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'''elhee lhyréé kíru vó sóóru-'aang rékaa ýýlheema-'ék'''<br/>
{|
land distant far to grace-2POSS by.means.of travel-1SG<br/>
! elhee || lhyréé || kíru || vó || sóóru-'aang || rékaa || ýýlheema-'ék
|-
| land || distant || far || to || grace-2POSS || by.means.of || travel-1SG
|}
{|
! qáá || elhee || páá || yl-laaq-es || qu-vyyd-kaa || ngee-'es || xu
|-
| this || land || in || PL-purpose-1POSS || COP-noble-COP || life-1POSS || on
|}
{|
! qáá || elhee || páá || yl-þáángu || yl-iğá-'es || eng || qu-'éélh-kaa
|-
| this || land || in || PL-consequence || PL-action-1POSS || of || COP-mine-COP
|}
{|
! ngyylý || alhu-'ék-aan || lhamaa-'es || uðo || yğ || xóóka-'aan || yno || qáá || elhee || eng
|-
| permission || give-1SG-2SG || body-1POSS || soil || from || create-2SG || again || this || land || of
|}
{|
! qáá || elhee || vó || sóóru-'aang || rékaa || ýýlheema-'ék
|-
| this || land || to || grace-2POSS || by.means.of || travel-1SG
|}
‘By your grace I travel to a far distant land.’<br/>
‘By your grace I travel to a far distant land.’<br/>
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'''qáá elhee páá yl-laaq-es qu-vyyd-kaa ngee-'es xu'''<br/>
this land in PL-purpose-1POSS COP-noble-COP life-1POSS on<br/>
‘On my life my purposes are noble in this land.’<br/>
‘On my life my purposes are noble in this land.’<br/>
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'''qáá elhee páá yl-þáángu yl-iğá-'es eng qu-'éélh-kaa'''<br/>
this land in PL-consequence PL-action-1POSS of COP-mine-COP<br/>
‘The consequences of my actions are mine in this land.’<br/>
‘The consequences of my actions are mine in this land.’<br/>
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'''ngyylý alhu-'ék-aan lhamaa-'es uðo yğ xóóka-'aan yno qáá elhee eng'''<br/>
permission give-1SG-2SG body-1POSS soil from create-2SG again this land of<br/>
‘I give you permission to recreate my body from the soil of this land.’<br/>
‘I give you permission to recreate my body from the soil of this land.’<br/>
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‘By your grace I travel to this land.’<br/>
'''qáá elhee vó sóóru-'aang rékaa ýýlheema-'ék'''<br/>
this land to grace-2POSS by.means.of travel-1SG<br/>
‘By your grace I travel to this land.’

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The language is called ýýlheema’ék, which translates to ('I travel'). The language is part of a story idea I'm working on. It is only known in the following incantation, which must be spoken before traveling to another world. (That's why it's only known as 'I travel').

Language
Spoken in: variable
Timeline/Universe: An ancient language created on earth, but known on at least 2 planets.
Total speakers: 5 known
Genealogical classification: Isolate
Basic word order: SOV
Morphological type: Synthetic
Morphosyntactic alignment:
Created by:
James W. March 31, 2006


Phonology


Consonants
Bilabial Labiod. Dental Alveolar Post-alv. Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
Nasal m n ŋ
Plosive p b t d k g q ɢ ʔ
Fricative v θ ð s χ
Lateral Fricative ɬ
Tap or Flap ɾ
Lateral Approximant l


Vowels
Front Near-front Central Near-back Back
High i u
Near-high ɪ
High-mid e o
Low a


The following vowels also have phonemic length: a, e, i, o
There are two tones: high--marked with acute accent in the orthography; low--unmarked.

Sentence Structure

  1. verb is always last in the clause
  2. focus comes first
  3. adjectives follow nouns
  4. adverbs follow what they modify
  5. adpositions follow their noun/phrase
  6. relative clauses follow head clauses
  7. relationals come before the noun/phrase they refer to

Nouns

  1. There are no cases. Syntactic function is determined by position in the clause (see Sentence Structure).
  2. Plurals are formed by the prefix yl-.

Verbs

[in progress]

Only Known Text

elhee lhyréé kíru vó sóóru’aang rékaa ýýlheema’ék.
qáá elhee páá yllaaqes quvyydkaa ngee’es xu.
qáá elhee páá ylþáángu yliğá’es eng qu’éélhkaa.
ngyylý alhu’ékaan lhamaa’es uðo yğ xóóka’aan yno qáá elhee eng.
qáá elhee vó sóóru’aang rékaa ýýlheema’ék.

INTERLINEAR

elhee lhyréé kíru vó sóóru-'aang rékaa ýýlheema-'ék
land distant far to grace-2POSS by.means.of travel-1SG
qáá elhee páá yl-laaq-es qu-vyyd-kaa ngee-'es xu
this land in PL-purpose-1POSS COP-noble-COP life-1POSS on
qáá elhee páá yl-þáángu yl-iğá-'es eng qu-'éélh-kaa
this land in PL-consequence PL-action-1POSS of COP-mine-COP
ngyylý alhu-'ék-aan lhamaa-'es uðo yğ xóóka-'aan yno qáá elhee eng
permission give-1SG-2SG body-1POSS soil from create-2SG again this land of
qáá elhee vó sóóru-'aang rékaa ýýlheema-'ék
this land to grace-2POSS by.means.of travel-1SG

‘By your grace I travel to a far distant land.’
‘On my life my purposes are noble in this land.’
‘The consequences of my actions are mine in this land.’
‘I give you permission to recreate my body from the soil of this land.’
‘By your grace I travel to this land.’

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