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| nativename = ildās vloskās

'''Ilda''' is the equivalent of Ancient Greek in my con-world of Radael.  

Most of our knowledge of Ilda comes from surviving literature that was not destroyed by the Moshurian Pillage of Ilda<ref>Following the defeat of Ilda at the hands of Moshurian horsemen, said horsemen then pillaged the region(that had been steadily declining until this defeat) in about a week, which Zeror called the ''evlotāska ogadibakās''(Week of Destruction).</ref>, such as Zeror of Ilda's ''Ildaīsi Mondenikās''<ref>The original ''Ildaīsi Mondenikās'' was lost in the Pillage, and thus after Zeror's capture by the Moshurians, he rewrote it in full in both Ildan and Moshurian, allowing linguists to decipher the Ildan language.</ref>, which has been invaluable in the reconstruction of the Ildan language, as well as its long-spanning history.

Much of the Ildan language we know of today was taken from Zeror of Ilda's ''Ildaīsi Mondenikās'', who wrote the historical compendium in both Moshurian and Ilda, allowing linguists and researchers to decrypt what was written. Additionally, many medical terms in [[Moshurian]] originate in Ilda, such as ''zudözaba'' from Ildan ''sudusapās'', meaning "tibia". However, not all vocabulary could be retrieved from the ''Ildaska Mondenikās'' and other texts alone- so many words are [[w:Comparative reconstruction|comparatively reconstructed]]. These reconstructed words are usually taken from other languages such as Moshurian, and are labeled with an '''*'''(asterisk) at the beginning of a word.

were suspected as potential rebels against the Moshurian regime, and were thus given the choice of being imprisoned or going into exile. Almost all of Ildasia's documentation, including the original copy of the ''Ildaksa Mondenikās'' was burned. Zeror, with his knowledge of Moshurian, was able to avoid persecution, and ended up settling in Taráhus, where he secretly he rewrote the ''Ildaksa Mondenikās'' in both Ilda and Moshurian.

 

Almost all nouns in Ilda end in the suffix ''-as'' or ''-ās''. This feature probably comes from [[Proto-Yeldhic]], which used the suffix ''*-ḗs''<ref>Derived from Etzeá ''-oéẕ''.</ref> to denote nouns in the [[w:Genitive case|genitive case]], although some linguists believe that the genitive suffix was ''*-sḡa''<ref>Derived from Burodi ''-skœ''.</ref>, and that instead the Ilda suffix was derived from the Proto-Yeldhic [[w:Accusative case|accusative]] suffix, ''*-Vḵs''.

====Genitive case====

The genitive case is denoted with the suffix ''-aska/āska'', save for the word ''[[Contionary:tāsnaq|tāsnaq]]''(meaning "horse"), where instead the prefix ''o-'' is used. The suffix most likely comes from the Proto-Yeldhic inset ''-asẘa-''. The prefix ''o-'' most likely comes from Proto-Ildaïc, where the prefix ''ṓ-'' was used to denote possession of an object<ref>This feature is not found in Proto-Yeldhic.</ref>.<br>

'''Example:''' ''Us uswāska (us)<ref>The ''us'' is optional here.</ref> tāsnaq''(The ''height of '' the horse)