An updated and most recent version of what I have of the language.
Alder'inian - The Ancient Tongue/Language/Word
[ahl der inn ee ahn]
(Date of conception: June 2017)
It is a lost language, yet many of Alder's most ancient of cities, structures, creatures, and natural formations are named in Alder'inian.
On creating proper nouns:
(a) = n... (e) = d...
On plurals:
Uhhh... So far there are no plurals except for people.
Stuff:
en = ing
On pronunciation:
a = a ('ah' if surrounded by, preceded, or followed by consonants, with some dialect exceptions)
aa = ay
ay = a/ay
ae = ay
re = ree/ray
eye =
ya = yah
ia = ee-ah
e = eh
ai = eye
ie = ee
ei = i
i = ee
u = oo
are = air
eo =
o = o
Words:
Shaler - taken [shahl err ]
Aeseil - lived [ay zil]
Veil - for [vil]
Blud - blood [blood(long o]
Sessin - clothed [zehss een]
Sessi - cloth [zehss ee]
Fre - feed/eat [freh]
Ena - past tense [eh nah]
Srandien - hands [zrahn deen]
Sranda - hand [zrahn dah]
Qil - will [kill]
Deis - rest [deiez]
Van - from [vahn]
Sin - in [zeen]
Sun - by [zoon]
Gai - well [geye]
Manie - meet [mah nee]
Man - met [mahn]
Nien - little [neen]
Briena - book [bree nah]
igienra - idiot/fool [ig een rah]
Shrien - children [shreen]
Shri - child [shree]
Aara - feather [air-ah]
Ana - hope [ahnah]
Aeva - dove [ay vah]
Una - and [oonah]
Eil - (possessive pronoun) my, mine, yours, theirs, etc... usually follows the object of possession [ill]
Leit(ling) - birth(ing) [light (ling)]
Lein - born [line]
Die - day [dee]
Alder - ancient/elder/old [ahl der]
Inian - language/speak/tongue/word [in ahn]
Sie- I/me [zee/see]
Sa - you [zah/sah]
Sass - sand [zahs/sass]
Erine - city [err ine]
Neria - a connotation for negativity (no, never, not, do not, zero, are not, etc...) [near ah] Modifier. Goes before the word it is modifying and connected by a " ' ".
Yarie - a connotation for positivity [yah ree] (yes, will, can, etc...)Modifier. Goes before the word it is modifying and connected by a " ' ". Not always necessary, it's more of a formality or clarification.
Kadi - understand; know [kah dee] goes before the word it is modifying and connected by a " ' ".
Kadiere - knowledge [kah dee ray]
ayre(en) - feel(ing) [ay ree/ray] goes before the word it is modifying and connected by a " ' ".
ayren'kadi - a feeling of understanding; to understand and know [ ay ree/ray kah dee]
raz - fear [rahz]
al - the [ahl]
1*shayta(n) - demon [shay tah(tahn)]
van - lead [vahn]
Kareler(i)/Fëaeler(i) - Fire People [kair el err (ee)/fay ah el er (ee)]
Fëa/Kar - fire [fay ah/kahr]
4* eler(i) - person(people) [el er (ee)]
2*(van)garya(n) - guardian [gahr yah] there is a very slight d sound just before the y
shvart - black (shvahrt)
3* shvartseye(d) - black eye(d) [shvahrt sigh/zigh(d)]
seye - eye [sigh/zigh]
vryl - high [vril] there is a very slight d sound just before the y
ortaw/orttaw/ortta/orta - mountain [ort tah]
ort - rock
taw/ta - home [tah]
tarus - sun [tahr us]
Ort Taw Kareleri - rough translation to "Mountains of the Fire People" people here is inclusive of the dragons that live there as well [ort/tah/kair el er ee ]
Kliana - first hope [klee ahn ah]
Kli - one [klee]
Starcarst -
Shama - sorcerer [shah mah]
Shai - sorceress [shy]
Bakt(a)(i) - stop/halt/yield[bahkt(ah)(ee)]
Apera - open [ah bear ah]
Madraella - mother [mah drah ellah]
1* By adding an 'n' to shayta the word becomes the proper noun 'Shaytan'.
2* in this instance Vangaryan is a species of human appearance. The literal translation is Lead Guardian, 'van' being 'lead' and 'garya' being 'guardian'. By adding an 'n' onto 'garya' it now becomes a proper noun, and thus 'Garyan' is capitalized.
3* By adding a 'd' to 'shvartseye' the word becomes the proper noun, and name of humanoid species Shvartseyed.
4* By adding the 'i' 'eler' becomes 'eleri', this creating the plural of person; people. Not sure how that works yet, but I'll figure it out.
5 If an adverb or adjective modifies a noun the two words are combined with an apostrophe with the modifier coming first.
6 "Yarie" is more commonly used as a formality and is used predominantly in the upper class and upper middle class. The lower classes simply do not use it as it is quicker to exclude the positive connotation and still get the same meaning unless they need it.
Phrases:
Raz al shayta. (Fear the demon. [Hit the t hard for an exclamation])
Sie neria'raz sa. (I do not fear you.[lower pitch when saying raz])
Sie raz sa. (I fear you.)
Neria'sa. (Not you/You won't.)
Yarie'sa. (Yes, you/You will.)
Neria'sie. (Not me/I won't.)
Yarie'sie. (Yes, me/I will.)
Sa neria'alder. (You are not old.)
Sa yarie'alder/Sa alder. (You are old.)
Sie neria'alder. (I am not old.)
Sie yarie'alder/Sie alder. (I am old)
Sie neria'bakti. (I will not yield.)
Sie yarie'bakti/Sie bakti. (I will yield.)
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