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'''Suhalan''' (''Suxaranu'' {{wp|International Phonetic Alphabet|[ | {{Infobox language | ||
| name = Suhalan | |||
| altname = | |||
| nativename = ''Limba Suxaranu'' | |||
| acceptance = | |||
| image = | |||
| imagesize = <!-- or image_size --> | |||
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| pronunciation = {{IPA-all|suxaɹanu}} | |||
| states = <!-- or state --> | |||
| region = [[Suhala]], [[North Coius]] | |||
| creator = | |||
| created = | |||
| setting = | |||
| ethnicity = [[Suhalan people]] | |||
| extinct = | |||
| era = | |||
| speakers = ~10,200,000 | |||
| date = 2020 | |||
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| ref = <!-- up to e21 (or current edition) if ref is ''Ethnologue'' --> | |||
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| speakers2 = | |||
| revived = | |||
| revived-category = <!-- or revived-cat --> | |||
| familycolor = Indo-European | |||
| fam1 = [[wikipedia:Indo-European|Euclo-Satrian]] | |||
| fam2 = [[wikipedia:Romance languages|Solaric]] | |||
| fam3 = [[wikipedia:Southern Romance Languages|South Solaric ]] | |||
| protoname = | |||
| ancestor = [[Old Suhalan]] | |||
| ancestor2 = [[wikipedia:Latin|Solarian]] | |||
| standards = | |||
| stand1 = Standard Suhalan | |||
| stand2 = Standard Sojajianixe | |||
| dialects = | |||
| listclass = | |||
| dia1 = West Suhalan | |||
| dia2 = Northwest Suhalan | |||
| dia3 = Central Suhalan | |||
| dia4 = East Suhalan | |||
| dia5 = Sojajianixe | |||
| script = Solarian script | |||
| sign = | |||
| posteriori = | |||
| nation = {{flag|Suhala}} | |||
| minority = {{flag|Tsabara}} | |||
| agency = Axatemie Nașonaje Suxaranu | |||
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| iso2 = | |||
| iso2b = | |||
| iso2t = | |||
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| iso3 = shl | |||
| iso3comment = | |||
| lc1 = | |||
| ld1 = | |||
| lc2 = <!-- up to lc30 --> | |||
| ld2 = <!-- up to ld30 --> | |||
| iso6 = | |||
| isoexception = | |||
| linglist = | |||
| lingname = | |||
| linglist2 = <!-- up to linglist6 --> | |||
| lingname2 = <!-- up to lingname6 --> | |||
| glotto = | |||
| glottorefname = | |||
| glotto2 = <!-- up to glotto5 --> | |||
| glottorefname2 = <!-- up to glottorefname5 --> | |||
| aiatsis = | |||
| aiatsisname = | |||
| aiatsis2 = <!-- up to aiatsis6 --> | |||
| aiatsisname2 = <!-- up to aiatsisname6 --> | |||
| guthrie = | |||
| ELP = | |||
| ELPname = | |||
| ELP2 = <!-- up to ELP6 --> | |||
| ELPname2 = <!-- up to ELPname6 --> | |||
| glottopedia = | |||
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| coordinates = <!-- use {{Coord}} --> | |||
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| notice = IPA | |||
}} | |||
'''Suhalan''' (''Suxaranu'' {{wp|International Phonetic Alphabet|[suxaɹanu]}} or ''Limba Suxare'' {{wp|International Phonetic Alphabet|[limba suxaɹanu]}}) is a {{wp|Romance languages|Solarian language}} spoken in southern [[Euclea]] and northern [[Coius]]. It is the official language of [[Suhala]] and is its primarily spoken language, as well as [[Suhalans]] in northern [[Tsabara]]. Many speakers of Suhalan are {{wp|Multilingualism|multilingual}}, typically with {{wp|Italian language|Vespasian}}, {{wp|Arabic|Rahelian}}, or {{wp|Hebrew|Atudean}}. Diglossia is especially common in Suhala itself. Including the population of Suhalan-speakers outside of Suhala, Suhalan is spoken by approximately 10.2 Million people. The language has significant influence from {{wp|French language|Gaullican}}, {{wp|Italian language|Vespasian}}, and {{wp|Arabic language|Rahelian}}, having many loanwords from these languages. | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Suhalan is a {{wp|Romance languages|Solarian language}}, descending from {{wp|Latin|Solarian}}. Solarian was adopted relatively late into the Solarian period, and modern Suhalan possesses significant substrate influence from !Punic, with Suxaro-Suhalan having influence from !Nuragic. All varieties of Suhalan have adstratum influence from {{wp|French language|Gaullican}}, {{wp|Arabic language|Rahelian}}, and {{wp|Persian language|Pardari}} with Tsabaro-Suhalan having more Gaullican influence in addition to influence. Suxaro-Suhalan holds significant {{wp|Italian language|Vespasian}} influence, especially on the western side of the island. | Suhalan is a {{wp|Romance languages|Solarian language}}, descending from {{wp|Latin|Solarian}}. Solarian was adopted relatively late into the Solarian period, and modern Suhalan possesses significant substrate influence from !Punic, with Suxaro-Suhalan having influence from !Nuragic. All varieties of Suhalan have adstratum influence from {{wp|French language|Gaullican}}, {{wp|Arabic language|Rahelian}}, and {{wp|Persian language|Pardari}} with Tsabaro-Suhalan having more Gaullican influence in addition to influence. Suxaro-Suhalan holds significant {{wp|Italian language|Vespasian}} influence, especially on the western side of the island. | ||
=== | ===Solarian Period=== | ||
Solarian was introduced to the Island around 113 BCE, when the island was first invaded by Solarian forces. {{wp|Punic language|Nimenese}} and {{wp|Paleo-Sardinian language|Paleo-Suhalan}} were the most spoken languages prior to this, with Nimenese being prevalent on the south and eastern coasts. Some {{wp|greek language|Piraean}} influence also existed on the west coast. The Island was slow to adopt Solarian, and its pre-existing languages stayed strong for centuries after its conquest, leading to the mockery of its inhabitants by Solarian writers who deemed them 'uncivilized'. Nevertheless, Solarian grew and by the 4th century BCE it was the majority language of the Island, with other languages relegated to secondary status in the centre and southern coast. | |||
