Moshurian

Moshurian
uthilikh
The Moshurian endonym(uthilikh) written in Moshurian script.
Pronunciation	[ˈuð.ilix]
Created by	Jukethatbox
Setting	Radael
Native to	Moshurian Empire
Native speakers	~450,000,000 (400 UH)
Language family	Yeldhic Tiachbric Týbric Moshurian
Early forms	Kóftąbriác Yeldha Proto-Tiachbric Proto-Týbric Early Moshurian Ancient Moshurian Middle Moshurian
Standard form	Taráhus Moshurian
Dialects	Taráhus dialect(Taráhuir gugtui) Oalan dialect(Oalanir gugtui) Loïha dialect(Loïhir gugtui) Odezyë dialect(Odezyir gugtui) Far East dialect(Dmuriékhir gugtui) Sépenzg dialect(Sépenzgir gugtui)
Writing system	Moshurian alphabet Moshurian Romanisation
Official status
Official language in	Moshurian Empire Iśatúr Confederacy
Recognised minority language in	Eastern Gegfen Alliance
Regulated by	Ministry of Linguistic Regulation
Map of Moshurian speakers. Dark green represents a Moshurian-speaking majority and light green represents a significant minority.

Moshurian(uthilikh) is a Týbric language spoken in mostly Talkoch. It is the most spoken language in Talkoch, and also has significant minority communities on Etzeán Island and the Eastern Gegfen Alliance, also called the Dmuriékh(lit. "far away east"). It is the sole official language of the Moshurian Empire, and is thoroughly used administratively and academically in the Moshurian Empire, no matter what one's mother tongue is.

Their exonym of Moshurian comes from a nomadic legend of the god of travel and nomads, Dündŵęk, who traveled to Tuloor Lake(the homeland of the Moshurians) in search of an inn to rest. The Moshurians had plenty of inns(möşhüř as they are called in Ancient Yeldha), and Dündŵęk was finally able to rest. After departing, he thanked the Moshurians, and later mentioned them to the other gods as simply möşhüřiànöřmà, or "inn people". This exonym stuck within nomadic circles, who then passed the exonym to the more settled peoples of Talkoch.

Phonology

Orthography

Moshurian has its own script that is read right-to-left, top-to-bottom. It's origin is heavily debated. The general consensus is that it developed from Hátuli script which in itself probably developed from Kutic cuneiform, although some prominent alternate theories include a possible link to Proto-Yeldhic runes. Some have said the script originates in Proto-Taskaric record-taking which probably arrived during the Oalanii Period. Some have said that the shape of some plosive characters corresponds with the symbol for "blood" in the logographic orthography of Ancient Izhkut, which was pronounced gúp.

Consonants

Consonants(IPA)

	Labial		Dental		Alveolar		Post- alveolar/ palatal		Retroflex		Velar
Nasal		m				n						ŋ
Stop	p	b			t	d					k	ɡ
Affricate							t͡ʃ
Fricative	f			ð	s	z	ʃ				x
Approximant								j
Lateral						l
Flap										ɽ

Consonants(orthographic)

	Labial		Dental		Alveolar		Post- alveolar/ palatal		Retroflex		Velar
Nasal		m				n						ŋ
Stop	p	b			t	d					k	ɡ
Affricate							ch
Fricative	f			th	s	z	ş				kh
Approximant								y
Lateral						l
Flap										r

Vowels

Vowels(IPA)

	Front		Near-front	Central	Back
Close	i	y			u
Near-close			ɪ
Close-mid	e	ø			o
Mid				ə(ə̃)
Open-mid	ε
Open	a				ɑ

Vowels(orthographic)

	Front		Near-front	Central	Back
Close	i	ï			u
Near-close			ë
Close-mid	é	ö			o
Mid				(ə)à
Open-mid	e
Open	á				a

Prosody

Stress

Stress in Moshurian is paroxytonic, meaning stress is placed on the penultimate syllable of a word, e.g. zazuŋ, pronounced [ˈzaˌzuŋ], or uthilikh, pronounced [ˈuð.ilix].

Morphology

Verbs

Verbs in Moshurian are inflected by default with the infinitve suffix -omh, and then the root of the verb (e.g. dáfhér in dáfhéromh, to eat) is inflected with a different suffix depending on the pronoun.

Suffixes

	Singular	Plural
Infinitive	-omh	-
First person	-ék(-ïk)	-ékeŋ(-ïkeŋ)
Second person	-ot	-(o)tuŋ
He	-eź	-iŋź
She	-aş	-aŋéş
They	-iş	-éiméş

Example: ché dáfhérék, er dáfhérot.(lit. no eat-1.SG, but eat-2.SG.)

Syntax

Constituent order

Moshurian uses an OSV(object-subject-verb) sentence structure, such as in the sentence sö kél mosok dáfhéréiméş(grass PL cow eat-3PL), or "cows eat grass".