Camalanàbha

Camalanàbha (Modern Padmanábha: /'kʰæm.l.'niə.ʊ/) or Camalapradhàna (/'kʰæm.l.pʰʁɑ̈.'tiə.n/) is a Camalic language inspired by Sanskrit. It is a major source of loans in Padmanábha.

Diachronics

Camalanàbha should be conservative

PCam -oi, -ia > e, -e > -0, -o > a?, -oyi, -oyī > -aì

e o > a á (stealing from actual Sanskrit diachronics somewhat)

Lexicon

• rogalach = a filled rolled pastry, also eaten by North African Jews in Irta
• libhe "to want"
• Camalanàbha = Camalic language
• stèbhana = country
• sra(n)- = agentive
• sraimh = person
• èngh = to create
• sandhacht = to specialize
• bhadha = sea
• gha = edge
• efhad = cat
• sphùrta = curiosity
• prathama = green
• phrùmlach = dulcimer
• saphalatà = pasta guitar
• sumucha = flute
• bhishe = big
• safha = island
• fhaonda = cave
• craobh = sleep
• lèdhamh = concept, idea
• dheona = color
• sthàma = fury
• -aigh = forms adverbs
• abh(i)- = -ful
• pari(n)- = -less, un-
• gustafh = king
• ruighach = love
• gangà = river
• cofh = sky
• sthusha = cloud
• dhàrana = rain
• laesh = snow
• seoraì = hail
• uafhtha = moon
• ètha = sun
• abhiatha = sunny
• mhinna = star
• bhèda = flame
• sandarbha = to end
• darbha = end
• paridarbha = endless
• pàridarbhafh = infinity
• sambhatsara = to burst
• àsthàpa = world
• pratisthàpana = (spinning) top
• sansthàpana = to set in motion
• aemhush = ant
• dhaolba = fly (insect)
• samasta = moth
• fhàrutha = spider
• gathsha = beetle
• pralaobha = larva
• fuarimh = yellowjacket
• dufhar = hawk
• seapach = eagle
• mhaedhas = robin
• sancasrita = to nest
• dàcha = duck
• scòbhar = bluejay
• gaocha = raven
  • gaochthasainn = nevermore
• sthambha = crow
• simhiùl = heron
• snuathrilach = elephant
• nàlach = swan
• sphiamh = fly (verb)
• badhan = swim
• apròsha = drive (verb)
• mangala = exit (verb)
  • Mangalàsàsana = Brexit
• suprabhàta = courtyard
• nasa = space
• fhinàsa = to enlarge
• tràna = hope
• paritràna = hopeless
• tlao = window
• dhùrfha = to twist
• sruchal = to drag
• bhreodh = street
• om... = um...
• ghlaefh = load
• dremhach = north
• rushfh = west
• fhaolèr = east
• tiana = south

Todo

srutabòdha; pradhàna; pràrambha; pratimanthana; pratibimba

Mèghadùta, Cumàrasambhafha, Ritusamhàra, Càlidàsa?

Scèashar Tàbha: a fictional explorer, like Robinson Crusoe?

Phonology

p ph b bh t th d dh c ch g gh m mh n l r f fh s sh h

a e i o u à è ì ò ù ao ae ia ua aì eo èa eà iu iù oi ui

Alphabet

Camalic uses a native writing system called Camalabhadra. It's a Brahmic-style abugida with separate letters for unaspirated and aspirated consonants.

Grammar

Camalanàbha is an agglutinative, ergative, head-final language.

The three core cases are absolutive, ergative, dative, and genitive. Other morphological cases arise from a suffixed preposition on one of these three cases, and many more "case" markers exist that are not morphological cases (read: postpositions).

• nàbha 'speech (abs)'
• nàbhala 'speech (erg)'
• nàbhe 'speech (dat)'
• nàbhaì 'speech (gen)'

• sraimh 'person (abs)'
• sraimhal 'person (erg)'
• sraimhi 'person (dat)'
• sraimhì 'person (gen)'

Cognates in Skézaric

ǫ ę ǫ̈ = /ɔ ɛ œ/, acute = long vowel

• náp Gamal = Camalic language
• stépan = country
• sra- = agentive
• sreŋ = person
• ík = to create -> to make -> to do
• santaid = to specialize
• pat = sea -> water -> drink
• ka = edge -> cliff
• evad = cat
• fúrd = curiosity
• braδam = green
• vrúmla = dulcimer
• savlada = pasta guitar
• sumu = flute
• koz = big (randomly changed)
• sav = island
• vǫ́nd = cave
• grǫ́b = sleep
• lítaŋ = concept, idea
• tö́n = color
• θám = fury
• -ek = forms adverbs
• pi = full of
• bar = without
• stab = king (shortened from *custab)
• rǘka = love
• kaŋ = river
• gov = sky
• θuz = cloud
• táran = rain
• lę́d = snow
• sö́ri = hail
• uavaδ = moon
• éδ = sun
• apiδ = sunny
• ŋin = star
• pét = flame
• santarp = to end
• tarp = end
• bar tarp = without end
• bartarpav = infinity
• sampatsar = to burst
• aθab = world
• radiθab = (spinning) top
• sanθab = to set in motion
• ę́ŋuz = ant
• tǫ́lb = fly (insect)
• samast = moth
• váruδ = spider
• caδaz = beetle
• ralö́p = larva (the prefix pra- always becomes ra-)
• füariŋ = yellowjacket
• tuvar = hawk
• seba = eagle
• ŋétaz = robin
• saŋgasrid = to nest
• tá = duck
• skópar = bluejay
• kǫ́ = raven
  • kǫ́δasan = nevermore
• θamp = crow
• sŋǘl = heron
• snuaδrila = elephant
• nála = swan
• fiaŋ = fly (verb)
• patan = swim
• abróz = drive (verb) (or should it be bróz?)
• maŋkal = exit (verb)
• surapád = courtyard
• nas = space
• vinás = to enlarge
• drán = hope
• bar drán = hopeless
• dlǫ̈́ = window
• túrav = to twist
• srúl = to drag
• prid = street
• clę́b = load
• treŋa = north
• ruzab = west
• vǫ́lir = east
• dian = south