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|name          = Qualdomelic
|name          = Qualdomelic
|nativename      = cwaldeumẹlj
|nativename      = cwaldeumẹlj
|pronunciation = [kwaɫdɛʊ̯ˈmɛʎ]
|pronunciation = {{IPA|[kwaɫdɛʊ̯ˈmɛʎ]}}
|region        = Central Márusúturon (Qualdomailor)
|region        = Central Márusúturon (Qualdomailor)
|ethnicity    = Qualdomelic
|ethnicity    = Qualdomelic
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The '''Qualdomelic language''' (natively ''toj cwaldeumẹlj'' [tɔɪ̯ kwaɫdɛʊ̯ˈmɛʎ] or, in full, ''toj cwaldeumẹlj toj γrămaț'' [- tɔɪ̯ ɣɾəˈmats]) is a language spoken on the planet of [[Verse:Calémere|Calémere]], native language of virtually all people in ''Qualdomailor'' (Qua.: ''Cwaldewmăjlor''), a country in central Márusúturon, where it is the only nationwide official language<ref>Chlouvānem and a few minority languages are co-official in some regions.</ref>, and also by some minority in the northwestern [[Verse:Chlouvānem Inquisition|Chlouvānem Inquisition]] (the country Qualdomailor shares half of its land border with), far western Brono and Ylvostydh (the other two neighboring countries on land), as well as in Leny-tḥewe, Ebed-dowa, Oempras (all three divided from Qualdomailor by the ''Western Sea'' (in Qua. ''ivulit căd ittungaq''), as well as some diaspora communities in other parts of the former Kaiṣamā (notably in Nerekton), in Greater Skyrdagor, and also in the West.<br/>There are about 40 million native Qualdomelic speakers, the vast majority in Qualdomailor.<br/>
The '''Qualdomelic language''' (natively ''toj cwaldeumẹlj'' {{IPA|[tɔɪ̯ kwaɫdɛʊ̯ˈmɛʎ]}} or, in full, ''toj cwaldeumẹlj toj γrămaț'' {{IPA|[- tɔɪ̯ ɣɾəˈmats]}}) is a language spoken on the planet of [[Verse:Calémere|Calémere]], native language of virtually all people in ''Qualdomailor'' (Qua.: ''Cwaldewmăjlor''), a country in central Márusúturon, where it is the only nationwide official language<ref>Chlouvānem and a few minority languages are co-official in some regions.</ref>, and also by some minority in the northwestern [[Verse:Chlouvānem Inquisition|Chlouvānem Inquisition]] (the country Qualdomailor shares half of its land border with), far western Brono and Ylvostydh (the other two neighboring countries on land), as well as in Leñ-ṱef, Ebed-dowa, Oempras (all three divided from Qualdomailor by the ''Western Sea'' (in Qua. ''ivulit căd ittungaq''), as well as some diaspora communities in other parts of the former Kaiṣamā (notably in Nerekton), in Greater Skyrdagor, and also in the West.<br/>There are about 40 million native Qualdomelic speakers, the vast majority in Qualdomailor.<br/>
It belongs to the Samaidulic language family (Qua.: ''tăjț samăjdul tăjț γrămaț''), more specifically to the Western Samaidulic languages - it is thus distantly related to another major language of the area, the Eastern Samaidulic [[Brono-Fathanic]].
It belongs to the Samaidulic language family (Qua.: ''tăjț samăjdul tăjț γrămaț''), more specifically to the Western Samaidulic languages - it is thus distantly related to another major language of the area, the Eastern Samaidulic [[Brono-Fathanic]].


