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{{Infobox language | {{Infobox language | ||
|name = Skyrdagor | |name = Skyrdagor | ||
|nativename = skyrdegan gjalyn | |nativename = skyrdegan gjalyn | ||
|pronunciation = | |pronunciation = ɧu͡ɯ˞ˈdeːɜ̯n ɟ͡ʝæ͡ɑɮɯn | ||
| | |state = Skyrdagor, Gorjan, Arkjatar, Aksalbor, Karynaktja, Askand, Tulfasysz, Ylvostydh, Qorfurkweo, Lajsmelik, Byrzsysztav, Cselsengeg, Ajverzsiv | ||
|region = Greater Skyrdagor | |region = Greater Skyrdagor | ||
|ethnicity = Skyrdagoreans (Skyrdogrylih) | |ethnicity = Skyrdagoreans (Skyrdogrylih) | ||
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|date = 2312 / 6424 | |date = 2312 / 6424 | ||
|setting = Calémere | |setting = Calémere | ||
|familycolor = | |familycolor = Sino-Tibetan | ||
|fam1 = [[Fargulyn languages]] | |fam1 = [[Fargulyn languages]] | ||
|fam2 = Karaskyr | |fam2 = Karaskyr | ||
|fam3 = Skyrdagorian | |fam3 = Skyrdagorian | ||
|creator = | |creator = User:Lili21 | ||
|created = Feb 2017 | |created = Feb 2017 | ||
| | |scripts = Skyrdegan script | ||
|nation = Skyrdagor, Gorjan, Arkjatar, Aksalbor, Karynaktja, Askand, Tulfasysz, Ylvostydh, | |nation = Skyrdagor, Gorjan, Arkjatar, Aksalbor, Karynaktja, Askand, Tulfasysz, Ylvostydh, Qorfurkweo, Lajsmelik, Byrzsysztav, Cselsengeg, Ajverzsiv | ||
|agency = | |agency = | ||
|image = Flag of Skyrdagor.png | |image = Flag of Skyrdagor.png | ||
|imagealt | |imagealt = Flag of Skyrdagor | ||
}} | }} | ||
The '''Skyrdagor''' language (native name '''Skyrdegan gjalyn''' {{IPA|[ɧu͡ɯ˞deːɜ̯n ɟ͡ʝæ͡ɑɮɯn]}}) is the koiné language of ''Greater Skyrdagor'' ({{IPA|[ɧu͡ɯ˞dɒː˞]}}, in Sky. ''gilyjlydh Skyrdagor'' {{IPA|[ɟ͡ʝiɮʊɪ̯ɮɘː ɧu͡ɯ˞dɒː˞]}}), a plurinational area on the planet of [[Verse:Calémere|Calémere]], in northeastern Márusúturon, once part of the Skyrdagor Empire. It is the official language in all countries of this area, as well as a minority language in Brono ('' | The '''Skyrdagor''' language (native name '''Skyrdegan gjalyn''' {{IPA|[ɧu͡ɯ˞deːɜ̯n ɟ͡ʝæ͡ɑɮɯn]}}) is the koiné language of ''Greater Skyrdagor'' ({{IPA|[ɧu͡ɯ˞dɒː˞]}}, in Sky. ''gilyjlydh Skyrdagor'' {{IPA|[ɟ͡ʝiɮʊɪ̯ɮɘː ɧu͡ɯ˞dɒː˞]}}), a plurinational area on the planet of [[Verse:Calémere|Calémere]], in northeastern Márusúturon, once part of the Skyrdagor Empire. It is the official language in all countries of this area, as well as a minority language in Brono (''Baravn''), Qualdomailor (''Kaldhyvmal''), and the [[Verse:Chlouvānem Inquisition|Inquisition]] (''Snevanemfocsiv''). It is one - and by far the most spoken - of the [[Fargulyn languages]]. | ||
Written Skyrdagor, usually referred to as ''International Skyrdagor'' (''szelyhtonggyrhin Skyrdegan gjalyn'' {{IPA|[sɛɮɯxtoŋɣɯ˞xin ɧu͡ɯ˞deːɜ̯n ɟ͡ʝæ͡ɑɮɯn]}}), is a standardized Dachsprache for most of the Skyrdagorian languages, which are the local, usually mutually intelligible, languages of most countries of Greater Skyrdagor. It is based mostly on the Skyrdegan dialect of ''Tol Sakszyv'' {{IPA|[tɔɮ ʃɑksuː]}}, former imperial capital and modern-day capital of the Republic of Skyrdagor. | Written Skyrdagor, usually referred to as ''International Skyrdagor'' (''szelyhtonggyrhin Skyrdegan gjalyn'' {{IPA|[sɛɮɯxtoŋɣɯ˞xin ɧu͡ɯ˞deːɜ̯n ɟ͡ʝæ͡ɑɮɯn]}}), is a standardized Dachsprache for most of the Skyrdagorian languages, which are the local, usually mutually intelligible, languages of most countries of Greater Skyrdagor. It is based mostly on the Skyrdegan dialect of ''Tol Sakszyv'' {{IPA|[tɔɮ ʃɑksuː]}}, former imperial capital and modern-day capital of the Republic of Skyrdagor. | ||
