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Although the theory was initially ridiculed, fellow Tiragii linguist and calligrapher Dól-Pŷçkevç began to find a lot of evidence supporting Téfir's theory. Eventually, Téfir was on his deathbed, and he doubled down on his theory by collaborating with Pŷçkevç as well as other prominent linguists to form the first version of Proto-Yeldhic. Shortly after Téfir's death, the Késkéanya Fûhraritat, the linguistic authority of his home country of Arnah, finally accepted the theory as "very probable". | Although the theory was initially ridiculed, fellow Tiragii linguist and calligrapher Dól-Pŷçkevç began to find a lot of evidence supporting Téfir's theory. Eventually, Téfir was on his deathbed, and he doubled down on his theory by collaborating with Pŷçkevç as well as other prominent linguists to form the first version of Proto-Yeldhic. Shortly after Téfir's death, the Késkéanya Fûhraritat, the linguistic authority of his home country of Arnah, finally accepted the theory as "very probable". | ||
The main evidence towards the Proto-Yeldhic hypothesis is mostly described in Téfir's initial work on the subject, written in Moshurian and published in Taráhus due to political instability in his home country, the ''Tezyém Yéleduhir''. In short, Téfir observed that several morphological, phonemic and phonetic similarities could be found within his proposed Yeldhic family of languages. | The main evidence towards the Proto-Yeldhic hypothesis is mostly described in Téfir's initial work on the subject, written in Moshurian and published in Taráhus due to political instability in his home country, the ''Tezyém Yéleduhir''. In short, Téfir observed that several morphological, phonemic and phonetic similarities could be found within his proposed Yeldhic family of languages. | ||
==Variations== | ==Variations== | ||
The idea of a universal Yeldhic language was floated around for centuries, with the Ildan cosmopolitans, led by Iptor, first theorising a sort of "umbrella language"(''vloskās danibāsku'') in 1900 BH, so as to unite the many languages of Ilda and Maranösia. | The idea of a universal Yeldhic language was floated around for centuries, with the Ildan cosmopolitans, led by Iptor, first theorising a sort of "umbrella language"(''vloskās danibāsku'') in 1900 BH, so as to unite the many languages of Ilda and Maranösia. | ||
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However, though his work was flawed, it did set the precedent for the development of Proto-languages in Radael. For example, conventions such as marking reconstructed words with an asterisk(*) originates in Zeror's ''Glossology'', as well as even the entire concept of [[w:Comparative reconstruction|comparative reconstruction]] to find the original root of a word. | However, though his work was flawed, it did set the precedent for the development of Proto-languages in Radael. For example, conventions such as marking reconstructed words with an asterisk(*) originates in Zeror's ''Glossology'', as well as even the entire concept of [[w:Comparative reconstruction|comparative reconstruction]] to find the original root of a word. | ||
For example, the word ''*vudas'', meaning "sheep", was reconstructed from Ilda ''usda'' and Vulgar Maranz ''vodvadas''. The Téfir equivalent of the word is ''*fwejt̪u''. Though seemingly a radically different word, some aspects that Zeror noticed were factored in, such as a fricative at the beginning and a plosive before the final vowel. | |||
====Udas li Tasanqās==== | ====Udas li Tasanqās==== | ||
Here is the first sentence of [[Literature:Schleicher's fable|Schleicher's fable]] in Zeror's Proto-Yeldhic:<br> | Here is the first sentence of [[Literature:Schleicher's fable|Schleicher's fable]] in Zeror's Proto-Yeldhic:<br> | ||
<blockquote>'' | <blockquote>''Vudas, *ediq astama ketwe, aboldois tasanqās, idi ta lo tisinois *ōbeqe badugat, idi ta lo *kuntasolois *doṉsa gotuik li idi ta lo *kuntasolois tumuei *kitil.''</blockquote> | ||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||