Toryl

"Lun ladaen de aen ril taenae pelbaer do taal yr"

Toryl Toryl
Type
Isolating
Alignment
Direct
Head direction
Initial	Mixed		Final
Primary word order
Verb-object-subject
Tonal
No
Declensions
No
Conjugations
Yes
Genders
no
Verbs conjugate according to...
Voice		Mood
Person		Number
Tense		Aspect

Introduction

This is an early outline of what Toryl may look like. Everything here is pending the completion of So'raan.

General information

Toryl is my first attempt at a properly mongrel language and represents something of an analogue to the Romans in this universe. While it maintains differences here and there, it draws three major similarities to old Rome within the setting; Both are major Empires and share a similar climate. However, the closest similarity is a linguistic one as it shares the same linguistic relation to the vaguely Celtic Galavic languages with many loanwords and academic influences owed to the the vaguely Hellenistic collection of City States who speak various dialects of "So'raan".

Here the similarities end, as Toryl holds many isolating features that make it at best resemble Romantic languages [particularly French and Spanish] with elements of Celtic languages and only very minimal Latin influence. Vocabularly is of course unit and specific gramatical elements are tweaked as while the Romantic aesthetic is cultivated, the goal is for it to remain a consistant part of this universe.

The vocabulary posted here will focus on "Pyrrityl" terms, however much like the Romantic-Germanic in English, the Pyrrityl vocabulary has been replaced in many parts with So'raan and so many examples/terms posted here may later be replaced to emphasize that. This cannot take place though until after So'raan is developed.

For those interested in an in universe explaination, this might be handwaved as "Proto-Toryl" or representing an early dialect of Old Toryl which was less effected by the loanwords. Both cases would predate the written word for the Toryl which was introduced with the arrival of the So'raan.

Toryl history

The beginning of Toryl history is difficult to trace, though ultimately it seems to have developed on the arrival of So'raan settlers to the city of Torroel. The settlers adopted the language of the natives through necessity but introduced loan words and some grammatical innovations. Aided by the organization and arms of the settlers, the Toryl united several of the Pyrittyl tribes and city states. They would eventually gather enough force to route the Galav tribes, even conquering the Loerngyyl. Since then, the Toryl have been expanding, both North, where at the time of the story, they have recently completed conquering all of Cwelâr and Eastwards where they now hold many of the once proud states of their So'raan ancestors.

To do

Develop So'raan.

Phonology

Consonants

Consonants

	Labial	Alveolar	Post-Alveolar	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m	n
Stop	p b	t d		k
Fricative	v	s			h
Affricate			ʃ/ʒ(?)
Approximant
Trill		r
Lateral app.		l

The divide between Galavic language and Pyrittyl is a P/Q split, where in Pyrrityl kw and gw merged into p/b. The k sound would be reintroduced through So'raan but does not appear in words with Pyrrityl roots.

Vowels

Vowels

	Front	Back
Close
Near-Close
Close-mid
Open-mid
Open

On my to do list.

Alphabet

Will map Phonetics onto spelling. It's slightly more friendly to unacquinated eye than the Galavic languages due to the lack of mutations, but vowels and certain exceptions will still be charted.

Irregularities

None invented yet.

Phonotactics

Toryl is slightly less unfriendly to consonants than Fén and will not always delete them if they occur within sequence between consonants.

"n'g" is an exception, usually the "g" will be dropped.

Grammar

• SVO order, though S is usually dropped except in third person where it needs to be indicated.

Gender

Singular Verbs where the final vowel is a, e, ae, y, yy or y are feminine, if the final vowel is o, u or oe, aa, then the vowel is masculine. Pluralization may change the final vowel, but the gender remains that of the singular case.

Possessive

• "aen" and "do" fill rolls of "un" and "de" in French [both one/a and from/possessive]

Verb conjugations

• • Present -[n]o/u, -[n]e, -[n]ae/aa, -[s]is/ys, -[n]ar, -[h]os/yys
  • Past- [n]or/ur, -[n]er, -[n]aer/aar, -[s]in/yn, -[n]an, -[h]on/yyn
  • Future- [h]od/ud, -[n]ed, -[n]aed/aad, -[n]in/yd, -[n]ad, -[s]ot/yyd

[The vowels are related to the pronouns, the consonants are aesthetic and based on what seemed to sound fitting with them in order to have them be distinguishable]

Adjective Ending

• -yl

Pluralization

In most cases in Toryl, pluralization is marked with an "i-mutation" in the final vowel;

• • a->e->ae->yy
  • o->oe/uy/aa->u->i/y->yy [o->oe->u->i->yy, other vowels are not pluralized to, only from]

In Words ending in y in their singular form, an "e" is affixed to the word ending.

Note; Don't know much I like this since it implies that the Fén "-a" was an innovation [when it ought to be "e"] rather than the Cwengâr -à/-a [which ought to be -ô]. This is an error that I'm considering rectifying within Cwengâr since their two sound plural comes off as obtuse to me. If I keep the Fén plural, I may reverse this entirely, so that it moves to be broader and more open.

Prepositions

• daer
• do
• del
• de
• rel
• kin
• ru
• kor
• ke
• ku
• nir

Note: Translations forthcoming. May add consonants to the endings and imply that they are present in roots. Partial to "s".

Copula

• Yes and No exist in Toryr and Pyrittyl languages, usually derived from the roots of "Yyd" [this] and "[n]ae" [negative copula]. Yyl an Ael in Toryl.