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'''Palkhan''' (''ḷdāvasagoḷa'') is a language spoken in Palkha in Crackfic Tricin (Pategia in Canon Tricin), an island north of Bjeheond. It's inspired by Marathi. It's part of the Idavo-Etalocian language family and is an isolate within it.
'''Palkhan''' (''ḷdāvasagoḷa'') is a conlang by Praimhín inspired by Marathi.
 
About 10% of Palkhans speak Palkhan; [[Naeng]] is the most common language in Palkha and many Palkhans also speak Clofabosin owing to its being a lingua franca; there is also a sizable native Clofabosin-speaking minority.


=Phonology=
=Phonology=
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hānī - up, above
hānī - up, above
hānīṇima - God ("the one up above") /haːnɯːɳima/
haṇīra - musical scale


laṭ - man
laṭ - man
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tāyāt - to say
tāyāt - to say


piṇḍākāśa - peanut butter
piṇdākāśa - peanut butter


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


zauḷdāt - to turn
zauḷdāt - to turn
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* Kājīgaḷgaḷēra zauḷdāyatīl vā taṇaka - Sutra/Thread on the Turning of the Wheel of Euseby (Dharma)
* Kājīgaḷgaḷēra zauḷdāyatīl vā taṇaka - Sutra/Thread on the Turning of the Wheel of Euseby (Dharma)


=Lexical layers=
Uḷda, Śuḷda, Bēḷda (assuming no Germanic in this world)
Palkhan has some Semitic and Indo-European (pre-proto-Riphic) words from early migrations to Tricin.
 
= Texts =
== Sakheli Ha Vane Balang ==
<poem>
sakhēḷi hā vaṇē balāṅg
rasōṇu yāta thēvaṇā
 
ho khēdayā ḷdaṇē vatā
yaṛūn saḷā tarōḷdumā
 
ṇatēta yāṇnatō vaṇē
hutēri yā ḷduzāmaṇē
atē yaf binsithnga 'mnutsach
itē Pravīṇa ṇōjavē
</poem>
== Aru Vatanera Amaravati ==
<poem>
Aṛu vātaṇēra Amarāvatī
atimāta nayyā imbāra suvatī


*rabaka - car
Ziṛurāva bhayāngiratīla zāla
*gaḷgaḷa - wheel
zamaṇa zauḷdayāta yarimā yaṇimā (aṛu ...)
*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/.
Mali hārayamē śakti pūrayātīl
Khali nāḷi vaṇāv hādimbarātīl
Ulavē viṛāt thamiśul vasātīl
Silaṇē Pravīṇātmani kābarātīl (aṛu...)
</poem>

Latest revision as of 21:00, 15 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

laṭ - man

tāyāt - to say

piṇdākāśa - peanut butter

zauḷa - wheel

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)

Uḷda, Śuḷda, Bēḷda (assuming no Germanic in this world)

Texts

Sakheli Ha Vane Balang

sakhēḷi hā vaṇē balāṅg
rasōṇu yāta thēvaṇā

ho khēdayā ḷdaṇē vatā
yaṛūn saḷā tarōḷdumā

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

Aru Vatanera Amaravati

Aṛu vātaṇēra Amarāvatī
atimāta nayyā imbāra suvatī

Ziṛurāva bhayāngiratīla zāla
zamaṇa zauḷdayāta yarimā yaṇimā (aṛu ...)

Mali hārayamē śakti pūrayātīl
Khali nāḷi vaṇāv hādimbarātīl
Ulavē viṛāt thamiśul vasātīl
Silaṇē Pravīṇātmani kābarātīl (aṛu...)