The Solarian of Suhala stayed much closer to Classical Solarian for much longer than other dialects, undergoing less sound changes and keeping more grammatical features, partially due to its distance from the rest of Euclea and periods of de facto self-governance. Eventually by the mid 1000s, Old Suhalan had become distinct enough from Vulgar Solarian to be considered its own language by modern linguists, although there is little consensus on when this split happened, with timescales of between the 10th to the mid-12th century having been proposed. Old Suhalan was marked by a simplification of the {{wp|Grammatical case|case system}} into a {{wp|nominative case|nominative}}-{{wp|accusative case|accusative}}, a {{wp|genitive case|genitive}}, and a {{wp|dative case|dative}} which took over the functions of the Solarian {{wp|locative case|locative}} and {{wp|ablative case|ablative}}. Old Suhalan also possessed a {{wp|Word order|freer word order}} and less {{wp|loanword|loanwords}} than its contemporary Solarian languages, with the main {{wp|adstratum(linguistics|superstrate}} influences from Rahelian, Pardari, and Gaullican being unevenly distributed across the island. | |||
Old Suhalan was the primary language for internal administration, commerce, and literature, meaning that a large corpus is available. Solarian was largely used only for external communication with states in Euclea, and the Old Suhalan language held a markedly more prestigious position in Medieval Suhala than its contemporaries did in their respective areas. The earliest works in Suhalan are the [[Nepitagara Documents]] and the [[Sermons of St. Simjone]], with Suhalan literature tracing its origins to the mid-12th century focusing on accounts of the lives of saints, rulers, or folk heroes, such as the [[Song of Nebidu|Kanșode de Nepito]]. | |||
After the Povelian invasion of the western side of the island, the use of Suhalan as an administrative gradually declined as more and more local documents were written in Povelian. The Suhalan on the west side of the island also underwent significant influence from Povelian, adopting many of its spelling conventions and loaning many words. Suhalan on the east side, by contrast, took in far fewer loanwords. Futher dialectical differences would emerge, with Coian Suhalan, Central Suhalan, West Suhalan, and East Suhalan becoming more distinct in their phonologies and lexicons. The earliest examination of Suhalan from a linguistic perspective would be done by !Dante, defining it as an ''eia'' language, and noting that it ''Displays 3 vulgar languages'', and remarking that Suhala's geographic qualities were the likely cause. Later Suhalan-focused analysis would mostly come in the 16 and 1700s, from both Povelian and Suhalan intellectuals. | |||
===Modern Suhalan=== | ===Modern Suhalan=== | ||
Early on under Etrurian control, the Suhalan language was mostly left untouched, however it stopped being used for administrative purposes and most literature written on the island began to be written primarily in Vespasian. The language quickly became associated with rural people and the poor, with educated Suhalans sometimes forgoing its use entirely even in private. It was not legally recognized as a language after Etrurian federalization, however the rights of Suhalan speakers were somewhat protected and the language continued to be widely used among most people on the island. | |||
In 1885, the first comprehensive grammar of Suhalan was published by Suhalan writer [[Gafrieje of Sethare|Gafrieje Ardasu Sartore de Seśari]], named ''Unu Anajusu Compjeśu des Limba Suxaranu'', or "A Comprehensive Analysis of the Suhalan Language". Gafrieje would write other major works of Suhalan literature, including ''[[The Blood-Red Raven of Ajambasai|Su Korvu Rubru Sanqbine d'Ajambasaj ]]''("The Blood-Red Raven") and ''[[Emesis Blue|Laglva Emesu]]''("Emesis Blue"). His work, as well as the work of a few other Suhalan writers, managed to gain recognition for the Suhalan language, which was acknowledged as a regional language of Etruria in 1901. | |||
Suhalan achieved a brief moment of popularity after the [[Great War (Kylaris)|Great War]], with the work of Suhalan-language poets, writers, and intellectuals being widely consumed. This came to a crashing halt with the rise of the [[National Solarianism|National-Solarians]], who suspected Suhalans of harboring councilist and secessionist sympathies, and who supported the [[Etrurianization]] of Suhala. Etrurianization involved the favoring of Etrurian groups in Suhala, whose numbers swelled, and had a devastating effect on the public use of the Suhalan language. Use of Suhalan in public was criminalized, and children who spoke in it during school would be beaten. These efforts lead to the Suhalan liberation movements adopting the defense of the Suhalan language as one of their main goals, and many works of Suhalan literature were smuggled out of the island into temporary safe havens in nearby countries. Many Suhalans left the country between the Great War and the Solarian War, and strengthened Suhalan communities in Eastern [[Euclea]] and the [[Asterias]], with a significant Suhalan-language community developing in Eldmark. | |||
After Suhalan independence, the language quickly became more used in everyday life, aided by the pro-Suhalan position of the new ruling parties and by the slow emigration out of the country by Etrurians. Suhalan became the national language of commerce and governance, and soon it replaced Vespasian in literature. Under the [[Red League of Suhala|Ligbe Rufra de Suxare]], a concerted policy of "[[De-Etrurianization]]" was implemented, with the creation of the [[National Academy of Suhalan|Axatemie Nașonaje Suxarano]] to regulate the Suhalan language and many Vespasian loanwords for technical field being replaced by ones loaned from Solarian, Gaullican, or calqued from Vespasian. Western Suhalan was also suppressed, being seen as having too much Vespasian influence, and the language underwent significant orthographic reform, removing instances of digraphs like ll and sc and standardizing the use of letters like Çç and Şş. This policy of De-Etrurianization was halted after the LRS regime was replaced, and nowadays Suhalan dialects recieve more support from the government. | |||
Nearly all Suhalan speakers are literate, with Suhalan communication online being prevalent, and most linguists and Suhalan language authorities agree that the language's future is positive. Overall, Suhalan is the most spoken language in Suhala, even despite the recent influx of primarily Atudean and Rahelian speaking immigrants, due to the efficacy of Suhalan language-learning programs. | |||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
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! colspan="2" | {{wp| | ! colspan="2" | {{wp|Approximant|Approximants}} | ||
| | | | ||
| | | | ||
