Te-Zlodh
Te-Zlodh is the language that is primarily used by the Daryen race throughout the Darrian Confederation polity.
- It is a peripheral or minority language.
Description (Specifications)[edit]
Te-Zlodh, or Te-Zapet, is the standard language spoken in the Darrian Confederation.
- It is the primary language spoken by the Darrian (Daryen) people, a Minor Human Race, native to Darrian (Spinward Marches 0627), and has been influenced by Anglic, as the Darrian Confederation is a fusion of native and Solomani influence.
Structure[edit]
No information yet available.
Morphology[edit]
Morphology is the study of the internal structure of words.
- morpheme, inflection, paradigm, declension, derivation, compound, etc.
Phonology[edit]
Phonology, the study of the sound systems of a language.
- phoneme, allophone, segment, mora, syllable, foot, stress, tone, etc.
Grammar[edit]
Grammar is the structure of a language.
- tense, aspect, mood and modality, grammatical number, grammatical gender, case, etc.
Syntax[edit]
Syntax is the study of how words combine to form grammatical sentences.
- phrase, clause, grammatical function, grammatical voice, etc.
Meaning[edit]
No information yet available.
Written Form[edit]
Written te-zlodh uses a syllabary, though the glyphs look more like jagged squiggles than straight line or image-based hieroglyphs. The simpler, flowing symbols are faster to scribe (assuming that they don't need to be carved). This is known as yaser te-yulep (the old script). When the Solomani arrived at Darrian, a new Latin-based alphabet called rome te-yulep ('the Roman script') was introduced. Although the Latin alphabet grew in importance due to its ability to represent phonetic sounds of Solomani technical jargon unknown in te-zlodh, it did not replace the old script completely. Currently, yaser te-yulep remains in use for legal documentation, classic literature, poetry and news faxes, where the speed and efficiency of the syllabary allows for rapid reading. Scientific and educational documentation remains written in rome te-yulep.
Lexicon[edit]
• Bodek: A noble rank, usually translated as "Knight"
• Dalden: To blow
• Dand Daryene: "New Home"
• Daryen Lonen Dodhin Notihl: "Darrian Astrography [Star Mapping] Service"
• Daya: “Bigger”, “better”, “more”
• Dihrnbdehl: “Section Leader”
• Frendi Marshikan: “Interworld Express”. A company, operating several interstellar routes connecting Darrian with other worlds.
• Kekobihbh: “Trainee”
• Lintel: “Creator”, god
• Lzendysdehl: “Ship Leader”
• Maghiz: “Chaos”
• Me'k: “Against”
• Mehdar: Noble rank; “Count”
• Meldas Bama Teta Kehn: “The universe awaits for those who go seeking”; a proverb
• Mire: Peaceful. The name is given to a Darrian colony, today the capital of the Darrian Confederation (Spinward Marches 0527)
• Monigh: Noble rank; “Baron”
• Ndinodhya: “Advanced”
• Norin: “Sky”
• Ranen: To be
• Raten: To reach, to take
• Rayralehk Norelzapeh Gihmasolem: “The place to which we came in search of knowledge”. A colony in Touchstone Sector.
• Rore: "Fertile"
• Runin: “Is”
• Roget: “Gift”
• Taledh: To give law. Derived from the name of a historical figure, Notan Taledh.
• Tharnitia Denus: "Transport Company". Literally the name of a company; it maintains terminals on all worlds in the Darrian Confederation.
• Tigem: "Will perceive, will see" (tagem is "to sense")
• Tumdehl: "Deck Leader", a naval rank
• Udh: The final letter in the Darrian alphabet
• Yelim: "Pioneer". A Darrian colony world is named such, though often Anglicized to "Ilium" (Spinward Marches 0426)
• Yisar: Noble rank, "Duke"
• Yorin: A creature like a falcon
• Yundis: "Curious"
• Zalen: "To drink"
• Zamine: “Hopeful”. This is the name given to a Darrian colony world (Spinward Marches 0421)
• Zarelinung: Roughly, “slow-moving-but-it-gets-there vessel”
• Zbar: “Sea”, “ocean”
• Zbume: “Gold-coloured” (anglacized to Spume). This is another colony world (Spinward Marches 0727)
• Zebendehl: “Base Leader”
• Zeh: “Most”
• Zem: “Name”
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
Whilst te-zlodh is spoken and understood on all the worlds of the Darrian Confederation, it slowly evolved specific vocabularies and dialects. It is generally possible to identify the planet a given Darrian originates from, and sometimes even the region, from their accent or colloquialisms.
After the arrival of the Solomani, te-zlodh assimilated a huge number of words from Anglic. A large portion of these were scientific or technical.
Grammar Guidelines[edit]
1 Subject-Object-Verb 2 Tendency toward vowel harmony 3 Consonant gradation (elision morphology) 4 "Haplosemia" (one-form one-meaning for morphemes) 5 Oppose definite to indefinite by using different cases 6 Postpositions express more subtle local relationships 7 Singular form of nouns used with numbers > 1 8 No grammatical gender at all 9 Sentence structure has heavy premodification 10 No case agreement between adjective and noun 11 Adjectives and Adverbs are freely interchangeable
Verbs[edit]
dalden - to blow ramen - to dream (from Solomani) raten - to reach, to take zalen - to drink
Verbal Prefixes[edit]
(Sentence Preclitics) /Nos/ Interrogative /Ze/ Desire /Kan/ Expansive /Li/ Diminutive /Me't/ Repetitive /Kas/ Uncertainty /Tik/ Possibility /Kel/ Reflexive /Lak/ Reciprocal
Verbal Suffixes[edit]
/-ep/ indefinite (subjunctive) (clause relativizer)
Conjugation[edit]
infinitive a-e / a past o-i / o present u-i / u future i-e / i
Darrian Nouns[edit]
Noun Forms[edit]
thing-which-does *-a thing-which-is *-o thing-by-which-is-done *-u generic e-e, e-i
Pronouns[edit]
/Ni/ I, We /Nin/ My /Nine/ Myself /So/ You /Son/ Your /Sone/ Yourself (none) He, she, they Their Themselves
Articles[edit]
/Te/ the, of the (none) a, an
Various Noun Suffixes[edit]
/-e/ Adjectivizer/Adverbizer /-en/ Pluralizer /-li/ With /-suz/ Without /-zihm/ the Professional /-zih/ the Habitual /-engg/ abstract noun formation /-zik/ diminutive/affectionate
Noun Applicational Case Suffixes[edit]
/-ir/ Direct obj (definite) /-da/ or /-ta/ To, at, for (dative) /-(y)e/ In; On (prepositional) /-(y)i/ From (ablative)
Comparison[edit]
bigger/better/more daya most zeh
Examples[edit]
The man ran to the starport. Te-rer terkabh-da rungel. Do young Aslan reach for a claim? Nos aslanen notale rutan-da mubik? The dog drinks the water. Te-kopehe zulan-ir diseh.
Worlds & Sectors (Astrography)[edit]
This language is primarily found in the following areas:
Charted Space:
World Listing[edit]
The following systems and worlds are associated with this language:
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References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]
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