Maritsan
Maritsan (/məˈɹitsən/ mə-RĒ-tsn), also called Ebrusian /ɛbɹuʃən/ (ĕ-BRO͞O-shn) (autonym: Ebrusy [ɛbrusɨ] (Εβρουση, Εβρουσυι, ەبروسى، إَبرُسِ) is a Western Chlesamnic Language spoken in eastern Greece. This language is spoken near the Maritsa (Native: Ebrus).
| Maritsan | |
|---|---|
| Ebrusian | |
| Ebrusy, Εβρουση, Εβρουσυι, ەبروسى، إَبرُسِ | |
| Pronunciation | [ɛbrusɨ] |
| Created by | ClassierK |
| Setting | Alt-History Europe |
| Native to | Burgas; Varna; Constanța; Evros; Rhodope; Edirne; Kırklareli |
Indo-European
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Early form | |
| Official status | |
Official language in | Maritsastan |
Recognised minority language in | Türkiye; Bulgaria; Greece; Romania |
| Regulated by | Organisation for the Preservation of the Maritsan Language |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mari |
Etymology
The English name ultimately comes from Bulgarian Мари́ца (maríca), it came from Thracian *māras / *māros plus -ица, the Bulgarian feminine noun suffix, coming from Proto-Slavic *-ica. The Thracian term either meant “marsh; bog” or “great; significant”. The Maritsan autonym, Ebrusy coincidentally also came from Thracian *ebrus, their name for the river, but *ebrus came from Thracian *ebru meaning wide. The -y suffix is the plural vocative suffix, as all languages are in the vocative plural form as a base. The -y suffix came from Proto-Chlesamnic *-áus.
Morphology
Maritsan Morphology is much simplified from Proto-Chlesamnic, and even its closest relative of Jankıbıreqhü.
Nouns
Maritsan nouns distinguish between two numbers (singular and plural) and 8 cases.
- Nominative
- Vocative
- Accusatve
- Allative
- Genitive
- Ablative
- Dative
- Instrumental
Each noun also fits into one of 6 classes, called stems , based off the ending, there is
- a-stem
- ā-stem
- i-stem
- u-stem
- r-stem
- consonant stem
Each stem will decline differently based on gender, though each do it differently, it will either decline by
- Masc./Fem. , Neut. (a-stem; i-stem; u-stem)
- Masc./Neut. , Fem. (Consonant stem)
- Fem./Neut. m Masc. (ā-stem; r-stem)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ōsa | ōsaos |
| vocative | ōsaħ | ōsaos |
| accusative | ōsą̄ | ōsāms |
| allative | ōsaur | ōsayru |
| genitive | ōsās | ōsaǭ |
| ablative | ōsaeť | ōsāma |
| dative | ōsāi | ōsāisu |
| instrumental | ōsao | ōsami |
Adjectives
Adjectives also decline for the same case and number as nouns, but there’s only one way to decline them. As well as that, adjectives agree with their noun in case and gender.
| singular | plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | safi | safiā | safiaț | safies | safiās | safiā |
| accusative | safią | safiaț | safią̄ | safiąs | safiā | safią̄s |
| allative | safiaur | safiaur | safiśur | safiairo | safiairo | safiüru |
| genitive | safias | safias | safiśās | safiaisǭ | safiaisǭ | safiüsǭ |
| ablative | safismeț | safismeț | safiśās | safiaįs | safiaįs | safių̈as |
| dative | safiasmaj | safiasmaj | safiaśāj | safiaisu | safiaisu | safiüsü |
| instrumental | safiasmo | safiasmo | safiaśā | safiaį | safiaį | safiīmis |