| {{IPA link|l}} / {{IPA link| | | {{IPA link|l}} / {{IPA link|ɹ}} | ||
| {{IPA link|j}} | | {{IPA link|j}} | ||
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* /ʃ/, /t͡ʃ /, and /d͡ʒ/ are typically realized as [ʃʲ] and [t͡ʃʲ] [d͡ʒʲ] | * /ʃ/, /t͡ʃ /, and /d͡ʒ/ are typically realized as [ʃʲ] and [t͡ʃʲ] [d͡ʒʲ] | ||
* Central Suhalan dialects replace the phonemes /k͡p/ and /ɡ͡b/ with /ʍ/ and /w/ respectively | * Central Suhalan dialects replace the phonemes /k͡p/ and /ɡ͡b/ with /ʍ/ and /w/ respectively | ||
* Many younger speakers of Central Suhalan dialects, due to {{wp|hypercorrection}}, often replace instances of [w] with [ɡ͡b] in situations where [w] would be correct in Standard Suhalan, i.e Standard Suhalan '' | * Many younger speakers of Central Suhalan dialects, due to {{wp|hypercorrection}}, often replace instances of [w] with [ɡ͡b] in situations where [w] would be correct in Standard Suhalan, i.e Standard Suhalan ''Vicljom'' becomes ''Qbicljom'' | ||
* Many speakers of Central Suhalan dialects hypercorrect /l/ into /j/ in situations where the former would be correct in Standard Suhalan, i.e Standard Suhalan ''Flamba'' (Flame) and ''Falsu'' (Deceptive, Sneaky) becoming ''Fiamba'' and ''Fajsu'' | |||
* In the Northwest Suhalan dialect, /d͡ʒ/ is realized as [ʎ], likely due to influence from Vespasian. | * In the Northwest Suhalan dialect, /d͡ʒ/ is realized as [ʎ], likely due to influence from Vespasian. | ||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
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Notes: | Notes: | ||
===Orthography=== | |||
Suhalan uses the {{wp|Latin alphabet|Solarian alphabet}}, with 5 vowel letters (along with an acute diacritic to distinguish {{wp|Homophony|homophones}}, and 30 consonant letters. | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
! colspan="1" | Suhalan Letter || colspan="1" | Suhalan Name || colspan="1" | IPA sound | |||
|- | |||
| Aa || a || {{IPA link|a}} | |||
|- | |||
| Bb || be || {{IPA link|b}} | |||
|- | |||
| Cc || ce || {{IPA link|k}} | |||
|- | |||
|Çç || Çe || {{IPA link|tʃ}} | |||
|- | |||
|Dd || De || {{IPA link|d̪}} | |||
|- | |||
|Ee || Ej || {{IPA link|ɛ}} | |||
|- | |||
|Ff || Ef || {{IPA link|f}} | |||
|- | |||
|Gg || Ge || {{IPA link|g}} | |||
|- | |||
|Ii || I || {{IPA link|i}}, {{IPA link|j}}* | |||
|- | |||
|Jj || Je || {{IPA link|j}} | |||
|- | |||
| Kk || Kab || {{IPA link|k}} | |||
|- | |||
| Ll || El || {{IPA link|l}} | |||
|- | |||
| Gl, gl || Egle || {{IPA link|ʃ}}, {{IPA link|dʒ}}** | |||
|- | |||
| Mm || Eme || {{IPA link|m}} | |||
|- | |||
| Nn || Ene || {{IPA link|n}} | |||
|- | |||
| Oo || O || {{IPA link|ɔ}} | |||
|- | |||
| Pp || Pi || {{IPA link|p}} | |||
|- | |||
| Qp, qp || Aqpa || {{IPA link|k͡p}} | |||
|- | |||
| Qb, qb || Aqba || {{IPA link|ɡ͡b}} | |||
|- | |||
| Rr || Are || {{IPA link|ɹ}} | |||
|- | |||
| Ss || Es || {{IPA link|s}} | |||
|- | |||
| Şş || Eşu || {{IPA link|ʃ}} | |||
|- | |||
| Śś || Śeśa || {{IPA link|θ}} | |||
|- | |||
| Tt || Ta || {{IPA link|t}} | |||
|- | |||
| Uu || U || {{IPA link|u}}, {{IPA link|w}}* | |||
|- | |||
| Vv || Ve || {{IPA link|w}} | |||
|- | |||
| X || Exir || {{IPA link|x}} | |||
|- | |||
|} | |||
Notes: | |||
* The vowels /i, u/ become their respective semivowels /j, w/ when after a consonant and before another vowel or in between two other vowels. | |||
* Egle represents /dʒ/ non-intervocalically and /ʃ/ intervocallically. | |||
==Grammar== | ==Grammar== | ||
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===Personal Pronouns=== | ====Personal Pronouns==== | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
! rowspan="3" | {{wp|Grammatical case|case}} || colspan="8" | Number and person | ! rowspan="3" | {{wp|Grammatical case|case}} || colspan="8" | Number and person | ||
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| Jo | | Jo | ||
| Tu | | Tu | ||
| | | Iffe | ||
| | | Iffa | ||
| Nor | | Nor | ||
| Bor | | Bor | ||
| | | Iffi | ||
| | | Iffer | ||
|- | |- | ||
! rowspan="1" | Accusative | ! rowspan="1" | Accusative | ||
| Me | | Me | ||
| Te | | Te | ||
| | | Iffu | ||
| | | Iffa | ||
| Ne | | Ne | ||
| Be | | Be | ||
| | | Iffor | ||
| | | Iffar | ||
|- | |- | ||
! rowspan="1" | Dative | ! rowspan="1" | Dative | ||
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| Si | | Si | ||
| Si | | Si | ||
| | | Nośre | ||
| Besdre | | Besdre | ||
| Sir | | Sir | ||
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|} | |} | ||
===Demonstrative Pronouns=== | ====Demonstrative Pronouns==== | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
! rowspan="3" | {{wp|grammatical case|Case}} || colspan=" | ! rowspan="3" | {{wp|grammatical case|Case}} || colspan="6" | Type and Number | ||
|- | |- | ||
! colspan=" | ! colspan="3" | Singular || colspan="3" | Plural | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Proximal || Medial || Distal || Proximal || Medial || Distal | ! Proximal || Medial || Distal || Proximal || Medial || Distal | ||
|- | |- | ||
! rowspan="1" | Nominative | ! rowspan="1" | Nominative | ||
| Unc | | Unc/Anc | ||
| Iśśu | | Iśśu/a | ||
| Icle | | Icle/a | ||
| | | Or / Ar | ||
| | | Iśśor/ar | ||
| | | Iclor/ar | ||
| | |- | ||
| | ! rowspan="1" | Oblique | ||
| | | Uic | ||
| | | Iśśi | ||
| | | Icli | ||
| | | Ir | ||
| Iśśir | |||
| Iclir | |||
|- | |||
|} | |} | ||
===Nouns=== | ===Nouns=== | ||
All nouns in Suhalan are either masculine or feminine, and the gender of a noun can usually be told from its ending. However, there are nouns which have a feminine ending and follow a feminine declension pattern but are masculine, and vice verse, leading to some ambiguous situations. Suhalan posesses two grammatical numbers, the singular and plural. It also has two grammatical cases, the Nominative and the Oblique. The nominative is used for the subjects and direct objects of verbs, while the oblique is used for nouns with prepositions or the indirect objects of verbs. Nouns can be grouped into declension patterns. | All nouns in Suhalan are either masculine or feminine, and the gender of a noun can usually be told from its ending. However, there are nouns which have a feminine ending and follow a feminine declension pattern but are masculine, and vice verse, leading to some ambiguous situations. Suhalan posesses two grammatical numbers, the singular and plural. It also has two grammatical cases, the Nominative and the Oblique. The nominative is used for the subjects and direct objects of verbs, while the oblique is used for nouns with prepositions or the indirect objects of verbs. Nouns can be grouped into declension patterns. | ||
