Sathir - Conlang Profile

Sathir - Conlang Profile

Advanced

Language Name	Sathir
Language Author	David J. Peterson
Year Began	2003
Site	Sathir
Broken Link	No
Site Language	English
Language Type	personal language
Uniqueness	Sathir is an ergative, infixing, VOS language, which is nothing new, but it features a binary definite/indefinite system (comprised solely of the definite infix /-t-/) that divides everything in the language: definite marking on nouns; past tense vs. non; perfect vs. imperfect; referential vs. non-referential; near vs. far; WH-words vs. conjunctions; reality vs. irreality; first-hand knowledge vs. second-hand knowledge; etc.
Language Sources	Sathir was mainly inspired by Malagasy, Tagalog, Fijian and Ancient Greek.
Design Principles	I've tried to make Sathir like many of the Polynesian languages, where a single phonetic form is used as a noun, verb, adjective, adverb or even preposition, and the only way to determine what role the form plays in the sentence is to look at the word order and the morphology. The idea is that no word is classified as a noun or verb, etc., but, rather, can be used in any way.
Interest Of Others	No.
Dictionary	No
Etymologies	No
Grammar	Yes
Sample Texts	No
Unique Script	Yes
Primer	No
Babel Text	Yes
Submitted By	David J. Peterson
Date Submitted	Thursday, January 08, 2004
Date Edited	Thursday, January 08, 2004
Date To Headline	Thursday, January 08, 2004

< SASXSEK Sathir Satritain >