Thensarian
Thensarian (thensaraquhanquhus/-milacus, Thengkha: Thengsornkhwong) is one of two superstrate languages of Thengkha. It is inspired by Latin, Sanskrit, Ancient Greek, and High Valyrian.
Lots of reduplication, especially in verbs
Should sound whimsical or English magic spell-like
- quacumquasit = however
- Bandaeum (Theng. Phonthai) = the capital of the Thensarian empire
baxaphus (<- gweķsobhos): borrowing
Rhaxuve/-ū hīn asamsamave/-mao elir quaquhanix 'We are speaking of love and hate'
Phonology
Consonants
- qu quh v /kʷ kʷʰ w/
- g c ch /g k kʰ/
- d t th n /d̪ t̪ t̪ʰ n/
- b p ph m /b p pʰ m/
- j r rh l s h /j r r̊ l s h/
- x = /ks/
Vowels
Like Sanskrit + Valyrian: a ā i ī u ū y ȳ e o ae ao ṛ ṝ /ə aː i iː u uː y yː eː oː ae ao/
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 Thengkha.
Verbs
- Infinitive -lum: -alum, -ālum
Reduplication sandbox
(Grassmann's law operates on reduplicants.)
Inflectional
- Ca- reduplicant for the progressive aspect
quhanix 'we speak'; quaquhanix 'we are speaking'
Derivational
- quhan-alum = to speak -> quhan<quh>us = speech?