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| == '''Overview''' ==
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| dal'qörian (pronounced: ''dal-koo-ree-yan'') is a 3 year old conlang invented by myself ([[User:Rivendale|Rivendale]]). It's basic style is Indo-European, and although mainly arbitrarily invented, many words are drawn from English, German, Welsh, Cornish and Latin. To date, the language is fully functional, with a dictionary of around 10,000 references, words and phrases, idioms, (including a small colloquial element), fully grammatical, and the language also includes around 400 'dal'qörian' people's names. All the countries of the world have also been 'dal'qöranized, (as in ''anglisized'').<br/>The language actually sounds like a hybrid of Romance and eastern European languages. Here is a quick taster:
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| | {{Infobox|name=Dal’qörian|pronounce=ɗælkuɹi:jæn (Eng: Dalcurian)<br>[[Media:Dalcurian.ogg|hear pronunciation]]|tu=Present|species=Human|in=[[Dalcuria]] |no=over 3 million|script=Latin alphabet<br>(Dalcurian variant)|tree= [[Thaduracian|Thaduracian]]<br> [[Proto-Dalcurian|Proto-Dalcurian]]<br> [[Old Dalcurian|Old Dalcurian]]<br> Middle Dalcurian<br> Modern Dalcurian|morph=Analytic (standard)<br/> Semi-synthetic (Halcarnian)|ms=Nominative-Accusative (pronouns only)|wo=SVO/SOV|creator=Dayle Hill|date= 2003-ongoing}} |
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| '''ela mantábel, am gravætas ön jerandel, nämambr eƒragörädn ön equahörädn.
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| '''éren Þöldr, máriÞ resæÞámn ön qevésenámn, néba qväombr,, ön, máriÞ ela, am perös qve beröjelperös, agöentr.
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| ''All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.
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| ''They should be endowed with reason and conscience and act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
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| '''Style'''
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| dal'qörian is a 'rhotic' language; the letter 'r' is pronounced after every vowel. It's pronounciation is very deliberate. In fact, by and large, dal'qörian is quite formal; it has no 'slang' form, although there is a small colloquial element to it.
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| I created this language out of my interest in Elvish. I became fascinated with Lord of the Rings when the films were released. With that, I started studying the Quenyan alphabet and learned to write using the Tengwar system. I've also studied German for the last 3 years. Through learning German, I 're-educated' myself in English grammar and around the same time began to create dal'qörian.<br/>Initially, I wanted dal'qörian to sound like Elvish, to be spoken with a 'flowing tongue' if you like. However, as it developed, I guess it took on its own flavour and sounds-which is fine by me; it gives it its own character then.
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| == '''Alphabet and pronunciation''' ==
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| | bri || as in bat
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| | da || as in day
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| | era || as in end
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| | ƒe || as in fall
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| | il || as in kill
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| | öja || as in the French name ''Jean''
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| | lá || as in like
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| | ma || as in man
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| | na || as in not
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| | ol || as in top
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| | pä || as in pat
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| | qöc || as in 'k' in kick
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| | q'qöa || as in quick
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| | siri || as in sit
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| | vála || as in van
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| | séca || as in wax
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| | eÞ || th as in bath but not in the
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| '''g''' is pronounced hard at the beginning and middle of a word, like g in ''get'' but soft at the end of a word,like g in the German word ''swanzig''.<br/>'''r''' is an ''alveolar trill''. Its place of articulation is alveolar which means it is articulated with the tip of the tongue against the alveolar ridge (or just behind the top teeth). It can be likened to the way in which a Scottish person with a strong accent would say ''great, straight, road'', etc.<br/>'''ä''' is pronounced like the ey in ''they''. However, at the end of a word, or where it is separated by a high apostrophe, it is pronounced 'ey ya'.<br/>'''y''' is always pronounced as the English upper case 'y'.<br/>'''q''' on its own is only found at the beginning of a word, including words that are separated by a high apostrophe, as in ''dal’qörian'' or ''qatáj''-cat, and is always pronounced like an English 'k'.<br/>'''c''' only appears in the middle or end of a word such as ''qurvecsár''-to annoy and ''dörac''-through, and is sounded like an English hard 'c'.<br/>'''x''' is used only to denote a negative word and attaches to the end of a verb. (see ''verbs'' and ''negatives'')
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| As well as being a 'rhotic' lanuage, dal'qörian is also PHONETIC; its spoken exactly as it is written. Once you have learned to pronounce the letters, speaking and reading dal'qörian should be relatively easy. For example, ''dal'qörian'' is pronounced ''dal-koo-ree-yan''. Here are a few more examples, in syllabic form, to give you a flavour of how words sound:
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| =='''Grammar'''==
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| Many adjectives in English have recognizable endings such as: ''able/ible, al, ful, ic, ive,less, ous''. However, there are many adjectives that do not have specific endings, for example, colours. The past participle of verbs can also be used as adjectives. For example, in the sentence, "He was abandoned as a child", ''abandoned'' is the past participle of the verb ''abandon'', but in the sentence, "He was an abandoned child", ''abandoned'' becomes an adjective because it describes an attribute of the noun ''child''.
