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Renian
Reneini, Renish
Reniʃe Ʃpraȝe
ReniaFlag.png
Ethnic flag of Renia
Pronunciation/gadoːriʃe ʃpʀaːxe/ Speaker Icon.svg
Native to
RegionSouthern Thuadia
EthnicityGadori
Native speakers
L1: ~48,000,000
L2: ~5,300,000
FL: <80,000
Thuado-Thrismaran
  • Germanic
    • South-Thuadian Germanic
      • Renic
        • Renian
Early form
Proto-Renian
Official status
Official language in
Language codes
ISO 639-1GD
ISO 639-2GAD
ISO 639-3GAD
File:GadoriLangMap.png
Distribution of the language
  Absolute majority
  >30% of native speakers
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The Renian language is the official language of the Renia, and one of the official languages of the Sekidean Union.

Orthography and phonology

Alphabet

A a Å å Ä ä B b C c Ƈ ƈ D d E e F f G g
H h Ħ ħ Ȝ ȝ I i J j K k L l ɭ M m M̂ m̂ N n
N̂ n̂ Ŋ ŋ O o Ö ö P p Q q R r ꭈ S s ſ ẞ ß Ʃ ʃ ȷ
T t U u Ü ü V v Ƿ ƿ X x Y y Z z

Phonology

Labial Coronal Dorsal Laryngeal
Bilabial Labiodental Linguolabial Dental Alveolar Postal-veolar Retroflex Palatal Velar Uvular Pharyngeal Glottal
Nasal
(m)
m
(m)

(n)
n
(n)
ŋ
(ŋ)
Plosive t
(r)
d
(d)
ʈ
(r)
ɖ
(d)
k
(k)
g
(g)
Sibilant affricate t͡s
(c)
d͡z
(z)
t͡ʃ
(ƈ)
d͡ʒ
(dȷ)
Sibilant fricative s
(ß)
z
(s)
ʃ
(ʃ)
ʒ
(ȷ)
Non-sibilant fricative f
(f)
v
(v)
θ
(ħ)
ð
(ħ)
ʝ
(j)
x
(ȝ)
ɣ
(ȝ)
ʁ
(r)
h
(h)
ɦ
(h)
Approximant ɹ
(r)
j
(j)
ɰ
(ƿ)
Tap/Flap ɾ
(ꭈ)
Trill
(ꭈ)
r
(ꭈ)
ʀ̥
(r)
ʀ
(r)
Latelar approximant
(l)
l
(l)
ɭ
(ɭ)
Tongue position Front Near-front Central Near-back Back
Close i
(i)
y
(ü)
ɨ
(ü)
u
(u)
Near-close ɪ
(y)
Close-mid e
(e)
ø
(ö)
o
(o)
Mid
Open-mid ɛ
(e)
œ
(ö)
ɞ
(ö)
ʌ
(o)
ɔ
(o)
Near-open æ
(ä)
Open a
(a)
ä
(a)
ɑ
(a)
ɒ
(å)

Grammar

Just like many other germanic languages, Gadori has four grammatical cases:

And three genders, while in plural, genders merge into one indifferent plural form:

  • Masculine
  • Feminine
  • Neutrum

Articles

Gender Singular Plural Common
Nominative Genitive Dative Accusative Nominative Genitive Dative Accusative
Masculine Ħer Ħeß Ħem Ħen Ħi Ħer Ħen Ħi The
Neutrum Ħaß Ħaß
Feminine Ħi Ħer Ħer Ħi
Masculine Ain Aineß Ainem Ainen A/An
Neutrum Ain
Feminine Aine Ainer Ainer Aine
Masculine Kain Kaineß Kainem Kainen Kaine Kainer Kainen Kain PRO.
Neutrum Kain
Feminine Kaine Kainer Kainer Kaine

Adjectives

Adjective suffixes are tied to the presence of the article (or lack there of) and the gender of the noun the adjective is tied to.

Gender Singular Plural Common
Nominative Genitive Dative Accusative Nominative Genitive Dative Accusative
Masculine Ħer + -e Ħeß + -en Ħem + -en Ħen + -en Ħi + -en Ħer + -en Ħen + -en Ħi + -en The + ADJ.
Neutrum Ħaß + -e Ħaß + -e
Feminine Ħi + -e Ħer + -en Ħer + -en Ħi + -e
Masculine Ain + -er Aineß + -en Ainem + -en Ainen + -en Kaine + -en Kainer + -en Kainen + -en Kain + -en A/An + ADJ.
PRO. + ADJ.
Neutrum Ain + -eß Ain + -eß
Feminine Aine + -e Ainer + -en Ainer + -en Aine + -e
Masculine -er -en -em -en -e -er -en -e ADJ. only
Neutrum -eß -eß
Feminine -e -er -er -e