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== Sakheli Ha Vane Balang ==
== Sakheli Ha Vane Balang ==
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Sakhēḷi Vaṇē Baḷāng,
sakhēḷi vaṇē baḷāṅg
Rasōṇu yāta ṭhēvaṇā!
rasōṇu yāta thēvaṇā


Ho Khēdayā ḷdaṇē cavā
ho khēdayā ḷdaṇē vatā
Yaḍūn saḷā tarōḷdumā
yaṛūn saḷā tarōḷdumā


ṇatēta yāṇnatō vaṇē
ṇatēta yāṇnatō vaṇē

Revision as of 04:09, 13 September 2022

Palkhan (ḷdāvasagoḷa) is a conlang by Praimhín inspired by Marathi.

Phonology

Vowels get backed before retroflexes

Lexicon

Numbers: ada, khēcha, tubaḷa, macha, pazīma, aḷuṇa, ṭhāvata, zarita, yāta, zāḷūta

adēḷzāḷūta, khēchēḷzāḷūta,...

mhaNāt - to wait

āṇ- - dear

āṇna - gem

aṇvēḷa - beauty

aṇtuḷāt - to love

carha - heart

īḍāt - to trust

īḍatīl - loyalty

hāḍimbara - radiance

hāḍimbarāt - to radiate

hānī - up, above

hānīṇima - God ("the one up above") /haːnɯːɳima/

haṇīra - musical scale

laṭ - man

tāyāt - to say

piṇdākāśa - peanut butter

zauḷa - wheel; from *yafr-, metathesis of *yarif-

zauḷdāt - to turn

zāra - lotus (from Windermere yar "flower")

kōLa - house

  • Kājīgaḷgaḷēra zauḷdāyatīl vā taṇaka - Sutra/Thread on the Turning of the Wheel of Euseby (Dharma)

Lexical layers

Palkhan has some Semitic and Indo-European (pre-proto-Riphic) words from early migrations to Tricin.

  • rabaka - car
  • gaḷgaḷa - wheel
  • brazīḷa - iron
  • eḷda - tree
  • bīḷda - egg
  • zaḷda - child
  • zauvisāt - to be located
  • zaḍnāt - to know
  • harca - plough
  • amṭa - true
  • amṭī - truth
  • śiva - good
  • śivāṭhī - goodness (suffix related to -aste in Riphean)
  • rekha - thing, word (~ rexi in Riphean)
  • rekhisāt - to speak
  • ḷda - ice (~ letu in Riphean)
  • kiṇora - harp

Modern Palkhan, especially the Cualand dialect, is influenced by English and/or Hebrew depending on the region. Code-switching is very common. Cualand Palkhan pronounces ḷd as /ɮ/.

Sakheli Ha Vane Balang

sakhēḷi hā vaṇē baḷāṅg
rasōṇu yāta thēvaṇā

ho khēdayā ḷdaṇē vatā
yaṛūn saḷā tarōḷdumā

ṇatēta yāṇnatō vaṇē
hutēri yā ḷduzāmaṇē
atē yaf binsithnga 'mnutsach
itē Pravīṇa ṇōjavē