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Kaj

A male and female Khajiit

General information

Ta'agra is the language spoken by the natives of the province of Elsweyr, the Khajiit. They are a race of feline humanoids, and their civilization is millenia old. The grammar of the language has been influenced greatly by that of Cyrodyll and Skyrim, and is now very similar to english. There are a sub-species of Khajiit who have been abandoned from normal society and now reside in the desert caves of Elsweyr, they are referred to by most as "Ja'Alfiq" Literally "the afflicted". They have a similar language to that of the Khajiit 100-200 years ago, before it was influenced by other Tamrielan continents.

Naming

Most but not all names contain a prefix, but all names are words or phrases, such as J'zargo which means "The Master" or Ri'Dar which means " leader of/master of theivery. below is a list of common prefixes:

Dar = Thief, clever

Do = Warrior

Dro = Grandfather/Grandmother

J = The

Ja = son of...

Je = Young

Jo = Wizard, Scholar

M/Ma = Child, Apprentice, also used to imply virginity

Qa = Outcast/runt

Ra = Status, poerful femal

Ri = Status,leader

S = Adult

Phonology

Consonants

Bilabial Labio-dental Dental Alveolar Post-alveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar Uvular Pharyngeal Epiglottal Glottal
Nasal
Plosive
Fricative
Affricate
Approximant
Trill
Flap or tap
Lateral fric.
Lateral app.
Lateral flap

Vowels

Front Near-front Central Near-back Back
Close
Near-close
Close-mid
Mid
Open-mid
Near-open
Open

Alphabet

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

The Khajiit alphabet is the same as the english one in the sence of how the letters are written and prononced by themselves, however they arre not always pronounced the same, like in the word for I, which is do, it isn't pronounced doo, but rarther doh.


Pronunciation

All letters bythemselves are pronounced the same as english letters except J which is pronounced Ju with the j sounding more like sh. Letter combos are often different though: ie = ay nz = nosh ei = eye Do = dough As = ass


Phonotactics:

Most are the same as in english, except that all constonants can be used with z ( E.G Jz and Dz) Fz does not exist in the language nor does sm

Grammar

Gender Cases Numbers Tenses Persons Moods Voices Aspects
Verb No Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Nouns Yes Yes Yes No No No No No
Adjectives Yes No Yes Yes 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 No No No No No 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
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Vocabulary

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No. English Khajiit
1IDo
2you (singular)Amh
3heIik
4weJzer
5you (plural)Ahme
6theyQet
7thisMeu
8thatMue
9hereSko
10thereSkah
11whoNea
12whatOam
13whereEl
14whenDeh
15howDas
16notE' (used before adjectives or vowels to make negative)
17allTam
18manyKha
19someHau
20fewBzah
21otherE'Jz (Literally "Not us")
22oneEld
23twoS' (used before any word to make plural when no definate number is present)
24threeAe'S' (literally "more than two")
25fourDesh
26fiveKzont
27bigRaht
28longGax
29wideBove
30thickGia
31heavyIgue
32smallGaint
33shortE'Gax (literaly "Not long")
34narrowPha
35thinPhae
36womanCaas
37man (adult male)Faas
38man (human being)Area
39childMa
40wifeCas
41husbandFas
42motherCalas
43fatherFalas
44animalPidog
45fish
46bird
47dog
48louse
49snake
50worm
51tree
52forest
53stick
54fruit
55seed
56leaf
57root
58bark
59flower
60grass
61rope
62skin
63meat
64blood
65bone
66fat
67egg
68horn
69tail
70feather
71hair
72head
73ear
74eye
75nose
76mouth
77tooth
78tongue
79fingernail
80foot
81leg
82knee
83hand
84wing
85belly
86guts
87neck
88back
89breast
90heart
91liver
92drink
93eat
94bite
95suck
96spit
97vomit
98blow
99breathe
100laugh
101see
102hear
103know
104think
105smell
106fear
107sleep
108live
109die
110kill
111fight
112hunt
113hit
114cut
115split
116stab
117scratch
118dig
119swim
120fly
121walk
122come
123lie
124sit
125stand
126turn
127fall
128give
129hold
130squeeze
131rub
132wash
133wipe
134pull
135push
136throw
137tie
138sew
139count
140say
141sing
142play
143float
144flow
145freeze
146swell
147sun
148moon
149star
150water
151rain
152river
153lake
154sea
155salt
156stone
157sand
158dust
159earth
160cloud
161fog
162sky
163wind
164snow
165ice
166smoke
167fire
168ash
169burn
170road
171mountain
172red
173green
174yellow
175white
176black
177night
178day
179year
180warm
181cold
182full
183new
184old
185good
186bad
187rotten
188dirty
189straight
190round
191sharp
192dull
193smooth
194wet
195dry
196correct
197near
198far
199right
200left
201at
202in
203with
204and
205if
206because
207name


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