Galderish

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Galderish Gälderikäm
Type

Alignment

Head direction

Tonal
No
Declensions
No
Conjugations
Yes
Genders
No
Nouns decline according to...
Case	Number
Definiteness	Gender
Verbs conjugate according to...
Voice	Mood
Person	Number
Tense	Aspect

General information[]

Galderish is the standard language of the dragons from the planet Galderik. It is approximately 8 light-years from Earth in a binary system and has a population of 850 million. Over the millennia, the dragons have had many languages just like humans. But then the government simply instituted a standard language now known as Galderish. It is a basic language, designed to have relatively simple grammar and be easy to learn. A few humans have learned Galderish, but as it is fundamentally different from human languages, it remains relatively isolated from human knowledge.

Phonology[]

Consonants[]

	Bilabial	Labio-dental	Dental	Alveolar	Post-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m			n
Plosive	p b		t d				k g
Fricative		f v		s z	ŝ ĵ
Affricate
Approximant				r		y
Trill
Flap or tap
Lateral fric.				ħ
Lateral app.				l				h
Lateral flap

Vowels[]

	Front	Near-front	Central	Near-back	Back
Close	ï				ü
Near-close		i		u
Close-mid					o
Mid			a
Open-mid	e
Near-open
Open	ä

Alphabet[]

The Galderish alphabet contains 31 letters, each with a single unique sound.

The majority of letters are pronounced as in English. The exceptions are as follows:

A is pronounced as a schwa sound (telephone).

Ä, or aa, is pronounced as in father.

Ĉ, or ch, is pronounced as in children.

Ħ, or hl, is pronounced as ɬ.

I is always pronounced as in is.

Ï, or ii, is always pronounced as in piece.

Ĵ, or jh, is pronounced as in vision.

Ŝ, or sh, is pronounced as in shoe.

U is pronounced as in book.

Ü, or uu, is pronounced as in zoo.

Phonotactics[]

Äy, ey, and oy are pronounced as in tie, may, and toy, respectively. Ay, iy, ïy, uy, and üy are not allowed. There is also no ng, th, or x-cluster in the language.

Grammar[]

	Gender	Cases	Numbers	Tenses	Persons	Moods	Voices	Aspects
Verb	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Nouns	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Adjectives	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Numbers	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Participles	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Adverb	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Pronouns	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
Adpositions	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Article	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Particle	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No

Verbs[]

Infinitive= -u

Present Tense= -üs

Past Tense= -os

Future Tense= -es

More complex tenses are denoted by a -ta on the end of the conjugated verb. For example;

I fly= Ho hlüs

I am flying= Ho vohüs hlüsta

The verb vu (to be) also has a simple conjugation according to person. While the subject "it" uses the basic conjugation, for other pronouns the first letter of the pronoun is inserted into the word like so:

It is= Fo vüs

I am= Ho vohüs

You are= Sho voshüs

He/she is= Do/to vodüs/votüs, etc.

Nouns[]

Nouns always end in consonants and are pluralized using the suffix -in. The nouns have three genders; feminine, masculine, and neutral. Most nouns are neutral, but gender-specific nouns like husband and wife use exclusively either voiced or unvoiced consonants. Feminine nouns like tälomit (wife) use only unvoiced consonants, while their masculine variants use voiced consonants (dälomid). Most nouns that describe a position or occupation follow this rule, with a few exceptions.

Blagïr= boy

Plakïr= girl

Vocabulary[]

