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'''Moshurian'''([[w:Endonym|endonym]]: ''uthilikh''; <small>Moshurian:</small> [[IPA for Moshurian|<nowiki>[ˈuðˌilix]</nowiki>]]) is a Tulooric language spoken in mostly Talkoch. It is the most spoken language in Talkoch, and also has significant minority communities on [[Etzeá|Etzeán]] Island and the Eastern Gegfen Alliance, also called the ''Dmuriékh''(lit. "far away east"). It is the sole official language of the Moshurian Empire, and is thoroughly used administratively and academically in the Moshurian Empire, no matter what one's mother tongue is. | '''Moshurian'''([[w:Endonym|endonym]]: ''uthilikh''; <small>Moshurian:</small> [[IPA for Moshurian|<nowiki>[ˈuðˌilix]</nowiki>]]) is a Tulooric language spoken in mostly Talkoch. It is the most spoken language in Talkoch, and also has significant minority communities on [[Etzeá|Etzeán]] Island and the Eastern Gegfen Alliance, also called the ''Dmuriékh''(lit. "far away east"). It is the sole official language of the Moshurian Empire, and is thoroughly used administratively and academically in the Moshurian Empire, no matter what one's mother tongue is. | ||
Philologically, | Philologically, the language is of the [[Yeldhic languages|Yeldhic]] language superfamily, which also includes languages like [[Ilda]] and [[Barbuz]]. Within the superfamily, it is of the '''Paleoyeldhic''' branch: a deviation of [[Proto-Yeldhic]] spoken by the first Proto-Yeldhic farmers in the fertile Ulmic Crescent and around the rivers of Zád and Pêrush. The Moshurians are of a Paleoyeldhic origin, and are most likely ethnically related to the ''β''-Paleoyeldhics, who advanced south into the wider Tarám River Basin and settled in the temperate Munsanukh Valley and the coast of Tuloor Lake, where the split between the Tulooric branch of languages, of which Moshurian is part of, and the Najmunsaic branch of languages, of which Aquq and Hátuli is part of, occured around 3000 UH. | ||
It is one of the only surviving languages indigenous to the Munsanukh Valley, which is generally considered, alongside Tuloor Lake, to be the birthplace of the Moshurian race, culture and language. | It is one of the only surviving languages indigenous to the Munsanukh Valley, which is generally considered, alongside Tuloor Lake, to be the birthplace of the Moshurian race, culture and language. | ||
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==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
<small>''See also: [[Moshurian/Swadesh list]].''</small> | <small>''See also: [[Moshurian/Swadesh list]].''</small> | ||
===Loanwords=== | |||
Despite Moshurian being the dominant Yeldhic language by far, with basically every other language in Radael borrowing at the very least some words from Moshurian, it may come as a surprise that despite this, Moshurian has borrowed many, many words from all kinds of languages throughout its history. | |||
====Ilda's influence==== | |||
Moshurian has borrowed thousands of words from Ilda, mostly regarding medical and scientific studies. Some examples include: | |||
=====Medical terms===== | |||
* ''zudözaba'' from Ilda ''sudusāpas'', "tibia" | |||
* ''[[Contionary:milindya|milindya]]'' from Ilda ''[[Contionary:milendia|milendia]]'', "coronary heart disease", ''lit.'' "vein(''[[Contionary:mileni|mileni]]'') disease(''[[Contionary:dio|dio]]'')" | |||
* ''sagindya'' from Ilda ''sagindia'', "leukemia" | |||
* ''ranoskoi'' from Ilda ''ranoscan'', "medication" | |||
* ''sespid'' from Ilda ''sāspidi'', "nurse" | |||
* ''ustrim'' from Ilda ''ustrēm'', "doctor" | |||
=====Non-medical terms===== | |||
* ''safhilon'' from Ilda ''saphilon'', "philosophy" | |||
* ''istakon'' from Ilda ''istāklon'', "strategy/military strategy" | |||
* ''makistu'' from Ilda ''machirstun'', "administration(archaic term)" | |||
* ''irkiman'' from Ilda ''irkimano'', "regulation(s)" | |||
* ''meşasel'' from Ilda ''meswasālia'', "physics and chemistry"(considered the same subject in Ilda) | |||
* ''estanik'' from Ilda ''estāniki'', "geology" | |||
===Verbs=== | ===Verbs=== | ||
Verbs in Moshurian are inflected with the infinitive suffix ''-omh'', and then it can be further conjugated based on pronoun. | Verbs in Moshurian are inflected with the infinitive suffix ''-omh'', and then it can be further conjugated based on pronoun. | ||
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====Example==== | ====Example==== | ||
{{Msh-reg-C|dáfhér}} | {{Msh-reg-C|dáfhér}} | ||
===Numerals=== | ===Numerals=== | ||
Numerals in Moshurian are labelled as cardinal by adding the suffix ''-i'' to a number. | Numerals in Moshurian are labelled as cardinal by adding the suffix ''-i'' to a number. | ||