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'''Kodistian''' or '''Karihttaiturrampa''' /koɾiçtɑedul:omba/ is a language isolate spoken in [[Lõis]]'s Okinawa. It's inspired by Tamil, Finnish and Akkadian.
'''Siro''' is a language of Méich Bhaonnáiqh inspired by Akkadian, Hebrew, Tamil and English. It's a consonantal root language with a minimalist aesthetic.


==Phonology==
==Phonology==


Kodistian has the following vowels: '''a i u aa ii uu''', and diphthongs '''ai au iu ui ia ua'''.
Siro has the following vowels: '''a i u aa ii uu''', and diphthongs '''ai au iu ui ia ua'''.


Its consonants are '''p t k m n r h'''.
Its consonants are '''s r k m p t n'''. The consonant sequences rt and rn become geminated retroflex.


==Orthography==
Siro is written in Hangul.


Nowadays Kodistian is written in the Latin alphabet.
==Lexicon==


==History==
*s-m-s: same as Hebrew n-g-d?


Some archeologists think the hieroglyphic script of the Iruttinaama stele, dating back to around 6000 BC, represents a very early form of Kodistian. This would make Kodistian the oldest written language in Lõis.
prepositions: sa- "in", ri- "above", ka- "like", ma- "from", pa- "to", ta- "through, with (instrumental)", ni- "below"
 
A more definite reference to Kodistian is found in a medieval [[Siészal]] play, ____, set in Kodistia.
 
''ak.ma.lum.wu.lan.dam.y.wysz.pa.dy.þyl.an.dat.ty'' (Note: there is no spacing in written Siészal)
 
(In Modern Kodistian: ''aamarum urantam iuhppatirrantatti''
[æ:moɾum uɾondõũ juhpodil:ondot:i])
 
[insert 19th century European traveler's description of Kodistian]


==Grammar==
==Grammar==


Verbs come in many conjugations -- the key is to remember the present tense stem, the past tense stem and the infinitive. Here is narinru 'to see', a typical nasal-stem verb.
English and Semitic elements
 
ia nariim 'I see'
mu narii 'you see'
uran narittan 'he/she sees'
uru narin 'it sees'
iatam nariintam 'we see'
mutam nariittam 'you see'
urantam narittantam 'they see' (animate)
uttam narintam 'they see' (inanimate)
(Notice the consistent plural suffix -tam.)
 
Another example: katanru 'to stand':
kataam, kataa, katattan, katan, kataantam, kataattam, katantam
 
The roots are narin- and katan- respectively. To form the present progressive, add the verb nirru to the root:
narinniram, narinnira, narinnirtan, narinnirta, narinnirantam, narinnirattam, narinnirtantam, narinnirtatam (I am seeing, you are seeing, ...)
katanniram, katannira, ... (I am standing, you are standing, ...)
 
For the past tense, in nasal root verbs, the nasal gets labialized and there is an infix -i-:


narimiim, narimii, narimitan, narimin, narimiintam, narimiittam, narimitantam, narimintam
''asminu'' = I remember


There are also vowel-root verbs: an example is kankaru 'to shine':
''asmānu'' = I remembered


kankaram, kankara, kankatan, kanka, kankarantam, kankarattam, kankatantam, kankatam (in present)
''rasmūnu'' = I have remembered
kankaniram, kankanira, kankanirtan, ... (in present progressive)
kankappam, kankappa, kankaptan, kankapan, ... (in past)


Some verbs are irregular, as in pahttaru 'to eat':
a "pi33el" verb: ''asittiru, asattāru, rasuttūru'' -- default for 4 consonant roots?


patram, patra, pahttatan, pahtta, ... (present)
a "hif3il" verb (saCCaC, saCaCCaC in Siro): asatkamu, asatkamatā, rasatkamatu
pahtaniram, ... (present progressive)
pahttiim, pahttii, pahttitan, pahttin, ... (past)


[[Category:Lõis]]
verbnoun (masdar) affixes: CaCCinku or CaCCaCinku in pa3al, ta- in other binyanim

Latest revision as of 21:05, 5 August 2022

Siro is a language of Méich Bhaonnáiqh inspired by Akkadian, Hebrew, Tamil and English. It's a consonantal root language with a minimalist aesthetic.

Phonology

Siro has the following vowels: a i u aa ii uu, and diphthongs ai au iu ui ia ua.

Its consonants are s r k m p t n. The consonant sequences rt and rn become geminated retroflex.

Siro is written in Hangul.

Lexicon

  • s-m-s: same as Hebrew n-g-d?

prepositions: sa- "in", ri- "above", ka- "like", ma- "from", pa- "to", ta- "through, with (instrumental)", ni- "below"

Grammar

English and Semitic elements

asminu = I remember

asmānu = I remembered

rasmūnu = I have remembered

a "pi33el" verb: asittiru, asattāru, rasuttūru -- default for 4 consonant roots?

a "hif3il" verb (saCCaC, saCaCCaC in Siro): asatkamu, asatkamatā, rasatkamatu

verbnoun (masdar) affixes: CaCCinku or CaCCaCinku in pa3al, ta- in other binyanim

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