rhythm, with bigger motions'
+* ''pikkupikku'' / ''PiKKuPiKKu'' 'with mischief'
+* ''arangka'' 'flagrantly (doing wrong); (something embarrassing) in public view'
+* ''mukkumukku'' / ''MuKKuMuKKu'' 'wolfing down food'
+* ''wangkuluwangkulu'' 'periodically'
+* ''yenguyengu'' 'slippery'
+* ''mingimingi'' 'watery, bland'
+Predicate ideophones are used with the 'be' verb ''i-'': ''enpangku TaTTuTaTTu i-rr-a:'' '[Someone's] heart beat heavily'
+''intta:R wangkuluwangkulu pongngu:rad'' 'Inthar comes here periodically'
+[[Category:Pulchric languages]]