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==Nominal Morphology==
 
==Nominal Morphology==
  
Præta nominals (pronouns, nouns, and adjectives) are declined, or modified in order to reflect their grammatical case. In Præta, nominals decline according to five cases: Vocative, Nominative, Accusative, Genitive, Dative.
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Præta nominals (pronouns, nouns, and adjectives) are declined, or modified in order to reflect their grammatical case. In Præta, nominals decline according to five cases: Vocative, Nominative, Accusative, Genitive, Dative. Nouns in Præta are organized into three declensions, identified according to their Genitive Singular ending (''-is'', ''-os'', and ''-in''). Personal pronouns follow an irregular declension
Some patterns in the declensions include:  
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Some patterns in the noun declensions include:  
 
* Incomplete syncretism between the Vocative, Nominative, and Accusative in the Singular dependent on gender and declension, complete in the plural:
 
* Incomplete syncretism between the Vocative, Nominative, and Accusative in the Singular dependent on gender and declension, complete in the plural:
 
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|-
 
|-
| Gen Sg
 
 
| '''''-is'''''
 
| '''''-is'''''
| /
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| rowspan=3 | ⇔
 
| '''''-os'''''
 
| '''''-os'''''
 
|-
 
|-
| Dat Sg
 
 
| '''''-i'''''
 
| '''''-i'''''
| /
 
 
| '''''-u'''''
 
| '''''-u'''''
 
|-
 
|-
| Gen Pl
 
 
| '''''-eï'''''
 
| '''''-eï'''''
| /
 
 
| '''''-ou'''''
 
| '''''-ou'''''
 
|}
 
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* If the stem ends in {{orth|z}}:
 
* If the stem ends in {{orth|z}}:
** Endings with {{orth|â}} are realized as {{orth|i}}
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** Endings with {{orth|â}} {{phm|ə}} are realized as {{orth|i}} {{phm|i}}
** Stem ending shifts from palatalized to unpalatalized ({{orth|tz}}, {{orth|z}}, {{orth|sz}} -> {{orth|t}},{{orth|d}}, {{orth|s}}) with endings featuring {{orth|i}}
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** Stem ending shifts from palatalized to unpalatalized with endings featuring {{orth|i}}:
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| rowspan=3 | ⇔
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| {{orth|t}}
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| {{orth|z}}
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| {{orth|d}}
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| {{orth|sz}}
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| {{orth|s}}
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===Case Function===
 
===Case Function===
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===Nouns===
 
===Nouns===
  
Nouns in Præta are organized into three declensions, identified according to their Genitive Singular ending (''-is'', ''-os'', and ''-in'').
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
 
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|-
 
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| rowspan=3 |
====1st Declension====
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! colspan=6 style="border-left: 3px double #aaa" | 1st Declension<br />Gen Sg ''‑is''
 
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! colspan=3 style="border-left: 3px double #aaa" | 2nd Declension<br />Gen Sg ''‑os''
Genitive Singular: '''''-is'''''
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! colspan=6 style="border-left: 3px double #aaa" | 3rd Declension<br />Gen Sg ''‑in''
# Common and Neuter
 
 
 
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
 
 
|-
 
|-
! rowspan=2 |  
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| colspan=3 style="border-left: 3px double #aaa" | Common
! colspan=3 | Common
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| colspan=3 | Neuter
! rowspan=12 |
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| colspan=3 style="border-left: 3px double #aaa" | Common
! colspan=3 | Neuter
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| colspan=3 style="border-left: 3px double #aaa" | Common
 
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| colspan=3 | Neuter
 
|-
 
|-
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! style="border-left: 3px double #aaa" |
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! <small>"Sovereign"<br />Kaïsar‑</small>
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! <small>"Herder"<br />Hirz‑</small>
 
!  
 
