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| colspan="2" style="text-align:center; background-color:#ffffff; font-size:2em;" | '''Wistanian'''<br />[[File: | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; background-color:#ffffff; font-size:2em;" | '''Wistanian'''<br />[[File:Anigalilaun.png|350px]]<br />[əˈniɡəˌlilɑn] | ||
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===Setting=== | ===Setting=== | ||
Wistanian is an auxiliary language spoken on the fictional island nation of Wistania. The language stems from a pidgin created between the Nati and Taliv languages during The Wistanian War. After the peace treaty was signed, the Katapu, who were allied with Nati and Taliv but inactive in the war, documented and refined the Nati-Taliv Pidgin for use in the newly established government. Wistanian features mostly Taliv grammar, Nati vocabulary, Katapu influences, many | [[File:WistaniaMap.png|thumb|left|The island of Wistania]] | ||
Wistanian is an auxiliary language spoken on the fictional island nation of Wistania. The language stems from a pidgin created between the Nati and Taliv languages during The Wistanian War. After the peace treaty was signed, the Katapu, who were allied with Nati and Taliv but inactive in the war, documented and refined the Nati-Taliv Pidgin for use in the newly established government. Wistanian features mostly Taliv grammar, Nati vocabulary, Katapu influences, many Bwolotil loan words, and scientific terms, mathematics, and the lunar calendar derived from the work of the Uzin. Wistanian's native name, ''anigalilaun'', is a compound of ''ani'' (language) and ''galilaun'' (peace). It is translated as "Peace Language." | |||
The five different people groups of Wistania remained isolated from each other for part of the post-war era. However, trade and intermarriage became more commonplace, requiring a competent ''lingua franca''. This is followed by religious evangelism by the Katapu, engineering from the Uzin, and entertainment from the Nati, all of which Wistanian was the primary language for distribution and promotion. Eventually, the language became taught as a mandatory subject in school. After only a couple centuries, Wistanian advanced from a government-only auxiliary language into the national language of the island, natively and fluently spoken by most of its citizens. | The five different people groups of Wistania remained isolated from each other for part of the post-war era. However, trade and intermarriage became more commonplace, requiring a competent ''lingua franca''. This is followed by religious evangelism by the Katapu, engineering from the Uzin, and entertainment from the Nati, all of which Wistanian was the primary language for distribution and promotion. Eventually, the language became taught as a mandatory subject in school. After only a couple centuries, Wistanian advanced from a government-only auxiliary language into the national language of the island, natively and fluently spoken by most of its citizens. | ||
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===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
[[File:WistanianZoratinFlower gold.png|thumb|right|The Wistanian symbol of peace, modelled after the ''zoraddin'' flower.]] | |||
The consonants are as follows (allophones are in [brackets]): | The consonants are as follows (allophones are in [brackets]): | ||
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! style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Inessive | ! style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Inessive | ||
| style="text-align: center;" | <code>INE</code> | |||
| style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;" | -ddal | | style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;" | -ddal | ||
| style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;" | ujadiddal | | style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;" | ujadiddal | ||
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! style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Elative | ! style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Elative | ||
| style="text-align: center;" | <code>ELA</code> | |||
| style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;" | -al | | style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;" | -al | ||
| style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;" | ujadyal | | style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;" | ujadyal | ||
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! style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Lative<sup>1</sup> | ! style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Lative<sup>1</sup> | ||
| style="text-align: center;" | <code>LAT</code> | |||
| style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;" | -wi | | style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;" | -wi | ||
| style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;" | ujadiwi | | style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;" | ujadiwi | ||
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! style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Ablative<sup>2</sup> | ! style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Ablative<sup>2</sup> | ||
| style="text-align: center;" | <code>ABL</code> | |||
| style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;" | -igza | | style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;" | -igza | ||
| style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;" | ujadyigza | | style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;" | ujadyigza | ||
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! style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Adessive | ! style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Adessive | ||
| style="text-align: center;" | <code>ADE</code> | |||
| style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;" | -nuz | | style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;" | -nuz | ||
| style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;" | ujadinuz | | style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;" | ujadinuz | ||
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! style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Distantive | ! style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Distantive | ||
| style="text-align: center;" | <code>DSTV</code> | |||
| style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;" | -bin | | style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;" | -bin | ||
| style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;" | ujadibin | | style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;" | ujadibin | ||
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! style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Superessive | ! style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Superessive | ||
| style="text-align: center;" | <code>SUPE</code> | |||
| style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;" | -jazid | | style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;" | -jazid | ||
| style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;" | ujadijazid | | style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;" | ujadijazid | ||
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! style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Subessive | ! style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Subessive | ||
| style="text-align: center;" | <code>SUBE</code> | |||
| style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;" | -bbaggu | | style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;" | -bbaggu | ||
| style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;" | ujadibbaggu | | style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;" | ujadibbaggu | ||
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! style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Antessive | ! style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Antessive | ||
| style="text-align: center;" | <code>ANTE</code> | |||
| style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;" | ? | | style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;" | ? | ||
| style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;" | ? | | style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;" | ? | ||
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! style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Postessive | ! style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Postessive | ||
| style="text-align: center;" | <code>POST</code> | |||
| style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;" | ? | | style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;" | ? | ||
| style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;" | ? | | style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;" | ? | ||
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====Object Particles==== | ====Object Particles==== | ||
All non-subject, non-locative nouns are considered as objects in Wistanian grammar and are therefore featured at the end of the sentence following | All non-subject, non-locative nouns are considered as objects in Wistanian grammar and are therefore featured at the end of the sentence, and are required an object particle. Object order depends on the following hierarchy. | ||
ACC > INST > BEN/CAU | ACC > INST > BEN/CAU | ||
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These honorifics are still under construction. | These honorifics are still under construction. | ||
==Lexicon== | |||
The Wistanian Lexicon currently stands at 300 words as of May 2018, with a goal of accomplishing 2,500 words by the end of the year. A link to the lexicon can be found at the bottom of this article, under "Other Resources" | |||
===Kindship=== | |||
''under construction'' | |||
===Colors=== | |||
==Example | ''under construction'' | ||
===Numbers=== | |||
''under construction'' | |||
==Example Texts== | |||
[[File:WistanianExampleTextLog.PNG|600px|frameless|center]] | [[File:WistanianExampleTextLog.PNG|600px|frameless|center]] | ||
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</blockquote> | </blockquote> | ||
==Other | (The above translation is currently inaccurate, but it's staying there until I can fix it. Which will hopefully be very very soon.) | ||
==Other Resources== | |||
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