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This language is primarily used by the [[Vargr]] race throughout the [[Vargr Extents]] supra-polity.
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This language was primarily used by the [[Vargr]] race throughout the [[Vargr Extents]] supra-polity.
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* It is a peripheral or minority language.
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* It is now a peripheral or minority language.
  
 
== Description (Specifications) ==
 
== Description (Specifications) ==
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[[Arrghoun]] is now considered a dead [[Vargr]] language that has faded from general Vargr use.
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''[[Arrghoun]]'' is now considered a dead language that has faded from general [[Vargr]] use. Both ''[[Aekhu (language)|Aekhu]]'' and ''[[Gvegh]]'' derive from it.
  
 
===Alphabet===
 
===Alphabet===
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The [[Arrghoun (language)|Arrghoun Language]] is conventionally written{{Page cite|name=Vargr|version=Classic Traveller|page=22-23}} with the following vowels: A, AE, E, I, O, OE, OU, U and UE. It also has the following consonants: D, DH, DZ, F, G, GH, GHZ, GN, GV, GZ, K, KF, KH, KN, KS, L, LL, N, NG, NZ, R, RR, RRG, RRGH, RS, RZ, S, T, TH, TS, TZ, V, Z, ZD, ZH, ZL.
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The ''Arrghoun'' language is conventionally written{{Page cite|name=Vargr|version=Classic Traveller|page=22-23}} with the following vowels: A, AE, E, I, O, OE, OU, U and UE.  
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It also has the following consonants: D, DH, DZ, F, G, GH, GHZ, GN, GV, GZ, K, KF, KH, KN, KS, L, LL, N, NG, NZ, R, RR, RRG, RRGH, RS, RZ, S, T, TH, TS, TZ, V, Z, ZD, ZH, ZL.
  
 
=== Structure ===
 
=== Structure ===
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Arrghoun is a relatively simple Vargr language which in its development lost such complications as noun declensions, gender differences, or elaborate endings or prefixes.
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''Arrghoun'' is a relatively simple [[Vargr]] language which in its development lost such complications as noun declensions, gender differences, or elaborate endings or prefixes.  
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* Vargr language scholars believe the language was largely a trade language, developed as an aid to trade throughout the sector.
 
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* Verbs: The basic unconjugated verb is the ''infinitive''. When the verb is conjugated to show the actor, a noun or pronoun acts as its subject, and an appropriate ending is added to the verb to agree with the subject. Endings for person (first (''te'') , second (''tas'') or third) and if the subject is singular or plural are all different.
 
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** Verbs are always conjugated with the same suffixes for past, present, or future action. Past and future action are further noted with a prefix to the conjugated verb. Past action is shown by prefixing ''sa'' to the conjugated verb. Future action is shown by prefixing ''ngu'' to the conjugated verb.
 
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** When telling someone to do something (giving commands) the verb is conjugated in the second person and the word ''tsoe'' is added afterwards.
 
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* Nouns: Nouns may be shown to possess something by the word ''fa'' following them. For example ''Gvurrdon fa'' means "belonging to Gvurrdon."
 
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** Nouns are made plural by the addition of ''z'' to the end of the word. If the word ends in a vowel, add ''rz'' instead.  
 
  
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==== Morphology ====
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Vargr language scholars believe that it was largely a trade language, developed as an aid to commerce, and thus deliberately simplistic.
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Morphology is the study of the internal structure of words.
 
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* morpheme, inflection, paradigm, declension, derivation, compound, etc.
 
  
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==== Phonology ====  
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===Verbs===
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Phonology, the study of the sound systems of a language.
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The basic unconjugated verb is the ''infinitive''. When the verb is conjugated to show the actor, a noun or pronoun acts as its subject, and an appropriate ending is added to the verb to agree with the subject. Endings for person -- first (''te''), second (''tas''), or third -- and for singular subject or plural, are all different.
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* phoneme, allophone, segment, mora, syllable, foot, stress, tone, etc.
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* Verbs are always conjugated with the same suffixes for past, present, or future action. Past and future action are further noted with a prefix to the conjugated verb. Past action is shown by prefixing ''sa''. Future action is shown by prefixing ''ngu''.
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** When telling someone to do something (giving commands) the verb is conjugated in the second person and the word ''tsoe'' is added afterwards.
  
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==== Grammar ====
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===Nouns===  
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Grammar is the structure of a language.
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Nouns may be shown to possess something by the word ''fa'' following them. For example ''Gvurrdon fa'' means "belonging to [[Gvurrdon]]."
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* tense, aspect, mood and modality, grammatical number, grammatical gender, case, etc.
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* Nouns are made plural by the addition of ''z'' to the end of the word. If the word ends in a vowel, ''rz'' is added instead.  
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==== Syntax ====
 
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Syntax is the study of how words combine to form grammatical sentences.
 