!  
! "Sovereign"<br />Kaïsar-
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! <small>"Might"<br />Alf‑</small>
! "Shepherd"<br />Hirz-
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! <small>"Cliff"<br />Nasz‑</small>
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! style="border-left: 3px double #aaa" |
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! <small>"Mango"<br />Gollet‑</small>
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! <small>"Child"<br />Mog‑</small>
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! style="border-left: 3px double #aaa" |
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! <small>"Worm"<br />Maþ‑</small>
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! <small>"Language"<br />Prætâ‑</small>
 
!  
 
!  
! "might"<br />Alf-
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! <small>"Egg"<br />Oï‑</small>
! "cliff"<br />Nasz-
 
 
 
 
|-
 
|-
! Vocative
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! style= "font-variant:small-caps;" | Voc
! -e
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! style="border-left: 3px double #aaa" | ‑e
 
| Kaïsare
 
| Kaïsare
 
| Hirze
 
| Hirze
! rowspan=3 | -
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! rowspan=3 |
 
| rowspan=3 | Alf
 
| rowspan=3 | Alf
 
| rowspan=3 | Nasz
 
| rowspan=3 | Nasz
 
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! rowspan=3 style="border-left: 3px double #aaa" | ‑
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| rowspan=3 | Gollet
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| rowspan=3 | Mog
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! rowspan=2 style="border-left: 3px double #aaa" | ‑
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| rowspan=2 | Maþ
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| rowspan=2 | Prætâ
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! rowspan=3 | ‑
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| rowspan=3 | Oï
 
|-
 
|-
! Nominative
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! style="font-variant:small-caps" | Nom
! rowspan=2 | -
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! rowspan=2 style="border-left: 3px double #aaa" |
 
| rowspan=2 | Kaïsar
 
| rowspan=2 | Kaïsar
 
| rowspan=2 | Hirz
 
| rowspan=2 | Hirz
 
 
|-
 
|-
! Accusative
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! style="font-variant:small-caps" | Acc
 
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! style="border-left: 3px double #aaa" | ‑ân
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| Maþân
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| Prætân
 
|-
 
|-
! Genitive
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! style="font-variant:small-caps" | Gen
! -is
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! style="border-left: 3px double #aaa" | ‑is
 
| Kaïsaris
 
| Kaïsaris
 
| Hirdis
 
| Hirdis
! -is
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! ‑is
 
| Alfis
 
| Alfis
 
| Nasis
 
| Nasis
 
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! style="border-left: 3px double #aaa" | ‑os
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| Golletos
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| Mogos
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! rowspan=2 style="border-left: 3px double #aaa" | ‑in
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| rowspan=2 | Maþin
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| rowspan=2 | Prætin
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! rowspan=2 | ‑in
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| rowspan=2 | Oïin
 
|-
 
|-
! Dative
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! style= "font-variant:small-caps" | Dat
! -i
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! style="border-left: 3px double #aaa" | ‑i
 
| Kaïsari
 
| Kaïsari
 
| Hirdi
 
| Hirdi
! -i
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! ‑i
 
| Alfi
 
| Alfi
 
| Nasi
 
| Nasi
 
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! style="border-left: 3px double #aaa" | ‑u
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| Golletu
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| Mogu
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|-
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|
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| colspan=6 style="border-left: 3px double #aaa" |
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| colspan=3 style="border-left: 3px double #aaa" |
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| colspan=5 style="border-left: 3px double #aaa" |
 
|-
 
|-
! colspan=9 | &nbsp;
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! style= "font-variant:small-caps" | Voc
 
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! rowspan=3 style="border-left: 3px double #aaa" | ‑âs
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| rowspan=3 | Kaïsarâs
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| rowspan=3 | Hirdis
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! rowspan=3 | ‑a
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| rowspan=3 | Alfa
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| rowspan=3 | Nasza
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! rowspan=3 style="border-left: 3px double #aaa" | ‑âs
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| rowspan=3 | Golletâs
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| rowspan=3 | Mogâs
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! rowspan=3 style="border-left: 3px double #aaa" | ‑ân
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| rowspan=3 | Maþân
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| rowspan=3 | Prætân
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! rowspan=3 | ‑ân
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| rowspan=3 | Oïân
 
|-
 
|-
! Nominative
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! style= "font-variant:small-caps" | Nom
! rowspan=2 | -âs
 
| rowspan=2 | Kaïsarâs
 
| rowspan=2 | Hirdis
 
! rowspan=2 | -a
 
| rowspan=2 | Alfa
 
| rowspan=2 | Nasza
 
 
 
 
|-
 
|-
! Accusative
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! style= "font-variant:small-caps" | Acc
 
