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* ''quacumquasit'' = however | * ''quacumquasit'' = however | ||
* | * Xatrēpus = a name | ||
* Bandaeum (Theng. ''Phonthai'') = the capital of the Thensarian empire | * Bandaeum (Theng. ''Phonthai'') = the capital of the Thensarian empire | ||
* haothispēllum = sorcery (from ''haothim'' 'ritual' + ''pēllum'' 'implementation, work') | * haothispēllum = sorcery (from ''haothim'' 'ritual' + ''pēllum'' 'implementation, work') | ||
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=== Vowels === | === Vowels === | ||
Like Sanskrit + Valyrian: ''a ā i ī u ū y y{{mac}} | Like Sanskrit + Valyrian: ''a ā i ī u ū y y{{mac}} ē ō ae ao ṛ ṝ '' /ə a{{long}} i i{{long}} u u{{long}} y y{{long}} e{{long}} o{{long}} ae ao/ | ||
== Morphology == | == Morphology == | ||
IE clone; I'm not gonna work too hard on making Thensarian grammar original, as the purpose of Thensarian is just to be a loan source for Thengkha. | IE clone; I'm not gonna work too hard on making Thensarian grammar original, as the purpose of Thensarian is just to be a loan source for Thengkha. | ||
Revision as of 03:20, 5 May 2023
Thensarian (thensaraquhanquhus/-milacus, Thengkha: Thengsornkhwong) is a classical Ramanuric language and one of two superstrate languages of Thengkha. It is inspired by Latin, Sanskrit, Ancient Greek, and High Valyrian.
Lots of reduplication, especially in verbs
Should sound whimsical or English magic spell-like
- quacumquasit = however
- Xatrēpus = a name
- Bandaeum (Theng. Phonthai) = the capital of the Thensarian empire
- haothispēllum = sorcery (from haothim 'ritual' + pēllum 'implementation, work')
baxaphus (<- gweķsobhos): borrowing
Rhaxuve/-xū hīn asynsymave/-mo elir quaquhanix 'We are speaking of love and hate'
-ao for adverbs
Phonology
Consonants
- qu quh v /kʷ kʷʰ w/
- g c ch /g k kʰ/
- d t th n /d̪ t̪ t̪ʰ n/
- b p ph m /b p pʰ m/
- j r rh l s h /j r r̊ l s̠ h/
- x = /ks̠/
Vowels
Like Sanskrit + Valyrian: a ā i ī u ū y ȳ ē ō ae ao ṛ ṝ /ə aː i iː u uː y yː eː oː ae ao/
Morphology
IE clone; I'm not gonna work too hard on making Thensarian grammar original, as the purpose of Thensarian is just to be a loan source for Thengkha.
Todo: research PIE ablaut
Verbs
- Infinitive -lum: -alum, -ālum, -īlum, -ūlum, -ȳlum
Reduplication sandbox
(Grassmann's law operates on reduplicants.)
Inflectional
- Ca- reduplicant for the progressive aspect
quhanix 'we speak'; quaquhanix 'we are speaking'
Derivational
- quhan-alum = to speak -> quhan<quh>us = speech?