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| dal’qörian has no specific endings for adjectives except:
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| * When the past participle of a verb is used as an adjective (looses the prefix '''gä’''' and adds the suffix '''ädn''')<br/>
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| * '''mæ gä’námbr di arangájel qve mæöra'''. ''He abandoned his children''.<br/>
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| * '''Jödran gä’tsöcr di gæatéj qve diöra'''. ''Jordan touched your guitar.''<br/>
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| *'''binä, gerödn taÞ Þonábrämös, disiri tsöcrädn'''. ''I'm very touched by that gesture.''<br/>
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| *'''diö gä’ábravecsár binöra'''. ''You have angered me.''<br/>
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| In dal'qörian, both of these constructions are rendered with the prefix '''te''' with words beginning with a consonant, and '''tev''' with those beginning with a vowel:
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| | te'bracödrädn-''more achievable'' || di te'bracödrädn-''the most achievable''
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| There are three types of comparative sentence: ''positive, comparative'' and ''superlative''.<br/>'''Positive sentences''' are those such as:
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| * ''The pie is not '''as nice as''' it was yesterday''.
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| * ''It’s '''as good as''' it gets''!
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| In dal'qörian, these are formed with the word '''säsa''' which goes before the adjective:
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| * '''séÞa epnij ''säsa stæ’quraläla'' ädiáda'''. ''The pie is '''not as nice as''' yesterday''. (In comparative sentences, adverbs of time do not begin the sentence. See Adverbs)
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| * '''binä ''säsa esti sæadörädn'' diöra'''. '' I’m '''just as surprised as''' you''.
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| These are simply formed with the comparative form of the adjective and '''nas'''-''than'':
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| * '''binä ''tev’ilalägra nas'' diöra'''. ''I'm '''more intelligent than''' you.''
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| * '''Sahán ni ''tev’éagöra evédrátsi nas'' Sösan'''. ''Shane is a '''better driver than''' Susan.''
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| * '''tiÞ ''gé’natinträdn stæmériÞ nas'' ädiáda'''. ''It ''was less noticeable than'' yesterday.''
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| * '''diö vädenária brát te’viténa'''. ''You are getting taller and taller''. (lit: ''You are becoming still taller'').
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| * '''di ateméj löbria brát te’herecöl'''. ''The wind is blowing stronger and stronger''. (lit: ''The wind is blowing still stronger'').
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| * '''binä di tev’éagöra gæatéjátsi'''. ''I'm the best guitar player.''
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| * '''minäla, te ména, gä’ábra-eƒragör di iáda,, brát ''tev’éagöras'', ména, lintöni Tradiáda, mösárax nöreÞár'''. ''We’ve been given the day off but '''best of all''', we don’t have to go back until Wednesday''. ('''mösárax'''-''must not'' in dal'qörian renders the English equivalent of ''do not have to'', see '''Verbs''')
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| dal’qörian has a unique past tense inflection with adjectives. This is because dal’qörian has no literal equivalent of the auxiliary verbs ''was/were'' and the perfect tense ''had been''. This is formed with the prefix '''gé’''' and when used with an adjective, it renders ''was/were'' or ''had been''. Here are some examples: (Note: modifying words like '''disiri'''-''very'', '''disénig'''-''quite'' and '''veclérÞ'''-''really'', always FOLLOW the adjective in the past tense but PRECEDE it in the present and future):
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| * '''sia gé’vélø'''. ''She was nasty''.