 
 
|-
 
|-
! Genitive
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! style= "font-variant:small-caps" | Gen
! -
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! style="border-left: 3px double #aaa" | ‑eï
 
| Kaïsareï
 
| Kaïsareï
 
| Hirzeï
 
| Hirzeï
! -eï
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! ‑eï
 
| Alfeï
 
| Alfeï
 
| Naszeï
 
| Naszeï
 
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! style="border-left: 3px double #aaa" |‑ou
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| Golletou
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| Mogou
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! style="border-left: 3px double #aaa" | ‑eï
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| Maþeï
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| Præteï
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! ‑eï
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| Oïeï
 
|-
 
|-
! Dative
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! style= "font-variant:small-caps" | Dat
! -âm
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! style="border-left: 3px double #aaa" | ‑âm
 
| Kaïsarâm
 
| Kaïsarâm
 
| Hirdim
 
| Hirdim
! -âm
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! ‑âm
 
| Alfâm
 
| Alfâm
 
| Nasim
 
| Nasim
|}
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! style="border-left: 3px double #aaa" | ‑âm
 
 
====2nd Declension====
 
 
 
Genitive Singular: '''''-os'''''
 
# Common only
 
 
 
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
 
 
 
|-
 
! colspan=2 |
 
! "Mango"<br />Gollet-
 
! "Child"<br />Mog-
 
 
 
|-
 
! Vocative
 
! rowspan=3 | -
 
| rowspan=3 | Gollet
 
| rowspan=3 | Mog
 
|-
 
! Nominative
 
 
 
|-
 
! Accusative
 
 
 
|-
 
! Genitive
 
! -os
 
| Golletos
 
| Mogos
 
 
 
|-
 
! Dative
 
! -u
 
| Golletu
 
| Mogu
 
 
 
|-
 
! colspan=9 | &nbsp;
 
 
 
|-
 
! Nominative
 
! rowspan=2 | -âs
 
| rowspan=2 | Golletâs
 
| rowspan=2 | Mogâs
 
 
 
|-
 
! Accusative
 
 
 
|-
 
! Genitive
 
! -ou
 
| Golletou
 
| Mogou
 
 
 
|-
 
! Dative
 
! -âm
 
 
| Golletâm
 
| Golletâm
 
| Mogâm
 
| Mogâm
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! style="border-left: 3px double #aaa" | ‑âm
 
 
====3rd Declension====
 
 
 
Genitive Singular: '''''-in'''''
 
# Common and Neuter
 
# Stems ending in a vowel drop that vowel for non-zero endings
 
 
 
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
 
|-
 
! rowspan=2 |
 
! colspan=3 | Common
 
! rowspan=12 |
 
! colspan=3 | Neuter
 
 
 
|-
 
!
 
! "Worm"<br />Maþ-
 
! "Language"<br />Prætâ-
 
!
 
! "Egg"<br />Oï-
 
 
 
|-
 
! Vocative
 
! rowspan=2 | -
 
| rowspan=2 | Maþ
 
| rowspan=2 | Prætâ
 
! rowspan=3 | -
 
| rowspan=3 | Oï
 
 
 
|-
 
! Nominative
 
 
 
|-
 
! Accusative
 
! -ân
 
| Maþân
 
| Prætân
 
 
 
|-
 
! Genitive
 
! -in
 
| Maþin
 
| Prætin
 
! -in
 
| Oïin
 
 
 
|-
 
! Dative
 
! -in
 
| Maþin
 
| Prætin
 
! -in
 
| Oïin
 
 
 
|-
 
! colspan=9 | &nbsp;
 
