Zalitraeq's Language

Accepted Consonants: d, f, h, j, jz, l, m, n, k, r, s, v, z, st, tch, tz, tr, ch, th, with q and t archaic.

Accepted Vowels: a, ai, ae, e, ii, o, u, with ih (y) archaic.


 * See also Zalitraeq Vocabulary

NOUN ENDINGS

 * As a general note, all nouns in this language end in consonants.


 * Plurals are formed by the suffix -en.


 * Possessives are formed by the suffix -e.


 * Thus, vesthaq, 'castle', becomes vesthaqen, 'castles'; for the possessive, you can choose to say: vesthaqe maenanen, 'the castle's flowers', or maenanen i vesthaq, 'the flowers of the castle'.


 * Other oddities include naming conventions for surnames:


 * For those who are not nomadic, the convention is the framing prefix and suffix on __ ka, meaning 'belonging to.'


 * For those who are nomadic and are travelling permanently with a group of people, the framing prefix and suffix are nur __ elle.


 * For those who are nomadic and are travelling temporarily with a group of people, the framing prefix and suffix are nur __ est.


 * The core word for these framing prefix and suffix combinations can be anything; commonly it may be the name of a city, an ancestor, or a geological object that may have been present at the founding of the traveling groups or the city.


 * In special cases, people can choose not to reveal their origins with the naschat construct. There are two endings for naschat, meaning 'severed':


 * -ren -- You may ask why or how a person came to be naschat. This is typical for people who have left their families or lost them, or never knew their familes, etc.


 * -ya -- Do not ask how the person came to be naschat. For those who do not wish to discuss their origins for any reason.

PRONOUNS

 * The language of Zalitraeq distinguishes between three different 3rd person classes: sapient for people; non-sapient, or inanimate for objects and animals and plants; and arcane for special classes of creatures and objects (mostly notably dragons).

VERB FORMS

 * As a note, all verbs end in vowels. Imperatives are formed by the prefix H-, which is a highly aspirated voiceless glottal fricative.


 * Example (to ride):
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 * I ride
 * tsachali
 * I rode
 * zachali
 * You ride
 * tsechali
 * You rode
 * zechali
 * He/She/It rides
 * tsichali
 * He rode
 * zichali
 * ArchaneThing rides
 * tsaechali
 * He rode
 * zaechali
 * We ride
 * tsachalin
 * We rode
 * zachalin
 * They(S&N) ride
 * tsichalin
 * They rode
 * zichalin
 * }
 * They(S&N) ride
 * tsichalin
 * They rode
 * zichalin
 * }