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Ævin sjeb Sjenkĕnro, ðjesk xizor, ðjesk æx læs æx Kāxd, mēxt æx Zæm un æx Thālo: | |||
īlnu jero æpṇ uv ōbagatjĕ æx mizaj, iz ðjeskĕlĕs rūlzro æn hēgon īl jen. Ovðjeskĕlĕs rūlz gæsusro æviv sjeb: "Mizagro æn ðjesk bira. Æro huphin ovðjeskĕlĕs ægarĕn. Un æro dæn jwe næg. Ðæl æþ jwe ðiphi æro æ jwe æbjĕn uv ōbagatjĕ æx mizag. | |||
== Lexicon == | == Lexicon == |
Revision as of 08:07, 1 September 2006
Æðadĕ [ˈæ.ða.də] is, just like Ayasth and Aθáta, a descendant of the earlier Adāta language developed by Deiniol Jones (aka Dewrad). It was created for the "Derivation Relay" in August 2006 at the zompist board by Daniel Ebner (aka ebilein).
Phonology
Phonemes
Here follows the consonant inventory:
Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Velar | Glottal | |
Plosive | pʰ b | tʰ d | kʰ ɡ | ||
Fricative | ɸ β | θ ð | s z | x | h |
Nasal | m | n | |||
Lateral | l | ɾ | |||
Semivowel | w | j |
The aspirated voiceless stops are usually pronounced without aspiration after another consonant.
The Vowel Inventory is as follows:
Front | Central | Back | |
High | i iː | u uː | |
Mid High | e eː | ə | ɔ ɔː |
Mid Low | æ | ||
Low | a aː |
Orthography
ɸ and β are represented with f and v, θ with þ. Aspirated stops are written with a following h: ph, th, kh.
Sometimes (due to etymological reasons) p, t and k occur on their own; this is only after other consonants, where the voiceless stops are always pronounced withouth aspiration.
Long Vowels are marked with a makron: ī, ē, ā, ō, ū; ə is represented by ĕ.
Sound Changes from Adāta
- i > j / _V: iarioba > jarjoba, hānedia > hānedja
- lōzera > lōzera (single development)
- a, e > ə / unstressed: abesa > abəsə, lōzera > lōzərə
- b, d, g > β, ð, ɣ: jabə > jaβə, Adātə > Aðātə, gamun > ɣamun
- ə > nil / following or preceding a stressed syllable and always wordfinal, but never initial or after another vowel or halfvowel: aβən > aβn, ēəβ > ēəβ; Exception: pəpō, zəzāk and hápəβ remain
- Two geminate consonants following each other are simplified to one: azz > az
- ls > lz: lsō > lzō
- n, l, r > ṇ, ḷ, ṛ / final and preceded by a consonant: aln > alṇ, khīrl > khīrḷ, lōzr > lōzṛ
- p(h), t(h), k(h) > ɸ, þ, x / _C (but not if preceding /j/): áplo > áɸlo, záthṇ > záþṇ
- regressive assimilation: áβs > áɸs, ásð > ázð, átzən > ádzən, ðiézk > ðiésk
- ai, ei, oi, au, eu > aj, ej, oj, aw, ew: eul > ewl, dei > dej
- á, é, í, ó, ú > ǽ, ié, í, ú, ué: Ádātə > Ǽðātə
- ué, ié > wé, jé
- Stress shifts to initial syllable
- ə > a / stressed: əpjāp > apjāp
- p, t, k > b, d, g / initial, V_V or final after a vowel: ǽk > ǽg
- Unstressed long vowels are shortened: apjāp > apjap
- lz > ḷz / wordinitial: lzō > ḷzō
Grammar
Nominal Morphology
Plural
The Plural is formed by the prefix oph- (< Adāta "opha", many), which becomes ov- before voiced stops or fricatives and of- before voiceless stops, fricatives and nasals. Additionally, long vowels are shortened because stress shifts to the initial syllable. Remember also that aspirated initial consonants are spoken without aspiration as soon as the prefix is added.