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=== Meaning ===
 
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No information yet available.
 
  
 
==== Lexicology ====
 
==== Lexicology ====
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* word, lexeme, lemma, lexicon, vocabulary, terminology, etc.
 
* word, lexeme, lemma, lexicon, vocabulary, terminology, etc.
 
See [[Arrghoun (language)/Lexicon|Arrghoun Lexicon]]
 
See [[Arrghoun (language)/Lexicon|Arrghoun Lexicon]]
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==== Semantics ====
 
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Semantics is the study of the meaning of words (lexical semantics), and how these combine to form the meanings of sentences.
 
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==== Pragmatics ====
 
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* presupposition, implicature, deixis
 
  
 
== History & Background (Historical Linguistics) ==
 
== History & Background (Historical Linguistics) ==
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Arrghoun was widely known in the [[Gvurrdon Sector]] during the [[-1300s]], and was replaced by [[Gvegh]] and its related family of languages by the [[-900s]]. Arrghoun is now considered a lost or dead language.  
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''Arrghoun'' was widely known in the [[Gvurrdon Sector]] during the [[-1300s]], and was replaced by ''[[Gvegh]]'' and its related family of languages by the [[-900s]]. ''Arrghoun'' is now considered a lost or dead language.  
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* Some Vargr scientists are hopefully looking for extant communities on Vargr fringe and border worlds in the hopes of finding an existing community of Arrghoun speakers for study. Corsairs and the balkanized nature of Vargr soceity makes this search especially difficult.
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* Some [[Vargr]] scientists are searching hopefully among communities on fringe and border worlds in the hopes of finding an extant community of ''Arrghoun'' speakers for study. Corsairs and the balkanized nature of Vargr society make this search especially difficult.
  
 
== Worlds & Sectors ([[Astrography]]) ==
 
== Worlds & Sectors ([[Astrography]]) ==
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This language is primarily in use in the following areas:
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This language was primarily in use in the following areas:
 
* [[Vargr Extents]]
 
* [[Vargr Extents]]
  
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Latest revision as of 20:34, 19 August 2025

This language was primarily used by the Vargr race throughout the Vargr Extents supra-polity.

  • It is now a peripheral or minority language.

Description (Specifications)[edit]

Arrghoun is now considered a dead language that has faded from general Vargr use. Both Aekhu and Gvegh derive from it.

Alphabet[edit]

The Arrghoun language is conventionally written[1] with the following vowels: A, AE, E, I, O, OE, OU, U and UE.

It also has the following consonants: D, DH, DZ, F, G, GH, GHZ, GN, GV, GZ, K, KF, KH, KN, KS, L, LL, N, NG, NZ, R, RR, RRG, RRGH, RS, RZ, S, T, TH, TS, TZ, V, Z, ZD, ZH, ZL.

Structure[edit]

Arrghoun is a relatively simple Vargr language which in its development lost such complications as noun declensions, gender differences, or elaborate endings or prefixes.

Vargr language scholars believe that it was largely a trade language, developed as an aid to commerce, and thus deliberately simplistic.

Verbs[edit]

The basic unconjugated verb is the infinitive. When the verb is conjugated to show the actor, a noun or pronoun acts as its subject, and an appropriate ending is added to the verb to agree with the subject. Endings for person -- first (te), second (tas), or third -- and for singular subject or plural, are all different.

  • Verbs are always conjugated with the same suffixes for past, present, or future action. Past and future action are further noted with a prefix to the conjugated verb. Past action is shown by prefixing sa. Future action is shown by prefixing ngu.
    • When telling someone to do something (giving commands) the verb is conjugated in the second person and the word tsoe is added afterwards.

Nouns[edit]

Nouns may be shown to possess something by the word fa following them. For example Gvurrdon fa means "belonging to Gvurrdon."

  • Nouns are made plural by the addition of z to the end of the word. If the word ends in a vowel, rz is added instead.

Lexicology[edit]

A lexicon is the word supply of a language.

  • word, lexeme, lemma, lexicon, vocabulary, terminology, etc.

See Arrghoun Lexicon

History & Background (Historical Linguistics)[edit]

Arrghoun was widely known in the Gvurrdon Sector during the -1300s, and was replaced by Gvegh and its related family of languages by the -900s. Arrghoun is now considered a lost or dead language.

  • Some Vargr scientists are searching hopefully among communities on fringe and border worlds in the hopes of finding an extant community of Arrghoun speakers for study. Corsairs and the balkanized nature of Vargr society make this search especially difficult.

Worlds & Sectors (Astrography)[edit]

This language was primarily in use in the following areas:

References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]

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