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==External History==
==External History==
Qualdomelic is a revived version of what I consider my first ever "serious" conlang (that is, not a relex), which I created in March 2014 - along with my first conworld sketch I used the name Calémere<ref>Then still spelled "Kalémere".</ref> for - and was called Valdimelic (''Hvaldeimήḷta'' in the orthography I used back then) - conworld-wise, it was Chlouvānem but about fifteen versions before the current one. While, after four years, I can safely say that in my original Valdimelic there were many too naïf elements and a bit of kitchen-sinkyness here and there, in the end there was something in its sound I liked and therefore, in February 2018, I decided to "revive" it (even if apart from a few lexical items it is, grammar-wise, a totally different language) and use it to replace ''saKalurilut'', a long-standing language in my conworld but which was too much of a Kalaallisut giblang to be justified after all those years. Its place in Calémere and a few words are thus taken from saKalurilut. As far as aesthetics are concerned, I replaced many of the too much Greek-looking words, as well as ēta and ōmega (but I kept gamma for /ɣ/) of the original Valdimelic, as well as those ideas that still survive in some way in Chlouvānem, with an aesthetic mostly inspired by Romanian, with hints of Irish, Yoruba (mainly ''ẹ'' and ''ọ''), and that beautiful Māori ''wh''.
Qualdomelic is a revived version of what I consider my first ever "serious" conlang (that is, not a relex), which I created in March 2014 - along with my first conworld sketch I used the name Calémere<ref>Then still spelled "Kalémere".</ref> for - and was called Valdimelic (''Hvaldeimήḷta'' in the orthography I used back then) - conworld-wise, it was Chlouvānem but about fifteen versions before the current one. While, after four years, I can safely say that in my original Valdimelic there were many too naïf elements and a bit of kitchen-sinkyness here and there, in the end there was something in its sound I liked and therefore, in February 2018, I decided to "revive" it (even if apart from a few lexical items it is, grammar-wise, a totally different language) and use it to replace ''saKalurilut'', a long-standing language in my conworld but which was too much of a Kalaallisut giblang to be justified after all those years. Its place in Calémere and a few words are thus taken from saKalurilut. As far as aesthetics are concerned, I replaced many of the too much Greek-looking words, as well as ēta and ōmega (but I kept gamma for /ɣ/) of the original Valdimelic, as well as those ideas that still survive in some way in Chlouvānem, with an aesthetic mostly inspired by Romanian, with hints of Irish, Yoruba (mainly ''ẹ'' and ''ọ''), and that beautiful Māori ''wh''.


==Qualdomailor==
==Qualdomailor==
{| style="float:right; font-size: 88%; border-spacing: 2px; border: 1px solid darkgray; text-align: left”
{{Infobox country
|+ <big>'''The Communist Republic of Qualdomailor'''</big>
|conventional_long_name = Communist Republic of Qualdomailor
! scope="row" | Native name
|native_name =        ''iă njăwțarnẹdarficu niă nnăaqappartut căiši Cwaldeumăjlor''
| iă njăwțarnẹdarficu niă nnăaqappartut căiši Cwaldeumăjlor
|common_name =      Qualdomailor
|-
|image_flag =Flag of Qualdomailor.png
! scope="row" | Capital
|alt_flag =           Flag of the CRQ
| Cănțe Inarviut
|national_anthem =    The Song of Xixac<br/>(''Xixac căd nix'')
|-
|capital = Cănțe Inarviut
! scope="row" | Ethnic groups
|largest_city =      Arvallivăt
| Qualdomelic <small>(''cwaldewmẹljăd'')</small> 81,5%<br/> Chlouvānem <small>(''țẹnwhanem'')</small> 17%<br/>others 1,5%
|official_languages = Qualdomelic
|-
|regional_languages = [[Chlouvānem]] <small>''(South)''</small>
! scope="row" | Religion
|ethnic_groups = 81,5% Qualdomelic <small>(''cwaldewmẹljăd'')</small><br/>17% Chlouvānem <small>(''țẹnwhanem'')</small><br/>1,5% others
| Yunyalīlti <small>(''junjăliltărfic'')</small> 96%<br/>others 4%
|ethnic_groups_year = (386ᘔ <small>(6418<sub>10</sub>)</small> census)
|-
|religion =          96% Yunyalīlti <small>(''junjăliltărfic'')</small><br/>4% others
! scope="row" | Nationwide official language
|demonym = Qualdomelic
| Qualdomelic
|government_type = Single-party presidential republic
|-
|leader_title1 =    General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party
! scope="row" | Other languages
|leader_name1 = Răjultiq Mittuc jamhni Whăngeă
| [[Chlouvānem]] <small>''(regional, South)''</small>
<!-- |sovereignty_type =   Brief description of country/territory's status ("Independence [from...]", "Autonomous province [of...]", etc)
|-
|sovereignty_note = -->
! scope="row" | Demonym
|established_event1 = Unification under the King of Cănțe Inarviut
| Qualdomelic; <small>Qua:</small> cwaldewmẹljăd
|established_date1 =  3698 <small>(6164<sub>10</sub>)</small>
|-
|established_event2 = Establishment of the Communist Republic
! scope="row" | Area
|established_date2 =  37Ɛ4 <small>(6328<sub>10</sub>)</small>
| ～TBA
<!-- |area_rank = ?
|-
|area_magnitude=TBA
! scope="row" | Population
|area_footnote =    <ref>Natively cited as 43.ᘔ1.Ɛ20 e <small>(12,901,128<sub>10</sub>)</small>: 1 e (''ekram'') = 1,12 km<sup>2</sup> = 0,43 mi<sup>2</sup>.</ref>
| 39,838,427 (386ᘔ <small>(6418<sub>10</sub>)</small> census)
{{convert|14,449,263.36|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} -->
|-
<!-- |percent_water =
! scope="row" | Population density
|population_estimate =
| ～TBA
|population_estimate_rank =
|-
|population_estimate_year =  -->
! scope="row" | Government
|population_census = 39,838,427 <small>(1.14.12.78Ɛ<sub>12</sub>)</small>
| Single-party presidential republic
|population_census_year = 386ᘔ <small>(6418<sub>10</sub>)</small>
|-
<!-- |population_density_km2 = 101.72
| <div style="text-align: center">President</div>
|population_density_sq_mi = 263.46
| Răjultiq Mittuk jamhni Whănguljtọq
|population_density_rank = -->
|-
|Gini = 0.191
! scope="row" | Time zone
|Gini_rank = 1st
| LIL−3 (Qualdomelic Time)<br/><small>(CER+9:53′40″)</small>
|Gini_year = 3871 <small>(6421<sub>10</sub>)</small>
|-
|HDI_year = 3872 <small>(6422<sub>10</sub>)</small>
! scope="row" | Currency
|HDI = 0.932
| Qennguk
|HDI_rank = 2nd
|-
|currency =           Inquisitorial Ilāti (CHI)
! scope="row" | Drives on the
|time_zone =          [[#Time_zones|LIL−3]] Qualdomelic Time<br/><small>''(CER+9:53′40″)''</small>
| left
|drives_on =         left
|-
|calling_code =       +840
! scope="row" | Calling code
}}
| +840
|}