Pluralisation is not required if the noun is preceeded by such words as iz every or næm some.
Examples:
- thālo moon, ofthalo moons
- ðjesk king, ovðjesk kings
- iþki mistress, ophiþki mistresses
- jādi prisoner, ophjadi prisoners
Possession
Æðadĕ, unlike Adāta but very much like its sister languages Ayasth and Aθáta, marks possession with suffixes rather than independant words.
Singular | Plural | |
---|---|---|
1 | -aj | -ajg |
2 | -aðo | -alaw |
3 | -ag | -aga |
The following changes occur: wordfinal e and i > j, wordfinal o and u > w and wordfinal a vanishes.
Examples:
- ðjesk king, ðjeskajg our king
- iþki mistress, iþkjaj my mistress
- iðo noble man, iðwaðo your noble man
- aðuna girl, aðunalaw your girl
Adjectives
Adjectives follow the noun they describe (ðjeskaj bira my brave king), but they do not change for number (ovðjeskaj bira my brave kings). A Comparative can be formed by suffixing -nez (or -ez if the adjective ends in a non-syllabic n), a Superlative by suffixing -jal (Adāta "ial", very).
Examples:
- bira, biranez, birajal - brave, braver, bravest
- thērn̩, thērn̩nez, thērn̩jal - beautiful, more beautiful, most beautiful
- ðōdin, ðōdinez, ðōdinjal - holy, holier, holiest
For emphasis it is also possible to add jæl very in front of the Superlative. Remember, though, that jæl is never used before the comparative.
Example: ðjesk (jæl) birajal the bravest king
Subject Marker -ro
The Subject Marker suffix ro is suffixed to the last part of the noun phrase, but never to appositional nouns or relative phrases. It is also not used if the sentence is negated (obviously Æðadean speakers thought if it did not happen, why bother to mark the Subject?).
Examples:
- ðjesk king, ðjeskro king
- iþkjaj my mistress, iþkjajro my mistress
- aðunalaw jæl thērn̩jal your most beautiful girl, aðunalaw jæl thērn̩jalro your most beautiful girl
- Sjenkĕn, ðjesk xizor Sjenken, the great king, Sjenkĕnro, ðjesk xizor Sjenken, the great king
Adverbs
Adverbs precede the verb they modify and are not marked otherwise.
Compare:
- jero ōvo nun I went happily
- je ōvoro nun I, the happy one, went
Demonstratives and Quantifiers
Æðadĕ lost Adāta's three-way deixis of demonstratives and simplified it to a two-way distinction: this and that.
- zē Pl. zāg - this, these
- sje Pl. sjeg - that, those
Here follows a list of Quantifiers:
- næm some
- iz all
- ur every, each
Both Demonstratives and Quantifiers precede the noun they modify; if the noun is preceded by a demonstrative or quantifier, the plural prefix oph- is optional and usually omitted.
Examples:
- zāg (ov)ðjesk these kings
- næm (oph)aðuna some girls
Personal Pronouns
Normal | Subjective | Oblique | Vocative | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 sg | je | jero | jen | æxin |
2 sg | ðo | ðoro | ðon | æxðon |
3 sg | æ | æro | æn | æxan |
1 pl | jeg | jexro | īn** | æxi |
2 pl | ðog* | ðoxro* | lākhon** | æxlakho |
3 pl | æg | æxro | ān** | æxa |
(*) The analogically formed 2nd person forms from singular ðo replaced the original "lākhok", "lākhok ro" which would have resulted in lākhog, lākhoxro.
(**) The plural oblique forms would originally have developed without the final "n"; it was, however, placed there due to analogy with the singular.
The Vocative forms are used as possessive pronouns in combination with the possessive suffixes if someone is adressed. They are not usually used to indicate mere possession.