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| * '''ädiáda, tiÞ gé’strömi disénig'''. ''It was quite hot yesterday''. (lit: ''Yesterday, it was hot quite'').
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| * '''di ødörämösel gé’vemörädn disiri'''. ''The instructions were very clear''.
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| * ''She has been depressed for a very long time''.
| | <font color=#151B8D><span style="font-size: 16px">''' Qiöra qoÞ. Aca re bán? Binä, te intevönæÞ dis déalecti Dal’qöria, velcamör ela. DérÞ, diö descöbræ däáträdn qörabárämösel qve májä, niaságrämös, liläárämös,, ön salö ni ænÞal degérø dis oragéanámn tiÞöra-lintöni di vosérämös qve tiÞöra qedérÞas.<br/>Binä, öcra di épø taÞ diö icaÞr besöcér siÞ intevönæÞ, iquirquas qnáÞr diöra,, ön méla diö, máriÞ éanö qomenträmösel ödri qualtédrämösel, iquirquas é-mäl binöra,, ödri méla diö natindr éanö enörämösel,, taÞ binä gä’ábravaqur,, ön diö qönér,, taÞ diö nöacr önestár,, nes efragörädnas maqur taÞ dérÞ: ' '[email protected]. uk''''' |
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| The past tense ''has been'' implies that she 'had' become depressed in the past and 'still is'. So the action of being depressed is 'still' on going. However, we cannot literally translate this sentence into dal'qörian because we cannot say ''has been''. A common mistake might be to put the sentence into the ''adjective past tense'':
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| * '''öcra tirimiÞ, sia gé’námaroqu disiri'''. ''She was very depressed for a long time''.
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| | <span style="font-size: 16px">''' Hi, and welcome to the Dalcurian language website. Here, you’ll find detailed descriptions of its grammar, pronunciation, style, and a basic history of its origins right up to its present day usage. <br/>I would like to thank you for taking the time to peruse this website, and if you would like to email me with any comments or questions, or if you notice any mistakes that you feel you could correct me on, then please feel free to do so at''': ''''' [email protected]''''' |
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| * ''She '''had been''' very depressed for a long time''. (and no is longer)
| | Through my own experiences, I have purposely simplified the grammatical terminology in this article, and I have also included brief descriptions of grammatical words and expressions in each respective section. This is because I want newcomers to language study not to feel intimidated by heavy terminology and explanations. As I can remember when I first began to study German, I was very confused with 'intense grammatical explanations'. Of course, when studying or creating a language, one must have some understanding of grammar to begin with. However, for the above reasons I have, for the most part, written this article in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Simple_English_Wikipedia simple English].<BR/>I should also state that most of the examples and references here are based in comparison to the English language. |
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| * '''sintra tirimiÞ, sia disiri námaroqu'''. (lit: ''Since a long time, she is very depressed''. Translating as: ''She has been depressed for a very long time'').
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| * '''iáda, tiÞræ vélø tiÞöra'''. ''It will be hot today'' (lit: ''Today, it will hot itself'')
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| ===='''Nominal adjectives'''==== | | ===[[Dal'qörian numbers|Numbers]]=== |
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| | =='''Miscellaneous word and phrase lists'''== |
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| ==='''Adjectives with prepositions'''=== | | ====[[Dal'qörian colours|Colours]]==== |
| | ====[[dal'qörian days/months/seasons|Days/months/seasons]]==== |
| | ====[[dal'qörian describing people|Describing people]]==== |
| | ====[[dal'qörian countries|Names of Countries]]==== |
| | ====[[Dalcurian hello/goodbye please/thankyou|Hello/goodbye Please/thankyou]]==== |
| | ====[[Dalcurian intensifiers|Intensifiers]]==== |
| | ====[http://docs.google.com/View?id=dmh9tc5_92r9dbhhr English Dalcurian Dictionary]==== |
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| ===='''Dynamic adjectives'''==== | | ====Links:==== |
| | [http://www.omniglot.com '''Omniglot'''] |
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| | [[Websites in Dalcurian|Various webpages in Dalcurian]] |
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