185
edits
Wistanian: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
m
→Honorifics: added the stuff
m (→Script: v v smol typo fix) |
m (→Honorifics: added the stuff) |
||
| Line 730: | Line 730: | ||
Wistanian has a very exciting [[w: Honorifics_(linguistic)|honorific system]] with several unique features. Honorifics are used for almost everyone: familial relationships and close friendships, authorities and superiors, and people who are younger than you. They are often said after a proper noun, take inflectional morphology, and can replace the 2nd person pronouns. | Wistanian has a very exciting [[w: Honorifics_(linguistic)|honorific system]] with several unique features. Honorifics are used for almost everyone: familial relationships and close friendships, authorities and superiors, and people who are younger than you. They are often said after a proper noun, take inflectional morphology, and can replace the 2nd person pronouns. | ||
These honorifics are | The formal honorifics one uses depends on the age and respective rank of the second person: | ||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | |||
! | |||
! Inferior | |||
! Peer | |||
! Superior | |||
|- | |||
! Adult | |||
| ''iz'' | |||
| - | |||
| ''baada'' | |||
|- | |||
! Child | |||
| ''yi / yin'' | |||
| ''yi / yin'' | |||
| ''auzi / auzin'' | |||
|} | |||
Familial honorifics are used among close family members. These honorifics will change depending on culture and sometimes family. Children, in particular, have unique honorifics given by their parents, like a nickname. For example, a boy named Maudu could be given the honorific '''''ravu''''' (fast), and only his parents, aunts/uncles by blood, and grandparents can call him "Maudu Ravu". While his sister Zamara could be Zamara Viyaz (kind) to her parents. | |||
The most common Familial Honorifics are included under Kinship Terms below. | |||
==Semantics== | ==Semantics== | ||