Dazhdin language

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Dazhdin
Daẑinčina - Даҗінчіна
Dazhdin civil flag
Pronunciation	/daʒd͡ʒint͡ʃinɑ/
Ethnicity	Dazhdins
Native speakers	~25,000,000
Language family	Euro-Argisian Balto-Slavic Slavic Dazhdin
Dialects	Literary Dazhdin Syranik Posąvrag Mješanka
Writing system	Latin, Cyrillic
Language codes
ISO 639-1	ZD
ISO 639-2	DZD
ISO 639-3	DZD

The Dazhdin language (Dazhdin Latin: Daẑinčina/Daẑinčinsky język; Dazhdin Cyrillic: Даҗінчіна/Даҗінчінскы ѩзык) is a pluricentric language with 3 standardized forms (out of which one is the "standard" Dazhdin and is not spoken as a common language, the remaining two are considered to be standardized dialectal variants, which are mutually intelligible).

Orthography

Main article: Dazhdin orthography

Latin version

A a	Ą ą	B b	C c	Č č	D d	Đ đ	E e	Ě ě	Ę ę
F f	G g	H h	Ĥ ĥ	I ı	İ i	J j	Ь ь	K k	L l
Ľ ľ	M m	N n	Ň ň	O o	P p	Q q	R r	S s	Š š
Ŝ ŝ	T t	Ŧ ŧ	U u	Ų ų	V v	W w	X x	Y y	Ъ ъ
Z z	Ž ž	Ẑ ẑ	Ʒ ʒ	Ǯ ǯ

Note: Letter Ĥ is an introduced letter to denote the /h/ sound in loanwords (for example the word "ĥistorьja")

Cyrillic version

А а	Б б	В в	Г г	Д д	Ђ ђ	Е е	Є є	Ж ж	Җ җ
З з	Ѕ ѕ	І і	И и	Ј ј	К к	Л л	Љ љ	М м	Н н
Њ њ	О о	П п	Р р	С с	Т т	Ћ ћ	У у	Ф ф	Х х
Ц ц	Ч ч	Џ џ	Ш ш	Щ щ	Ъ ъ	Ы ы	Ь ь	Ѥ ѥ	Ю ю
Я я	Ѫ ѫ	Ѭ ѭ	Ѧ ѧ	Ѩ ѩ	Ꙙ ꙙ	Ꙝ ꙝ

Pronunciation

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	39	41	42	43	44	45
Majuscule	A	Ja	Ą	Ją	B	C	Č	D	Đ	E	Je	Ě	Ę	Ję	F	G	H	I	İ	J	Ь	K	L	Ľ	M	N	Ň	O	P	Q	R	S	Š	Ŝ	T	Ŧ	U	Ju	Ų	Jų	V	W	X	Y	Ъ	Z	Ž	Ẑ	Ʒ	Ǯ
Minuscule	a	ja	ą	ją	b	c	č	d	đ	e	je	ě	ę	ję	f	g	h	ı	i	j	ь	k	l	ľ	m	n	ň	o	p	q	r	s	š	ŝ	t	ŧ	u	ju	ų	jų	v	w	x	y	ъ	z	ž	ẑ	ʒ	ǯ
Majuscule	А	Я	Ꙙ	Ꙝ	Б	Ц	Ч	Д	Ђ	Е	Ѥ	Є	Ѧ	Ѩ	Ф	Г	Х	И	І	Ј	Ь	К	Л	Љ	М	Н	Њ	О	П	Кв	Р	С	Ш	Щ	Т	Ћ	У	Ю	Ѫ	Ѭ	В	Ў	Кс	Ы	Ъ	З	Ж	Җ	Ѕ	Џ
Minuscule	а	я	ꙙ	ꙝ	б	ц	ч	д	ђ	е	ѥ	є	ѧ	ѩ	ф	г	х	и	і	ј	ь	к	л	љ	м	н	њ	о	п	кв	р	с	ш	щ	т	ћ	у	ю	ѫ	ѭ	в	ў	кс	ы	ъ	з	ж	җ	ѕ	џ
IPA Sound	a ɑ	ja jɑ	ɔ̃ ɔw̃	jɔ̃ jɔw̃	b	t͡s	t͡ʃ t͡ɕ	d	ɟ	ɛ e	jɛ je	ʲɛ ʲe	ɛ̃ ẽ	jɛ̃ jẽ	f	ɡ	x	ɪ	i	j	ĭ	k	l	ʎ	m	n	ɲ	ɔ o	p	kv q	r	s	ʃ ɕ	ʃt͡ʃ	t	c	u	ju	ʊ̃ ũ	jʊ̃ jũ	v		ks	ɨ y	y̆ ɯ̆	z	ʒ ʑ	ʒd͡ʒ	d͡z	d͡ʒ d͡ʑ

