Far language

Far (文閥, اونا فار una faar [una ˈɸaːr] or 言閥儿, نفاري nafaari [naɸaːrˈi]) is a Northern Kagrash language spoken predominantly in Faroma Aylan of the Adrian Islands, central Obanacia, and is the second most widely spoken language in the Kanuzunda Islands. It is one of the three official languages of the Kanuzunda Islands, along with Goymari and. It is the native language of the Far people of southern Nesionyta.

Far is divided into several dialects, the standard variety being found in the Kanuzunda Islands. In the Adrian Islands, the language has national status, and is regularly taught in schools in Faroma. After Dajankagrash and Hajorian, it is the third most widely spoken Kagrash language.

Far is written using the -based Khamsan script, and is mutually the closest language to Dajankagrash. The Khamsan script in Far is known as Haraf bet (字母), which means alphabet, although Khamsan is not an alphabet-based system. It is an language, unlike other Kagrash languages. It is romanized using the Honafar Transliteration Academy.

Classification
Due to its origin being in Faroma, which itself is in the northern area of the Kagrash sphere, Far is usually classified as a Northern Kagrash language, which is a branch of the Kagrash languages of the Nesionytan language family.

Consonants
Far has 27 consonant phonemes used in all Far dialects. Pronunciation depends on the speaker's background, but the formal and standard variety of Far only includes 23 phonemes, thus removing /f/, /ħ/, /θ/, and /ʕ/. The /f/ sound, however, is only an allophone to /ɸ/, which is used in most dialects but /f/ is more common in colloquial speech. Dental plosives can also be pronounced as alveolar in many Far dialects, although in Adrianese Far, the plosives are always alveolar. In Obanacian Far, which uses the Nesio-Arabic script, some letters retain their original Arabic pronunciation, although there are several modifications, such as /ð/ and /dˤ/ merging with /d/, even though ض is only used to joint certain letters, which is more common in Far. For example, دل is transcribed as ضل in most Obanacian Far texts. Several letters, such as ص, are removed.

Sample text
The following is a sample text in literary Far of Article 1 of the :

Khamsan Far:


 * 一期章: 裏尊龢權自龢同生各人. 良心龢由有她们. 因而, 為一其他神兄弟會做得各.

Nesio-Arabic Far:


 * .انچار زن: لها سن ار كيز زت ان ضغ خٰيان تٰممشام. لۈرجاين ار خارٰ يان ديمم. زتهار، بڽ ان چندى اسما فازضلهٰك كن جرتٰمم

Romanized Far:


 * Inchar zan: Laha san ar kiz zat ar dagh khıyan tımamsham. Lurjain ar kharı yaan dimem. Zithaar, bang in chinde isma faazdalhık kun jartımam.

Gloss:


 * One phase essay: In dignity and rights free and equal born all humans. Conscience and reason have them. Therefore, towards one other spirit brotherhood act must all.

Translation:


 * Article 1: All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They possess conscience and reason. Therefore, everyone should act in a spirit of brotherhood towards each other.