Example: iþki! oh mistress, iþkjaj æxin! oh my mistress!
Verbal Morphology
Compared to Adāta's verbal system, Æðadĕ has changed a lot. The habitual aspect was lost, as well as some moods. All in all, Æðadĕ tends to be a tense-language rather than an aspect-language. The following chart shows how the tenses developed from Adāta's aspects:
Past | Present | Future | |
---|---|---|---|
Indicative | Ind. Perfective | Ind. Imperfective | Opt. Imperfective |
Imperative | Imp. Imperfective | ||
Optative | Opt. Perfective | Opt. Imperfective | Paraphrased |
Obligative | Oblig. Perfective | Oblig. Imperfective | Paraphrased |
Verbs are usually given in the Indicative Present Pl, which is the least inflected form. E.g. ævi say, zjema live, hæva drink.
Endings
Past | Present | Future | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sg | Pl | Sg | Pl | Sg | Pl | |
Indicative | -n | -v | -si | - | uk-si | uk- |
Imperative | ī-si | ī- | ||||
Optative | uk-n | uk-v | uk-si | uk- | ūsi VN* | ūs VN* |
Obligative | so-n | so-v | so-si | so- | susi VN* | sō VN* |
(*) VN = Verbal noun
Verb Stems & Ending Varieties
Verbs whose Indicative Present Plural form ends in an a or an e usually loose this vowel when endings are suffixed (so ævi say with the stem ævi-, opposed to zjema live with the stem zjem-).
The affixed n of the past tense becomes syllabic (n̩) if following another consonant (thus ævin said next to zjemn̩ lived).
The last sound of the Stem is assimlated to the voiced Past Plural suffix v (nuzv died from nusa, die).
Similarly, the last sound of the Stem is assimilated to the voiceless Present Singular suffix si (hæfsi drinks from hæva, drink).
The prefix uk of Optative and Future Indicative only remains in front of h (ukhæfsi will drink). If the Stem begins with a vowel or halfvowel, it is softened to ug (ugævisi will say); if the Stem of the verb begins with another consonant, it becomes ux (uxzjemsi will live).
The Obligative prefix so is shortened to s in front of vowels and halvowels (sævi shall say).
Two geminate sounds are usually simplified to one (hæv drank instead of *hævv, nusi dies instead of *nussi)
Example Conjugation
ævi | Past | Present | Future | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
say | Sg | Pl | Sg | Pl | Sg | Pl |
Indicative | ævin | æviv | ævisi | ævi | ugævisi | ugævi |
Imperative | īævisi | īævi | ||||
Optative | ugævin | ugæviv | ugævisi | ugævi | ūsi ævjĕn | ūs ævjĕn |
Obligative | sævin | sæviv | sævisi | sævi | susi ævjĕn | sō ævjĕn |
hæva | Past | Present | Future | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
drink | Sg | Pl | Sg | Pl | Sg | Pl |
Indicative | hævn̩ | hæv | hæfsi | hæva | ukhæfsi | ukhæva |
Imperative | īhæfsi | īhæva | ||||
Optative | ukhævn̩ | ukhæv | ukhæfsi | ukhæva | ūsi hævjĕn | ūs hævjĕn |
Obligative | sohævn̩ | sohæv | sohæfsi | sohæva | susi hævjĕn | sō hævjĕn |
The Verbal Noun can be formed by omitting the last vowel of the Present Plural and adding either -jĕn or -ĕjĕn (the latter is not as common as the former and thus marked in dictionaries).
Regular Irregularities
Verbs beginning with a voiced plosive consonant (b, d, g) are usually two stemmed; they change this first voiced consonant into a voiceless consonant in Optative mood and in Future Present Indicative.
Examples:
- dijo pull, uxtijo will pull
- bilæza send, uxpilæzaa will send
- giga throw, uxkiga will throw
Verbs that end in ja or je do not loose the final vowel in inflection, but change it to ĕ. This also goes for verbs of three or more syllables and is marked in dictionaries if it does not occur.