'''Qualdomailor''' (natively ''Cwaldewmăjlor'' [kwaɫdɛʊ̯ˈməɪ̯lor]), officially the '''Communist Republic of Qualdomailor''' (''iă nJăwțarnẹdarficu niă nNăaqappartut căiši Cwaldeumăjlor'' [iə̯ ˌnjəʊ̯tsarˌnɛdarˈfiku niə̯ nːəaˌqapparˈtut kəˈiʃɪ kwaɫdɛʊ̯ˈməɪ̯lor]), is a country in central Márusúturon, a continent of Calémere. It borders, clockwise from the north, Ylvostydh, Brono, and the Chlouvānem Inquisition; its western borders are maritime, on the Skyrdegan Inner Sea, more precisely the two inlets called Western Sea (''ivulit căd ittungaq'', a.k.a. High Ivulit in Chlouvānem sources) and (its southernmost part) Southern Passage Gulf (''ciswulit căd allațeă sa nănngiup'', a.k.a. Little Ivulit), which divide it from the countries of Leny-tḥewe, Ebed-dowa, and Oempras. Most of its current borders are mountainous, with the country's highest peak, Mount Šuvăṛuc (''păsjănngul Šuvăṛuc''; <small>[[Chlouvānem|Chl.]]: ''šūlābdeyān ga ñariāh''</small>), on the Chlouvānem border and very close to the tripoint with Brono, being 3.ᘔƐ2 pā (6758<sub>10</sub> = about 7021.5 m) high.
'''Qualdomailor''' (natively ''Cwaldewmăjlor'' {{IPA|[kwaɫdɛʊ̯ˈməɪ̯lor]}}), officially the '''Communist Republic of Qualdomailor''' (''iă nJăwțarnẹdarficu niă nNăaqappartut căiši Cwaldeumăjlor'' {{IPA|[iə̯ ˌnjəʊ̯tsarˌnɛdarˈfiku niə̯ nːəaˌqapparˈtut kəˈiʃɪ kwaɫdɛʊ̯ˈməɪ̯lor]}}), is a country in central Márusúturon, a continent of Calémere. It borders, clockwise from the north, Ylvostydh, Brono, and the Chlouvānem Inquisition; its western borders are maritime, on the Skyrdegan Inner Sea, more precisely the two inlets called Western Sea (''ivulit căd ittungaq'', a.k.a. High Ivulit in Chlouvānem sources) and (its southernmost part) Southern Passage Gulf (''ciswulit căd allațeă sa nănngiup'', a.k.a. Little Ivulit), which divide it from the countries of Leñ-ṱef, Ebed-dowa, and Oempras. Most of its current borders are mountainous, with the country's highest peak, Mount Šuvăṛuc (''păsjănngul Šuvăṛuc'' or ''nărja Šuvăṛuc''; <small>[[Chlouvānem|Chl.]]: ''šūlābdeyān ga ñaryāh''</small>), on the Chlouvānem border and very close to the tripoint with Brono, being 3.ᘔƐ2 pā (6758<sub>10</sub> = about 7021.5 m) high.


