Paitarō

Paitarō is an abugida language, made up of 24 main letters, each of which carry the inherent vowel a. By rotating and assigning diacritics to the letters, the vowel sound changes. There are 11 vowel sounds in Paitarō, including the default a. It is written left to right, subject-verb-object. It uses articles, but no particles.

Paitarō has many different versions of verbs depending on context. For example, think of the verb 'to bark.' In Paitarō, there are different verb forms for the state of this action. A general conjugation would express that dogs, in general, tend to bark. A current conjugation would express that there are dogs who are barking right now, at this moment. Paitarō has general vs current forms, constant vs transient, beginning vs ending, and some verbs have a gladly vs reluctantly form. These contextual verbs are conjugated alongside tense conjugations, making Paitarō's verb conjugations particularly complex and often confusing for non-native speakers.