 
 
|-
 
! Nominative
 
! rowspan=2 | -ân
 
| rowspan=2 | Maþân
 
| rowspan=2 | Prætân
 
! rowspan=2 | -ân
 
| rowspan=2 | Oïân
 
 
 
|-
 
! Accusative
 
 
 
|-
 
! Genitive
 
! -eï
 
| Maþeï
 
| Præteï
 
! -eï
 
| Oïeï
 
 
 
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! Dative
 
! -âm
 
 
| Maþâm
 
| Maþâm
 
| Prætâm
 
| Prætâm
! -âm
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! ‑âm
 
| Oïâm
 
| Oïâm
 
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Revision as of 18:12, 24 February 2018

Præta, formally known as iâ Sziroþs Prætâ / jə ˈʃi.roθs ˈpræ.tə / ("the Shirerithian Speech"), is the official language of Shireroth. Standard Præta, also known as Kaïsars Prætâ, the Kaiser's Præta, or Uikstâs Prætâ, Script Præta, is the chancery standard used by the Golden Mango Throne and its ministries.

Despite being called "the Shirerithian Speech", Præta is the first language only in Brookshire, parts of Goldshire, and territories historically associated with these regions. In other parts of Shireroth, it is acquired to varying degrees of fluency through schooling.

History

Præta derives from the Brookshirese or Prætaic Language Family, specifically the prestige dialect spoken at Raynor I's court. This form of Præta, or Old Præta, bears extensive lexical influence from Khaz Modanian, the now lost language of the Empire of Khaz Modan. Old Præta was introduced to the Shirekeep region and portions of the Red Elwynn during the First Era as a result of concerted efforts to resettle the greater Shirekeep region and western Goldshire with more reliable subjects.

The usage of Old Præta drifted into diverging dialects by the end of the First Era, prompting the reassertion of a centralized standard with the onset of the Second Era, this time derived mostly from the dialect prevalent in Monty Crisco. Middle Præta succeeded in penetrating to the mouth of the Elwynn River and further into Goldshire. New Præta, or the contemporary form, was established in an archaic mode under Kaiser John II and refined under Kaiseress Viviantia I.

Orthography and Phonology

Consonants

Labial Coronal Palatal Velar
Nasal ⟨ M m ⟩
/ m /
⟨ N n ⟩
/ n /
Plosive ⟨ P p ⟩
/ p /
⟨ B b ⟩
/ b /
⟨ T t ⟩
/ t /
⟨ D d ⟩
/ d /
⟨ K k ⟩
/ k /
⟨ G g ⟩
/ g /
Affricate ⟨ Tz tz ⟩
/ tʃ /
⟨ Z z ⟩
/ dʒ /
Fricative sibilant ⟨ S s ß ⟩
/ s /
⟨ Sz sz ⟩
/ ʃ /
non-sibilant ⟨ F f ⟩
/ f /
⟨ V v ⟩
/ ʋ /
⟨ Þ þ ⟩
/ θ /
⟨ Ï ï ⟩
/ j /
⟨ H h ⟩
/ h /
Approximant
Trill ⟨ R r ⟩
/ r /
Lateral Fricative ⟨ Ł ł ⟩
/ ɬ /
⟨ L l ⟩
/ l /
  • ⟨ ß ⟩ is used for / s: /, derived from the archaic ⟨ ſs ⟩. It is only used when the / s: / falls entirely within a single morpheme
    e.g. ⟨ Aß ⟩ "As, ~7 1⁄4 bushels", versus ⟨ rass ⟩ "domestic", from ⟨ Ras ⟩ "House"
  • ⟨ dz ⟩ common in Early New Praeta for / dʒ /, now deprecated.
  • ⟨ ï ⟩ is sometimes written ⟨ i ⟩ or ⟨ ı ⟩ by nonstandard texts.
  • ⟨ n ⟩ before a velar consonant is rendered as a velar nasal

Vowels

Front Central Back
High ⟨ I i ⟩
/ i /
⟨ Î î ⟩
/ ɪ̈ /
⟨ U u ⟩
/ u /
Mid ⟨ E e ⟩
/ e /
⟨ Â â ⟩
/ ə /
⟨ O o ⟩
/ o /
Low ⟨ Æ æ ⟩
/ æ /
⟨ A a ⟩
/ ɑ /
⟨ Â â ⟩, / ə / is not found in stressed syllables.
⟨ Î î ⟩, / ə / is found in Early New Praeta to represent a near-close central vowel, now merged with and written ⟨ Â â ⟩.

