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= Cragimaroa =
= Cragimaroa =
''Cragimaroa'' (in Arini "Krahimaroa") is a Romance-based conlang with strong Germanic influence, primarily shaped by Michoacรกn and State of Mexico Spanish, as well as English. It also incorporates lexical and phonological elements from Japanese, French, Purhepecha, Nahuatl, and German.
''Cragimaroa'' or ''๐‘‘๐‘ฑ๐‘จ๐‘–๐‘ฆ๐‘ฅ๐‘จ๐‘›๐‘ท๐‘ฑ'' [tษฬฏรคษ•imฬฅรคษพษ”หห€] (in Arini "Krahimaroa") is a Romance-based conlang with strong Germanic influence, primarily shaped by Michoacรกn and State of Mexico Spanish, as well as English. It also incorporates lexical and phonological elements from Japanese, French, Purhepecha, Nahuatl, and German.


== History ==
== History ==
Cragimaroa is one of the Romance-equivalent languages spoken in the world of Cรกibur. Unlike the Romance tongues of the Fire Kingdom, Cragimaroa belongs to the Water Kingdom and was historically spoken by Yehda. It remains relatively unknown due to its geographic and cultural isolation.
Cragimaroa is one of the Romance-equivalent languages spoken in the world of Kybur (Kaybur); unlike the Romance language of the Fire Kingdom, Cragimaroa belongs to the Water Kingdom. It remains relatively unknown due to its geographic and cultural isolation.


== Script and Phonology ==
== Script and Phonology ==
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Cragimaroa uses the Shavian alphabet (๐‘•๐‘ฑ๐‘๐‘ฆ๐‘ฉ๐‘ฏ) for its writing system. Each grapheme corresponds to a phoneme or a phonetic modifier, often with dual values depending on context.
Cragimaroa uses the Shavian alphabet (๐‘•๐‘ฑ๐‘๐‘ฆ๐‘ฉ๐‘ฏ) for its writing system. Each grapheme corresponds to a phoneme or a phonetic modifier, often with dual values depending on context.


=== Vowels ===
===Phonology===
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==== Vowels ====
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! Grapheme !! IPA !! Modifier
! Grapheme !! IPA !! Modifier
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| ๐‘ญ || /ษ‘ห/ || ย 
| ๐‘ญ || /ษ‘ห/ || ย 
|-
|-
| ๐‘ฑ || /ษฬฏ/ || /ห€-/
| ๐‘ฑ || /ษฬฏ/ || /-ห€/
|-
|-
| ๐‘ง || /eฬž/ || ย 
| ๐‘ง || /eฬž/ || ย 
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| ๐‘ฉ || /ษ™ห/ || ย 
| ๐‘ฉ || /ษ™ห/ || ย 
|-
|-
| ๐‘บ || /eฬฏ/ || /หž-/
| ๐‘บ || /eฬฏ/ || /-หž/
|-
|-
| ๐‘ฆ || /i/ || ย 
| ๐‘ฆ || /i/ || ย 
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=== Consonants ===
=== Consonants ===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! Grapheme !! IPA !! Modifier
! Grapheme !! Onset !! Nucleus or Coda
|-
|-
| ๐‘š || /b-/ || /ฮฒห•/
| ๐‘š || /b-/ || /ฮฒห•/
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| ๐‘— || /รง/ || ย 
| ๐‘— || /รง/ || ย 
|-
|-
| ๐‘ก || /c/ || /cสผ/
| ๐‘ก || /c/ || /-cสผ/
|-
|-
| ๐‘  || /ส’/ || ย 
| ๐‘  || /ส’/ || ย 
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| ๐‘ || /โฑฑ/ || ย 
| ๐‘ || /โฑฑ/ || ย 
|-
|-
| ๐‘˜ || /ษŸ-/ || /j/
| ๐‘˜ || /ษŸ-/ || /VjV/ /Cสฒ/
|-
|-
| ๐‘Ÿ || /z/ || ย 
| ๐‘Ÿ || /z/ || ย 
|}
|}
=== Orthography ===
==== Stress ====
The orthography of Cragimaroa is relatively straightforward, though slightly more complex than a simple one-to-one phonemeโ€“grapheme correspondence. Each grapheme represents a phoneme, but in regular words, unstressed syllables are written using the same letters that typically denote diphthongsโ€”such as [ษฬฏ]โ€”and are pronounced identically, though not as diphthongs. That is, they are realized as [ษ].
==== Proper names ====
However, in proper namesโ€”such as the name Cragimaroa itself (๐‘‘๐‘ฑ๐‘จ๐‘–๐‘ฆ๐‘ฅ๐‘จ๐‘›๐‘ท๐‘ฑ)โ€”unstressed syllables are pronounced with their full phonemic value. For example, [รค] is not reduced to [ษ], and therefore it is written with the full grapheme for [รค], not the diphthong marker.
In such words, long vowels typically indicate the stressed syllable. Additionally, there is a general rule that stress falls on the penultimate syllable. However, when a proper name is stressed on the penultimate or final syllable, all other syllables are written using the diphthong grapheme (such as the one used for [ษฬฏ]), which in this case does represent the phoneme [รค], albeit in an unstressed form.


