Etanji

Etanji is an SVO language that is the official language of Elestiyanj. It has around 10 million speakers.

This is a simplified version, and is likely incomplete

History
An early form of Etanji was spoken by the Qashta People in 16,000bc. Etanji was then later written down in the Qashta Script until 200bc, when Etanji converted to the latin alphabet. The Qashta Script is still used today by some people in the Ggorbang province.

Nouns
Nouns can take multiple cases using affixes. There are five cases: possessed, locative, abessive, dative, and instrumental. Nouns are ungendered

Cases (not including the possesed case)

Possessed case
The possessed case changes based on who possesses the object

Adjectives
Adjectives go before nouns, Adjectives can take suffixes like nouns


 * Not: -ert (-terli if it ends in a vowel)
 * A large amount of (good -> great) -égg (-yégg if it ends in a vowel)
 * A small amount of (good -> okay) -ágg (-tágg if it ends in a vowel)

Other noun suffixes

 * -an = a religion (-zlan if the word ends in a vowel)
 * -iya = a place (-ya if the word ends in a vowel)
 * -ur = a person (-kur if the word ends in a vowel)
 * -ert = not (-terli if the word ends in a vowel)
 * -eluk = an object related to that word, a vague idea (-luk if the word ends in a vowel)

Verbs
Verbs can take suffixes based on person, and prefixes based on tense. The prefixes are connected to the verbs by hyphens

There are no verbs for "is" or "there is", the word is simply ommited in sentences

Other verb suffixes

 * Able to (potential mood): -lo (GOES AFTER THE SUFFIX FOR PERSON)
 * A sense of completion (turns verb into adjective, kill -> killed, which could mean dead): -ou (-you if it ends in a vowel) (REPLACES THE SUFFIX)

Prefixes
All verb prefixes are connected to the verb with a hyphen

Other verb prefixes

 * Imperative mood: un-
 * Conditional mood: ma-
 * A person defined by the verb: erd-
 * Optative mood: hal-

Adverbs
Adverbs go before verbs