This blog is dedicated to the teaching of my native tongue: Neramese. These are the only documents that exist, detailing the functioning of Nerám.
This is a sacred language, passed down through generations of diaspora, since time immemorial. Due to the language's fracturing, it has been subject to lexical influences of the primary languages of the places it is spoken. The learner may notice French, Spanish, or any Indo-European influence. What complexes people is its origins. It appears that Neramese is a linguistic isolate, meaning it shares no genealogical relation to another tongue. It has heavily influences from many European languages, due to centuries upon millennia of contact, but its grammar and syntax remains "alien" to the rest of the world. To the European eye and ear, it's structure more closely resembles the likes of Korean.
The phonology is simple and clear. The language has no tones and is strictly syllable-timed, with the accent always falling on the last syllable. All vowels are short and there are plenty. I must confess, however, that these descriptions are based on my own phonological inventory, which is influenced by the French language, due to my ancestors choosing the Loire region as their home.
Nonetheless, I urge the curious reader to become the voracious learner. My tongue is a dying one, and I write this in the fear that some day its branches and twigs will be spoken no more.
Thank you.
- Áhmą
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