Qualdomailor lies almost entirely between latitudes 30° and 39°N; its southernmost point is just about one mile south of the 30th parallel north. The country may be divided, thanks to its various mountain chains, in three distinct zones: the Arănngallaq plain, along the Vălțẹšp river, which lies in the central-northern part of the country and is its most densely populated part; the long but narrow western coast; and the central highlands, which are river basins that ultimately all drain into the western coast through two major rivers - the Qasivănnẹq in the central part and the Ọrăisărpiq in the far south<ref>The final stretch of the Ọrăisărpiq river (in Chl. ''Årayīsarpīka ga maita''), after the canyons, also marks a small section of the border between Qualdomailor and the Chlouvānem Inquisition.</ref> - that cut through the mountains in impressive canyon systems.<br/>The two largest cities, Cănțe Inarviut ("City of the East", the capital), and Arvallivăt ("Red Castle"), lie in the Arănngallaq plain.
Qualdomailor lies almost entirely between latitudes 30° and 39°N, and mostly has a mediterranean climate; its southernmost point is just about one mile south of the 30th parallel north. The country may be divided, thanks to its various mountain chains, in three distinct zones: the Arănngallaq plain, along the Vălțẹšp river, which lies in the central-northern part of the country and is its most densely populated part; the long but narrow western coast; and the central highlands, which are river basins that ultimately all drain into the western coast through two major rivers - the Qasivănnẹq in the central part and the Ọrăisărpiq in the far south<ref>The final stretch of the Ọrăisărpiq river (in Chl. ''Årayīsarpīka ga maita''), after the canyons, also marks a small section of the border between Qualdomailor and the Chlouvānem Inquisition.</ref> - that cut through the mountains in impressive canyon systems.<br/>The two largest cities, Cănțe Inarviut ("City of the East", the capital), and Arvallivăt ("Red Castle"), lie in the Arănngallaq plain.


Qualdomailor, today, is a linguistically and religiously homogeneous country, with 96% of its inhabitants being religiously [[Verse:Yunyalīlta|Yunyalīlti]]. Historically predominantly inhabited by the Qualdomelics, in the half century since the Kaiṣamā era there has been a steady influx of Chlouvānem people, so that 81.5% of its population is Qualdomelic, 17% Chlouvānem, and the remaining 1.5% of other ethnic backgrounds. Qualdomelic is the only nationwide official language - [[Chlouvānem]] is only official in the four southern regions, but it is widely spoken as a L2 also by native Qualdomelics due to its status as lingua franca of the Eastern bloc and sacred language of the Yunyalīlta. At the last census in 6418 (six years ago), the population amounted to 39,838,427 people; according to more recent estimates, it has grown to slightly more than 40 million people.
Qualdomailor, today, is a linguistically and religiously homogeneous country, with 96% of its inhabitants being religiously [[Verse:Yunyalīlta|Yunyalīlti]]. Historically predominantly inhabited by the Qualdomelics, in the half century since the Kaiṣamā era there has been a steady influx of Chlouvānem people, so that 81.5% of its population is Qualdomelic, 17% Chlouvānem, and the remaining 1.5% of other ethnic backgrounds. Qualdomelic is the only nationwide official language - [[Chlouvānem]] is only official in the four southern regions, but it is widely spoken as a L2 also by native Qualdomelics due to its status as lingua franca of the Eastern bloc and sacred language of the Yunyalīlta. At the last census in 6418 (six years ago), the population amounted to 39,838,427 people; according to more recent estimates, it has grown to slightly more than 40 million people.
[[File:Qualdomailor.png|thumb|Map of Qualdomailor]]


