Arkian (cidarke) - Conlang Profile	Advanced
Language Name Arkian Language Author Jan Havlis Year Began 1995 Site Arkian Broken Link No Site Language English Site Author Jan Havlis Language Type fictional diachronic language Editorial Arkian is the official language of the micro-community Ark. Besides its unique set of source languages (pick another constructed language with words drawn primarily from Turkish, Finnish, Chinese and Czech!), Arkian has a unique script and unique grammatical features like indefinite animate gender and frame clause construction. Unfortunately for English speakers, the 1500-word Arkian dictionary is in Czech. Uniqueness Although it is a constructed language, it is used for communication. Arkian is the official language of the micro-community Ark. Language Sources It ancestor, hiberiir cid, is an a priori constructed fictional diachronic language. It has one unique feature; it is a partially ungrammaticalized language. Design Principles An a priori constructed language is taken as a source, with main intention to create agglutination and to incorporate some original features. Interest Of Others Arkian has some unique features like indefinite animate gender, rich adverbial system, frame-clause construction and so on. Conculture Noun Phrase the micronation of the Ark Federation Quotation Mak teks k var bi ge Ten k var bi ent rata ia na, bi k fo na ke ban k id taxt org le, uksa oks eo is xeta ku var bi, dean nam or hist sr ke ralt ven ke Um, ent roum ku id un hez is. Translation The North Wind and the Sun were disputing which was the stronger, when a traveller came along wrapped in a warm cloak. Dictionary Yes Etymologies No Grammar Yes Sample Texts Yes Unique Script Yes Primer No Babel Text Yes Lexicon Size 3,000 Submitted By Jan Havlis Updated By Jan Havlis Date Edited Thursday, October 24, 2002 Description Of Update Cosmetic changes. Date To Headline Thursday, October 24, 2002 < Arionak  Arkian  Arlipo >
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