Examples:
- mælja suck, mæljĕsi sucks
- ævuje hold, ævujĕsi holds
- ōloka forget, ōlokĕsi forgets
Irregular Verbs
There are a few irregular verbs whose full inflection will be given now (they are æthe be, æði be, dū drink and abena cry).
æthe | Past | Present | Future | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
be | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural |
Indicative | æn | vi | si | æthe | ūsi | ūs |
Imperative | isi | is | ||||
Optative | weg | ūv | ūsi | ūs | ūsi | ūs |
Obligative | son | sov | susi | sō | susi | sō |
æði | Present | |
---|---|---|
be | Singular | Plural |
Indicative | æth | æði |
Imperative | ī | īĕði |
dū | Past | Present | Future | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
drink | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural |
Indicative | dwen | dwev | dwesi | dū | uxtwesi | uxtu |
Imperative | īswesi | īsu | ||||
Optative | uxtwen | uxtwev | uxtwesi | uxtu | ūsi dijĕn | ūs dijĕn |
Obligative | sodwen | sodwev | sodwesi | sodu | susi dijĕn | sō dijĕn |
abena | Past | Present | Future | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
cry | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural |
Indicative | aben | abenv | abensi | abena | uxpensi | uxpena |
Imperative | īĕbensi | īĕbena | ||||
Optative | uxpen | uxpenv | uxpensi | uxpena | ūsi abenjĕn | ūs abenjĕn |
Obligative | spēn | spēnv | spēnsi | spēna | susi abenjĕn | sō abenjĕn |
Negation
Adāta's negative prefixes m- and a- came to be considered as separate prepositions; m became n (because 'm' was not allowed word final in Adāta) and later became syllabic ('ṇ'). The negative 'a' became 'æ'.
By the time we reach Æðadĕ ṇ and æ are interchangeable. They are simply put before the conjugated verb.
Example: N̩ abensi iþki. = Æ abensi iþki.
- not cry-PRES mistress
- The mistress is not crying.
Syntax
Noun Phrases
Noun phrases consist of a noun that can be modified by adjectives, appositions and genitives. The order is usually Determiner - Noun - Adjective - Genitive - Apposition.
Example: iz ðiphi jæl birajal æx Kāxd ovðjesk gæǽsun
- all child very bravest of Kaxd PL-king powerful
- all the bravest children of Kaxd, the powerful kings
Simple Sentences
Usual word order is S-V-O, as can be seen in the following example:
- Jero huphin ān.
- I-SUBJ defeat-PAST they-OBL
- I defeated them.
Complex Sentences
The S-V-O word order is changed to V-O-S if the Subject is followed by appositional nouns or a relative clause:
- Ævin sjeb Sjenkĕnro, ðjesk xizor.
- speak-PAST thus Sjenken-SUBJ king great
- Thus spoke Sjenken, the great king.
- Wephonĕphĕnĕv jen ovðjeskĕlĕs gæsusro æg wez papazjĕn īl jen jwe ðiphi.
- belittle-PAST I-OBL PL-kingdom nearby-SUBJ they PAST name-PARTICIPLE to I-OBL like child.
- The nearby kingdoms, who named me a child, belittle me.
Sample text
Ævin sjeb Sjenkĕnro, ðjesk xizor, ðjesk æx læs æx Kāxd, mēxt æx Zæm un æx Thālo: īlnu jero æpṇ uv ōbagatjĕ æx mizaj, iz ðjeskĕlĕs rūlzro æn hēgon īl jen. Ovðjeskĕlĕs rūlz gæsusro æviv sjeb: "Mizagro æn ðjesk bira. Æro huphin ovðjeskĕlĕs ægarĕn. Un æro dæn jwe næg. Ðæl æþ jwe ðiphi æro æ jwe æbjĕn uv ōbagatjĕ æx mizag.