Rinapri

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In the fantasy world of Grundet, Rinapri is the ancestor of modern South-West-Herookuan languages such as Rinap and Aoma. Name Rinapri comes from Rilaxii Napetii Rinhikhyriöri meaning ancestral language of our ancestors.

Background

The language derives from an antediluvian parent language Öiniomma (not heard since only read without true understanding) which was spoken in Golden Islet of Herooku during the first and second eras until being spread to neighboring lands by Goldhearts. The influences of other languages lead to the eventual formation of Rinapri in late second era and the third era, but during Grundet's millennial history, its dialects slowly separated into the South-West-Herookuan languages.

Phonology

As reconstructed by Tahokhe ni-Peike, scholar of linguistics at the Academy of Golden Islet (kny Fedoret kär Lahör).

Consonants

Bilabial Labio-dental Dental Alveolar Post-alveolar Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
Nasal *m *n
Plosive *p *b *t *d *k *g *q *ɢ
Fricative *f *v *θ *ð *z *s *ʃ *ʒ *x *ɣ *h
Affricate *t͡s *d͡z *t͡ʃ *d͡ʒ *kx
Approximant *j
Trill *r
Lateral *pˡ *bˡ *tˡ *dˡ *l *ɬ

In Aoma:

  • noun plural suffix *ɬ → ɔl, *ʊf and eʃ
  • accusative: *χ → *kx → ɔks, *ʊs, ɪk

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close *i *ĩ *ɨ *ɨ̃ *u *ũ
Near-Close
Open-mid *ɛ *ɛ̃ *œ *ʌ *ʌ̃ *ɔ
Near-open


Orthography

The original writing system of Rinapri was a mostly logographic yet partly syllabic as it has survived to modern Doslox of Rinap. However, best examples of written Rinapri have survived in hexagonal script later developed in the western region. Hexagonal script was engraved onto the walls of coast temples and on clay tablets with metallic hexagon stamps and a flat-headed stylus to distinguish the graphemes.

Swadesh

No English Rinapri Aoma Rinap 1 I wa(n)a pa
2 thou (SG) foo phe
3 he/she/it shy/zu/xi thy/thi/do
4 we boo phoo
5 you (PL) vot peooh
6 they sot thoo
7 this cy kwa
8 that cu kno
9 here kyxu gewa
10 there cuxu kweo
11 who zoo gy zohi
12 what zoo zowa
13 where zoxu zoze
14 when zax zoang
15 how zurre zouk
16 not öwe
17 all rromare rom
18 many josh hoxi
19 some jas axi
20 few ope öper
21 other soda
22 one ibani wah
23 two noris noh
24 three conis kram
25 four toris akta
26 five fonis sapa
27 big eke hoke
28 long pare rilia
29 wide buwema
30 thick hoga
31 heavy kelare gaho
32 small ope okku
33 short oru
34 narrow ricire
35 thin ricire oha
36 woman henu nidi
37 man (male) tymy mub
38 man (human) gy ke
39 child puu zyf
40 wife henuu pändi
41 husband tymyy pumeb
42 mother binu rindi
43 father kumy rumud
44 animal diuzu dozmur
45 fish moi oimo
46 bird nemu emi
47 dog kakky ogyr
48 louse neki
49 snake orshu rohon
50 worm orshi
51 tree kuutu khea
52 forest kuutivoo bekha
53 stick (wood) laki
54 fruit pashu bathu
55 seed hapy fök
56 leaf engi thagek
57 root gunnu ökhyn
58 bark (tree) voku khon
59 flower navu moide
60 grass saku
61 rope ringi
62 skin tehi thoe
63 meat toky dogut
64 blood kiza gelote
65 bone xorri xom
66 fat gomu goho
67 egg teku thege
68 horn guku knuam
69 tail ringi ribu
70 feather penni pat
71 hair nutu snatu
72 head ahu dheko
73 ear jemy yma
74 eye ebu dokra
75 nose umy sauma
76 mouth tushu thursa
77 tooth tauki tuwak
78 tongue vopu neput
79 fingernail maki manu
80 foot raki brak
81 leg lotu blon
82 knee loxy boxe
83 hand pämy sapam
84 wing pemo
85 belly mukeru morp
86 guts kemuuky
87 neck piti
88 back feeny zyphet
89 breast pecu begy
90 heart geshu gen
91 liver mory
92 to drink
93 to eat
94 to bite
95 to suck
96 to spit
97 to vomit
98 to blow
99 to breathe
100 to laugh
101 to see
102 to hear
103 to know
104 to think
105 to smell
106 to fear
107 to sleep
108 to live
109 to die
110 to kill
111 to fight
112 to hunt
113 to hit
114 to cut
115 to split
116 to stab
117 to scratch
118 to dig
119 to swim
120 to fly
121 to walk
122 to come
123 to lie (be)
124 to sit
125 to stand
126 to turn
127 to fall
128 to give
129 to hold
130 to squeeze
131 to rub
132 to wash
133 to wipe
134 to pull
135 to push
136 to throw
137 to tie
138 to sew
139 to count
140 to say
141 to sing
142 to play
143 to float
144 to flow
145 to freeze
146 to swell
147 sun
148 moon
149 star
150 water
151 to rain
152 river
153 lake
154 sea
155 salt
156 stone
157 sand
158 dust
159 earth (soil)
160 cloud
161 fog
162 sky
163 wind
164 snow
165 ice
166 smoke
167 fire
168 ashes
169 to burn (INTR)
170 road
171 mountain
172 red
173 green
174 yellow
175 white
176 black
177 night
178 day
179 year
180 warm
181 cold
182 full
183 new
184 old
185 good
186 bad
187 rotten
188 dirty
189 straight
190 round
191 sharp
192 dull
193 smooth
194 wet
195 dry
196 right
197 near
198 far
199 right (side)
200 left (side)
201 at
202 in
203 with (s.o.)
204 and
205 if
206 because
207 name

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