==Phonology==
==Phonology==
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|-
|-
! Nasals
! Nasals
| '''m''' m || || '''n''' n || || || || '''ŋ''' ŋ || ||
| '''m''' m || || '''n''' n || || || || '''ng''' ŋ || ||
|-
|-
! Plosives
! Plosives
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Notable instances of allophony:
Notable instances of allophony:
* /r/ is [ɾ] after consonants (e.g. ''γrămaț'' "language" [ɣɾəˈmats]);
* {{IPA|/r/}} is {{IPA|[ɾ]}} after consonants (e.g. ''γrămaț'' "language" {{IPA|[ɣɾəˈmats]}});
* /l/ is [ɫ] before consonants (e.g. ''mălpa'' "room" [ˈməɫpa]) and geminate /ll/ is [ɬː] (e.g. ''Arvallivăt'' [arˈvaɬːivət]).
* {{IPA|/l/}} is {{IPA|[ɫ]}} before consonants (e.g. ''mălpa'' "room" {{IPA|[ˈməɫpa]}}) and geminate {{IPA|/ll/}} is {{IPA|[ɬː]}} (e.g. ''Arvallivăt'' {{IPA|[arˈvaɬːivət]}}).
 
Note that the Chlouvānem phoneme /ɴ̆/ '''l''' is typically adapted in Qualdomelic as /q/ word-initially and as /ŋ/ otherwise; however, in many Yunyalīlti religious words it is adapted as /l/.


===Vowels===
===Vowels===
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* u-: /uə̯/ '''uă'''
* u-: /uə̯/ '''uă'''


Hiatuses are usually permitted - see e.g. ''căiši'' "<small>N/M.PL/F.PL</small> of" /kəˈiʃi/, ''nănngiup'' "passage" /nəŋːiˈup/.
Hiatuses are usually permitted - see e.g. ''căiši'' "<small>N/M.PL/F.PL</small> of" {{IPA|/kəˈiʃi/}}, ''nănngiup'' "passage" {{IPA|/nəŋːiˈup/}}.


===Prosody===
===Prosody===
====Stress====
====Stress====
Stress is phonemic and unmarked in the orthography. The most common position is on the penultimate (e.g. ''vẹfnăro'' "sleep" /vɛʊ̯ˈnəro/; ''cwalăš'' "apple" /ˈkwaləʃ/), but words ending in stops or affricates are usually stressed on the last syllable (e.g. ''γrămaț'' "language" /ɣrəˈmats/, ''ivulit'' "sea" /ivuˈlit/).
Stress is phonemic and unmarked in the orthography. The most common position is on the penultimate (e.g. ''vẹfnăro'' "sleep" {{IPA|/vɛʊ̯ˈnəro/}}; ''cwalăš'' "apple" {{IPA|/ˈkwaləʃ/}}), but words ending in stops or affricates are usually stressed on the last syllable (e.g. ''γrămaț'' "language" {{IPA|/ɣrəˈmats/}}, ''ivulit'' "sea" {{IPA|/ivuˈlit/}}).


Compound stress is usually on the last element, but if the last element is stressed on the first syllable and the preceding element is stressed on the last, then the last syllable of the penultimate element is stressed - as in the toponym ''Arvallivăt'' /arˈvallivət/ from ''arvan'' /arˈvan/ "red" and ''livăt'' /ˈlivət/ "castle" (the latter among the few common words ending in a stop which are not stressed on the last syllable).
Compound stress is usually on the last element, but if the last element is stressed on the first syllable and the preceding element is stressed on the last, then the last syllable of the penultimate element is stressed - as in the toponym ''Arvallivăt'' {{IPA|/arˈvallivət/}} from ''arvan'' {{IPA|/arˈvan/}} "red" and ''livăt'' {{IPA|/ˈlivət/}} "castle" (the latter among the few common words ending in a stop which are not stressed on the last syllable).


