Difference between revisions of "Gryphon Avocatio/Sxiróþes"
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| ''Singular'' | | ''Singular'' | ||
| − | ! 1 | + | ! 1(M) |
| + | ! 1F | ||
! 2 | ! 2 | ||
! 3M | ! 3M | ||
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! Nominative | ! Nominative | ||
| æj | | æj | ||
| + | | æjo | ||
| þu | | þu | ||
| el | | el | ||
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! Accusative | ! Accusative | ||
| æja | | æja | ||
| + | | æjon | ||
| þuna | | þuna | ||
| ela | | ela | ||
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! Genitive | ! Genitive | ||
| æjes | | æjes | ||
| + | | æjónes | ||
| þynes | | þynes | ||
| eles | | eles | ||
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! Prepositional | ! Prepositional | ||
| æji | | æji | ||
| + | | æjóni | ||
| þyni | | þyni | ||
| eli | | eli | ||
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| ''Plural'' | | ''Plural'' | ||
| − | ! 1 | + | ! 1(M) |
| + | ! 1F | ||
! 2 | ! 2 | ||
! 3M | ! 3M | ||
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! Nominative | ! Nominative | ||
| æje | | æje | ||
| + | | æjóne | ||
| þyne | | þyne | ||
| ele | | ele | ||
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! Accusative | ! Accusative | ||
| æje | | æje | ||
| + | | æjóne | ||
| þyne | | þyne | ||
| ele | | ele | ||
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! Genitive | ! Genitive | ||
| æjese | | æjese | ||
| + | | æjónese | ||
| þynese | | þynese | ||
| elese | | elese | ||
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! Prepositional | ! Prepositional | ||
| − | | | + | | æjim |
| + | | æjónim | ||
| þynim | | þynim | ||
| elim | | elim | ||
| elónim / elnim | | elónim / elnim | ||
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Revision as of 12:22, 12 January 2010
Contents
Introduction
This page is a bit of a public scratch pad for the proposed Shirerothian Language. Sxiróþes is the genitive form of the word for Shireroth in the language, and in this case is short for Præta Sxiróþes, meaning, roughly, Shireroth's Speech.
Alphabet
The proposed alphabet for the language is as follows:
Aa Bb Cc Çç Dd Ðð Ee Ff Gg Hh Ƕƕ Ii Jj Ll Mm Nn Oo Óó Pp Rr Ss Tt Þþ Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
Morphology
Nominal Morphology
Nouns in Shirerothian decline for number and case, based on gender. There are two numbers, singular and plural; two genders, "masculine" and "feminine"; and four cases.
Masculine Nouns
Masculine nouns end in consonants. In the fictional history of this language, there were distinguishing vowels at the ends of masculine nouns, but they were subsequently lost and now only the feminine forms have vowels word-finally.
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | -e | |
| Accusative | -a | -e |
| Genitive | -es | -ese |
| Prepositional | -i | -im |
Feminine Nouns
Feminine Nouns are those generally ending in either the letters 'a' or 'o', although other nouns and pronouns ending in vowels uses the following suffixes to display case as well. Some irregular nouns, like jor, "yesterday", take feminine suffixes, despite their ending in consonants
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | -ne | |
| Accusative | -n | -ne |
| Genitive | -nes | -nese |
| Prepositional | -ni | -nim |
Phonology
The following is a simplified vowel chart. All of the sounds here match their orthographic equivalent except for [ø], which is written 'ó' in the alphabet. The segments in () are not phonemes, but the result of vowel harmony.
| [-back] | [+back] | |
|---|---|---|
| [+high][-low] | i (y) | u |
| [-high][-low] | e (ø) | o |
| [-high][+low] | æ | ɑ |
The vowel harmony rule for the language is very straightforward. [-low, -back] vowels (that is, o and u) become [+front] when the next vowel in the word is [-low, +front] (i.e. i and e). This is represented in the orthography by the changes from o→ó and u→y. For instance
- læjo "road" → læjóne "roads"
Personal Pronouns
The personal pronouns essentially follow the same declension rules of the normal nouns. The feminine 3rd person forms also have shorter versions typically used in speech and less formal contexts. The longer versions are to be found in higher prose and poetry. Likewise, the language differentiates between feminine and masculine in the first person in formal contexts, but both genders can uses the masculine forms.
| Singular | 1(M) | 1F | 2 | 3M | 3F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | æj | æjo | þu | el | elo |
| Accusative | æja | æjon | þuna | ela | elona / elna |
| Genitive | æjes | æjónes | þynes | eles | elónes / elnes |
| Prepositional | æji | æjóni | þyni | eli | elóni / elni |
| Plural | 1(M) | 1F | 2 | 3M | 3F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | æje | æjóne | þyne | ele | elóne / elne |
| Accusative | æje | æjóne | þyne | ele | elóne / elne |
| Genitive | æjese | æjónese | þynese | elese | elónese / elnese |
| Prepositional | æjim | æjónim | þynim | elim | elónim / elnim |