== Grammar ==
== Grammar ==
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=== Nouns ===
=== Nouns ===
* ๐‘ž๐‘บ๐‘ ๐‘ง๐‘ค๐‘ถ โ€” โ€œthawingโ€ย  ย 
๐‘ž๐‘บ๐‘ ๐‘ง๐‘ค๐‘ถ โ€” โ€œthawingโ€ย  ย 
* ๐‘ฅ๐‘ฑ๐‘ถ๐‘ฏ๐‘ง๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฑ โ€” โ€œmayonnaiseโ€
๐‘ฅ๐‘ฑ๐‘ถ๐‘ฏ๐‘ง๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฑ โ€” โ€œmayonnaiseโ€
๐‘–๐‘ฉ๐‘พ๐‘๐‘พ๐‘บ๐‘ฏ โ€” โ€œShavian alphabetโ€


=== Adjectives ===
=== Adjectives ===
* ๐‘ž๐‘ท๐‘ฏ โ€” โ€œmisterโ€
๐‘ž๐‘ท๐‘ฏ โ€” โ€œmisterโ€
* ๐‘ž๐‘ท๐‘™๐‘ฑ โ€” โ€œmissโ€
๐‘ž๐‘ท๐‘™๐‘ฑ โ€” โ€œmissโ€
* ๐‘–๐‘ฉ๐‘พ๐‘๐‘พ๐‘บ๐‘ฏ โ€” โ€œShavianโ€ or โ€œSavianโ€

Latest revision as of 20:55, 5 September 2025

Cragimaroa

Cragimaroa or ๐‘‘๐‘ฑ๐‘จ๐‘–๐‘ฆ๐‘ฅ๐‘จ๐‘›๐‘ท๐‘ฑ [tษฬฏรคษ•imฬฅรคษพษ”หห€] (in Arini "Krahimaroa") is a Romance-based conlang with strong Germanic influence, primarily shaped by Michoacรกn and State of Mexico Spanish, as well as English. It also incorporates lexical and phonological elements from Japanese, French, Purhepecha, Nahuatl, and German.

History

Cragimaroa is one of the Romance-equivalent languages spoken in the world of Kybur (Kaybur); unlike the Romance language of the Fire Kingdom, Cragimaroa belongs to the Water Kingdom. It remains relatively unknown due to its geographic and cultural isolation.

Script and Phonology

Cragimaroa uses the Shavian alphabet (๐‘•๐‘ฑ๐‘๐‘ฆ๐‘ฉ๐‘ฏ) for its writing system. Each grapheme corresponds to a phoneme or a phonetic modifier, often with dual values depending on context.

