Rhavanese language

Nhai
Rhavanese, Rhavan Speak
Native to	Rhava
Ethnicity	Rhavanese
Native speakers	10,500,052
Language family	Huang Eastern Nhai
Standard forms	Northern (standard script)
Dialects	Northern Central Southern Traditional Formal
Official status
Official language in	Rhava
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–

Nhai is the official language of Rhava and is a part of the Huang family tree. It's one of the indigenous languages spoken in Alharu.

50,000 years ago Rhavanese seafarers, crossed the ocean as a nomadic peoples going from island to island. They spoke a language which is referred to as Adisian. When they arrived where modern day Rhava is, they decided to stay permanently. These seafarers intermixed with the peoples already living on the eastern part of the island, adding the consonants of tl and ts. Rhavanese grew with these new sounds, creating a fully new language, with aspects of both cultures. Another evolution in the language happened later on, and it would be the last. This was when the Yellow Empire took over the north, and both cultures intermixed even more, bringing Huang aspects to Rhavanese.

Nhai is a standard dialect of Rhava, and a subset of the Rhavaic language group along with Nalinese. Nhai is a mix of Mesothalassan, Huang, and Adisian languages. The modern day Nhai language is reasonably different from the old tongue because of the merge with other language groups like the Kertic group for instance.

Writing System

Writing system

Nhai (Rhavanese) is written in the Anglo-Rhav Alphabet, which is a modified Latin alphabet used for Rhavanese languages.

Order	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Majuscule	Ă	Â	E	Ê	I	O	Ô	Ơ	U	Ư	B	C	CH	D	Đ	G	GH	H	DIY/DY	K	KH	L	M	N	NH	NG	P	PH	TS	Q	R	S	SH	T	TR	V	X	Y
Minuscule	ă	â	e	ê	i	o	ô	ơ	u	ư	b	c	ch	d	đ	g	gh	h	diy/dy	k	kh	l	m	n	nh	ng	p	ph	ts	q	r	s	sh	t	tr	v	x	y

Consonants

		Labial	Dental/ Alveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m [m]	m [m]		nh [ɲ]	ng [ŋ]
Stop/ Affricate	tenuis	p, ph ([p])	t [t]	tr [ʈ]	dy [dʒ] ch [tʃ]	k [k]	(awh ([ʔ])
	aspirated		th tʰ ts tl [tɬ]
	glottalized	b [ɓ]	d [ɗ]
Fricative	voiceless	ph [f]	[s]	sh [ʂ]		kh [x]	h [h]
	voiced	[v]/y/	z [z]			gh [ɣ]
Approximant			l [l]		y [j]	qu [w]
Rhotic			r [ɹ]

  - only found in the Northern Dialect

  - only found in the Southern Dialect

Vowels

Rhavanese, or Nhai has many different vowels. Though not labeled in the chart, there are also added long vowels such as; aa, and oo.

	Front	Central	Back
Centering	iah [iə̯]	uah, uoh [ɨə̯]	ua/uô [uə̯]
Close	iv, ee, y [i]	wuh [u]
Close-mid/ Mid	ey, ay, eh [e]	uh [əː] â [ə]	oh [o]
Open-mid/ Open	e	a [aː] ah [a]	o [ɔ]

In addition to Nhai's many vowels, there are also diphthongs and triphthongs. The closing diphthongs and triphthongs consist of a main vowel component followed by a shorter semivowel wikipedia:offglide /j/ or /w/.

	/w/ offglide		/j/ offglide
Centering	iew [iə̯w	uouh [ɯə̯w	uy [ɯə̯j	uyohiv [uə̯j
Close	iu [iw]	u'u [ɯw]	uiv, uiy [ɯj]	uiv, uee [uj]
Close-mid	eu [ew]	– âu [ʌw]	uhy, uyhiv [ɤj] ay [ʌj]	oi, oy [oj]
Open-mid	eo [ɛw]			oi [ɔj]
Open		ao [aw] au [ɐw]	ai [aj] ay [ɐj]

</ref> There are restrictions on the high offglides: /j/ cannot occur after a front vowel (i, ê, e) nucleus and /w/ cannot occur after a back vowel (u, ô, o) nucleus.