====Intonation====
====Intonation====
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* s z → h
* s z → h
* f → ∅ (orth. ''fh'')
* f → ∅ (orth. ''fh'')
* v cw → w (orth. ''wh'')
* v cw → w (orth. ''wh'')<ref>Mutated '''wh''' represents /w/, but the same digraph represents /f/ when occurring in roots, e.g. in ''whădoț'' [fəˈdots] "to see".</ref>
* h → ăh-
* h → ăh-
* ț x → s z
* ț x → s z
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The hardening mutation has the following effects:
The hardening mutation has the following effects:
* p t k → b d g
* p t k → b d g
* ț → x
* b d g → mm nn nng
* b d g → mm nn nng
* s z → z ṛ (the latter orth. ''ṛz'')
* s z → z ṛ (the latter orth. ''ṛz'')
* f → pf
* f → pf (if orth. ''wh'' → ''phw'')
* v → nwh /ŋw/
* v → nwh /ŋw/
* h → q (orth. ''qh'')
* h → q (orth. ''qh'')
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==Morphology==
==Morphology==
===Nouns===
Qualdomelic nouns are uninflected, but number is among the information encoded by the article. There are four articles for each noun class: a singular, a plural, a "universal" article (translated with "all" in examples), and a "partitive" article (translated with "some" in examples). Their forms (and triggered mutations) vary:
{| class="wikitable" style="textalign:center"
|-
! Class !! Singular !! Plural !! Universal !! Partitive
|-
! Masculine
| toj || tăjț || toc || ăso
|-
! Feminine
| taʰ || tajγ || tănc || ăšiʰ
|-
! Neuter
| iăⁿ || ing || irăⁿ || ăjuⁿ
|}
Examples:
: ''luăchwhjen'' /lu(ə̯)jen/ "book, a book" – ''toj luăchwhjen'' "the book" – ''tăjț luăchwhjen'' "the books" – ''toc luăchwhjen'' "all the books" – ''ăso luăchwhjen'' "some books"
: ''biăm'' /biə̯m/ "tree, a tree" – ''ta viăm'' "the tree" – ''tajγ biăm'' "the trees" – ''tănc biăm'' "all the trees" – ''ăši viăm'' "some trees"
: ''fendur'' /ˈfendur/ "day, a day" – ''iă pfendur'' "the day" – ''ing fendur'' "the days" – ''iră pfendur'' "all the days" – ''ăju pfendur'' "some days"
Note that articles are repeated before all elements in a noun phrase, e.g. ''ta whalăš ta arvan'' "the red apple", ''toc tiăda toc țigulic'' "all the calm mornings".
====Possession====
Possessed nouns are marked by a following postposition which varies according to the gender and number of the possessed noun. The masculine singular form is '''căd''', the feminine singular one is '''ceda''', while the one used for neuters and all plurals is '''căiši'''. This does not apply when the possessor is coincident with a third person pronoun, in which case there is a special suffix to use (see table below).
Some nouns, on the other hand, have a completely different possessed form and never use the possessive particle. The most common examples are '''camiuq''' "son" and '''camẹnă''' "daughter", which have the possessed forms ''jamwhaʰ'' "son of..." and ''jamhniʰ'' "daughter of...".
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Pronominal possessive suffixes
|-
! Person/number !! Suffix !! Example
|-
! 1SG
| -ur || ''dẹljur'' "my house"
|-
! 2SG
| -ed || ''ronuqed'' "your sword"
|-
! 3SG
| -(j)e || ''fẹctăse'' "his/her window"
|-
! 1PL incl.
| -uăre || ''γăljẹuăre'' "our cat"
|-
! 1PL excl.
| -erel || ''whejnraerel'' "our city"
|-
! 2PL
| -ăjde || ''luăchwhjenăjde'' "your book"
|-
! 3PL
| -ăjm || ''mălpaăjm'' "their room"
|}
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Nouns in Kalurilut belong to up to 6 (or 12, counting plural ones as distinct) noun classes, mostly allocated semantically. Each class is distinguished by a prefix used for nouns, adjectives, and some prepositions, another one used for subjects of verbs, and a further one used for verbal direct objects.
Nouns in Kalurilut belong to up to 6 (or 12, counting plural ones as distinct) noun classes, mostly allocated semantically. Each class is distinguished by a prefix used for nouns, adjectives, and some prepositions, another one used for subjects of verbs, and a further one used for verbal direct objects.
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Further numbers are simple juxtapositions, written as separate words, e.g. 101<sub>12</sub> ''nichẹng sọr'', 179<sub>12</sub> ''nichẹng kow-u-sețengmamej'', 200<sub>12</sub> ''nad nichẹng'', 8ᘔ5 ''naze nnichẹng but-u-urăngmamej'', etc.<br/>
Further numbers are simple juxtapositions, written as separate words, e.g. 101<sub>12</sub> ''nichẹng sọr'', 179<sub>12</sub> ''nichẹng kow-u-sețengmamej'', 200<sub>12</sub> ''nad nichẹng'', 8ᘔ5 ''naze nnichẹng but-u-urăngmamej'', etc.<br/>
Higher numbers still follow the Chlouvānem system: 1.000<sub>12</sub> is ''tingda''; 1.00.000<sub>12</sub> is a ''rajț''; 1.00.00.000<sub>12</sub> a ''qangărajț''; 1.00.00.00.000<sub>12</sub> a ''tăjskawț'' (or simply ''nichẹng qangărajț''), and 1.00.00.00.00.000 a ''qangtăjskawț'' (or ''mamej nichẹng qangărajț'').
Higher numbers still follow the Chlouvānem system: 1.000<sub>12</sub> is ''tingda''; 1.00.000<sub>12</sub> is a ''rajț''; 1.00.00.000<sub>12</sub> a ''qangărajț''; 1.00.00.00.000<sub>12</sub> a ''tăjskawț'' (or simply ''nichẹng qangărajț''), and 1.00.00.00.00.000 a ''qangtăjskawț'' (or ''mamej tingda qangărajț'').


