Lyrian (Language)
Lyrian
Tiala | |
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Pronunciation | /'lɪəriɑːn/ |
Native to | Lyrian Peninsula |
Ethnicity | West Lyrian, East Lyrian |
Era(s) Spoken | Kudes - Present |
Precursor Language(s) | Proto-Lyrian |
Lyrian (natively, Tiala) is a Konaic language spoken by Lyrians. Lyrian found its origins on its namesake peninsula, Lyria, and was the lingua franca of several regions before the fall of the Lyrian Empire. These areas included—but were not limited to—Celadon, Nachkun, Dún, and Kalythos Isle.
Phonology
Grammar & Syntax
Lyrian is a subject-object-verb language. It is also highly agglutinative. The verb and its agglutinations always come at the end of a phrase.
example:
“The king walks across the bridge” would translate as “Aki haikakea rusei’sa”. Directly, without attention to Lyrian syntax, this phrase translates to “king bridge-cross walks-presently”. The affix “kea (to cross, across)” on the object “haika (bridge)” is used to identify the effect of the verb’s action—crossing—but because it relates to the object directly, it is not affixed to the verb. The suffix “sa” on the verb “rusei (to walk)” is a present-tense indicator, identifying that the infinitive “rusei” is occurring in the present. Tense indicators are almost always separated from their root words/phrases by a glottal stop.
Vocabulary
Nouns/Adjectives
Kha = Change
Myr = Beast
Aia = Star
La = Great
Oraen = Map/Atlas
Or = Write
Raen = Travel
Lao = Wait
Gan = Person, can be used as an affix for words meaning "one who does something", i.e. devourer is Meirgan
Kel = Soul
Lyph = Husk
Chinis = Emotion/Passion
Gryka = The Maw
Jur = House
Aeng = Silver/Glistening
Tsu = Dawn
Kano = Morning
Dun = Noon
Iaer = Sun
Lig = Bring
rusea = Scatter, spread
Moka = Watch, tower, fort
Mako = Gate
Faer = Gold
dae = God
Syr = Men/Man/Human
Seia = War
Aki = Power figure/enforcer/king
-us = suffix meaning land of
Tsa = Dusk
Nal = Blade/Knife/Sword
Hae = East
Vel = West
-i = affix meaning people
Iun = people, standalone
Ken = Old/Elder
Tyr = Father
Ki = forest
Aehk = Wood
kain = field/plains
Iun = forge
Neir = North
Sika = Temple
Seir = South
Dul = Center
Kamu = High
Tiel = New
-ia = political entity
Nij = to move, run, or otherwise move quickly
Kiu = Mountain/Peak
Nadi = Grace, can be used in conjunction with Tsu and Tsa to mean Dawnbreak/Duskbreak
Myrka = To be savage, savage, barbarians, to be beastly
Myr = Savage
ka = to be
Fein = civil, high, above (in reference to one's social class)
Kafein = to be civil, those who are civil
Kamunadi = High Grace, the world, Atheryin, the earth
Myk = Veil, Hiding place
Velamyk = Eyn Mountains
apa = think, much like muse, thought, mind; can mean create when used in the correct context
odae = speak, language, word
paia = Daughter/Female child
raio = Son/Male child
Beras = A curse, synonymous to "fuck", literally meaning "to have sex in a brutal and unwanted manner"
Maiek = Disappeared, gone, vanished, related to Myk but refers to the act of being hidden or gone, as opposed to a tangible place of hiding or a veil
Aen = I/Me (Always a standalone word)
val = will, will do, a commitment, as in "I will"
dreiaita = find, discover, to uncover something
Pa = Her/she
Ra = He/him
Raeo = Man/Adult Male
Paeo = Woman/Adult Female
draen = Ambiguous child, similar to droen but refers to a younger person who has yet to mature
droen = Ambiguous family member
itrae = Allow, let
afilas = youthful, young, naive
lyt = on, upon
ga = one, 1, a singular thing
Teisrean = River
Teisrusa = Delta, fusion word of Teisrean and Nij, meaning literally
Rin = in, within
Ke = small
Priaekuen = contain, containing, can be "of", in the sense that one thing is categorized by another thing (i.e. a village of hunters, man of bravery)
Tria = to reside, to live, to permanently thrive
Psa = fish
Gada = cod, unknown origin fusion word
Sainyr = Frontier
Niar = cold, frigid, desolate
Juri = House, standalone, used to define cities
-ae = city affix
Aioen = to give, bestow upon
Ain = us, a lesser group of people, a small set of multiple people
Atake = Luck
a = standalone for and, also, as well as, etc.
onkioun = hook
magila = smile, happiness, being happy
gaien = fire, flame
kaea = sky
Kon = before, previously
Kasi = first, foremost, principal, chief, original; an assumedly dialectal portmanteau of Kon and -asi
-asi = used to form the superlative of adjectives and adverbs
ni = 2, two, double
akoi = breath, breathe
nori = cliff, edge
kea = (of mountains) a pass; to cross
ska = stone, rock
kal = dark, black
kol = moon
sai = frontier
kaya = shore, coast
kabu = helmet, helm
haika = bridge
Aeki = Time
-sa = present tense suffix
Kapasi - from Ka’apa’asi = to be the highest knowledge
Tae = Wind
Oraka = stop, block, jam
Kaipa = culler, one who picks and chooses
Jurska = castle, lit. “Stone house”