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Threadwielders communicate chiefly corporeally (but //not// necessarily using sound!) and have a language that is mostly static over the aeons in the sense that words that establish themselves do not suffer semantic shift - but they may and do fall into disuse and are replaced, be extended, or have regional inflections that are // | Threadwielders communicate chiefly corporeally (but //not// necessarily using sound!) and have a language that is mostly static over the aeons in the sense that words that establish themselves do not suffer semantic shift - but they may and do fall into disuse and are replaced, be extended, or have regional inflections that are // | ||
- | ===== Alphabet | + | ===== See also ===== |
- | The language | + | * [[language: |
+ | * [[language: | ||
- | The quasi-latin transcription consists of all standard latin characters, **plus** the extra character | + | {{tag>[work-in-progress]}} |
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- | In other words: | + | |
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- | | a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | o | p | q | r | s | {{: | + | |
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- | Pronunciation notes: | + | |
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- | * //a// is pronounced [[http:// | + | |
- | * //e// is pronounced [[http:// | + | |
- | * //g// is pronounced [[http:// | + | |
- | * //h// is pronounced [[http:// | + | |
- | * //i// is pronounced [[http:// | + | |
- | * //j// is pronounced [[http:// | + | |
- | * //l// is pronounced [[http:// | + | |
- | * //o// is pronounced [[http:// | + | |
- | * //q// is pronounced //kw//. | + | |
- | * //r// is pronounced [[http:// | + | |
- | * //u// is pronounced [[http:// | + | |
- | * //v// is pronounced [[http:// | + | |
- | * //w// is pronounced [[http:// | + | |
- | * //y// serves a function both as a vowel and a consonant, as in English. | + | |
- | * As a vowel, it is pronounced [[http:// | + | |
- | * As a consonant, it is used like the //y// in //year//. | + | |
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- | Digraphs: | + | |
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- | * //kh//, serving as the same sound as ' | + | |
- | * //sh// for [[http:// | + | |
- | * //sz//, serving as the same sound as ' | + | |
- | * //th// for [[http:// | + | |
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- | Redundancies (i.e. letters or digraphs that exist for aesthetic purposes only): | + | |
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- | * //c// is synonymous with //k// (**@todo verify!**) | + | |
- | * the digraph //kw// is synonymous with //q// | + | |
- | * the digraph //ph// is synonymous with //f// | + | |
- | * the digraph //zh// is synonymous with //sz// | + | |
- | * in the digraph //qu//, the u is silent (the letters as a true sequence would either be written as //quu// or (predominantly) // | + | |
- | * in some dialects, the digraph //ee// may be pronounced as //i//. | + | |
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- | Assume compatibility with most common English pronunciations unless otherwise noted. | + | |
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- | ===== Spread ===== | + | |
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- | Threadwielders immersed in cultures tend to be multi-lingual, | + | |
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- | As such, the language is mostly used by Threadwielders only, though some words will usually sneak into most sapient languages, because of their involvement, | + | |
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- | A notable exception is the [[culture: | + | |
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- | ===== Portmanteauing ===== | + | |
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- | In the Threadwielder tongue, new words are created chiefly by drastic portmanteauing of composite words. In so much as it's possible, pronouncable and not too outlandish, words are occasionally outright folded into each other, as long as the composite word can still strongly insinuate its base words. | + | |
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- | An extreme example: The name " | + | |
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- | Think of it like poetry. | + | |
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- | ===== Grammar ===== | + | |