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Verbs are highly inflected, and belong to one of three conjugation patterns classified by their infinitive endings, are, ere, and ire. Suhalan is traditionally regarded to have 4 tenses, the present (''presente''), preterite (''preśeriśu''), imperfect past (''imperfetu''), and future (''fuśuru''), as well as 3 moods, the indicative (''indixaśibu'') , subjunctive (''supjunktibu''), and imperative (''imperaśibu''). | Verbs are highly inflected, and belong to one of three conjugation patterns classified by their infinitive endings, are, ere, and ire. Suhalan is traditionally regarded to have 4 tenses, the present (''presente''), preterite (''preśeriśu''), imperfect past (''imperfetu''), and future (''fuśuru''), as well as 3 moods, the indicative (''indixaśibu'') , subjunctive (''supjunktibu''), and imperative (''imperaśibu''). | ||
===-are verbs=== | ====-are verbs==== | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
| colspan="10"| '''''Kantare''''', "to Sing" | | colspan="10"| '''''Kantare''''', "to Sing" | ||
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|- | |- | ||
| Preterite | | Preterite | ||
| ''Kant''-'''abi''' || ''Kant''-''' | | ''Kant''-'''abi''' || ''Kant''-'''abiśśi''' || ''Kant''-'''abit''' || ''Kant''-'''abimor''' || ''Kant''-'''abiśśir''' || ''Kant''-'''aberunt''' || I sang (at a specific point of time) | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Imperfect | | Imperfect | ||
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|} | |} | ||
===-ere verbs=== | ====-ere verbs==== | ||
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'''Notes:''' Verbs with roots that end in t, d, k, or g will undergo palatalization when conjugated for the 1st person present indicative and the subjunctive preterite, becoming ș, ç, or dç respectively. Verbs with roots that end in k or g or a vowel will become qp qb or change the v into a b respectively when conjugated for the indicative and subjunctive preterite. | '''Notes:''' Verbs with roots that end in t, d, k, or g will undergo palatalization when conjugated for the 1st person present indicative and the subjunctive preterite, becoming ș, ç, or dç respectively. Verbs with roots that end in k or g or a vowel will become qp qb or change the v into a b respectively when conjugated for the indicative and subjunctive preterite. | ||
===-ire verbs=== | ====-ire verbs==== | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
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! rowspan="4" | Subjunctive | ! rowspan="4" | Subjunctive | ||
| Present * | | Present * | ||
| '' | | ''Ben''-'''ja''' || ''Ben''-'''jar''' || ''Ben''-'''jat''' || ''Ben''-'''jamor''' || ''Ben''-'''jaśir ''' || ''Ben''-'''jant''' || If I arrive, May I arrive | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Preterite | | Preterite | ||
| '' | | ''Ben''-'''iberi''' || ''Ben''-'''iberir''' || ''Ben''-'''iberit''' || ''Ben''-'''iberimor''' || ''Ben''-'''iberiśir ''' || ''Ben''-'''iberint''' || If I arrived (at a specific point of time) | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Imperfect | | Imperfect | ||
| '' | | ''Ben''-'''ire''' || ''Ben''-'''irer''' || ''Ben''-'''iret''' || ''Ben''-'''iremor''' || ''Ben''-'''ireśir''' || ''Ben''-'''irent''' || If I was arriving | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Future | | Future | ||
| '' | | ''Ben''-'''iperi''' || ''Ben''-'''iperir''' || ''Ben''-'''iperit''' || ''Ben''-'''iperimor''' || ''Ben''-'''iperiśir''' || ''Ben''-'''iperint'''|| if I will arrive | ||
|- | |- | ||
! rowspan="1" | Imperative | ! rowspan="1" | Imperative | ||
| Present | | Present | ||
| || '' | | || ''Ben''-'''i''' || || ''Ben''-'''imor''' || ''Ben''-'''iśe''' || || (You) arrive! | ||
|- | |- | ||
|} | |} | ||
'''Notes:''' Verbs with roots that end in t, d, k, or g will undergo palatalization when conjugated for the 1st person present indicative and the subjunctive preterite, becoming ș, ç, or dç respectively. | '''Notes:''' Verbs with roots that end in t, d, k, or g will undergo palatalization when conjugated for the 1st person present indicative and the subjunctive preterite, becoming ș, ç, or dç respectively. | ||
===Syntax=== | |||
Suhalan is a head-initial language, being typically SVO, placing adjectives after nouns, using prepositions. Its most prominent head-final syntax is the placing of indirect objects before the verb. Suhalan interrogative phrases are SOV, so while the phrase "My friend writes books" would be said (SVO) as: | |||
* ''Amixu-mi ixxipet kiśapir'' | |||
while the phrase "My friend writes books?" is said (with rising intonation & SOV) as: | |||
*''Amixu-mi kiśapir ixxipet?'' | |||
Suhalan is also a {{wp|pro-drop language}}, meaning that there are sentences with objects and verbs and no stated subject, like | |||
*''Bro s'ixxipjo kiśapir-mi'' | |||
meaning "I write my books for him" (also note that the oblique pronoun ''si'' becomes a proclitic before the verb with an initial vowel and that the oblique pronoun ''mi'', used as a genitive, becomes an enclitic after ''kiśapir'', or "books" in the oblique case. | |||
==Sample Text and Vocabulary Comparison== | |||
===Vocabulary Comparison with other Solarian Languages=== | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|- style="background:#efefef;" | |||
|English||''Solarian''||'''''Suhalan'''''||''Etrurian''||''Esmeiran''||''Montecaran''||''Gaullican''||''Luzelese''||''Tosuton'' | |||
|- | |||
|key | |||
||''clāvem'' | |||
||'''glabe''' | |||
||''chiave'' | |||
||''llave'' | |||
||''ciàve'' | |||
||''clé'' | |||
||''chave'' | |||
||''clau'' | |||
|- | |||
|night | |||
||''noctem'' | |||
||'''nojte''' | |||
||''notte'' | |||
||''noche'' | |||
||''nòte'' | |||
||''nuit'' | |||
||''noite'' | |||
||''nit'' | |||
|- | |||
|sing | |||
||''cantāre'' | |||
||'''kantare/-je''' | |||
||''cantare'' | |||
||''cantar'' | |||
||''cantàr'' | |||
||''chanter'' | |||
||''cantar'' | |||
||''cantar'' | |||
|- | |||
|goat | |||
||''capram'' | |||
||'''kabra''' | |||
||''capra'' | |||
||''cabra'' | |||
||''càvra'' | |||
||''chèvre'' | |||
||''cabra'' | |||
