Lyrian (Language)

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Lyrian

Tiala

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”