Iritasa

<subject> <participle> <auxiliary particles> <object> [<tense particle>]* <auxiliary> [<tense particle>]*

* Where the tense particle appears before the auxiliary, it is indefinite/imperfect. After, definite/perfective.

Word order is loose, extremely loose. The only real limit on word order is that the dative must appear directly after either the auxiliary or the participle as it shares the same form as the genitive. It is generally SVO, and that's my recommendation for normal usage.

Auxiliary Inflections

	Sing.	Plur.	Sing.	Plur.	Sing.	Plur.
	Subject		Direct Object		Indirect Object
1st (inclusive)	Ø--a	Ø--æ	Ø--a	Ø--i	Ø--ta	Ø--ta
1st (exclusive)	Ø--a	Ø--æ	Ø--a	i--Ø	Ø--ta	Ø--se
2nd	Ø--o	Ø--o	œ--Ø	œ--s	Ø--do	Ø--do
3rd	Ø--œ	Ø--œ	n(a)--s	n(a)--Ø	Ø--tæ	Ø--tæ

Note: the symbol Ø means that this slot is empty - it is not a letter.

Eg. E3ado - I do to you.

Noun cases

Intransitive subject: -na
Transitive subject (Ergative): -da
Transitive object (Absolutive): (unmarked)
Dative & Genitive: -te

The language was not intended to be ergative, but it turned into one...

The dative is the only case with a fixed position. It is placed after either the auxiliary or the participle. In any other position it could be mistaken for the genetive.

Declensions

At the moment there are two noun declensions which are provisionally based upon the final letter of the word.

	Sing.	Plur.	Sing.	Plur.
	Vowel		Consonant
1st		-3		-se
2nd	-l	-la	-a	-ehl
3rd	-n	-ze	-æ	-i

Verbal roots

Roots are formed by removing the an/in suffix from the perfect participle or imperfect participle and any remaining vowels left over.

d-: dœan - be
hl-: hlan - have/intend to (meaning when used as an auxiliary)
tod-: todan - be able to
eron-: eronan - make/become
dian-: dianin - go (used as an alternative to dœan and the future tense particle to express the future tense)
e3-: e3an - do/make

Conjugation of dœan

da	I am
do	You/Ye are
dœ	He/She/They are
dœa	I am you / You are me
dœi	I am him/her
dæ	He/She is you
diat	I am for me
diot	I am for you
diohl	I am for him/her
dai	We (inclusive) are
doi	We (exclusive) are
dœat	We are you/ye (exclusive by nature)

(Partial) Phonology

a as in sad
i as in been
o as in novice
œ as in ignore
æ as in came
e as in hell

Labiodental	Voiced
		Nasal	Stop	Fricative	Lateral Fricative	Lateral Approximant	Flap
Bilabial	Unvoiced
Bilabial	Voiced	m
Labiodental	Unvoiced			f
Dental	Unvoiced		t	þ
Dental	Voiced		d
Alveolar	Unvoiced			s	hl
Alveolar	Voiced	n				l
Retroflex	Unvoiced
Retroflex	Voiced						r
Palatoalveolar	Unvoiced			ß
Palatoalveolar	Voiced			3
Palatal/Velar	Unvoiced			x
Palatal/Velar	Voiced
Glottal	Unvoiced			h
Glottal	Voiced

tß - Affricate of [t] & [ß]

Relative Clauses

Relative clauses preceed the word they modify; as do adjectives.

Misc

Negative particles appear directly before the auxiliary.

Plurals are marked by -hl.

Words of unknown meaning: kasen, seffian, æ3a.