||''cabra'' | |||
|- | |||
|language | |||
||''linguam'' | |||
||'''limba''' | |||
||''lingua'' | |||
||''lengua'' | |||
||''lèngua'' | |||
||''langue'' | |||
||''língua'' | |||
||''llengua'' | |||
|- | |||
|plaza | |||
||''plateam'' | |||
||'''biașa ''' | |||
||''piazza'' | |||
||''plaza'' | |||
||''plàça, plaçà'' | |||
||''place'' | |||
||''praça'' | |||
||''plaça'' | |||
|- | |||
|bridge | |||
||''pontem'' | |||
||'''ponte''' | |||
||''ponte'' | |||
||''puente'' | |||
||''pont/i'' | |||
||''pont'' | |||
||''ponte'' | |||
||''pont'' | |||
|- | |||
|church | |||
||''ecclēsiam'' | |||
||'''eglesia''' | |||
||''chiesa'' | |||
||''iglesia'' | |||
||''céxa'' | |||
||''église'' | |||
||''igreja'' | |||
||''església'' | |||
|- | |||
|hospital | |||
||''hospitālem'' | |||
||'''offiśaje''' | |||
||''ospedale'' | |||
||''hospital'' | |||
||''ospedàl'' | |||
||''hôpital'' | |||
||''hospital'' | |||
||''hospital'' | |||
|- | |||
|cheese | |||
||''cāseum (fōrmāticum)'' | |||
||'''casiu, formaśixu, formadço, glufna''' | |||
||''cacio, formaggio '' | |||
||''queso'' | |||
||''formàxo'' | |||
||''fromage'' | |||
||''queijo'' | |||
||''formatge'' | |||
|} | |||
===Sample of The Lord's Prayer=== | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|- | |||
! Solarian | |||
! ''Suhalan'' | |||
! Direct Translation | |||
! Estmerish | |||
|- | |||
| Pater Noster qui es in caelis<br /><br />sanctificetur nomen tuum.<br /><br />Adveniat regnum tuum.<br /><br />Fiat voluntas tua, sicut in caelo et in terra<br /><br />Panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie,<br /><br />Et dimitte nobis debita nostra sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris.<br /><br />Et ne nos inducas in tentationem, sed libera nos a malo. Amen. | |||
| Padre-nor, qpid in kejo est.<br /><br />Nobe-ti saxartiśor iśśet.<br /><br />Majixeśu-ti beniperir..<br /><br />Bojonta-ti in se terre pomot in kejo fiśor iśśet.<br /><br />Nor in djedoși der pana-nor pośișa.<br /><br />Et condonar depiśor-nor, pomot condonamor depiśorer-nor <br /><br />Et no in tentașo duxar-ne, aut de malo liberer-ne. Amen. <br /> | |||
| Father our, who in heaven is.<br /><br />Name your venerated be.<br /><br />Kingdom your may it come.<br /><br />Will your in the earth like in heaven enforced be.<br /><br />To us in today give bread our daily<br /><br />And forgive trespasses our like we forgive trespassers our.<br /><br />And not in temptation lead us, but from evil deliver us. Amen.<br /> | |||
| Our Father who art in heaven<br /><br />Hallowed be thy name.<br /><br />Thy kingdom come<br /><br />Thy will be done on earth like in heaven<br /><br />Give us today our daily bread<br /><br />And forgive us our trespasses like we forgive our trespassers<br /><br />And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen. | |||
|} |
Latest revision as of 16:36, 17 November 2023
Suhalan | |
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Limba Suxaranu | |
Pronunciation | IPA: [suxaɹanu] |
Region | Suhala, North Coius |
Ethnicity | Suhalan people |
Native speakers | ~10,200,000 (2020) |
Euclo-Satrian
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Early forms | |
Standard forms | Standard Suhalan
Standard Sojajianixe
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Dialects |
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Solarian script | |
Official status | |
Official language in | Suhala |
Recognised minority language in | |
Regulated by | Axatemie Nașonaje Suxaranu |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | shl |
Suhalan (Suxaranu [suxaɹanu] or Limba Suxare [limba suxaɹanu]) is a Solarian language spoken in southern Euclea and northern Coius. It is the official language of Suhala and is its primarily spoken language, as well as Suhalans in northern Tsabara. Many speakers of Suhalan are multilingual, typically with Vespasian, Rahelian, or Atudean. Diglossia is especially common in Suhala itself. Including the population of Suhalan-speakers outside of Suhala, Suhalan is spoken by approximately 10.2 Million people. The language has significant influence from Gaullican, Vespasian, and Rahelian, having many loanwords from these languages.
History
Suhalan is a Solarian language, descending from Solarian. Solarian was adopted relatively late into the Solarian period, and modern Suhalan possesses significant substrate influence from !Punic, with Suxaro-Suhalan having influence from !Nuragic. All varieties of Suhalan have adstratum influence from Gaullican, Rahelian, and Pardari with Tsabaro-Suhalan having more Gaullican influence in addition to influence. Suxaro-Suhalan holds significant Vespasian influence, especially on the western side of the island.
Solarian Period
Solarian was introduced to the Island around 113 BCE, when the island was first invaded by Solarian forces. Nimenese and Paleo-Suhalan were the most spoken languages prior to this, with Nimenese being prevalent on the south and eastern coasts. Some Piraean influence also existed on the west coast. The Island was slow to adopt Solarian, and its pre-existing languages stayed strong for centuries after its conquest, leading to the mockery of its inhabitants by Solarian writers who deemed them 'uncivilized'. Nevertheless, Solarian grew and by the 4th century BCE it was the majority language of the Island, with other languages relegated to secondary status in the centre and southern coast.
The Solarian of Suhala stayed much closer to Classical Solarian for much longer than other dialects, undergoing less sound changes and keeping more grammatical features, partially due to its distance from the rest of Euclea and periods of de facto self-governance. Eventually by the mid 1000s, Old Suhalan had become distinct enough from Vulgar Solarian to be considered its own language by modern linguists, although there is little consensus on when this split happened, with timescales of between the 10th to the mid-12th century having been proposed. Old Suhalan was marked by a simplification of the case system into a nominative-accusative, a genitive, and a dative which took over the functions of the Solarian locative and ablative. Old Suhalan also possessed a freer word order and less loanwords than its contemporary Solarian languages, with the main superstrate influences from Rahelian, Pardari, and Gaullican being unevenly distributed across the island.
