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'''Thensarian''' (''thensaraquhanquhus/-milacus'', Thengkha: ''Thengsornkhwong'') is one of two superstrate languages of [[Thengkha]]. It is inspired by Latin, Sanskrit, Ancient Greek, and High Valyrian.
'''Thensarian''' (''thēṃsaraquhanquhus/-milacus'', gen. ''-quhanquhasus/-milacī'', Rencadian: ''Thengsornkhwong'') is a classical Ramanuric language and one of two superstrate languages of [[Rencadian]]. It originates from Tālsim. It is inspired by Latin, Sanskrit, and Ancient Greek, and it is a parody of fantasy languages inspired by Latin and Greek, such as High Valyrian.
 
Make into a Hellenized Latin gib ~ Greek gib ~ Sanskrit gib dialect continuum?
* Θεισαραπάμφος (gen. Θεισαραπάμφοσος or Θεισαραπάμφεσος), Θεισαραμιλακός
* ''dhēṃsaragan{{cda}}ghah{{cdb}}/-milakah{{cdb}}''


Lots of reduplication, especially in verbs
Lots of reduplication, especially in verbs
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Should sound whimsical or English magic spell-like
Should sound whimsical or English magic spell-like


* ''quacumquasit'' = however
{{angbr|ae ai ao au}} = /eː ai oː au/
* Bandaeum (Theng. ''Phonthai'') = the capital of the Thensarian empire
 
== Todo ==
Sanskrit sandhi and compounding
 
== Lexicon ==
* bēl '10'
* Candiarhanchus - a philosopher (nod to Kandiaronk)
* Personal names: Chuschus, Hummus
* Place names: Chalguxus, Xactagmiuṃ, Thaṃsujūx, Naegmiuṃ, Cāmphangy, Lādiōgy
* jūx, jūquhis - fort
* ēlantālum = to finish
* ganchus 'wide'
* crēsy 'happiness'
* vēchus 'star'
* mae = is
* Ylarmuscus ''a tyrannical king of the Rēncādum''
* imbrōr, imbrōnis 'nobility'
* aechum = mist
* pōsungy = ice cream
* ichylum = to ripen, to cook (trans)
* dallylum = to run
* bēvulum = to learn
* ōraculum 'to predict/prophesy'
* ''dāvanavisvāyākayaṃ'' in the Sanskrit-like dialect
* Hambānus ''a god''
* diṃsuṃ 'meal'
* Dylath → Dalāthiuṃ
* Ulthar → Vṛthāriuṃ
* Hlanith → Chlanithiuṃ
* Ilarnek → Ilarnēciuṃ
* Mnar → Imnāriuṃ
* Sarnath → Sarnathiuṃ
* Celephais → Cēlēphavīsiuṃ
* Kadath → Cadathiuṃ
* vṝcaluṃ = to abandon
* Pravynus Palanchius -> Praween Balang
* ''Margaery'' (female given name) -> Mornkhairee
* ''vṛpāluṃ'' = to slay
* ''vṛthāx'' = mind
* Names with syllabic r: Axṛcas, Phṛsus, Bṛxānas, Squṛnis, Bacṛnceps, Maccṛgitus, [[Nṛtrāṇya|Nṛtrāniā]], Ṛcquhēdā, [[Rttirri|Ṛttirry]], Vṝbā, Pētṛtry
* ''mṛdāluṃ'' (''vulgar'') 'to fuck'
* Manx (a name) → Rencadian -mong
* Marx (a surname or surname element meaning 'expert') → Rencadian -mak
** Caralamarx (a surname) → Karalamak
** Vr{{cdb}}pamarx, Vr{{cdb}}thācamarx
* Barthagangus (Phatthakhong) ''a surname''
* Barthanaculus -> Phatthanakul
* Bartharavancus -> Phattharawong
* Barthavidaeus -> Phatthawithai
* Barthavanxālus -> Phatthawongsarn
* ''Utrēmi-phasōlā'' = ''a religious text/mantra''
* ''ut-/ud-''
* ''quā-'' 're-, over-'
* ''ysus'' '1'
* ''quē'' '2'
* ''blāna'' '3'
* ''vanthēs'' '4'
* ''lythṛ'' '5'
* ''chaen'' '6'
* ''jēlan'' '7'
* ''xāman'' '8'
* ''vastaṃ'' '9'
* ''ōbās'' '10'
* ''bṝdā'' = hundred
* ''quacuṃquasit'' = however
* Xanāx ''a unisex name''
* Xanasvācā ''a name''
* Xatrēpus ''a name''
* Bandaeuṃ (Rencadian ''Phonthai'') = the capital of the Thensarian empire
* ''haothispēlluṃ'' = sorcery (from ''haothim'' 'ritual' + ''pēlluṃ'' 'fruit; output, implementation, work')
* ''spūbiao'' = facetiously
* ''spūbispēlluṃ'' = facetiousness (''spůbis'' 'mirth' + ''pēlluṃ'')
* ''hūbispūbiu1m'' = ''fake magic spell''
* ''baxaphus'' (<- gweķsobhos): borrowing
* ''rhaxū'' 'love'
* ''asiṃsymōs'' 'hate'
* ''cambar'' 'room'
* Kambarys (Rencadian ''Kamphareet'') ''a nobility-only name, meaning 'room-ful; memorialized'''
* ''gladys'' 'god'
* Durys (a name)
* Chalguxus ''a city''
* ''quēdratiṃ'' 'hour'
* ''arclys'' 'horse' (Lithuanian easter egg)
* Karys (a name)