	/w/ offglide		/j/ offglide
	Front	Central		Back
Centering	iew [iə̯w]	uouh [ɨə̯w]	uhy, uhuy [ɨə̯j]	uy [uə̯j]
Close	iu [iw]	u'u [ɨw]	eiv, uhyiv [ɨj]	ui [uj]
Close-mid/ Mid	eu [ew]	– âu[əw]	uyh [əːj] ay [əj]	oiv, ohwiv [oj]
Open-mid/ Open	eo [ɛw]	ao [aːw] au [aw]	ai [aːj] ay [aj]	oi [ɔj]

Rhavanese Phonetics

In Rhavanese latinization most tones are not shone in actual writing, with the exception of the tieptuhk tone, which is sometimes shown with the word mā or mah.

A sentence such as;

Tuy Hak Yeo Lom Me Mā Tuy

would be pronounced as

Tuy Hak Yểo Lòm Mẹ Mā Tuy

Name	Description	Diacritic	Example
ngang   'level'	mid level	(no mark)	ma  'ghost'
huyen   'deep'	low falling (often breathy)	◌̀ (wikipedia:grave accent)	mà  'but'
sakhun   'sharp'	high rising	◌́ (wikipedia:acute accent)	má  'cheek, mother (southern)'
hoi   'questioning'	mid dipping-rising	◌̉ (wikipedia:hook above)	mả  'tomb, grave'
nga   'tumbling'	creaky high breaking-rising	◌̃ (wikipedia:tilde)	mã  'horse
naknanh   'heavy'	falling	◌̣ (dot below)	mạ  'rice seedling'
tieptuhk   'continuation'	straight tone (medium length)	◌̣ (straight line above)	mā  'used before Tuy to symbolize ownership of subject'

Personal Pronouns

Number	Word	Definition
Singular
1st	Tuy	I, me
2nd	Lanh	you (older male)
2nd	Lom	you (older female)
2nd	Kasonh	you (younger male)
2nd	Kasanh	you (younger female)
2nd	Nawh	you (close friend)
3rd	Lanh Nan	he (older male)
3rd	Lom Nan	she (older female)
3rd	Kasonh Nan	he (younger male)
3rd	Kasanh Nan	She (younger female)
3rd	Hawh	They

Rhavanese Numerals

Cardinal numbers' table
Literary
Rhavanese
1	Mot
2	Thaoh
3	Phat
4	Bom
5	Khi
6	Khoh
7	Sab
8	Thapad
9	Thikhao
10	Muy
11	Muymot
12	Muythaoh
13	Muyphat
14	Muybom
15	Muykham
16	Muykhoh
17	Muysab
18	Muythapad
19	Muythikhao
20	Thaohmuy
21	Thaohmuy mot
30	Phatmuy
40	Bommuy
50	Khimuy
60	Khohmuy
70	Sabmuy
80	Thapadmuy
90	Thikhaomuy
100	Mot Tram

Language Examples

Basic greetings and phrases

Rhavanese	Translation	Notes
Greetings
Namchao!	Hello!	A formal way of saying hello
Chao!	Hey/ whats up	Less formal way of saying hello
Chao Chasao	Good Morning
Chao Amaelnh	Good Night
Cham	Welcome
Khivsam Sabit	Goodbye/see you again
Dep Chonleuok	Hello and Welcome	Very formal, directly translates to; beautiful opportunities
Namchao Khoediv	How are you?
Useful Expressions
Khobonh	Thanks	You can add a pronoun to the back, you can also say Shukran, or Khonaar
Kalinh	Please
Kalinh Saoilai	Please Say it Again
Kalinh Laplai	Please repeat
Ntxua Nawh Lah	How old are you	You can put any pronoun at the beginning
Kalinhkao	Sorry	Alternative is Kaling-tlao
Kalinhkao, Nhai Mā Tuy Laemn Boun Khandiv	Sorry, My Rhavanese is not good
Banay Souaphomnh Khatroi	What time is it
Tuy Nahivtom	I am hungry
Honh-am Naiuhdao	Where is the bathroom?
Kalinh Hawivdee	Please stop

Universal Decleration of Human Rights: article 1:

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

Thanhmop Nguy Sinra Dopniv Ya Kintheoathiam Naiuh Phamkyiv Ya Quyen. Hawh Chawbhai Livphon Ya Lungsoanuk Ya Kuanhpativ Zhaikap Ntxoeng-au Naiuh Tinhchai Lamntxanh.