Rhasnikþ

Rhasnikþ is a VSO language.

IPA of Rhasnikþ letters

a   [ɑ]
aa  [ɑː]
e   [æ]
ee  [æː]
i   [i]
ii  [iː]
u   [ɯ]
uu  [ɯː]
w   [ʊ]
p   [p]
pj  [pˠ]
t   [ʈ]
tj  [ʈˠ]
k   [q]
kj  [k]
f   [ɸ]
fj  [x]
s   [ʂ]	
sj  [x]
j   [ɣ]
r   [ɽ]
rj  [ɰ]
l   [ɭ]
lj  [ʟ]
nh  [ŋ]
n   [ɳ]
nj  [ŋ]
rh  [ʁ]
lh  [ɬ]
þ   [θ]
þj  [x]

Grammar

Numbers are singular, partative and plural.

Pronouns

        1st     2nd     3rd    
acc.    ink     af      uk
        jajut   jaft    juft
        jajur   jar     jufair
gen.    nik     fik     uk
        nikt    fikt    ukt
        nikr    fikr    ukr
dat.    inkil   afal    ukul
        jinkilt jafalt  jukult
        jinkil  jafal   jukul
abl.    naink   naaf    nauk
        njajut  njaft   njuft
        njajur  njar    njufair
ben.    niluk   filuk   uluk
        niklut  fiklut  uklut
        niklur  fiklur  uklur
loc.    inki    afi     uki
        jajut   jaft    juft
        jajur   jar     jufair

Nouns

nant "man"

nom.    nant
        ianant
        iunant
acc.    nant
        ianant
        iunant
gen.    þanant
        þianant
        siunant
dat.    nantal
        ianantal
        iunantal
abl.    natant
        niatant
        niutant
ben.    nanlut
        iananlut
        iunanlut
loc.    nanti
        iananti
        iunanti
intsr.  nantap
        ianantap
        iunantap

Verbs

þikanja "to say"

        1st&2nd        3rd
past    þikanjak       þikanjut
        þikanjakt      þikanjutþ
        þikanjakþ      þikanju
pres.   aþikanjak      aþikanjut
        aþikanjakt     aþikanjutþ
        aþikanjakþ     aþikanju
fut.    þikanjawik     þikanjuwit
        þikanjawikt    þikanjuwitþ
        þikanjawikþ    þikanjuwi

Vocabulary

Question words

• kuu - who
• kwat - where
• kwiri - what
• kwin - when
• nut - all
• nani - much
• þunhi - some
• siw - few
• ufirh - other

Numbers

Rhasnikþ uses a base 16 number system.

• lan - 0
• inhu - 1
• uut - 2
• falii - 3
• suur - 4
• siwi - 5
• þitþ - 6
• þiwi - 7
• iipti - 8
• inin - 9
• kin - a
• irun - b
• kils - c
• firjin - d
• sulhi - e
• sisji - f
• siinhu - 10
• inhupwi siinhu - 11 (literally one-and sixteen)
• uutpwi siinhu - 12
• uut siinhu - 20
• firjinpwi uut siinhu - 2d
• unakrik - 100
• falii unakrik - 300
• sulhipwi uut siinhupwi falii unakrik - 32e
• fuuþant - 1000

Adjectives

• fik - thin
• fin - thick
• jawi - light (weight)
• pik - small
• narhuu - wide
• ranh - short
• witi - narrow
• þnalh - big
• þurt - tall, long

Nouns

• air - hair
• airh - copper [borrowed from Vityng "ǽr"]
• alinhu - arm
• aninh - animal
• antak - hand
• api - edge
• apir - awe
• arhaþ - elf
• asinh - air
• atjuurhal - bowl
• aulha - ear
• aupa - eye
• ip - egg
• japil - eagle
• jartus - heart
• jasjut - head
• jin - skin
• kail - tail
• kalhaþ - grass
• kilt - child
• kjal - farmer [from Vityng karl]
• kunwi - tongue
• kuuf - tooth
• ljas - leaf
• lupi - rope
• nant - man
• nhuuja - monster
• nip - neck
• nja - knee
• njat - meat
• nufir - mother, aunt, grandmother
• nuuf - mouth
• nuþi - nose
• paluut - blood
• parik - bark
• parjatþ - breast
• pirt - bird
• putþ - gut
• rip - leg
• rhiwir - liver
• rhuup - root
• rhuuþi - louse
• safil - father, uncle, grandfather
• sak - fat
• salwirh - flower
• sarjut - apple
• sikþ - fish
• sinap - drink
• sinirna - nail
• sjafirh - feather
• sulitþ - forest
• suuk - foot
• tairja - boar
• talhi - tree
• taluunh - flower
• tap - back
• tapa - bacon
• taras - leaf
• tilip - bag
• tiarhip - hill
• tjalak - prince
• tjuurhal - cup
• tukunt - dog
• tulhaak - bark
• tuni - bone
• tuwin - bear
• unhan - human
• uran - horn
• uurnh - worm
• uþnant - husband
• waliiskjarh - one who speaks Rhasnikþ [from Vityng vællyskur]
• wisi - wife
• wuinh - wing
• wunhan - woman
• þikjuk - stick
• þjit - seed
• þnaki - snake

Boats

• boat/ship - wepja
• kayak - rhanhaaþje
• row boat - tiiluepja
• large oar powered - taaluepja
• small sail - sjelh
• large sail - þnalhisjelh
• fishingboat - sikþuepja
• warship - kþanpark
• cargoship - kþanrat
• whalingboat - þalhikþuepja*

Verbs

• fikanja - spit
• finapan - think
• flik - split
• ikanha - hit
• jakanh - eat
• jarinhi - hear
• karatþ - scratch
• kipif - dig
• kji - die
• laup - laugh
• nuu - know
• parjafi - breath
• pil - kill
• paluu - blow
• pukalhu - cut
• rhiwi - live
• sikt - fight
• sjarhil - fear
• tiki - bite
• unjak - hunt
• wunhik - vomit
• þat - stab
• þii - see
• þjaliit - sleep
• þnilh - smell
• þuinh - swim
• þup - suck

Kinship Terms

• Older Female - nufir
• Older Male - safil
• Contemporary Female - þeeki
• Contemporary Male - þaate
• Younger Female - efjuki Younger Male - efjeti

Example texts

Our father

Our Father, which art in Heaven, nikr safil iasini our father loc.heaven

Hallowed be thy Name. ulhi fik najanh holy your name

Thy Kingdom come. punhiwitþ fik pintuunh fut.come your kingdom

Thy will be done, nhakawitþ fik wanakja fut.make your want

in earth as it is in Heaven. lasani laip iasini loc.earth like loc.heaven

Give us this day our daily bread. apisik nikr þakap tuuruk niklur pres.give our day's bread ben.us

forgive us our trespasses, asuulpisk nikr iukaritþaþ pres.forgive our plur.trespass

lead us not into temptation; pjaur arjakak jajur kitaasui not pres.lead us loc.temptation

deliver us from evil. aþask jajur naisil pres.save us abl.evil

Amen. kjiilhaasju amen