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- | ===== Vocabulary ===== | + | |
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- | ^ Language ^ English ^ Class ^ | + | |
- | | adaryr | a deeply unpleasant but only vaguely remembered experience | noun | | + | |
- | | ::: | nightmare // | + | |
- | | adreth | death (negative connotation) | noun | | + | |
- | | aiit | option | noun | | + | |
- | | ashee | pleasant | adjective | | + | |
- | | azhar | armour; protective covering | noun | | + | |
- | | baru | sibling (spiritual) | noun | | + | |
- | | dagadag | rhythmic repetition; pulse // | + | |
- | | diev | value; worth (both material and immaterial) | noun | | + | |
- | | egeth | water (chemical connotation); | + | |
- | | equaaj | life-sustaining liquid; water // | + | |
- | | evenar | grace | noun | | + | |
- | | garu | motion | noun | | + | |
- | | girr | something in circular arrangement; | + | |
- | | jeneth | a device that separates with precision | noun | | + | |
- | | ::: | a blade // | + | |
- | | ::: | a sword //(cultures that have them)// | ::: | | + | |
- | | ji | yet (meanings of relative time, not meaning of degree) | adverb\\ (not conjunction!) | | + | |
- | | kaar | cursed; wretched; outcast | adjective | | + | |
- | | kahirr | item displaying macroscopic, | + | |
- | | ::: | dice // | + | |
- | | kary | ally (rational relationship connotation) | noun | | + | |
- | | ka{{: | + | |
- | | //kavkem// | sapient raptorian from [[place: | + | |
- | | kazyee\\ //also: kazy, ky// | fire | noun | | + | |
- | | kerr | trust | noun | | + | |
- | | kenda | communicative signature | noun | | + | |
- | | ::: | voice //(non-Threadwielder cultures)// | ::: | | + | |
- | | kinaya | close (spatially); | + | |
- | | khalei | crazy | adjective | | + | |
- | | kraia | splintered; broken | adjective | | + | |
- | | kseth | wicked; cunning; unpleasant personality | adjective | | + | |
- | | kull | foreign creature; alien | noun | | + | |
- | | lur | there | noun, adverb | | + | |
- | | madjan | reward | noun | | + | |
- | | nagiji | place (physical); area | noun | | + | |
- | | vahr | section of space-time; world \\ //' | + | |
- | | nigi | home; territory (positive connotation); | + | |
- | | nuna | identical; same | adjective | | + | |
- | | preeth | collection of personal notes; journal; diary | noun | | + | |
- | | prehethem | item of spirital or magical significance\\ //i.e. none, objectively speaking, but an item one feels emotional attachment to// | noun | | + | |
- | | ::: | lucky charm; talisman; enchanted pendant // | + | |
- | | q'eta | so | interjection, | + | |
- | | q'uru | random; unpredictable; | + | |
- | | raktat | sacred (culturally, | + | |
- | | rua | yes | particle, interjection, | + | |
- | | sarijo | regretful for an action; being sorry | adjective | | + | |
- | | ::: | expression of sorrow, regret; sorry | interjection | | + | |
- | | sayem | writer; author; poet; keeper of the minutes; recorder; transcriber | noun | | + | |
- | | sazo | any | determiner, pronoun\\ (not adverb!) | | + | |
- | | sazosri | anything | pronoun | | + | |
- | | senesem | normal; predictable; | + | |
- | | sra{{: | + | |
- | | szamha | security; safety; protection | noun | | + | |
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- | | teda | aid | noun | | + | |
- | | temi | warm; tepid | adjective | | + | |
- | | temra | warmth (physical connotation) | noun | | + | |
- | | temor | temperature | noun | | + | |
- | | ut | death (positive or neutral connotation) | noun | | + | |
- | | valcee | strength | noun | | + | |
- | | vedeth | thought | noun | | + | |
- | | venat | a pattern | + | |
- | | ::: | the sky //(non-Threadwielder cultures)// | + | |
- | | viya | of peaceful air; of pleasant personality; | + | |
- | | yai | precious; dear; appreciated\\ //usually applied to sentient creatures only; never pertains to lifeless objects// | adjective | | + | |
- | | yirh | powerful protector spirit | noun | | + | |
- | | ::: | immortal flying creature with mythological properties; phoenix //(various cultures)// | ::: | | + | |
- | | ::: | angel // | + | |
- | | ysakel | boy, young male individual //(where the sex exists)// | noun | | + | |
- | | zal | beautiful (physical connotation) | adjective | | + | |
- | | zalaar | beauty (spiritual connotation) | noun | | + | |
- | | zet | almost | adverb | | + | |
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