Volume IV: Language
Sha’Ruun enables people to describe the world, address one another and identify the source of what they have heard. These chapters collect its sounds, word forms, writing and vocabulary. A rule helps explain a sentence; a conversation also depends on who speaks, to whom and why.
A story from this world · Places, eras and a path through the book
Chapters: 1–12
| # | Chapter | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phonetics | Sound inventory, articulation |
| 2 | Phonology | Phonotactics, stress, sandhi |
| 3 | Grammar: Overview | Morphosyntactic typology, word order |
| 4 | 14 Cases | The noun case system in detail |
| 5 | Verbs and Tense | Verb conjugation, aspect, mood |
| 6 | Evidentiality | Evidential and epistemological marking |
| 7 | Sharuu Writing System | Script, calligraphy, digital encoding |
| 8 | Lexicon and Word Formation | Root system, derivation, compounding |
| 9 | Senary Numeral System | Base-6 counting and mathematics |
| 10 | Dialects | Regional and social variations |
| 11 | History of the Language | Language evolution across eras |
| 12 | Conclusion | Linguistic synthesis |