Creature:Vranntan/Language

"The hilarity of the matter is that their language is as ugly as they are."

- Sumikian Merchant

The Vranntan Language (Vranntan: macchak' vranntanux) is the indigenous language of the and is the lingua franca of the. The Vranntan Language is also a common trade language across the 's underground markets and has particular significance in the.

Characteristics
As a language, Vranntan has no grammatical gender, three grammatical numbers (singular, plural and collective) and six cases (nominative, accusative, dative, genitive, instrumental and formal). All noun declension in the Vranntan language takes on the form of suffixes at the end of each noun, indicating a sense compounding. As there is no differentiation of complexity, these suffixes are common across all nouns. There are only three tenses in the Vranntan language; present, past and future. Verbs do not take on the form of the case, and as with nouns, all verbs have the same stem. All verbs take on the ending of mamux which in itself translates to to do.

Adjectives in the Vranntan language are often placed in front of the noun, and imitate the case and grammatical number of the noun. Most adjectives in the Vranntan language are constructed by placing the suffix hrad'- in front of nouns (hrad in itself translates to in likeness). Adverbs are constructed by placing adjectives in their plain form before the verb.

Examples
The noun vranntan in the Vranntan Language;

The verb rat'mamux (to kick) in the Vranntan Language;

The adjective hrad'hran (fearsome/powerful/revered; from the noun hran (power))

From these examples, a sentence can be constructed:

vranntan vranntanud hrad'hran rat'mamak. -- The Vranntan powerfully kicked another Vranntan.