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Rencadian ('' | '''Rencadian''' (เร็งกาทฃวงฃ์ว ''Rengkaatkhwong'', เท็งขะมิฬก ''Rengkaatmilok'') or '''Raxic''' (รกข- ''Rokkha-'' from Thens. ''Raxa-'') is an a priori conlang inspired by Thai, spoken in the Irquhadoonian country of Rokkhachhaam. It is unrelated to its main superstrate languages, [[Thensarian]] and [[Ramanujan]], which it borrows from with phonotactic restrictions similar to Indic vocabulary in Thai. These strata in the Rencadian lexicon are natively termed เฒงษรพกษภ ''Thengsornphoksop'' and งอมอณุยณพกษภ ''Ngormornuyonphoksop'' 'Thensarian/Ramanujan borrowings' respectively, or informally เฒงษรมิฬก ''Thengsornmilok'' and งอมอณุยณมิฬก ''Ngormornuyonmilok'' 'Thensarian/Ramanujan words'. | ||
== | == Lexicon == | ||
* Queen Mornkhairee | |||
* ''jaroen'' 'time (occurrence)' | |||
* ''phon, phal-'' 'human' (<- *wala) | |||
* ''kaphetcha-'' = to complain | |||
* ''hôkutpôkut / hôkutbôkut'' 'unintelligible' | |||
* ''kwakungkwasit'' (''Thengsornmilok'') 'irrelevant' | |||
* Khatrêp ''a name'' (from Xatrēpus) | |||
* Roppakhao ''a name'' (Rappagavus) | |||
* Rarûenraruereet ''a name'' (fake Thensarian, "Rṝrrṛrys") | |||
* Chhaphriwok 'Jabberwocky' (fake Thensarian, "Jabṛvacis") | |||
* ''saphêraa'' 'the world tree ''Sphērā'' in Thensarian myth' (sephirah, sphaira) | |||
== Phonology == | |||
=== Intonation === | |||
Unlike Thai, Rencadian is not tonal; however, it uses some intonational patterns inspired by Thai, like pronouncing pausal long vowels as [VːV]: | |||
* ''Bôthadee!'' /boːtʰadiː/ [boːtʰɐdíːì] 'Listen!' | |||
* ''Rengkaatkhwong ongmaikhwongkhwamorn.'' /tʰeŋkʰakʰwoŋ oŋmajkʰwoŋkʰwamɔːn/ [tʰeŋkʰɐkʰwoŋ ʔoŋmajkʰwoŋkʰwɐmɔ́ːɔ̀n] 'Rencadian is my mother tongue.' | |||
== | == Orthography == | ||
Rencadian uses the Thai script. Native /d t t{{asp}} n l s/ use the dental series, while Thensarian and Ramanujan loanwords use the retroflex series for these sounds. | |||
Rencadian is | == Morphology == | ||
=== Nouns === | |||
Plural ''-orn'', from ''*-ar'': | |||
* ''milok'' 'word, speech' (from Thensarian ''milacus'') → ''milakorn'' | |||
* ''khwong'' 'language' (from Thensarian ''quhanquhus'') → ''khwongkhworn'' | |||
* ''phon'' 'human' (from older native Rencadian ''*vala'') → ''phalorn'' | |||
Pluralization is optional and is not used with numbers or quantifiers, but is near-obligatory with animates. | |||
The copula is suffixed ''-am-'' or postposed ''am-'': | |||
''Yong Rokkhaphalamorn. / Yong Rokkhaphon amorn'' = 1SG Raxan_person(-)COP-PRES = 'I am a Raxan.' | |||
== Verbs == | |||
*The present tense is marked with ''-orn''. | |||
*The imperative is ''-dee'' or dialectally ''-thee''. | |||
Example: ''Ongmilok bôthadee!'' 'Listen to what I say!' | |||
== Pronouns == | |||
(independent/possessive): | |||
* 1sg ''yong, ong-'' | |||
* 1sg+2sg ''phiboon, boon-'' | |||
* 2sg ''phee/phanee, phi-'' | |||
* 3sg ''lai, ra-'' | |||
* Plural is marked with a(n)- affixed to the singular: anong/anong-, aphee/aphi-, alai/ara- | |||