''baxaphus'' (<- gweķsobhos): borrowing
''Rhaxuvē/-xū hīn asiṃsymave/-mō ēlir quaquhanix'' 'We are speaking of love and hate'
 
-ao for adverbs


== Phonology ==
== Phonology ==
=== Consonants ===
=== Consonants ===
* ''qu quh v'' /k{{w}} k{{w}}{{h}} w/
* ''qu quh'' /k{{w}} k{{w}}{{h}}/
* ''g c ch'' /g k k{{h}}/
* ''g c/k ch'' /g k k{{h}}/
* ''d t th n'' /d{{den}} t{{den}} t{{den}}{{h}}/
* ''d t th n'' /d t t{{h}} n/
* ''b p ph m'' /b p p{{asp}} m/
* ''b p ph m'' /b p p{{asp}} m/
* ''j r rh l s h'' /j r r{{v-}} l s h/
* ''j r rh l v s h'' /j r r{{v-}} l w s{{ret}} h/
* x = /ks/
* ''x'' = /ks{{ret}}/


=== Vowels ===
=== Vowels ===
Like Sanskrit + Valyrian: ''a ā i ī u ū y y{{mac}} e o ae ao ṛ ṝ '' /ə a{{long}} i i{{long}} u u{{long}} y y{{long}} e{{long}} o{{long}} ae ao/
''a ā i y u ū ē ō ae ao ṛ ṝ ṃ'' /ɐ a{{long}} ɪ i{{long}} ʊ u{{long}} e{{long}} o{{long}} ae ao r{{syll}} r{{syll}}ː (nasalization + length)/
 
== Orthography ==
Thensarian uses a variant of the Brahmi script.
 
Brahmi breathy letters are used for ph th ch quh; qu quh written as kv ghv; x uses the kS ligature; t th d n l s uses T DH D N L S.
 
== Morphology ==
== Morphology ==
=== Reduplication ===
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 Rencadian.
* ''quhan-alum'' = to speak -> ''quhan<quh>us'' = speech?
 
Todo: research PIE ablaut
=== Nouns ===
Usually, the nominative singular case markers are -us/-is/-us/-ys masc, -ā/-y/-ū fem, -uṃ/-iṃ/-uṃ/-yṃ neuter, -r/-ō collective. ''-rys'' is a suffix deriving names from ''-r'' nouns, reserved for the Thensarian nobility (sometimes ''-ry'' is used as a feminine counterpart of ''-rys'').
 
