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{{Infobox language | {{Infobox language | ||
|name = Hirathic | |name = Hirathic | ||
|nativename = [[w:Greek alphabet|ΧΙΡΑΘΙΣ]] hirathis | |nativename = [[w:Greek alphabet|ΧΙΡΑΘΙΣ]]<br/> hirathis | ||
|pronunciation = [χiˈɾaθis] | |pronunciation = [χiˈɾaθis] | ||
|region = Eurasia | |region = Eurasia | ||
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==Name== | ==Name== | ||
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 | 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 related auto-ethnonym ''hirathēi'' (also ''hiratēi'') of its speakers is directly related and | The related auto-ethnonym ''hirathēi'' (also ''hiratēi'') of its speakers is directly related 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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===Syntax=== | ===Syntax=== | ||
===Compounding=== | ===Compounding=== | ||
==Writing system== | |||
Hirathic natively used an Archaic variant of the Greek alphabet. In modern times, the Hirathic variant of the Greek alphabet is often replaced with the standardised Ancient Greek alphabet for reasons of typesetting convenience. | |||
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|hirathic greek | |||
||[[File:Greek Alpha 04.svg|x12px]] | |||
||[[File:Greek Beta 01.svg|x12px]] | |||
||[[File:Greek Gamma archaic 1.svg|x12px]] | |||
||[[File:Greek Delta 03.svg|x12px]] | |||
||[[File:Greek Epsilon archaic.svg|x12px]] | |||
||[[File:Greek Digamma oblique.svg|x12px]] | |||
||[[File:Greek Eta archaic.svg|x12px]] | |||
||[[File:Phoenician teth.svg|x12px]] | |||
||[[File:Greek Iota normal.svg|x12px]] | |||
||[[File:Greek Kappa normal.svg|x12px]] | |||
||[[File:Greek Lambda 06.svg|x12px]] | |||
||[[File:Greek Mu 06.svg|x12px]] | |||
||[[File:Greek Nu 06.svg|x12px]] | |||
||[[File:Greek Omicron 04.svg|x12px]] | |||
||[[File:Greek Pi rounded.svg|x12px]] | |||
||[[File:Greek Rho 07.svg|x12px]] | |||
||[[File:Greek_Sigma_Z-shaped.svg|x12px]] | |||
||[[File:Greek Tau normal.svg|x12px]] | |||
||[[File:Greek Upsilon normal.svg|x12px]] | |||
||[[File:Greek Phi 03.svg|x12px]] | |||
||[[File:Greek Chi normal.svg|x12px]] | |||
||[[File:Greek Psi V-shaped.svg|x12px]] | |||
||[[File:Greek Omega 04.svg|x12px]] | |||
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===Romanization of Hirathic Greek script=== | |||
==Changes from Indo-European== | ==Changes from Indo-European== | ||