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==Greater Skyrdagor== | ==Greater Skyrdagor== | ||
[[File:Greater-Skyrdagor.png|thumb|Map of the macroregion of Greater Skyrdagor. | [[File:Greater-Skyrdagor.png|thumb|Map of the macroregion of Greater Skyrdagor. Qorfurkweo is sometimes included as 38% of its population is ethnically Skyrdegan.]] | ||
'''Skyrdagor''' {{IPA|[ɧu͡ɯ˞dɒː˞]}} proper is an archipelago nation, made up of the islands in the Skyrdagor Inner Sea. The central and largest island, ''Tuf Kjegesmeth'' {{IPA|[tup͡f c͡çeːɛ̯ʃmɛθ]}}, is the most populated and the cradle of Skyrdagor civilization. On it lies ''Tol Sakszyv'' {{IPA|[tɔɮ ʃɑksuː]}}, the former imperial capital, the present-day capital of Skyrdagor, and the largest city of Greater Skyrdagor. Almost all islands are divided in two large areas: a narrow northwestern coast, usually cold and windy due to polar winds flowing south and reaching them, and a much more vast southeastern plain where most of each island’s population lie. | '''Skyrdagor''' {{IPA|[ɧu͡ɯ˞dɒː˞]}} proper is an archipelago nation, made up of the islands in the Skyrdagor Inner Sea. The central and largest island, ''Tuf Kjegesmeth'' {{IPA|[tup͡f c͡çeːɛ̯ʃmɛθ]}}, is the most populated and the cradle of Skyrdagor civilization. On it lies ''Tol Sakszyv'' {{IPA|[tɔɮ ʃɑksuː]}}, the former imperial capital, the present-day capital of Skyrdagor, and the largest city of Greater Skyrdagor. Almost all islands are divided in two large areas: a narrow northwestern coast, usually cold and windy due to polar winds flowing south and reaching them, and a much more vast southeastern plain where most of each island’s population lie. | ||
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'''Karynaktja''' {{IPA|[kar(ɯ)natʃa]}} is the most populated country of Greater Skyrdagor, thanks to the large alluvial plain of the ''Gjolvyr'' {{IPA|[ɟ͡ʝo͡ɔɮvu͡ɯ˞]}} river that makes up most of the country, apart for the ''Ratszan'' {{IPA|[ratsan]}} mountains in the north (just south and parallel to the 50th parallel north) and the colder coast north of it. The climate in most of Karynaktja, thanks to these mountains that shelter it from the winds from the polar regions to the north, has more in common with the central and southern islands of Skyrdagor (Tol Sakszyv being roughly on the same latitude as central Karynaktja) and the southern countries than to the subarctic ones to the north, being markedly mediterranean on the coast and continental inland (central-southern France being the closest example on Earth). | '''Karynaktja''' {{IPA|[kar(ɯ)natʃa]}} is the most populated country of Greater Skyrdagor, thanks to the large alluvial plain of the ''Gjolvyr'' {{IPA|[ɟ͡ʝo͡ɔɮvu͡ɯ˞]}} river that makes up most of the country, apart for the ''Ratszan'' {{IPA|[ratsan]}} mountains in the north (just south and parallel to the 50th parallel north) and the colder coast north of it. The climate in most of Karynaktja, thanks to these mountains that shelter it from the winds from the polar regions to the north, has more in common with the central and southern islands of Skyrdagor (Tol Sakszyv being roughly on the same latitude as central Karynaktja) and the southern countries than to the subarctic ones to the north, being markedly mediterranean on the coast and continental inland (central-southern France being the closest example on Earth). | ||
