Thensarian

Thensarian (thēṃsaraquhanquhus/-milacus, gen. -quhanquhasus/-milacī, Rencadian: Thengsornkhwong) is a classical Ramanuric language and one of two superstrate languages of Rencadian. It originates from Tālsim. It is inspired by Latin, Sanskrit, and Ancient Greek, and it is a parody of fantasy languages inspired by Latin and Greek, such as High Valyrian.

Make into a Hellenized Latin gib ~ Greek gib ~ Sanskrit gib dialect continuum?

Θεισαραπάμφος (gen. Θεισαραπάμφοσος or Θεισαραπάμφεσος), Θεισαραμιλακός
dhēṃsaragaṅghaḥ/-milakaḥ

Lots of reduplication, especially in verbs

Should sound whimsical or English magic spell-like

⟨ae ai ao au⟩ = /eː ai oː au/

Todo

Sanskrit sandhi and compounding

Lexicon

bēl '10'
Candiarhanchus - a philosopher (nod to Kandiaronk)
Personal names: Chuschus, Hummus
Place names: Chalguxus, Xactagmiuṃ, Thaṃsujūx, Naegmiuṃ, Cāmphangy, Lādiōgy
jūx, jūquhis - fort
ēlantālum = to finish
ganchus 'wide'
crēsy 'happiness'
vēchus 'star'
mae = is
Ylarmuscus a tyrannical king of the Rēncādum
imbrōr, imbrōnis 'nobility'
aechum = mist
pōsungy = ice cream
ichylum = to ripen, to cook (trans)
dallylum = to run
bēvulum = to learn
ōraculum 'to predict/prophesy'
dāvanavisvāyākayaṃ in the Sanskrit-like dialect
Hambānus a god
diṃsuṃ 'meal'
Dylath → Dalāthiuṃ
Ulthar → Vṛthāriuṃ
Hlanith → Chlanithiuṃ
Ilarnek → Ilarnēciuṃ
Mnar → Imnāriuṃ
Sarnath → Sarnathiuṃ
Celephais → Cēlēphavīsiuṃ
Kadath → Cadathiuṃ
vṝcaluṃ = to abandon
Pravynus Palanchius -> Praween Balang
Margaery (female given name) -> Mornkhairee
vṛpāluṃ = to slay
vṛthāx = mind
Names with syllabic r: Axṛcas, Phṛsus, Bṛxānas, Squṛnis, Bacṛnceps, Maccṛgitus, Nṛtrāniā, Ṛcquhēdā, Ṛttirry, Vṝbā, Pētṛtry
mṛdāluṃ (vulgar) 'to fuck'
Manx (a name) → Rencadian -mong
Marx (a surname or surname element meaning 'expert') → Rencadian -mak
- Caralamarx (a surname) → Karalamak
- Vṛpamarx, Vṛthācamarx
Barthagangus (Phatthakhong) a surname
Barthanaculus -> Phatthanakul
Bartharavancus -> Phattharawong
Barthavidaeus -> Phatthawithai
Barthavanxālus -> Phatthawongsarn
Utrēmi-phasōlā = a religious text/mantra
ut-/ud-
quā- 're-, over-'
ysus '1'
quē '2'
blāna '3'
vanthēs '4'
lythṛ '5'
chaen '6'
jēlan '7'
xāman '8'
vastaṃ '9'
ōbās '10'
bṝdā = hundred
quacuṃquasit = however
Xanāx a unisex name
Xanasvācā a name
Xatrēpus a name
Bandaeuṃ (Rencadian Phonthai) = the capital of the Thensarian empire
haothispēlluṃ = sorcery (from haothim 'ritual' + pēlluṃ 'fruit; output, implementation, work')
spūbiao = facetiously
spūbispēlluṃ = facetiousness (spůbis 'mirth' + pēlluṃ)
hūbispūbiu1m = fake magic spell
baxaphus (<- gweķsobhos): borrowing
rhaxū 'love'
asiṃsymōs 'hate'
cambar 'room'
Kambarys (Rencadian Kamphareet) a nobility-only name, meaning 'room-ful; memorialized'
gladys 'god'
Durys (a name)
Chalguxus a city
quēdratiṃ 'hour'
arclys 'horse' (Lithuanian easter egg)
Karys (a name)

Rhaxuvē/-xū hīn asiṃsymave/-mō ēlir quaquhanix 'We are speaking of love and hate'

-ao for adverbs

Phonology

Consonants

qu quh /kʷ kʷʰ/
g c/k ch /g k kʰ/
d t th n /d t tʰ n/
b p ph m /b p pʰ m/
j r rh l v s h /j r r̊ l w s̠ h/
x = /ks̠/

Vowels

a ā i y u ū ē ō ae ao ṛ ṝ ṃ /ɐ aː ɪ iː ʊ uː eː oː ae ao r̩ r̩ː (nasalization + length)/

Orthography

Thensarian uses a variant of the Brahmi script.

Brahmi breathy letters are used for ph th ch quh; qu quh written as kv ghv; x uses the kS ligature; t th d n l s uses T DH D N L S.

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 Rencadian.

Todo: research PIE ablaut

Nouns

Usually, the nominative singular case markers are -us/-is/-us/-ys masc, -ā/-y/-ū fem, -uṃ/-iṃ/-uṃ/-yṃ neuter, -r/-ō collective. -rys is a suffix deriving names from -r nouns, reserved for the Thensarian nobility (sometimes -ry is used as a feminine counterpart of -rys).

Jabṛvaciṃ vaṃvṝpāx. = 'We shall slay the Jabberwocky.'

Adjectives

-ao forms adverbs

Verbs

Infinitive -lum: -alum, -ālum, -ylum, -ūlum, -ȳlum
Personal endings: 1sg -r, 2sg -t, 3sg -m, 1pl.ex, -ivy, 1pl.in -x, 2pl -phas, 3pl -phiam

Verb stems mainly use reduplication and Sanskrit-style ablaut to mark tense.

Reduplication sandbox

(Grassmann's law operates on reduplicants.)

Inflectional

Ca- reduplicant for the progressive aspect

quhanix 'we speak'; quaquhanix 'we are speaking'

CalaC- reduplicant for the past tense

qualaquhanix 'we spoke'

CanC- reduplicant for the irrealis

quanquhānix 'we shall speak; let us speak'

Derivational

quhan-alum = to speak -> quhan<quh>us (s-stem neuter) = speech