''Jabṛvaciṃ vam{{cdb}}vṝpāx.'' = 'We shall slay the Jabberwocky.'
 
=== Adjectives ===
''-ao'' forms adverbs
=== Verbs ===
* Infinitive -lum: -alum, -ālum, -ylum, -ūlum, -y{{mac}}lum
* Personal endings: 1sg -r, 2sg -t, 3sg -m, 1pl.ex, -ivy, 1pl.in -x, 2pl -phas, 3pl -phiam
 
Verb stems mainly use reduplication and Sanskrit-style ablaut to mark tense.
 
=== Reduplication sandbox ===
(Grassmann's law operates on reduplicants.)
==== Inflectional ====
* Ca- reduplicant for the progressive aspect
:: ''quhanix'' 'we speak'; ''quaquhanix'' 'we are speaking'
* CalaC- reduplicant for the past tense
:: ''qualaquhanix'' 'we spoke'
* CanC- reduplicant for the irrealis
:: ''quanquhānix'' 'we shall speak; let us speak'
 
==== Derivational ====
* ''quhan-alum'' = to speak -> ''quhan<quh>us'' (s-stem neuter) = speech

Latest revision as of 15:29, 31 March 2024

Thensarian (thēṃsaraquhanquhus/-milacus, gen. -quhanquhasus/-milacī, Rencadian: Thengsornkhwong) is a classical Ramanuric language and one of two superstrate languages of Rencadian. It originates from Tālsim. It is inspired by Latin, Sanskrit, and Ancient Greek, and it is a parody of fantasy languages inspired by Latin and Greek, such as High Valyrian.

Make into a Hellenized Latin gib ~ Greek gib ~ Sanskrit gib dialect continuum?

  • Θεισαραπάμφος (gen. Θεισαραπάμφοσος or Θεισαραπάμφεσος), Θεισαραμιλακός
  • dhēṃsaragaṅghaḥ/-milakaḥ

Lots of reduplication, especially in verbs

Should sound whimsical or English magic spell-like

⟨ae ai ao au⟩ = /eː ai oː au/

Todo

Sanskrit sandhi and compounding

Lexicon

  • bēl '10'
  • Candiarhanchus - a philosopher (nod to Kandiaronk)
  • Personal names: Chuschus, Hummus
  • Place names: Chalguxus, Xactagmiuṃ, Thaṃsujūx, Naegmiuṃ, Cāmphangy, Lādiōgy
  • jūx, jūquhis - fort
  • ēlantālum = to finish
  • ganchus 'wide'
  • crēsy 'happiness'
  • vēchus 'star'
  • mae = is
  • Ylarmuscus a tyrannical king of the Rēncādum
  • imbrōr, imbrōnis 'nobility'
  • aechum = mist
  • pōsungy = ice cream
  • ichylum = to ripen, to cook (trans)
  • dallylum = to run
  • bēvulum = to learn
  • ōraculum 'to predict/prophesy'
  • dāvanavisvāyākayaṃ in the Sanskrit-like dialect
  • Hambānus a god
  • diṃsuṃ 'meal'
  • Dylath → Dalāthiuṃ
  • Ulthar → Vṛthāriuṃ
  • Hlanith → Chlanithiuṃ
  • Ilarnek → Ilarnēciuṃ
  • Mnar → Imnāriuṃ
  • Sarnath → Sarnathiuṃ
  • Celephais → Cēlēphavīsiuṃ
  • Kadath → Cadathiuṃ
  • vṝcaluṃ = to abandon
  • Pravynus Palanchius -> Praween Balang
  • Margaery (female given name) -> Mornkhairee
  • vṛpāluṃ = to slay
  • vṛthāx = mind
  • Names with syllabic r: Axṛcas, Phṛsus, Bṛxānas, Squṛnis, Bacṛnceps, Maccṛgitus, Nṛtrāniā, Ṛcquhēdā, Ṛttirry, Vṝbā, Pētṛtry
  • mṛdāluṃ (vulgar) 'to fuck'
  • Manx (a name) → Rencadian -mong
  • Marx (a surname or surname element meaning 'expert') → Rencadian -mak
    • Caralamarx (a surname) → Karalamak
    • Vṛpamarx, Vṛthācamarx
  • Barthagangus (Phatthakhong) a surname
  • Barthanaculus -> Phatthanakul
  • Bartharavancus -> Phattharawong
  • Barthavidaeus -> Phatthawithai
  • Barthavanxālus -> Phatthawongsarn
  • Utrēmi-phasōlā = a religious text/mantra
  • ut-/ud-
  • quā- 're-, over-'
  • ysus '1'
  • quē '2'
  • blāna '3'
  • vanthēs '4'
  • lythṛ '5'
  • chaen '6'
  • jēlan '7'
  • xāman '8'
  • vastaṃ '9'
  • ōbās '10'
  • bṝdā = hundred
  • quacuṃquasit = however
  • Xanāx a unisex name
  • Xanasvācā a name
  • Xatrēpus a name
  • Bandaeuṃ (Rencadian Phonthai) = the capital of the Thensarian empire
  • haothispēlluṃ = sorcery (from haothim 'ritual' + pēlluṃ 'fruit; output, implementation, work')
  • spūbiao = facetiously
  • spūbispēlluṃ = facetiousness (spůbis 'mirth' + pēlluṃ)
  • hūbispūbiu1m = fake magic spell
  • baxaphus (<- gweķsobhos): borrowing
  • rhaxū 'love'
  • asiṃsymōs 'hate'
  • cambar 'room'
  • Kambarys (Rencadian Kamphareet) a nobility-only name, meaning 'room-ful; memorialized'
  • gladys 'god'
  • Durys (a name)
  • Chalguxus a city
  • quēdratiṃ 'hour'
  • arclys 'horse' (Lithuanian easter egg)
  • Karys (a name)