'''Byrzsysztav''' {{IPA|[bɯ˞ʒɯstɔː]}} is the smallest country in Greater Skyrdagor and the least populated (however, quite densely populated when compared to most), an inland country south of Arkjatar and southeast of Cselsengeg, also bordering Ajversziv to the south and | '''Byrzsysztav''' {{IPA|[bɯ˞ʒɯstɔː]}} is the smallest country in Greater Skyrdagor and the least populated (however, quite densely populated when compared to most), an inland country south of Arkjatar and southeast of Cselsengeg, also bordering Ajversziv to the south and C′ı̨bedǫ́s to the east. It is mostly hilly and rural. | ||
'''Tulfasysz''' {{IPA|[tuɮɑʃɯs]}} is a mid-sized landlocked country , and it is made up by three different river basins - one draining in the northern Inner Sea through Cselsengeg, Byrzsysztav, and Arkjatar, another into the southern Inner Sea through Karynaktja, and the third into the endorheic ''Plezyth'' {{IPA|[pɬɛzɯθ]}} inland lake, shared with Gorjan and the Chlouvānem Inquisition. It has the driest climate of all Skyrdegan countries, with many grasslands, but the abundant freshwater still supports a relatively large population. | '''Tulfasysz''' {{IPA|[tuɮɑʃɯs]}} is a mid-sized landlocked country , and it is made up by three different river basins - one draining in the northern Inner Sea through Cselsengeg, Byrzsysztav, and Arkjatar, another into the southern Inner Sea through Karynaktja, and the third into the endorheic ''Plezyth'' {{IPA|[pɬɛzɯθ]}} inland lake, shared with Gorjan and the Chlouvānem Inquisition. It has the driest climate of all Skyrdegan countries, with many grasslands, but the abundant freshwater still supports a relatively large population. | ||
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==Orthography== | ==Orthography== | ||
Skyrdagor is written in an alphabetic, caseless script. By number of languages, it is the third most used script on Calémere (after the Íscégon and the Nivarese scripts) and the most used Eastern one; by number of users, it is the fourth globally and the second Eastern one (the Chlouvānem script has more users than it and the Nivarese one). It is used all throughout Greater Skyrdagor and adapted versions of it are used for Bronic, Fathanic<ref>The Brono-Fathanic version of the Skyrdegan script uses a different, and more archaic, version of the glyph for '''r'''.</ref>, | Skyrdagor is written in an alphabetic, caseless script. By number of languages, it is the third most used script on Calémere (after the Íscégon and the Nivarese scripts) and the most used Eastern one; by number of users, it is the fourth globally and the second Eastern one (the Chlouvānem script has more users than it and the Nivarese one). It is used all throughout Greater Skyrdagor and adapted versions of it are used for Bronic, Fathanic<ref>The Brono-Fathanic version of the Skyrdegan script uses a different, and more archaic, version of the glyph for '''r'''.</ref>, Čathísǫ̃́g, and various indigenous languages of northern Márusúturon. The [[Qualdomelic|Qualdomelic script]] derives from an earlier version of the Skyrdegan script which has not undergone some later simplifications and is traditionally printed (and typed) in a more rounded font, but they're mostly mutually intellegible. | ||
===Spellings of vowels=== | ===Spellings of vowels=== | ||
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! ig | ! ig | ||
| /ex/ in Askandor, /ɛx/ or /ɛɣ/ in Ylvostyzdor | | /ex/ in Askandor, /ɛx/ or /ɛɣ/ in Ylvostyzdor | ||
