Ardan is a constructed, phonetic language designed for clarity, expressiveness, and ease of use. It is built from the ground up with a logical grammar, elegant morphology, and a streamlined writing system that avoids redundancy and ambiguity. Ardan draws inspiration from natural languages but emphasizes simplicity and regularity throughout its structure.
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Alphabet & Phonetics: Uses the standard English alphabet with unambiguous sound-to-letter mappings. No duplicate sounds, diacritics, or special characters.
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Writing System: Fully phonetic and visually clean, following standard punctuation and capitalization rules. Unique mechanisms like
?Question?and!Exclamation!mark sentence tone clearly. -
Grammar:
- Subject-Verb-Object (SVO) word order.
- Noun cases: nominative (-a), accusative (-am), genitive (-um); plurals end in -ee.
- Verb tenses: present (root), past (-o), future (-bo); verbs are not conjugated by gender or number.
- Pronouns are gender-neutral and consistent across personal and possessive forms.
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Adjectives: Always end in -el, come after the noun, and are fully gender-neutral. Comparative and superlative forms use
-arand-estel, or the helper words mor and seel. -
No Apostrophes: Possessives are handled using de or yun (e.g., book de child = "the child’s book").
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Minimal Word Stress: All syllables are pronounced with equal emphasis, making pronunciation consistent and predictable.
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Intonation: Built-in rules for expressive sentence types, including questions, exclamations, and emphatics.
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Expandable: Ardan is designed to be modular and extensible, suitable for storytelling, linguistic experimentation, or practical use.
- Nouns: end in a consonant (base form), with -a (nominative), -am (accusative), -um (genitive), -ee (plural)
- Verbs: end in -e (infinitive), with -o (past), -bo (future)
- Adjectives: end in -el, go after nouns, with optional plural -ee, and comparative -ar / superlative -estel
- Pronunciation: will follow the phonetic rules and consonant guidelines from your language spec