Ikerlandian language

Ikerlandian
Ikerlandiyagenng Leennydaag
Native to	Ikerlàndia
Language family	Language isolate Regional Ikerlandian
Early forms	Dozenal Ikerlandian Old Ikerlandian Middle Old Ikerlandian Middle Ikerlandian Early Modern Ikerlandian Ikerlandian
Writing system	Latin (Ikerlandian alphabet)
Official status
Official language in	Federation of Ikerlàndia New Ikerlàndia (ValeVRG)
Regulated by	Ikerlang

The Ikerlandian language (Old Ikerlandian: ikerlandiyagenng leennydaag or ikerlandiyagenng voodaa; Modern Ikerlandian: ikerlandiyagenng lennyäxwaat or ikerlandiyagenng laatwá) a constructed language developed and spoken in the Federation of Ikerlàndia. The language is a priori, meaning that it was constructed without taking elements from another existing language. The use of the language is regulated by the Ikerlang ("Institute for the Ikerlandian Language"), created in 2023, a decentralized government agency dependent on the Ministry of Culture. Before this, the Ikerlang served as the the main authority in the Ikerlandian language. The use of the Ikerlandian language is protected by the Constitution of Ikerlàndia, which names it as the sole official language of the Federation.

The Ikerlandian language began to be developed in late 2022, for its use in Ikerlàndia. Its early forms, chiefly Dozenal Ikerlandian and Old Ikerlandian, served as inspiration and base for the development of the Baitese language, which was considered a dialect of Ikerlandian up until 2022; today they are both considered part of the Ikerlandian languages family. The language has gone through several transformations leading up to its current form, Modern Ikerlandian. The last considerable language reform was implemented by the Ikerlang in September 2022.

Grammar

Ikerlandian heavily presents inflection. Nouns are inflected for number and case; there are three numbers (singular, plural, and collective) and ten cases: absolutive, accusative, ergative, genitive, comitative/instrumental, inesive, elative/ablative, perlative, intrative and allative. A vocative case, which is not usually considered part of the language's declension system, is also present. Adjectives have agreement with nouns in number, but not in case; there are four noun declensions and three adjective classes. Modern Ikerlandian has completely lost its gender system and is now a fully genderless language; Middle Ikerlandian had two genders, diurnal and nocturnal (a feature assimilated from Modern Baitese).

Verbs are conjugated into two moods: indicative and jussive. The jussive mood in Ikerlandian covers the uses of the subjunctive and the imperative in most Indo-European languages. There are three verb classes: class I (ambitransitive verbs, -[r/n]doo ending), class II (transitive verbs, -[r/n]daa ending) and class III (intransitive verbs, -[r/n]dee ending). Most verbs belong in class I. Modal verbs fall under class I. Much like nouns, verbs are highly regular and only a couple of them are irregular. Elbee ("to be", class III), Daadoo ("to go", I) and Daagdoo ("to come", I) and tairám ("to talk/speak", I) are, at the moment, the only irregular verbs in Ikerlandian. Verbs only have two numbers, singular and plural; collective nouns trigger the plural agreement.

Syntaxically, Ikerlandian is a tripartite language, and as such, it treats the agent of a transitive verb, the patient of a transitive verb, and the single argument of an intransitive verb each in different ways. Agents of transitive verbs take the ergative case, objects of transitive verbs take the accusative case, and subjects of intransitive verbs take the absolutive case. Word order is dominantly subject–verb–object (SVO), though subject–object–verb (SOV) may also be used.

Definite and indefinite articles exist in the form of suffixes; the endings -daa (for nouns ending in consonants) and -dee (for nouns ending in vowels) serve as definite articles, while the endings -doo and -waat serve as indefinite articles. Partitive, negative and zero articles also occur. Definite articles are widely used; indefinite articles are seldom used. All articles are suffixed at the end of the word, even if it is declined; therefore, the use of the consonant-ending form or vowel-ending form of all articles is determined not only by the noun itself, but by any possible declensions it may present. Thus: waaddadoo ([ABS] "the mountain") uses the vowel-ending form, while waaddawaat ([GEN] "of the mountain") uses the consonant-ending form.

Verbs

The Ikerlandian verb system is largely inspired in that of Indo-European languages, especially Scandinavian languages. Ikerlandian verbs are organized into three classes: class I, for ambitransitive verbs, class II, for transitive verbs, and class III, for intransitive verbs. Most verbs fall into class I, including all modal verbs. Verbs only have two numbers, singular and plural; collective nouns trigger the plural agreement. Verb regularity is highly present in the language, with a few notable exceptions. Ikerlandian verbs undergo inflection according to tense (past, present and future), number (singular and plural), person (first, second and third) and mood (indicative and jussive).

The conjugation system in Ikerlandian allows it to be a null-subject language, as in most sentences the subject is encoded in the verb conjugation, rendering pronoun use optional.

Alphabet

Alphabet is in development. 30 Letters.

Alphabet

Alphabet
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, Ñ, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, Y, Z, Å, Ä, Ë, Ö.

Simple Words

• Hello/Hi: Bubkes!
• Goodbye: Bubkes-daa!
• Bye: Daa!
• Please: Waatta
• Thanks: Thaak
• Yes: Yaa
• No: Noo
• Okay: Okaa
• Because: Poodaa
• With: Weed
• And: Yä
• But: Peer

Derivational affixes

Nouns

Agentive

• kooree (to lead) → koordaag (leader)
• baasoot (faith, creed) → baasooddy (priest, monk)
• taawaat (to speak) → taawaataa (speaker [of an Assembly])

Nominalization

• haatta (straight, correct, plain) → haarä (integrity, dignity)
• drussy (to eat) → drussä (food, meal)
• kooree (to lead, to govern) → kooraagee (n. government; v. "he governed")

For less abstract nouns, especially objects "derived" from other objects, simulfixes are typically employed. This is mostly used for monosyllabic nouns, and is limited to vowels only.

• see (flame, fire) → saa (light)
• taa (voice) → too (law, rule)

Locative

• swaat (heat, warmth, dryness) → seenna (house, home, hearth)
• baassa (faith) → bassöddy (church, temple)