|- | |||
! ega, iga | |||
| /eː.a/ || | |||
|- | |- | ||
! if | ! if | ||
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| /c͡ç/ || colspan=2 | — | | /c͡ç/ || colspan=2 | — | ||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! kszj | ||
| /tʃ/ || colspan=2 | — | | /tʃ/ || colspan=2 | — | ||
|- | |- | ||
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|- | |- | ||
! v | ! v | ||
| /v/ || colspan=2 | <small>see ''Spellings of vowels''</small> | | /v/<br/>/f/ (Ajversziver and southern Byrzsysztavor, word-initially) || colspan=2 | <small>see ''Spellings of vowels''</small> | ||
|- | |- | ||
! th | ! th | ||
| /θ/ || colspan=2 | /θ/<br/>/x/ (Askandor) | | /θ/<br/>/s/ (Gorjonur) || colspan=2 | /θ/<br/>/x/ (Askandor)<br/>/t/ (Gorjonur) | ||
|- | |- | ||
! dh | ! dh | ||
| /ð/ || colspan=2 | <small>see ''Spellings of vowels''</small> | | /ð/<br/>/z/ (Gorjonur) || colspan=2 | <small>see ''Spellings of vowels''</small> | ||
|- | |- | ||
! h | ! h | ||
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|- | |- | ||
! s | ! s | ||
| colspan=3 | /ʃ/ | | colspan=3 | /ʃ/<br/>/ɕ/ (Ajversziver, before orth. '''i y e''')<br/>/s/ (Ajversziver, unless before orth. '''i y e''') | ||
|- | |- | ||
! sk | ! sk | ||
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Most Skyrdagor nouns only inflect for two cases (absolutive and ergative), with no number marking on the nouns themselves; generic quantifiers or numbers with classifiers are used instead. Note, though, that some irregular nouns have a third, fossilized, oblique form (used with most adpositions), and there are some apparent singular/plural pairs, which are however usually analyzed as distinct lemmas.<br/>Each noun is defined as naturally animate or inanimate, something that has a notable effect on the whole grammar – inanimate nouns do not exist in the ergative case. | Most Skyrdagor nouns only inflect for two cases (absolutive and ergative), with no number marking on the nouns themselves; generic quantifiers or numbers with classifiers are used instead. Note, though, that some irregular nouns have a third, fossilized, oblique form (used with most adpositions), and there are some apparent singular/plural pairs, which are however usually analyzed as distinct lemmas.<br/>Each noun is defined as naturally animate or inanimate, something that has a notable effect on the whole grammar – inanimate nouns do not exist in the ergative case. | ||
Some Skyrdagor nouns feature obligatory possession, for example the stem ''bajn-'' (mother) cannot occur without a possessive suffix, i.e. ''bajnym'' "my mother", ''bajnth'' "your (<small>M</small>) mother". Most are common stems, such as ''fon-'' (father), ''szyks-'' (leg), ''ljav-'' (head) | Some Skyrdagor nouns feature obligatory possession, for example the stem ''bajn-'' (mother) cannot occur without a possessive suffix, i.e. ''bajnym'' "my mother", ''bajnth'' "your (<small>M</small>) mother". Most are common stems, such as ''fon-'' (father), ''szyks-'' (leg), ''ljav-'' (head). | ||
The only inflection in contemporary Skyrdagor – the ergative, as the absolutive is unmarked – is agglutinative, but the last consonant and, sometimes, the last vowel, determines the shape of the suffix: | The only inflection in contemporary Skyrdagor – the ergative, as the absolutive is unmarked – is agglutinative, but the last consonant and, sometimes, the last vowel, determines the shape of the suffix: | ||