Writing Rules

Nouns are capitalized in all instances. Words of other classes are capitalized at the beginning of a sentence.

Nominal Morphology

Præta nominals (pronouns, nouns, and adjectives) are declined, or modified in order to reflect their grammatical case. In Præta, nominals decline according to five cases: Vocative, Nominative, Accusative, Genitive, Dative. Nouns in Præta are organized into three declensions, identified according to their Genitive Singular ending (-is, -os, and -in). Personal pronouns follow an irregular declension

Some patterns in the noun declensions include:

  • Incomplete syncretism between the Vocative, Nominative, and Accusative in the Singular dependent on gender and declension, complete in the plural:
Common Voc Nom Acc Voc Nom Acc
1st -e - -âs
2nd -
3rd - -ân -ân
Neuter - -a / -ân
  • The 2nd Declension is a back-shifted mirror of the 1st Declension:
-is -os
-i -u
-eï -ou
  • If the stem ends in ⟨ z ⟩:
    • Endings with ⟨ â ⟩ / ə / are realized as ⟨ i ⟩ / i /
    • Stem ending shifts from palatalized to unpalatalized with endings featuring ⟨ i ⟩:
⟨ tz ⟩ ⟨ t ⟩
⟨ z ⟩ ⟨ d ⟩
⟨ sz ⟩ ⟨ s ⟩

Case Function

Vocative

Direct address

Nominative

Subject

Object of a Copula

Accusative

Direct Object

Genitive

indicates possession or relation

Dative

Indirect Object

Direct Object of certain verbs

Dative Absolute

Subject of a Copula

Colloquial Possessive

Pronouns

Nouns

1st Declension
Gen Sg ‑is
2nd Declension
Gen Sg ‑os
3rd Declension
Gen Sg ‑in
Common Neuter Common Common Neuter
"Sovereign"
Kaïsar‑
"Herder"
Hirz‑
"Might"
Alf‑
"Cliff"
Nasz‑
"Mango"
Gollet‑
"Child"
Mog‑
"Worm"
Maþ‑
"Language"
Prætâ‑
"Egg"
Oï‑
Voc ‑e Kaïsare Hirze Alf Nasz Gollet Mog Maþ Prætâ
Nom Kaïsar Hirz
Acc ‑ân Maþân Prætân
Gen ‑is Kaïsaris Hirdis ‑is Alfis Nasis ‑os Golletos Mogos ‑in Maþin Prætin ‑in Oïin
Dat ‑i Kaïsari Hirdi ‑i Alfi Nasi ‑u Golletu Mogu
Voc ‑âs Kaïsarâs Hirdis ‑a Alfa Nasza ‑âs Golletâs Mogâs ‑ân Maþân Prætân ‑ân Oïân
Nom
Acc
Gen ‑eï Kaïsareï Hirzeï ‑eï Alfeï Naszeï ‑ou Golletou Mogou ‑eï Maþeï Præteï ‑eï Oïeï
Dat ‑âm Kaïsarâm Hirdim ‑âm Alfâm Nasim ‑âm Golletâm Mogâm ‑âm Maþâm Prætâm ‑âm Oïâm

Lexicon

Præta Lexicon

The core and bulk of the Præta lexicon derives from Common Brookshirian and have been with the language since Old Præta. A large portion, notably concerning matters of prestige, government, and magic, are borrowed from the language of Khaz Modan, due to their hegemonic influence over Brookshire before the founding of Shireroth. Others yet have entered the language from Goldshire and Elwynn and from cultures beyond the borders if the Imperial Republic.

Dialects