Old Suhalan was the primary language for internal administration, commerce, and literature, meaning that a large corpus is available. Solarian was largely used only for external communication with states in Euclea, and the Old Suhalan language held a markedly more prestigious position in Medieval Suhala than its contemporaries did in their respective areas. The earliest works in Suhalan are the Nepitagara Documents and the Sermons of St. Simjone, with Suhalan literature tracing its origins to the mid-12th century focusing on accounts of the lives of saints, rulers, or folk heroes, such as the Kanșode de Nepito.
After the Povelian invasion of the western side of the island, the use of Suhalan as an administrative gradually declined as more and more local documents were written in Povelian. The Suhalan on the west side of the island also underwent significant influence from Povelian, adopting many of its spelling conventions and loaning many words. Suhalan on the east side, by contrast, took in far fewer loanwords. Futher dialectical differences would emerge, with Coian Suhalan, Central Suhalan, West Suhalan, and East Suhalan becoming more distinct in their phonologies and lexicons. The earliest examination of Suhalan from a linguistic perspective would be done by !Dante, defining it as an eia language, and noting that it Displays 3 vulgar languages, and remarking that Suhala's geographic qualities were the likely cause. Later Suhalan-focused analysis would mostly come in the 16 and 1700s, from both Povelian and Suhalan intellectuals.
Modern Suhalan
Early on under Etrurian control, the Suhalan language was mostly left untouched, however it stopped being used for administrative purposes and most literature written on the island began to be written primarily in Vespasian. The language quickly became associated with rural people and the poor, with educated Suhalans sometimes forgoing its use entirely even in private. It was not legally recognized as a language after Etrurian federalization, however the rights of Suhalan speakers were somewhat protected and the language continued to be widely used among most people on the island.
In 1885, the first comprehensive grammar of Suhalan was published by Suhalan writer Gafrieje Ardasu Sartore de Seśari, named Unu Anajusu Compjeśu des Limba Suxaranu, or "A Comprehensive Analysis of the Suhalan Language". Gafrieje would write other major works of Suhalan literature, including Su Korvu Rubru Sanqbine d'Ajambasaj ("The Blood-Red Raven") and Laglva Emesu("Emesis Blue"). His work, as well as the work of a few other Suhalan writers, managed to gain recognition for the Suhalan language, which was acknowledged as a regional language of Etruria in 1901.
Suhalan achieved a brief moment of popularity after the Great War, with the work of Suhalan-language poets, writers, and intellectuals being widely consumed. This came to a crashing halt with the rise of the National-Solarians, who suspected Suhalans of harboring councilist and secessionist sympathies, and who supported the Etrurianization of Suhala. Etrurianization involved the favoring of Etrurian groups in Suhala, whose numbers swelled, and had a devastating effect on the public use of the Suhalan language. Use of Suhalan in public was criminalized, and children who spoke in it during school would be beaten. These efforts lead to the Suhalan liberation movements adopting the defense of the Suhalan language as one of their main goals, and many works of Suhalan literature were smuggled out of the island into temporary safe havens in nearby countries. Many Suhalans left the country between the Great War and the Solarian War, and strengthened Suhalan communities in Eastern Euclea and the Asterias, with a significant Suhalan-language community developing in Eldmark.
After Suhalan independence, the language quickly became more used in everyday life, aided by the pro-Suhalan position of the new ruling parties and by the slow emigration out of the country by Etrurians. Suhalan became the national language of commerce and governance, and soon it replaced Vespasian in literature. Under the Ligbe Rufra de Suxare, a concerted policy of "De-Etrurianization" was implemented, with the creation of the Axatemie Nașonaje Suxarano to regulate the Suhalan language and many Vespasian loanwords for technical field being replaced by ones loaned from Solarian, Gaullican, or calqued from Vespasian. Western Suhalan was also suppressed, being seen as having too much Vespasian influence, and the language underwent significant orthographic reform, removing instances of digraphs like ll and sc and standardizing the use of letters like Çç and Şş. This policy of De-Etrurianization was halted after the LRS regime was replaced, and nowadays Suhalan dialects recieve more support from the government.
Nearly all Suhalan speakers are literate, with Suhalan communication online being prevalent, and most linguists and Suhalan language authorities agree that the language's future is positive. Overall, Suhalan is the most spoken language in Suhala, even despite the recent influx of primarily Atudean and Rahelian speaking immigrants, due to the efficacy of Suhalan language-learning programs.
Phonology
Suhalan has 20 consonant and 5 vowel phonemes, with a phonological inventory relatively similar to that of other Solarian languages. Its most crosslinguistically rare phonemes are the dental affricate /θ/ and the labiovelar plosives.
Consonants
Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Post-Alveolar/Palatal | Velar | Labiovelar | ||
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Nasal | m | n | |||||
Plosive | voiceless | p | t̪ | k | k͡p | ||
voiced | b | d̪ | g | ɡ͡b | |||
Fricative | f | θ | s | ʃ | x | ||
Affricate | voiceless | t͡ʃ | |||||
voiced | d͡ʒ | ||||||
Approximants | l / ɹ | j | w |
Notes:
- Geminate fricatives and fricatives before the liquids /l, r/ are allophonically voiced
- /n/ and /m/ allophonically assimilate into [ɱ, ŋ, ŋ͡m] before consonants with their places of articulation, i.e /nf/ and /ng/ are realized as [ɱf] and [ŋg]
- /n/ and /m/ allophonically assimilate into [ŋ] after /u/ and /ɔ/
- /ʃ/, /t͡ʃ /, and /d͡ʒ/ are typically realized as [ʃʲ] and [t͡ʃʲ] [d͡ʒʲ]
- Central Suhalan dialects replace the phonemes /k͡p/ and /ɡ͡b/ with /ʍ/ and /w/ respectively
- Many younger speakers of Central Suhalan dialects, due to hypercorrection, often replace instances of [w] with [ɡ͡b] in situations where [w] would be correct in Standard Suhalan, i.e Standard Suhalan Vicljom becomes Qbicljom
- Many speakers of Central Suhalan dialects hypercorrect /l/ into /j/ in situations where the former would be correct in Standard Suhalan, i.e Standard Suhalan Flamba (Flame) and Falsu (Deceptive, Sneaky) becoming Fiamba and Fajsu
- In the Northwest Suhalan dialect, /d͡ʒ/ is realized as [ʎ], likely due to influence from Vespasian.