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==Vocabulary==
==Vocabulary==
===Imuniguro-Xenic stock===
Qualdomelic is one of the main Imuniguro-Xenic languages, that is, those with a high number of Chlouvānem loans with regular sound correspondences (save for, in stress-timed Qualdomelic and [[Kuyugwazian]], sporadic unstressed vowel reduction) and using Chlouvānem roots and words for building new words. This table shows the sound correspondences between Chlouvānem and Imuniguro-Xenic Qualdomelic:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! [[Chlouvānem]] !! Qualdomelic<br/>(early religious loans) !! Qualdomelic<br/>(Imuniguro-Xenic)
|-
! m
| colspan=2 | m
|-
! n, ṇ
| colspan=2 | n
|-
! ñ
| n || nj
|-
! ṃ
| colspan=2 | ng
|-
! p, ph
| colspan=2 | p
|-
! t, th, ṭ, ṭh
| colspan=2 | t
|-
! c, ch
| colspan=2 | ț
|-
! k
| rowspan=2 | c || c
|-
! kh
| ch
|-
! ɂ
| colspan=2 | ∅
|-
! ƾ
| colspan=2 | q
|-
! b, bh
| colspan=2 | b
|-
! d, dh, ḍ, ḍh
| colspan=2 | d
|-
! j, jh
| colspan=2 | x
|-
! g
| rowspan=2 | g || g
|-
! gh
| γ
|-
! s
| colspan=2 | s<br/>∅ (as part of -Vs direct case endings)
|-
! ṣ, š
| colspan=2 | š
|-
! h
| ch || h (word-initially)<br/>ch<br/>∅ (as part of -Vh direct case endings)
|-
! ħ
| colspan=2 | ch
|-
! v
| colspan=2 | w
|-
! y
| colspan=2 | j
|-
! r
| colspan=2 | r<br/>ṛ (before a retroflex consonant)
|-
! l
| l || q (word-initially)<br/>ng
|-
! i, į, ī
| colspan=2 | i
|-
! u, ų, ū
| colspan=2 | u
|-
! e, ę, ē
| colspan=2 | e<br/>ă (after a long vowel)
|-
! o
| o || rowspan=2 | o
|-
! å
| ọ
|-
! æ, ǣ
| colspan=2 | ẹ
|-
! a, ą, ā
| colspan=2 | a<br/>ă (after a long vowel, and often when connecting two parts of a compound word; word-finally in -ah endings)<br/>∅ (as part of -as endings)
|-
! ai, ąi
| colspan=2 | aj<br/>ăj (before or after a long vowel)
|-
! ei, ęi
| colspan=2 | ej
|-
! oe
| colspan=2 | oă
|-
! au, ąu
| colspan=2 | aw<br/>ăw (before or after a long vowel)
|-
! ṛ, ṝ
| colspan=2 | ră
|}
Note that Chlouvānem short vowels apart from '''a''' usually fall word-finally; note that word-final '''a''' is not reduced to '''ă''' after a long vowel. Some examples of Imuniguro-Xenic vocabulary:
* ''yunyalīlta'' → ''junjălilta'' ([[Verse:Yunyalīlta|Yunyalīlta]])
* ''lillamurḍhyā'' → ''lilamuṛdjá'' (Lillamurḍhyā)
* ''lārvājuṣa'' → ''larwaxuša'' (Yunyalīlti temple)
* ''līvas'' → ''qiw'' (apartment)
* ''ṣarivāṇa'' → ''šariwana'', rare alt. ''šarăwana'' (State)
* ''haloe'' (name) → ''hangoă'' (signature)
* ''juṃšañāña'' → ''xungšanjanja'' (diocese)
* ''ṣramāṇa'' → ''šăramana'' (province)
* ''maišildāryai'' → ''majšildarjăj'' (exhibition grounds) <small>(pl. tantum in Chl., sing. in Quald.)</small>
* ''kamelšītah'' → ''kamengšită'' (hall)
* ''jānilšeidah'' → ''xaningšejdă'' ([[Verse:Chlouvānem_Inquisition#Monastic_Orders_and_Legions|legion]])
* ''dhurvālāṇa'' → ''durwangana'' (police)
* ''pahēšhānī'' → ''pachešchaní'' (Liturgical College)
===Time===
===Time===
→ ''See also: [[Chlouvānem/Calendar and time|Chlouvānem calendar]]''
→ ''See also: [[Chlouvānem/Calendar and time|Chlouvānem calendar]]''
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The modern Qualdomelic calendar, as well as time reckoning, is essentially the same as the Chlouvānem one.  
The modern Qualdomelic calendar, as well as time reckoning, is essentially the same as the Chlouvānem one.  


