Ancient Arasilian

Ervenian Era, 1051 AB
Ancient Arasilian is sometimes, mistakenly called Arasilian, it was because the founder of House Arasil invented the Script of the Arasilian as he was a student of History and wanted to differentiate their noble ancestry from the Narsilisch.   This is the Script in Kingdom of Arasil, Ara-Taj and Free Cities of Nidoran.

Writing System

Tengwar Script

Phonology

Ancient Arasilian is "glottal" and consonant-heavy. It features the "Ich-Laut" and "Ach-Laut" (hissing or throat-clearing sounds). Stress is almost always on the first syllable, giving it a heavy, grounded, and authoritative sound.

Morphology

Famous for Agglutination - stringing smaller words together to create massive, specific compound nouns (e.g., Stahlhimmelritter for "Steel-Sky-Knight").

Sentence Structure

V2 Word Order
The verb must be the second element in a main clause, while the "action" verb is often kicked to the very end of the sentence in subordinate clauses.

Adjective Order

Adjective + Noun. Narsilian requires adjectives to "agree" with the noun's gender, number, and case (Nominative, Accusative, Dative, Genitive).

Structural Markers

Uses four distinct grammatical cases. A listener cannot understand the sentence until the very last word (the verb) is spoken, encouraging a culture of discipline and listening.
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