Vowels
Front | Central | Back | ||
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Close | i | u | ||
Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | ||
Open | a |
Notes:
Orthography
Suhalan uses the Solarian alphabet, with 5 vowel letters (along with an acute diacritic to distinguish homophones, and 30 consonant letters.
Suhalan Letter | Suhalan Name | IPA sound |
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Aa | a | a |
Bb | be | b |
Cc | ce | k |
Çç | Çe | tʃ |
Dd | De | d̪ |
Ee | Ej | ɛ |
Ff | Ef | f |
Gg | Ge | g |
Ii | I | i, j* |
Jj | Je | j |
Kk | Kab | k |
Ll | El | l |
Gl, gl | Egle | ʃ, dʒ** |
Mm | Eme | m |
Nn | Ene | n |
Oo | O | ɔ |
Pp | Pi | p |
Qp, qp | Aqpa | k͡p |
Qb, qb | Aqba | ɡ͡b |
Rr | Are | ɹ |
Ss | Es | s |
Şş | Eşu | ʃ |
Śś | Śeśa | θ |
Tt | Ta | t |
Uu | U | u, w* |
Vv | Ve | w |
X | Exir | x |
Notes:
- The vowels /i, u/ become their respective semivowels /j, w/ when after a consonant and before another vowel or in between two other vowels.
- Egle represents /dʒ/ non-intervocalically and /ʃ/ intervocallically.
Grammar
Suhalan is grammatically and typologically similar to other Solarian languages, and is a fusional language. Nouns and adjectives are inflected for case, gender, and number. Verbs are conjugated for tense, aspect, mood, as well agreement with the person and number of their subject.
Pronouns
Suhalan has 6 personal pronouns that decline for 3 cases, those being the nominative, accusative, and dative. Pronouns can be cliticised, with dative pronouns being procliticised before verbs with initial vowels (written with an apostrophe '), and encliticised (written with a hyphen "-" between the verb and pronoun) after nouns to indicate possession. Accusative pronouns can be encliticised (written with a hyphen "-" between the verb and pronoun). It also possesses a three-way distinction between demonstratives, proximal, medial, and distal.
Personal Pronouns
case | Number and person | |||||||
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Singular | Plural | |||||||
1st | 2nd | 3rd M. | 3rd F. | 1st | 2nd | 3rd M. | 3rd F. | |
Nominative | Jo | Tu | Iffe | Iffa | Nor | Bor | Iffi | Iffer |
Accusative | Me | Te | Iffu | Iffa | Ne | Be | Iffor | Iffar |
Dative | Mi | Ti | Si | Si | Nośre | Besdre | Sir | Sir |
Demonstrative Pronouns
Case | Type and Number | |||||
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Singular | Plural | |||||
Proximal | Medial | Distal | Proximal | Medial | Distal | |
Nominative | Unc/Anc | Iśśu/a | Icle/a | Or / Ar | Iśśor/ar | Iclor/ar |
Oblique | Uic | Iśśi | Icli | Ir | Iśśir | Iclir |
Nouns
All nouns in Suhalan are either masculine or feminine, and the gender of a noun can usually be told from its ending. However, there are nouns which have a feminine ending and follow a feminine declension pattern but are masculine, and vice verse, leading to some ambiguous situations. Suhalan posesses two grammatical numbers, the singular and plural. It also has two grammatical cases, the Nominative and the Oblique. The nominative is used for the subjects and direct objects of verbs, while the oblique is used for nouns with prepositions or the indirect objects of verbs. Nouns can be grouped into declension patterns.
Femidina I
Nouns in the Feminine I declension tend to come from the Latin 1st declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
NOM | kas-a | kas-ar |
OBL | kas-e | kas-ir |
Femidine II
Nouns in the Feminine II declension tend to come from the Latin 3rd declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
NOM | arbor-e | arbor-er |
OBL | arbor-i | arbor-ipor |
Masculinu I
Nouns in the Masculine I declension typically come from the Latin second declension
Case | Singular | Plural |
NOM | kan-u | kan-or |
OBL | kan-o | kan-ir |
Masculinu II
Nouns in the Masculine II declension typically come from the Latin fourth declension. Many nouns that use the Masculine II declension are feminine, and use feminine articles and feminine adjectival agreement.
Case | Singular | Plural |
NOM | man-u | man-or |
OBL | man-ui | man-ipor |
Verbs
Verbs are highly inflected, and belong to one of three conjugation patterns classified by their infinitive endings, are, ere, and ire. Suhalan is traditionally regarded to have 4 tenses, the present (presente), preterite (preśeriśu), imperfect past (imperfetu), and future (fuśuru), as well as 3 moods, the indicative (indixaśibu) , subjunctive (supjunktibu), and imperative (imperaśibu).
-are verbs
Kantare, "to Sing" | |||||||||
Mood | Tense & Aspect | Number and person | Estmerish equivalent (only sg. 1st) | ||||||
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Singular | Plural | ||||||||
1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | ||||
Indicative | Present | Kant-o | Kant-ar | Kant-at | Kant-amor | Kant-aśir | Kant-ant | I sing | |
Preterite | Kant-abi | Kant-abiśśi | Kant-abit | Kant-abimor | Kant-abiśśir | Kant-aberunt | I sang (at a specific point of time) | ||
Imperfect | Kant-apa | Kant-apar | Kant-apat | Kant-apamor | Kant-apaśir | Kant-apant | I was singing | ||
Future | Kant-apo | Kant-apir | Kant-apit | Kant-apimor | Kant-apiśir | Kant-apunt | I will sing | ||
Subjunctive | Present | Kant-e | Kant-er | Kant-et | Kant-emor | Kant-eśir | Kant-ent | If I sing, May I sing | |
Preterite | Kant-aberi | Kant-aberir | Kant-aberit | Kant-aberimor | Kant-aberiśir | Kant-aberint | If I sang (at a specific point of time) | ||
Imperfect | Kant-are | Kant-arer | Kant-aret | Kant-aremor | Kant-areśir | Kant-arent | If I was singing | ||
Future | Kant-aperi | Kant-aperir | Kant-aperit | Kant-aperimor | Kant-aperiśer | Kant-aperint | If I will sing | ||
Imperative | Present | Kant-a | Kant-emor | Kant-aśe | (You) sing! |
-ere verbs
Sapere, "to know" | |||||||||
Mood | Tense & Aspect | Number and person | Estmerish equivalent (only sg. 1st) | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | ||||||||
1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | ||||
Indicative | Present | Sap-jo* | Sap-er | Sap-et | Sap-emor | Sap-eśir | Sap-ent | I know | |
Preterite* | Sap-vi | Sap-viśśi | Sap-vit | Sap-vimor | Sap-viśśir | Sap-verunt | I knew (at a specific point of time) | ||
Imperfect | Sap-epa | Sap-epar | Sap-epat | Sap-epamor | Sap-epaśir | Sap-epant | I was knowing | ||
Future | Sap-epo | Sap-epir | Sap-epit | Sap-epimor | Sap-epiśir | Sap-epunt | I will know | ||
Subjunctive | Present* | Sap-ja | Sap-jar | Sap-jat | Sap-jamor | Sap-jaśir | Sap-jant | If I know, May I know | |
Preterite* | Sap-veri | Sap-verir | Sap-verit | Sap-verimor | Sap-veriśir | Sap-verint | If I knew (at a specific point of time) | ||
Imperfect | Sap-ere | Sap-erer | Sap-eret | Sap-eremor | Sap-ereśir | Sap-erent | If I was knowing | ||
Future | Sap-eperi | Sap-eperir | Sap-eperit | Sap-eperimor | Sap-eperiśir | Sap-aperint | If I will know | ||
Imperative | Present | Sap-e | Sap-imor | Sap-eśe | (You) know! |
Notes: Verbs with roots that end in t, d, k, or g will undergo palatalization when conjugated for the 1st person present indicative and the subjunctive preterite, becoming ș, ç, or dç respectively. Verbs with roots that end in k or g or a vowel will become qp qb or change the v into a b respectively when conjugated for the indicative and subjunctive preterite.