The fourteen months of the year are:
The fourteen months (''asenă'') of the year are:
# ''mangdaparnaj'' (Māltapārṇāvi)
# ''mangdaparnaj'' (Māltapārṇāvi)
# ''canămpraț'' (Kanamiprātas)
# ''canămpraț'' (Kanamiprātas)
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# ''muqqase'' (Murkāsena)
# ''muqqase'' (Murkāsena)
# ''bušpraț'' (Būṃṣprātas)
# ''bušpraț'' (Būṃṣprātas)
# ''qangjan'' (Laliāñaiṭa)
# ''qangjan'' (Lalyāñaiṭa)
# ''brawsase'' (Brausāsena)
# ''brawsase'' (Brausāsena)
# ''chejra'' (Mailaheirah)
# ''chejra'' (Mailaheirah)
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# ''ilamjase'' (Īlāmyasena)
# ''ilamjase'' (Īlāmyasena)
# ''hẹngvjase'' (Hælvyāsena)
# ''hẹngvjase'' (Hælvyāsena)
# ''țamimẹț'' (Camimæchliė)
# ''țamirada'' (Camirādhās)
 
The main divisions of time are:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! English !! Qualdomelic !! Equivalent to !! rough Earthly approximation
|-
! Year
| šlăwhelẹc || 418 Calemerian days || 609.6 Earth days
|-
! Day
| fendur || 28<sub>12</sub> (32<sub>10</sub>) hours || ~35 hours
|-
! Hour
| garăn || 3 naxamamăljo <br/>60<sub>12</sub> (72<sub>10</sub>) răng || ~65 min ~37 sec
|-
! <small>''group of "minutes"''</small>
| naxamamăljo || 20<sub>12</sub> (24<sub>10</sub>) răng || ~21 min ~52 sec
|-
! "Minute"
| răng || ''(base unit)''  || ~54.6805 sec
|-
! "Second"
| namišoă || 1/40<sub>12</sub> (1/48<sub>10</sub>) răng  || ~1.8986 sec
|-
! <small>1/12 of a "second"</small>
| (namišoă ceda) săgămamej || 1/10<sub>12</sub> (1/12<sub>10</sub>) namišoă || ~0.1582 sec
|-
! <small>1/144 of a "second"</small>
| (namišoă ceda) săgănichẹng || 1/100<sub>12</sub> (1/144<sub>10</sub>) namišoă || ~0.0131 sec
|-
! <small>1/1728 of a "second"</small>
| (namišoă ceda) săgătingda || 1/1000<sub>12</sub> (1/1728<sub>10</sub>) namišoă || ~1.0987 ms
|}
 
The whole territory of Qualdomailor lies in time zone LIL−3 (<small>AKA</small> Qualdomelic Time), that is, three hours behind the reference meridian of Līlasuṃghāṇa, capital of the Inquisition. In the Cerian/Western standard, this time zone is noted as CER+9:53′40″<sub>10</sub> - about 9¾ hours ahead of the Western reference meridian of Mánébodin, capital of Ceria.


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