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The Hirathic noun ''hirathis'' can be translated as “that which is tall; that which is grown; that which is cultivated; that which is refined”. It is a nominal of the root ''hir-'' “to grow; raise; make high”. | The Hirathic noun ''hirathis'' can be translated as “that which is tall; that which is grown; that which is cultivated; that which is refined”. It is a nominal of the root ''hir-'' “to grow; raise; make high”. | ||
The | The similarly sounding auto-ethnonym of its speakers ''hirathēi'' (also ''hiratēi'') is directly related to ''hirathis'' and means something akin to “the tall ones; the refined ones”. | ||
Other names for the language include ''hirathōn'' “of the high ones”, ''vepos'' “speech”, a combination of both, and ''vepos nim'' “our speech”. | Other names for the language include ''hirathōn'' “of the high ones”, ''vepos'' “speech”, a combination of both, and ''vepos nim'' “our speech”. | ||
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===Notes on transcription=== | ===Notes on transcription=== | ||
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Transcribing Hirathic to the Latin alphabet is usually straightforward as Hirathic uses an older variant of the Greek alphabet. The only problem to this is the treatment of Χ, χ. | Transcribing Hirathic to the Latin alphabet is usually straightforward as Hirathic uses an older variant of the Greek alphabet. The only problem to this is the treatment of Χ, χ. | ||
The most common way to write this sound /χ/ is <h> (e.g., Hirathic), though an older method, using <kh>, is still encountered in some publications (cf. the common use of 'ph', 'th' for letters φ and θ respectively.) Some incorrectly use <x> because of its graphical similarity, <x> represents the consonant cluster /ks/ in all widespread systems. | The most common way to write this sound /χ/ is <h> (e.g., Hirathic), though an older method, using <kh>, is still encountered in some publications (cf. the common use of 'ph', 'th' for letters φ and θ respectively.) Some incorrectly use <x> because of its graphical similarity, <x> represents the consonant cluster /ks/ in all widespread systems. | ||
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* the long vowels η ω are transcribed as <ē>, <ō> | * the long vowels η ω are transcribed as <ē>, <ō> | ||
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==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
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==Grammar== | ==Grammar== | ||
{{main|Hirathic grammar}} | {{main|Hirathic grammar}} | ||
Hirathic is a highly inflected language | Hirathic is a highly inflected language TODO | ||
===Nouns=== | ===Nouns=== | ||