No.	English	Galderish
1	I	ho
2	you (singular)	ŝo
3	he	do
4	we	ĵo
5	you (plural)	go/ko
6	they	lo/ħo
7	this	ĉo
8	that	yo
9	here	ĉen
10	there	yen
11	who	sän
12	what	ŝäl
13	where	slän
14	when	ŝeyr
15	how	jül
16	not	däk
17	all	kol
18	many	ĉed
19	some	bela
20	few	deka
21	other	ädï
22	one	gem
23	two	nom
24	three	sek
25	four	väm
26	five	küm
27	big	motï
28	long	—
29	wide	—
30	thick	—
31	heavy	—
32	small	—
33	short	—
34	narrow	—
35	thin	—
36	woman	tälef
37	man (adult male)	dälev
38	man (human being)	—
39	child	väl
40	wife	tälomit
41	husband	dälomid
42	mother	ħekam
43	father	ħegam
44	animal	fläk
45	fish	—
46	bird	ektel
47	dog	mogüd
48	louse	—
49	snake	—
50	worm	—
51	tree	goram
52	forest	goramüd
53	stick	lok
54	fruit	ŝoväm
55	seed	—
56	leaf	mek
57	root	lejik
58	bark	gälit
59	flower	—
60	grass	fïl
61	rope	—
62	skin	—
63	meat	—
64	blood	koräz
65	bone	—
66	fat	—
67	egg	ĉorn
68	horn	pex
69	tail	yeym
70	feather	—
71	hair	shär
72	head	let
73	ear	—
74	eye	wun
75	nose	—
76	mouth	—
77	tooth	rev
78	tongue	ĵet
79	fingernail	märk
80	foot	—
81	leg	—
82	knee	—
83	hand	—
84	wing	ħen
85	belly	—
86	guts	—
87	neck	—
88	back	—
89	breast	küd
90	heart	nagüm
91	liver	—
92	drink	madäfu
93	eat	täĉu
94	bite	—
95	suck	—
96	spit	—
97	vomit	—
98	blow	—
99	breathe	nätünu
100	laugh	hatänu
101	see	wu
102	hear	ĉepu
103	know	horu
104	think	mänu
105	smell	—
106	fear	—
107	sleep	—
108	live	—
109	die	tänu
110	kill	—
111	fight	—
112	hunt	—
113	hit	—
114	cut	—
115	split	—
116	stab	—
117	scratch	—
118	dig	gäldu
119	swim	modäku
120	fly	ħu
121	walk	änĉedu
122	come	—
123	lie	—
124	sit	—
125	stand	ŝovu
126	turn	—
127	fall	—
128	give	—
129	hold	—
130	squeeze	—
131	rub	—
132	wash	—
133	wipe	—
134	pull	holu
135	push	yolu
136	throw	—
137	tie	—
138	sew	—
139	count	nolĉeku
140	say	ĉäfu
141	sing	ävanu
142	play	—
143	float	—
144	flow	hortenu
145	freeze	—
146	swell	—
147	sun	keĉ
148	moon	Yogän
149	star	kapäd
150	water	prev
151	rain	ŝäd
152	river	fütor
153	lake	teynik
154	sea	klepis
155	salt	—
156	stone	ĉäl
157	sand	—
158	dust	—
159	earth	gäld
160	cloud	molär
161	fog	—
162	sky	hlümat
163	wind	mener
164	snow	—
165	ice	—
166	smoke	—
167	fire	neyrit
168	ash	—
169	burn	—
170	road	lutrek
171	mountain	ħül
172	red	ŝonï
173	green	noläsï
174	yellow	säyvï
175	white	hänï
176	black	ŝodï
177	night	vor
178	day	mäl
179	year	tem
180	warm	—
181	cold	—
182	full	—
183	new	—
184	old	—
185	good	fülï
186	bad	ĵäkï
187	rotten	—
188	dirty	jamänï
189	straight	—
190	round	—
191	sharp	—
192	dull	—
193	smooth	—
194	wet	prevï
195	dry	—
196	correct	nejï
197	near	verï
198	far	nolï
199	right	müs
200	left	lov
201	at	ä
202	in	nü
203	with	ŝep
204	and	da
205	if	menü
206	because	äĉ
207	name	doyat

Example text[]

Ĉäfu ŝep na mener, da ŝïn härin vedüs nolï. Ĉäfu älü na mener, da lo vedos däkfet.

Speak with the wind, and your words travel far. Speak against the wind, and they will travel nowhere.

For featuring:

Ken ħorvek ves gemïa mektolesï. Ĵätyuv ä fïn tek a fülïvän, fotenïvän, da litälïvänin a hut, fo ves gotesta fü mektolesï.

This language was once featured. Thanks to its level of quality, plausibility and usage capabilities, it has been voted as featured.