Rinapri

In the fantasy world of Grundet, Rinapri is the ancestor of modern South-West-Herookuan languages such as Rinap and Aoma. Name Rinapri comes from Rilaxii Napetii Rinhikhyriöri meaning ancestral language of our ancestors.

Background

The language derives from an antediluvian parent language Öiniomma (not heard since only read without true understanding) which was spoken in Golden Islet of Herooku during the first and second eras until being spread to neighboring lands by Goldhearts. The influences of other languages lead to the eventual formation of Rinapri in late second era and the third era, but during Grundet's millennial history, its dialects slowly separated into the South-West-Herookuan languages.

Phonology

As reconstructed by Tahokhe ni-Peike, scholar of linguistics at the Academy of Golden Islet (kny Fedoret kär Lahör).

Consonants

	Bilabial	Labio-dental	Dental	Alveolar	Post-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal	m /*m/			nn /*n/		nj /*ɲ/	ng /*ŋ/
Plosive	p /*p/ b /*b/			t /*t/ d /*d/			k /*k/ g /*g/	c /*q/ q /*ɢ/
Fricative		f /*f/ v /*v/	th /*θ/ ... dh /*ð/	s /*s/ z /*z/	sh /*ʃ/ .... zh /*ʒ/		kh /*x/ ... gh /*ɣ/	ch /*χ/	h /*h/
Affricate				ts /*t͡s/ ... dz /*d͡z/	tsh /*t͡ʃ/ ... dzh /*d͡ʒ/		kkh /*kx/ ggh /*gɣ/
Approximant						j /*j/
Trill				r /*r/			rh /*ʀ/
Lateral	pl /*pˡ/ ... bl /*bˡ/		tl /*tˡ/ ..... dl /*dˡ/	l /*l/ sl /*ɬ/			kl /*kˡ/ .... gl /*gˡ/

In Aoma:

• noun plural suffix *ɬ → ɔl, *ʊf and eʃ
• accusative: *χ → *kx → ɔks, *ʊs, ɪk

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i /*i/ in /*ĩ/	ú /*ɨ/ ún /*ɨ̃ /	u /*u/ un /*ũ/
Near-Close	/*ɪ/		/*ʊ/
Open-mid	e /*ɛ/ en /*ɛ̃ / ë /*œ/		a /*ʌ/ an /*ʌ̃ / o /*ɔ/
Near-open		/*ɐ/

Orthography

The original writing system of Rinapri was a mostly logographic yet partly syllabic as it has survived to modern Doslox of Rinap. However, best examples of written Rinapri have survived in hexagonal script later developed in the western region. Hexagonal script was engraved onto the walls of coast temples and on clay tablets with metallic hexagon stamps and a flat-headed stylus to distinguish the graphemes.