Grammar

Main article: Dazhdin grammar

The Dazhdin language recognizes 11 grammatical cases, 3 grammatical numbers and 3 grammatical genders (out of which one is broken down by animacy).

The cases can be broken down into "independent cases" (there are 7 of them) and "subservient cases" (there are 4 of them):

• Nominative - NOM. - commonly used - Mųžъ; Grad; Žena; Dětě
• Accusative - ACC. - commonly used - Mųža; Grad; Ženu; Dětě
• Genitive - GEN. - commonly used - Mųža; Gradu; Ženy; Dětěta
• Dative - DAT. - commonly used - Mųži; Gradu; Ženě; Dětěti
• Locative - LOC. - commonly used - Mųži; Gradu; Ženě; Dětěti
  • Illative - ILL. - moderately used - Mųžaj; Gradas; Ženųn; Dětos
  • Adessive - ADE. - on the way of extinction - Mųžol; Gradol; Ženol; Děťol
  • Allative - ALL. - rarely used - Mųžъpi; Gradop; Ženup; Dětьepi
• Instrumentative - INS. - commonly used - Mųžom; Gradom; Ženoju; Dětěm
  • Translative - TRA. - rarely used - Mųžųm; Gradųm; Ženą; Dětěm
• Vocative - VOC. - moderately used - Mųžı; Grade; Ženo; Dětьe

Examples

Salvian Lord's Prayer

	Anglish	Dazhdin (latin)	Dazhdin (cyrillic)
	 Salvian Lord's Prayer 	 Salvıjskyjъ Ojecnaš 	 Салвијскыјъ Оѥцнаш 
1	Our Father, who art in heaven,
	hallowed be thy Name,
	thy kingdom come,
	thy will be done,			4
	on eurth as it is in heaven.
2	Give us this day our daily bread.
	And forgive us our trespasses,
	as we forgive those			8
	who trespass against us.
	And lead us not into temptation,
	but deliver us from evil.
3	For thine is the kingdom,			12
	and the power, and the glory,
	for ever and ever.			14
F	Amen.	Amen.	Амен.

Tacolist Lord's Prayer

	Anglish	Dazhdin (latin)	Dazhdin (cyrillic)
	 Tacolist Lord's Prayer 	 Takolickyjъ Ojecnaš 	 Таколицкыјъ Оѥцнаш 
1	Saviour, who gave us the meal of life,
	we who hunger for salvation thank you;
	Blessed be your Holy Son,
	who so instructed man in the recipes of savoury goodness.			4
	Grant upon us the virtues to be
	as your son has been on Eurth.
2	Give us this day our daily tortilla;
	and bless this with your forgiveness and your holy spices.			8
	Forgive those who are ignorant
	and lead us not into the wrappings of soft-shelled sin,
	but deliver us from the blandness of life,
F	Amen.	Amen.	Амен.	12

The Bee Movie Intro

	Anglish	Dazhdin (latin)	Dazhdin (cyrillic)
	 Bee Movie Opening 	 Otъverně k „Bee Movie“ 	 Отъвернє к «Bee Movie» 
1	According to all known laws of aviation,
	there is no way that a bee should be able to fly.			2
	Its wings are too small
	to get its fat little body off the ground.			4
2	The bee, of course, flies anyways.
	Because bees don't care what humans think is impossible.			6

Dirty Dazhdin Phrasebook

Anglish:	„My hovercraft is full of eels“
Dazhdin (latin):	„“
Dazhdin (cyrillic)	„“

Note: MeTube link