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It is the language of Ancient Iris, also known as the Iris Federation, an Iron Age civilization (c. 14th-2nd century BCE) with roots in the Bronze Age-era 'First Iris dynasty', located in the Central Basin region of Soltenna. Namesake to the river Acre (Riyan: Airé /ˈirɛ/), it is the oldest attested Rietic language, having been spoken as a literary language of high status in various Soltennan polities in antiquity before being slowly replaced by Kwang by the turn of Common Era as the original civilization fell into the shadow realm.

◆ 23-consonant 4-short 5-long vowel CVC phonology, featuring your friendly neighborhood pharyngeals
◆ Isolating - (often) one syllable one meaning, with an urge to compound words, featuring classifiers for counting, e.g. three-trunk-tree
◆ Four nominal cases (ERGErgative (case)
TRANS subject; agent NOMNominative (case)
TRANS subject, INTR argument ACCAccusative (case)
TRANS direct object; patient DATDative (case)
indirect object; recipient, beneficiary, location), also four pronominal cases (NOMNominative (case)
TRANS subject, INTR argument ACCAccusative (case)
TRANS direct object; patient GENGenitive (case)
possessive DATDative (case)
indirect object; recipient, beneficiary, location)
◆ Georgian-inspired split ergativity - distinct meanings for distinct noun markings (E>N, N>A, D>N, N>, E>)
◆ SVO, sometimes VSO word order - time/place adjuncts are placed initially, while adverbs and auxiliaries finally
◆ Aspect (PFVPerfective (aspect)
completed action CONTContinuative (tense/aspect)
continuous or durational action HABHabitual (aspect)
done often or out of habit) and person marking (1SFirst person singular (person)
speaker, signer, etc.; I 1PAUFirst person paucal (person)
we (us few) 1PFirst person plural (person)
we (inclusive or exclusive) 2SSecond person singular (person)
addressee (you) 2PSecond person plural (person)
addressee (plural) 3SThird person singular (person)
neither speaker nor addressee 3PThird person plural (person)
neither speaker nor addressee, they/them), placed before (ACTActive voice (valency, volition)
the subject acts, voluntarily) or after the verb (MIDMiddle voice (valency)
subject is both agent and patient STAVStative aspect (aspect)
ongoing but not changing)
◆ Noun incorporation - verbs get incorporated by either instrument, object, location, or adposition, e.g. hand-see "experience", for-ask "request"