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The '''Sintsiran language''' (Sintsiran: ''dánnta sínsireka'') is a language spoken by the Sintsiran people, who live in the Baltics and parts of Central Europe. It is the sole surviving language of the Sintsiric branch of the Indo-European family. The language has a vocabulary that is inherited from Proto-Indo-European, along with words borrowed from Proto-Slavic, Proto-Germanic, Latin, and Koine Greek. This language can be written using the Sintsiran script or the Latin script. | The '''Sintsiran language''' (Sintsiran: ''dánnta sínsireka'') is a language spoken by the Sintsiran people, who live in the Baltics and parts of Central Europe. It is the sole surviving language of the Sintsiric branch of the Indo-European family. The language has a vocabulary that is inherited from Proto-Indo-European, along with words borrowed from Proto-Slavic, Proto-Germanic, Latin, and Koine Greek. This language can be written using the Sintsiran script or the Latin script. | ||
Sintsiran retains many features of Proto-Indo-European, thus there are some similarities between this language and Latin, Ancient Greek, Lithuanian, and Sanskrit. | Sintsiran retains many features of Proto-Indo-European, thus there are some similarities between this language and Latin, Ancient Greek, Lithuanian, and Sanskrit. As such, many have cited Sintsiran as one of, if not, the hardest Indo-European language to learn and be fluent in. | ||
Vocabulary linked '''[https://linguifex.com/wiki/Category:Sintsiran_lemmas here]''' | Vocabulary linked '''[https://linguifex.com/wiki/Category:Sintsiran_lemmas here]''' | ||
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==Orthography== | ==Orthography== | ||
Long vowels are marked with a macron (ā). Stressed short vowels are marked with an acute accent (á). Stressed long vowels are marked with a circumflex (â). | Long vowels are marked with a macron (ā). Stressed short vowels are marked with an acute accent (á). Stressed long vowels are marked with a circumflex (â). The accents are usually not written in common usage, but are used for people learning the language, including children and foreigners. | ||
The sounds /j/ and /w/ are represented by "i" and "u" respectfully, making both letters semivowels. | The sounds /j/ and /w/ are represented by "i" and "u" respectfully, making both letters semivowels. | ||
Because the sound /ʃ/ is not native to Sintsiran, loanwords originally containing this sound get borrowed as as "si" or "s". For example, German ''Schärpe'' became ''[[Contionary:siérpa|<u>si</u>érpa]]'', and French ''douche'' became ''[[Contionary:dúsia|dú<u>si</u>a]]''. | Because the sound /ʃ/ is not native to Sintsiran, loanwords originally containing this sound get borrowed as as "si" or "s". For example, German ''Schärpe'' became ''[[Contionary:siérpa|<u>si</u>érpa]]'', and French ''douche'' became ''[[Contionary:dúsia|dú<u>si</u>a]]''. This tactic is similarly used for other sounds. | ||
==Grammar== | ==Grammar== | ||
===Nominals=== | ===Nominals=== | ||
Sintsiran nouns have four cases: nominative, accusative, genitive, and dative. It also retained all three genders from Proto-Indo-European: masculine, feminine, and neuter. Adjectives are declined by case and gender. There are six different declensions, or broad patterns to decline a noun or adjective. | Sintsiran nouns have four cases: nominative, accusative, genitive, and dative. It also retained all three genders from Proto-Indo-European: masculine, feminine, and neuter. Adjectives are declined by case, number, and gender. There are six different declensions, or broad patterns to decline a noun or adjective. | ||
====First Declension==== | ====First Declension==== | ||