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Ancient Yeldha
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| Ancient Yeldha | |
|---|---|
| Common Yeldha, Common Ancient Yeldha, Old Yeldhic, Common, Sciogh | |
| chláenn, sciogh chláenn, yeldhagh'n, Sciogh | |
| Created by | Jukethatbox |
| Date | 2022 |
| Era | As a native language, 3,000 UH–1,000 UH — As a liturgical language and otherwise, 10 BH onwards |
Yeldhic
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Early form | |
Standard forms | Common
Sabhoc
Tiragii
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| Yeldhic script | |
| Official status | |
| Regulated by | Caeghdiúll (historical) Leá Ó Sciogh(Sabhoc) |
Ancient Yeldha[a][b] is a classical and liturgical language belonging to the Yeldhic language family. Vigorously documented by a mysterious group of monks known only as the Caeghdiúll /kəjdjuːɫ/ around 2,000 UH, Ancient Yeldha was the lingua franca of Talkoch for several thousand years despite a seeming lack of a significant native speaker group. Its falling out of use in favour of Moshurian as a lingua franca marked the beginning of the BH era, though it remains to this day a significantly used language in Talkoch science alongside Ilda and Moshurian. Ancient Yeldha is a sacred language in the Sabhoc religion and has been in liturgical use since 10 BH; Sabhoc speakers have since developed their own regulated variety of the language mostly outside of Caeghdiúll influence.
Phonology
Grammar
Word order
Ancient Yeldha usually has an SVO order, such as in the example sentence:
- Lá gluoch thiop.
- "He read the book."
Here, lá "they" is the subject, gluoch "read (past tense)" is the verb, and thiop "book, scripture" is the object.
However, when asking a yes-no question, the verb moves to the beginning of the sentence, as so:
- Sciagh'dh í maghsthogh?
- "Did you speak today?"
Any answer more than just "yes" or "no" must also maintain the verb-initial order.
- Ea, sciagh'dh maghsthogh.
- "Yes, I spoke today."
Personal pronouns
This table only shows the personal pronouns attested by the Caeghdiúll.
| Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | - | mós | |
| 2nd | nominative | í | eair |
| vocative | n'í | l'éair | |
| 3rd | common | ogh | iogh |
| neuter | lá | lagh | |
"Common" third-person pronouns refer to objects, akin to the use of English "it", while "neuter" third-person pronouns refer to people, akin to the use of English singular and plural "they". Ancient Yeldha has no attested singular first-person pronoun; these are always inferred from the inflection of the verb.