Conlang Relay 15/Sora Suraetua

by Lars Finsen

The Text

Hihwaihinaumach dedasa chohiqariht, aharachentawaunaithwana wangurautha qamhanan olthwawqemachnaberesader. Hihwainawa wanagasedir ihischendumachqewana - hitaharmach hikuriwajusa herawejasaimhi - wedaren hihwainawamachnaqe qarderahicha hartatanwangurahichaimhi hihwainawalamihisa ahiahmadjan. Ahara hichuraranwara machsader chodarmuna. Hichurawarochasamihisa hizwaldamach, hitaharmach. Ahara wanangwaha machari hachandamarmuna. Hakswa hihwaihinawarawqe hilar aksonadarug qardera hiqinchwa, tahanarug laqnasa, bere wananghwahauthasaimhi?

Smooth English

See how they dance, undirected and without music except their own voices! Although they have mastered dancing fully until now - moving with desire and rejoicing - at the same time their dance becomes ever more like the most beautiful and harmonious of dances. There is not a student more dexterous than them. They turn and move as if with one mind. No move is impossible to them. Are there any other dancers who make greater beauty with less exertion, and without a single wrong step?

Grammar

Syntax generally SOV.

Attributes precede heads if separate words, otherwise they are attached to the end of the word.

Pronouns do not have possessive forms, the personal ones act as possessives if they are attached to nouns.

Affixes are attached in the following order:

Nouns: root-plural-possessive-case(s)-demonstratives/determinatives- their case-endings

Verbs: aspect-tense-root-subject.pronoun-mood-object.pronoun-nominaliser

A copula (be) if used, will attach to the subject, if specified. Attaching a suffix with a leading vowel to a word with a final vowel will lead to the loss of that final vowel. Attaching a suffix with a leading consonant to a word ending in a 'w' will turn that 'w' into a 'u'.

Relevant nominal morphemes

-(i)qe

ergative - marks subject of transitive sentence

-(a)wqe

plural

-na

genitive

-sader

ablative - origin, also of comparison

-sa

instrumental

-imhi

comitative - used instead of "and"

-ren

temporal, adverbialiser

-(a)la

terminative - goal of movement or action

-(h)ari

dative

Comparison

-(a)rug

comparative

-hicha

superlative

Relevant verbal morphemes

-(i)ht

imperative

-wana

perfective, completive

ahi-

continuous

ihis-

perfect

-(i)thwa

antipassive

-(i)thwana

verbal adjective

hil-

interrogative

-chwa

relative

Pronouns

2s

hiqar

3s

muna

3p

mach

Vocabulary

ahara

no, not, un-

ahmadjan

become

aksonada

great

(a)r

be

bere

single, sole, own

chendu

master, accomplish, know, be able to

chentawauna

- direct, lead, command

cho

look, see

choda

supple, dexterous

dedasa

how

hachandama

difficult

hakswa

other, different

hartatanwangura

harmonious

heraweja

rejoicing, happiness

hichuraranwara

student, pupil

hichurawara

mind, memory

hihwaihinaw

dance (v)

hihwaihinawara

dancer

hihwainawa

dancing, dance (n)

hikuriwaju

desire

hiqin

make, do

hitahar

move, touch, come, go

hizwalda

turn

laqna

effort, work

mihisa

-like, similar to

ocha

1, one

olthwa

voice

qamhanan

apart, except (+abl)

qardera

beautiful, beauty

tahana

little

utha

without, empty, -less

wanagasedir

hitherto

wanangwaha

step

wangura

music, game

weda

same, self