Nekāchti

Nekāchti is a language spoken in Thirēa.

Real-World Information
Biblaridion began working on Nekāchti in 2016. Of the conlangs he's developed, Biblaridion considers Nekāchti his favorite, as well as his most thoroughly developed.

The first version of Nekāchti was referred to as "Hekantrian".

Summary
Nekāchti is a member of the Thirēan language family, originating in Nekāchta descending from Classical Thirēan. It is well-regarded among the scholarly and scientific communities within The Refugium, and serves as a prestige dialect for speakers of the True Thirēan languages.

Phonemes
Consonants: Vowels:

Phonotactics
The max syllable structure is #C/TrVK/F#:


 * C: all consonants
 * T: all consonants
 * V: all vowels
 * K: all consonants except r and l
 * F: 

No word can begin or end with a consonant cluster, and words can only end in m, n, s, k, or a vowel. A word-internal cluster can consist of, at most, a nasal or obstruent, then an obstruent, and then r.

Stress

Word stress is by default on the antepenult (third-to-last syllable), but fall on the penult (second-to-last) if said syllable ends in a consonant or has a long vowel.

Writing System
The Nekāchti script is a derivative of the Edun script, and is written right-to-left. The script operates somewhere in-between an abugida and syllabary: glyphs are constructed by combining an onset character with a coda character, or by using an onset character on its own. Glyphs are assumed to have an inherent /a/ nucleus unless marked with a diacritic. Separate characters are used for null-onsets and vowel isolates.

In stark contrast to the Edun script, the Nekāchti script is frequently reformed to address historical spelling. The simplicity of the Nekāchti script has led to its adoption by multiple other languages, including Ilothwii (although the latter version required multiple modifications).

Grammar
Nekāchti employs free word order and a system of animacy-based split ergativity. Employing double marking, Nekāchti is highly non-configurational, with word order being dependent on focus and topic, although it leans towards head-final alignment: focus is sentence-initial, while topic and background information generally appear right before the verb.

Nouns
Nekāchti employs seven cases: nominative, accusative, ergative, genitive, benefactive, instrumental, and locative.

The morphological cases (nominative, accusative, ergative) are used in this way:

Nekāchti also has a high degree of quirky subject, meaning the subject and object of specific verbs can be marked with other cases. Some patterns include:


 * The Benefactive marks the subject of verbs of experience (to be cold, etc.)
 * The instrumental is used for the agent of verbs of involuntary or accidental action (to accidentally break something, etc.)
 * The locative and genitive mark the objects of a change of state (to become something, etc.)

Other Cases:

"Khepftirmuk"
It is known that "Khepftirmuk" is a word. The only definition given is: "pygmy titanothere" The IPA spelling ['xɛpf.tər.muk] is also given.

"Nath", "Neth", "Nith", and "Noth"
It is unknown if "Nath", "Neth", "Nith", and/or "Noth" are word(s). They may have been used as placeholder words to demonstrate spelling.

"Nīn"
The word "nīn" is Nekāchti's equivalent of the English word "the".

"Tsiotho", "Tsiorī", and "Tsioron"
These words are each an equivalent of the English word "I" (or "me") with some differences. "Tsiotho" is used when describing experiences. "Tsiorī" is used when describing accidental and/or involuntary actions. "Tsioron" is used when describing a change of state regarding the speaker.

Number System
Nekāchti uses a duodecimal numerical system,