Renian language

Renian
Reneini, Renish
Reniʃe Ʃpraȝe
Ethnic flag of Renia
Pronunciation	/gadoːriʃe ʃpʀaːxe/
Native to	Renia
Region	Southern Thuadia
Ethnicity	Gadori
Native speakers	L1: ~48,000,000 L2: ~5,300,000 FL: <80,000
Language family	Thuado-Thrismaran Germanic South-Thuadian Germanic Renic Renian
Early form	Proto-Renian
Official status
Official language in	Renia Sekidean Union
Language codes
ISO 639-1	GD
ISO 639-2	GAD
ISO 639-3	GAD
File:GadoriLangMap.png Distribution of the language   Absolute majority   >30% of native speakers

The Renian language is the official language of the Renia, and one of the official languages of the Sekidean Union.

Orthography and phonology

Main article: Renian orthography

Alphabet

A a	Ɒ ɒ	Ꞛ ꞛ	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	Ꞝ ꞝ	P p	Q q	R r ꭈ	S s ſ	ẞ ß	Ʃ ʃ ȷ
T t	U u	Ꞟ ꞟ	V v	Ƿ ƿ	X x	Y y	Z z

Phonology

Place Manner	Labial					Coronal										Dorsal					Laryngeal
	Bilabial		Labiodental		Linguolabial		Dental		Alveolar		Postal-veolar		Retroflex		Palatal		Velar		Uvular		Pharyngeal		Glottal
Nasal	m̥ (m)	m (m)							n̥ (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									r̥ (ꭈ)	r (ꭈ)									ʀ̥ (r)	ʀ (r)
Latelar approximant									l̥ (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:

• Nominative
• Genitive
• Dative
• Accusative

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