Okyyryn History

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Throughout its 10,000-year history, the Okyyryn country was never conquered by a foreign nation. It conquered neighbor regions, but their languages did not survive.

Here's the development of modern Okyyryn throughout history:

Contents 1 8th millennium 2 7th millennium 3 6th millennium 4 5th millennium 5 4th millennium 6 3rd millennium 7 2nd millennium 8 Sample Text

8th millennium

• Modified spelling ("Kooton II") since 6656.
• The singular prefix is dropped in some nouns.
• Verbs receive prefixes that indicate person and number, derived from the personal pronouns.
• Those prefixes can be dropped in 3rd person if the subject is a noun.
• Slight pronunciation (esp. vowel) and vocabulary changes.

7th millennium

• Long syllables are slightly stressed.
• The definite articles become number noun prefixes.
• Animacy is no longer distinguished in noun declension.
• The participal particles becomes a deverbalizing prefix.
• Future tense is expressed by modifying the verb stem.
• The verb mode particles disappear.
• The formality distinction in the 2nd person disappears.
• Position verbs become prepositions.
• Slight pronunciation and vocabulary changes.

6th millennium

• Impersonal pronouns are given with definite articles to distinguish number and animacy.
• Slight pronunciation and vocabulary changes.

5th millennium

• Ejective consonants become plosives.
• The gender/number noun prefixes become definite articles with nasal harmony.
• Case suffixes merge with noun stems, especially in the personal pronouns.
• The aorist stem is formed by changing nasality rather than making a consonant ejective.
• Slight pronunciation and vocabulary changes.

4th millennium

• Development of the Kooton alphabet in 3323.
• Short and long vowels are distinguished in their rounding quality, not only in their length.
• Animacy is no longer distinguished in case suffixes.
• Development of vocative case.
• Slight pronunciation and vocabulary changes.

3rd millennium

• Aspect verb prefixes become prepositioned particles.
• Slight pronunciation and vocabulary changes.

2nd millennium

• Dual number only survives for animated nouns, paucal number disappears.
• Animacy is no longer distinguished in dative case.
• Development of a future tense.
• Slight pronunciation and vocabulary changes.

Sample Text

Modern Okyyryn:
Shysn yys okoon xoosooshn? Shysn pyyn Oodhn okoon djot sujoodhodhoon. Wyys ksyt ooksop. Lyyjn doop looshoo. Usoodhn jös lyyjn doop lyypyylyy. Sös pookn wuts öjn ootoosyn utdhyytn pöjn. Shysn pyyn Oodhn utdhyytn pukun. Pookn poolypoo oopool ootkun sujoodhodhoon dutsuk ootukyykyy soopywoon putdhyytn.

Middle Okyyryn (5000):
Shyysn yys okuun? Lyyn yjuurorn okuun Shyysytn p’yyn Oorytn. Wyys lyy sooly utos. Lyyjn toop’ uushoo. Usuuln josu skyytn toop’ kyyshyy. Sos puukn ryp uut oosyn oj ytryyt. Shyysn p’yyn Oorn ytryytn ukun. Puukn puun uupuun uup’ool uut okuun lyyn yjuuroruun uut tutsuk lyyn uut kyykyy oopywuun ytryytn.

Proto Okyyryn:
Shyysn kyylok’uun? Shyysytn y Ooryp’yt ok’uun lyychychuuroruun. Syysooly yt’osh chyy. Syychuusn uushoo t’op’ysh. Ulsuuln chos kyyshyy t’op’ysh syychuusn. Puuk’yytn ykn ok’oon uutoolsyln tusyt. Shyysn y Oory t’uuls k’oon. Puuk’yytn puuchuun k’oon ushyyrn uutok’uun lyychychuuroruun uutoosxyyln uutyy lyychootoopuuchuun.

English:
Where is James? James and Mary are in the garden. The weather is nice today. It is very warm. But yesterday it was very cold. They couldn't play outside then. James and Mary love to play. They always play together in the garden in front of the big house.

1. Introduction
2. History
3. Pronunciation
4. Alphabet
5. Nouns
6. Verbs
7. Pronouns
8. Derivational Morphology
9. Word Order
10. Complex Phrases
11. Vocabulary
12. Sample Text

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