Phonology

Vowels

Grapheme IPA Modifier
๐‘จ /รค/
๐‘ญ /ษ‘ห/
๐‘ฑ /ษฬฏ/ /-ห€/
๐‘ง /eฬž/
๐‘ฉ /ษ™ห/
๐‘บ /eฬฏ/ /-หž/
๐‘ฆ /i/
๐‘ฐ /ษจห/
๐‘พ /ษชฬฏ/ /สฒ-/
๐‘ช /oฬž/
๐‘ท /ษ”ห/
๐‘ถ /oฬฏ/ /ห -/
๐‘ซ /u/
๐‘ต /uฬŸห/
๐‘ป /สŠฬฏ/ /สท-/

Consonants

Grapheme Onset Nucleus or Coda
๐‘š /b-/ /ฮฒห•/
๐‘’ /k/ /-kสผ/
๐‘” /ฮธ/
๐‘ž /d-/ /รฐฬž/
๐‘“ /f/
๐‘œ /ษก-/ /ษฐ/
๐‘ฃ /ส€ฬŠ/
๐‘— /รง/
๐‘ก /c/ /-cสผ/
๐‘  /ส’/
๐‘ด /kสฐ/
๐‘ค /l/
๐‘ฅ /m/ /VmฬฅV/
๐‘ฏ /n/ /VnฬฅV/
๐‘™ /ษฒ/ /-ล‹สฒ/
๐‘ /p/ /-pสผ/
๐‘ฎ /r-/
๐‘› /ษพ/
๐‘• /s/
๐‘– /ษ•/
๐‘‘ /t/ /-tสผ/
๐‘ฌ /tสฐ/
๐‘ณ /pสฐ/
๐‘ /โฑฑ/
๐‘˜ /ษŸ-/ /VjV/ /Cสฒ/
๐‘Ÿ /z/

Orthography

Stress

The orthography of Cragimaroa is relatively straightforward, though slightly more complex than a simple one-to-one phonemeโ€“grapheme correspondence. Each grapheme represents a phoneme, but in regular words, unstressed syllables are written using the same letters that typically denote diphthongsโ€”such as [ษฬฏ]โ€”and are pronounced identically, though not as diphthongs. That is, they are realized as [ษ].

Proper names

However, in proper namesโ€”such as the name Cragimaroa itself (๐‘‘๐‘ฑ๐‘จ๐‘–๐‘ฆ๐‘ฅ๐‘จ๐‘›๐‘ท๐‘ฑ)โ€”unstressed syllables are pronounced with their full phonemic value. For example, [รค] is not reduced to [ษ], and therefore it is written with the full grapheme for [รค], not the diphthong marker.

In such words, long vowels typically indicate the stressed syllable. Additionally, there is a general rule that stress falls on the penultimate syllable. However, when a proper name is stressed on the penultimate or final syllable, all other syllables are written using the diphthong grapheme (such as the one used for [ษฬฏ]), which in this case does represent the phoneme [รค], albeit in an unstressed form.

Grammar

Overview

Cragimaroaโ€™s grammar is inspired by English, making it relatively accessible. It uses accentual vowel marking and diphthong suppression rules: vowels that appear alone and modify consonants or other vowels are pronounced unstressed and without diphthongal effect.

The language distinguishes three grammatical genders: masculine, feminine, and neuter. Verbal morphology is analytic and suffix-based, with tense, aspect, and modality encoded through regular endings.

Verb Endings

Category Ending(s)
Present -๐‘จ๐‘›, -๐‘ง๐‘›, -๐‘ฆ๐‘›
Past -๐‘จ๐‘ž, -๐‘ง๐‘ž, -๐‘ฆ๐‘ž
Imperfect -๐‘š๐‘จ
Progressive -๐‘™

Modal Verbs

Mood Form
Infinitive ๐‘ฌ๐‘ต
Future ๐‘œ๐‘ป๐‘ฆ๐‘ค
Optative ๐‘–๐‘ซ๐‘ž
Exhortative ๐‘ด๐‘ซ๐‘ž
Deontic ๐‘ฅ๐‘ง๐‘พ
Negative ๐‘ฏ๐‘ช๐‘ฌ

Lexicon

Nouns

๐‘ž๐‘บ๐‘ ๐‘ง๐‘ค๐‘ถ โ€” โ€œthawingโ€ ๐‘ฅ๐‘ฑ๐‘ถ๐‘ฏ๐‘ง๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฑ โ€” โ€œmayonnaiseโ€ ๐‘–๐‘ฉ๐‘พ๐‘๐‘พ๐‘บ๐‘ฏ โ€” โ€œShavian alphabetโ€

Adjectives

๐‘ž๐‘ท๐‘ฏ โ€” โ€œmisterโ€ ๐‘ž๐‘ท๐‘™๐‘ฑ โ€” โ€œmissโ€