Rhaxuvē/-xū hīn asiṃsymave/-mō ēlir quaquhanix 'We are speaking of love and hate'

-ao for adverbs

Phonology

Consonants

  • qu quh /kʷ kʷʰ/
  • g c/k ch /g k kʰ/
  • d t th n /d t tʰ n/
  • b p ph m /b p pʰ m/
  • j r rh l v s h /j r r̊ l w s̠ h/
  • x = /ks̠/

Vowels

a ā i y u ū ē ō ae ao ṛ ṝ ṃ /ɐ aː ɪ iː ʊ uː eː oː ae ao r̩ r̩ː (nasalization + length)/

Orthography

Thensarian uses a variant of the Brahmi script.

Brahmi breathy letters are used for ph th ch quh; qu quh written as kv ghv; x uses the kS ligature; t th d n l s uses T DH D N L S.

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 Rencadian.

Todo: research PIE ablaut

Nouns

Usually, the nominative singular case markers are -us/-is/-us/-ys masc, -ā/-y/-ū fem, -uṃ/-iṃ/-uṃ/-yṃ neuter, -r/-ō collective. -rys is a suffix deriving names from -r nouns, reserved for the Thensarian nobility (sometimes -ry is used as a feminine counterpart of -rys).

Jabṛvaciṃ vaṃvṝpāx. = 'We shall slay the Jabberwocky.'

Adjectives

-ao forms adverbs

Verbs

  • Infinitive -lum: -alum, -ālum, -ylum, -ūlum, -ȳlum
  • Personal endings: 1sg -r, 2sg -t, 3sg -m, 1pl.ex, -ivy, 1pl.in -x, 2pl -phas, 3pl -phiam

Verb stems mainly use reduplication and Sanskrit-style ablaut to mark tense.

Reduplication sandbox

(Grassmann's law operates on reduplicants.)

Inflectional

  • Ca- reduplicant for the progressive aspect
quhanix 'we speak'; quaquhanix 'we are speaking'
  • CalaC- reduplicant for the past tense
qualaquhanix 'we spoke'
  • CanC- reduplicant for the irrealis
quanquhānix 'we shall speak; let us speak'

Derivational

  • quhan-alum = to speak -> quhan<quh>us (s-stem neuter) = speech
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