-ire verbs
Benire, "to arrive" | |||||||||
Mood | Tense & Aspect | Number and person | Estmerish equivalent (only sg. 1st) | ||||||
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Singular | Plural | ||||||||
1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | ||||
Indicative | Present | Ben-jo* | Ben-ir | Ben-it | Ben-imor | Ben-iśir | Ben-junt* | I arrive | |
Preterite | Ben-ibi | Ben-ibiśśi | Ben-ibit | Ben-ibimor | Ben-ibiśśir | Ben-iberunt | I arrived (at a specific point of time) | ||
Imperfect* | Ben-jepa | Ben-jepar | Ben-jepat | Ben-jepamor | Ben-jepaśir | Ben-jepant | I was arriving | ||
Future* | Ben-ja | Ben-jer | Ben-jet | Ben-jemor | Ben-jeśir | Ben-jent | I will arrive | ||
Subjunctive | Present * | Ben-ja | Ben-jar | Ben-jat | Ben-jamor | Ben-jaśir | Ben-jant | If I arrive, May I arrive | |
Preterite | Ben-iberi | Ben-iberir | Ben-iberit | Ben-iberimor | Ben-iberiśir | Ben-iberint | If I arrived (at a specific point of time) | ||
Imperfect | Ben-ire | Ben-irer | Ben-iret | Ben-iremor | Ben-ireśir | Ben-irent | If I was arriving | ||
Future | Ben-iperi | Ben-iperir | Ben-iperit | Ben-iperimor | Ben-iperiśir | Ben-iperint | if I will arrive | ||
Imperative | Present | Ben-i | Ben-imor | Ben-iśe | (You) arrive! |
Notes: Verbs with roots that end in t, d, k, or g will undergo palatalization when conjugated for the 1st person present indicative and the subjunctive preterite, becoming ș, ç, or dç respectively.
Syntax
Suhalan is a head-initial language, being typically SVO, placing adjectives after nouns, using prepositions. Its most prominent head-final syntax is the placing of indirect objects before the verb. Suhalan interrogative phrases are SOV, so while the phrase "My friend writes books" would be said (SVO) as:
- Amixu-mi ixxipet kiśapir
while the phrase "My friend writes books?" is said (with rising intonation & SOV) as:
- Amixu-mi kiśapir ixxipet?
Suhalan is also a pro-drop language, meaning that there are sentences with objects and verbs and no stated subject, like
- Bro s'ixxipjo kiśapir-mi
meaning "I write my books for him" (also note that the oblique pronoun si becomes a proclitic before the verb with an initial vowel and that the oblique pronoun mi, used as a genitive, becomes an enclitic after kiśapir, or "books" in the oblique case.
Sample Text and Vocabulary Comparison
Vocabulary Comparison with other Solarian Languages
English | Solarian | Suhalan | Etrurian | Esmeiran | Montecaran | Gaullican | Luzelese | Tosuton |
key | clāvem | glabe | chiave | llave | ciàve | clé | chave | clau |
night | noctem | nojte | notte | noche | nòte | nuit | noite | nit |
sing | cantāre | kantare/-je | cantare | cantar | cantàr | chanter | cantar | cantar |
goat | capram | kabra | capra | cabra | càvra | chèvre | cabra | cabra |
language | linguam | limba | lingua | lengua | lèngua | langue | língua | llengua |
plaza | plateam | biașa | piazza | plaza | plàça, plaçà | place | praça | plaça |
bridge | pontem | ponte | ponte | puente | pont/i | pont | ponte | pont |
church | ecclēsiam | eglesia | chiesa | iglesia | céxa | église | igreja | església |
hospital | hospitālem | offiśaje | ospedale | hospital | ospedàl | hôpital | hospital | hospital |
cheese | cāseum (fōrmāticum) | casiu, formaśixu, formadço, glufna | cacio, formaggio | queso | formàxo | fromage | queijo | formatge |
Sample of The Lord's Prayer
Solarian | Suhalan | Direct Translation | Estmerish |
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Pater Noster qui es in caelis sanctificetur nomen tuum. Adveniat regnum tuum. Fiat voluntas tua, sicut in caelo et in terra Panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie, Et dimitte nobis debita nostra sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris. Et ne nos inducas in tentationem, sed libera nos a malo. Amen. |
Padre-nor, qpid in kejo est. Nobe-ti saxartiśor iśśet. Majixeśu-ti beniperir.. Bojonta-ti in se terre pomot in kejo fiśor iśśet. Nor in djedoși der pana-nor pośișa. Et condonar depiśor-nor, pomot condonamor depiśorer-nor Et no in tentașo duxar-ne, aut de malo liberer-ne. Amen. |
Father our, who in heaven is. Name your venerated be. Kingdom your may it come. Will your in the earth like in heaven enforced be. To us in today give bread our daily And forgive trespasses our like we forgive trespassers our. And not in temptation lead us, but from evil deliver us. Amen. |
Our Father who art in heaven Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come Thy will be done on earth like in heaven Give us today our daily bread And forgive us our trespasses like we forgive our trespassers And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen. |