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==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
Dh’rinian (Native '''dh’relėm''') is a synthetic language (see . Dh’rinian is somewhat highly inflected with 8 cases (although in practice only 5 are used in everyday speech), 4 moods (simple, subjunctive, conditional, and imperative), and 6 tenses (present, present progressive, preterite, imperfect, future, and anterior future). Dh’rinian makes heavy use of particles and many diacritics are used- however, the diacritics do not necessarily represent different or challenging sounds, but many help to differentiate similar words, as in Spanish. Dh’rinian word order varies, with OVS, SOV and SVO being the only three used but in different contexts. The colloquial language is gradually diverging, replacing tenses and cases with particles. Dh’rinian is sometimes written in helar, a ceremonial script. | Dh’rinian (Native '''dh’relėm''') is a synthetic language (see '''Morphology'''). Dh’rinian is somewhat highly inflected with 8 cases (although in practice only 5 are used in everyday speech), 4 moods (simple, subjunctive, conditional, and imperative), and 6 tenses (present, present progressive, preterite, imperfect, future, and anterior future). Dh’rinian makes heavy use of particles and many diacritics are used- however, the diacritics do not necessarily represent different or challenging sounds, but many help to differentiate similar words, as in Spanish. Dh’rinian word order varies, with OVS, SOV and SVO being the only three used but in different contexts. The colloquial language is gradually diverging, replacing tenses and cases with particles. Dh’rinian is sometimes written in '''helar''', a ceremonial script. | ||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
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===Morphophonology=== | ===Morphophonology=== | ||
==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
Nouns in Dhrinian do not decline by grammatical gender. However, animacy (in this case, distinction between animal and human) is considered in some adjectives- examples below: | |||
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! '''English''' !!'''Said of humans''' !! '''Said of animals''' | |||
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| quick || dhroʔ ||dħenira | |||
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| dead || seyu || çayu | |||
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| in heat || roġe || raġħu | |||
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===Nouns=== | ===Nouns=== | ||
==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||
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===Dependent clauses=== | ===Dependent clauses=== | ||
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==Orthography== | |||
==Example texts== | ==Example texts== | ||
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ONE OTHER (partitive particle) HORSE PULL QUICKLY.adv(prolat.) MAN.dat | ONE OTHER (partitive particle) HORSE PULL QUICKLY.adv(prolat.) MAN.dat | ||
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Thus speaks Tsinakan, the great king, king of the land of Kasadgad, brother to the sun and moon: | |||
Before I sat on the throne of my father, all the foreign countries were hostile against me. | |||
'''K’-buhrí Tsinakan henhodh dhairâ, dhairâ nedh’i Kasadgad, duç’i kura d-hytirön:''' | |||
TO(gem)-SPEAK.3ps TSINAKAN GREAT KING, KING LAND.gen KASADGAD, BROTHER SUN.gen AND-MOON.gen: | |||
'''Yeijh’ä mh’é-medhäno’ l’itakhain ne asin, moçainhe ha tepaidh’ä a’ina pôçehí t’a.''' | |||
BEFORE THEN-SIT IN-THRONEdat. MY FATHER.gen, ALL compl. part. (FOREIGN NATIONS) ME.dat (BE AGGRESSIVE) 3pp.inf.pret imperf.part | |||
==Other resources== | ==Other resources== | ||