Swadesh

No	English	Rinapri	Aoma	Rinap
1	I	*pan	wa(n)a	pa
2	thou (SG)	*phë	foo	phe
3	he/she/it	*tshú/*tshi	shy/zu/xi	thy/thi/do
4	we	*bon	boo	phoo
5	you (PL)	*bhëd	vot	peooh
6	they	*tho	sot	thoo
7	this	*khúa	cy	kwa
8	that	*khun	cu	kno
9	here	*gleu	kyxu	gewa
10	there	*klë	cuxu	kweo
11	who	*zhoú	zoo gy	zohi
12	what	*zho	zoo	zowa
13	where	*zhok	zoxu	zoze
14	when	*zhan	zax	zoang
15	how	*zhuch	zurre	zouk
16	not	*thë	sö	öwe
17	all	*rhan	rromare	rom
18	many	*slosl	joshi	hoxi
19	some	*sla	jasi	axi
20	few	*hë	osi	öper
21	other	*slad	soda	axada
22	one	*bhúa	ibani	wah
23	two	*nnogh	noris	noh
24	three	*gghan	conis	kram
25	four	*cav	toris	akta
26	five	*sav	fonis	sapa
27	big	*ëkkh	eke	hoke
28	long	*plir	pare	rilia
29	wide	*bla	buwema	umla
30	thick	*gha	gare	hoga
31	heavy	*ghoh	kelare	gaho
32	small	*ocú	ope	okku
33	short	*ërhú	kenire	oru
34	narrow	*ëcho	ricire	oho
35	thin	*ëcha	ricire	oha
36	woman	*nnidh	henu	nidi
37	man (male)	*múb	tymy	mub
38	man (human)	*qúh	gy	ke
39	child	*zhú	puu	zyf
40	wife	*phennidh	henuu	pändi
41	husband	*phemúb	tymyy	pumeb
42	mother	*zinnidh	binu	rindi
43	father	*zúmúd	kumy	rumud
44	animal	*dudzu	diuzu	dozmur
45	fish	*omo	moi	oimo
46	bird	*emidh	nemu	emi
47	dog	*gúrh	kakky	ogyr
48	louse	*njach	neki	nahö
49	snake	*rhong	orshu	rohon
50	worm	*ëtsh	orshi	öthon
51	tree	*kkhath	kuutu	khea
52	forest	*ekkha	kuutivoo	bekha
53	stick (wood)	*klikh	laki	khili
54	fruit	*mpath	pashu	bathu
55	seed	*pvekh	hapy	fök
56	leaf	*ngikh	engi	thagek
57	root	*qúng	gunnu	ökhyn
58	bark (tree)	*kkhong	voku	khon
59	flower	*modh	navu	moide
60	grass	*glid	saku	gidhe
61	rope	*rhing	ringi	rin
62	skin	*thëkh	tehi	thoe
63	meat	*doghú	toky	dogut
64	blood	*ghed	kiza	gelote
65	bone	*kslorh	xorri	xom
66	fat	*glonj	gomu	goho
67	egg	*thegh	teku	thege
68	horn	*klúa	guku	knuam
69	tail	*rhip	ringi	ribu
70	feather	pet	penni	pat
71	hair	ntu	nutu	snatu
72	head	dhokh	ahu	dheko
73	ear	úmú	jemy	yma
74	eye	dorho	ebu	dokra
75	nose		umy	sauma
76	mouth		tushu	thursa
77	tooth		tauki	tuwak
78	tongue		vopu	neput
79	fingernail		maki	manu
80	foot		raki	brak
81	leg		lotu	blon
82	knee		loxy	boxe
83	hand		pämy	sapam
84	wing		penny	pemo
85	belly		mukeru	morp
86	guts		kemuuky
87	neck		piti
88	back		feeny	zyphet
89	breast		pecu	begy
90	heart		geshu	gen
91	liver		mory
92	to drink		mellu	mil
93	to eat		sum	mus
94	to bite		torrro	tum
95	to suck		falem
96	to spit		pullu
97	to vomit		höpym
98	to blow (wind)		ennihes
99	to breathe		muhes	mopsae
100	to laugh		efim	ehan
101	to see		tolla	doi
102	to hear		ejom	nyo
103	to know		lehes	ledu
104	to think		gamma	dhemu
105	to smell		sunnu	san
106	to fear		tohes	öfon
107	to sleep		zinnu	siu
108	to live		gesse	geny
109	to die		tösse	tläsu
110	to kill		tössa	thärö
111	to fight		töites	thöz
112	to hunt		diotes	doz
113	to hit		ötohes
114	to cut		nguhes	nubeot
115	to split		megelle
116	to stab		ngutes
117	to scratch		makes
118	to dig		xom	xoko
119	to swim		ommo	momi
120	to fly		penne	pemoz
121	to walk		lette	bela
122	to come		solle	zue
123	to lie (be)		kelle	nesif
124	to sit		zam	zapu
125	to stand		sumenne	nefra
126	to turn		nesse
127	to fall		öhes
128	to give		pekko	bek
129	to hold		bonekeem
130	to squeeze		ricisse
131	to rub		ngahes
132	to wash		cemma	xami
133	to wipe		kimme
134	to pull		jokem
135	to push		jokko
136	to throw		kettu
137	to tie		surrre
138	to sew		sukke
139	to count		rausse
140	to say		pim	epei
141	to sing		vomuhes	mophui
142	to play		sholle	yswa
143	to float		buommom
144	to flow		bömme	sobemi
145	to freeze		ocyrrre
146	to swell		zäkes
147	sun		halla	halla
148	moon		him	him
149	star		cala	hewokt
150	water		mila
151	to rain		mille
152	river		pomili	bemi
153	lake		faminnu	moih
154	sea		mili	mihtoa
155	salt		semi	simi
156	stone		keku	kneka
157	sand		heki	aheri
158	dust		sihesh	kihyt
159	earth (soil)		keli	kelu
160	cloud		ennu	zawa
161	fog		ojy	shem
162	sky		keva	heza
163	wind		enni	thapea
164	snow		puhivo	okki
165	ice		omiki	okkis
166	smoke		zinty	sinu
167	fire		nirra	nyrak
168	ashes		hofi	fanyk
169	to burn (INTR)		nirrre	nobe
170	road		pakku	beak
171	mountain		geedy	kehent
172	red		kelari	gelo
173	green		ennari	geka
174	yellow		geshari	home
175	white		iwari	hwa
176	black		önari	föni
177	night		öhaly	öfinox
178	day		hala	halox
179	year		jeela	yela
180	warm		nirrire	niera
181	cold		milare	oktu
182	full		rrosi	rohet
183	new		mose	wao
184	old		rimire	orni
185	good		ire	haro
186	bad		nöre	ofe
187	rotten		ovoki	örmo
188	dirty		tevire	häfo
189	straight		riciri	riesi
190	round		nesure	nere
191	sharp		hakkure	nuhe
192	dull		pyre	khepö
193	smooth		moi	zuna
194	wet		milyre	mirnu
195	dry		here	hira
196	right		caxari	haxa
197	near		ken	gevon
198	far		kux	kefeh
199	right (side)		duca	denno
200	left (side)		odoca	klauta
201	at		ka	veo
202	in		wat	mo
203	with (s.o.)		sa	hue
204	and		i	ji
205	if		(EVE mood)	sej
206	because		ros	sihat
207	name		nippu	peneh

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