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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 | |
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Nasal | ||||||||||||
Plosive | ||||||||||||
Fricative | ||||||||||||
Affricate | ||||||||||||
Approximant | ||||||||||||
Trill | ||||||||||||
Flap or tap | ||||||||||||
Lateral fric. | ||||||||||||
Lateral app. | ||||||||||||
Lateral flap |
Vowels
Front | Near-front | Central | Near-back | Back | |
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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 | |
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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 |
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1 | I | Do |
2 | you (singular) | Amh |
3 | he | Iik |
4 | we | Jzer |
5 | you (plural) | Ahme |
6 | they | Qet |
7 | this | Meu |
8 | that | Mue |
9 | here | Sko |
10 | there | Skah |
11 | who | Nea |
12 | what | Oam |
13 | where | El |
14 | when | Deh |
15 | how | Das |
16 | not | E' (used before adjectives or vowels to make negative) |
17 | all | Tam |
18 | many | Kha |
19 | some | Hau |
20 | few | Bzah |
21 | other | E'Jz (Literally "Not us") |
22 | one | Eld |
23 | two | S' (used before any word to make plural when no definate number is present) |
24 | three | Ae'S' (literally "more than two") |
25 | four | Desh |
26 | five | Kzont |
27 | big | Raht |
28 | long | Gax |
29 | wide | Bove |
30 | thick | Gia |
31 | heavy | Igue |
32 | small | Gaint |
33 | short | E'Gax (literaly "Not long") |
34 | narrow | Pha |
35 | thin | Phae |
36 | woman | Caas |
37 | man (adult male) | Faas |
38 | man (human being) | Area |
39 | child | Ma |
40 | wife | Cas |
41 | husband | Fas |
42 | mother | Calas |
43 | father | Falas |
44 | animal | Pidog |
45 | fish | — |
46 | bird | — |
47 | dog | — |
48 | louse | — |
49 | snake | — |
50 | worm | — |
51 | tree | — |
52 | forest | — |
53 | stick | — |
54 | fruit | — |
55 | seed | — |
56 | leaf | — |
57 | root | — |
58 | bark | — |
59 | flower | — |
60 | grass | — |
61 | rope | — |
62 | skin | — |
63 | meat | — |
64 | blood | — |
65 | bone | — |
66 | fat | — |
67 | egg | — |
68 | horn | — |
69 | tail | — |
70 | feather | — |
71 | hair | — |
72 | head | — |
73 | ear | — |
74 | eye | — |
75 | nose | — |
76 | mouth | — |
77 | tooth | — |
78 | tongue | — |
79 | fingernail | — |
80 | foot | — |
81 | leg | — |
82 | knee | — |
83 | hand | — |
84 | wing | — |
85 | belly | — |
86 | guts | — |
87 | neck | — |
88 | back | — |
89 | breast | — |
90 | heart | — |
91 | liver | — |
92 | drink | — |
93 | eat | — |
94 | bite | — |
95 | suck | — |
96 | spit | — |
97 | vomit | — |
98 | blow | — |
99 | breathe | — |
100 | laugh | — |
101 | see | — |
102 | hear | — |
103 | know | — |
104 | think | — |
105 | smell | — |
106 | fear | — |
107 | sleep | — |
108 | live | — |
109 | die | — |
110 | kill | — |
111 | fight | — |
112 | hunt | — |
113 | hit | — |
114 | cut | — |
115 | split | — |
116 | stab | — |
117 | scratch | — |
118 | dig | — |
119 | swim | — |
120 | fly | — |
121 | walk | — |
122 | come | — |
123 | lie | — |
124 | sit | — |
125 | stand | — |
126 | turn | — |
127 | fall | — |
128 | give | — |
129 | hold | — |
130 | squeeze | — |
131 | rub | — |
132 | wash | — |
133 | wipe | — |
134 | pull | — |
135 | push | — |
136 | throw | — |
137 | tie | — |
138 | sew | — |
139 | count | — |
140 | say | — |
141 | sing | — |
142 | play | — |
143 | float | — |
144 | flow | — |
145 | freeze | — |
146 | swell | — |
147 | sun | — |
148 | moon | — |
149 | star | — |
150 | water | — |
151 | rain | — |
152 | river | — |
153 | lake | — |
154 | sea | — |
155 | salt | — |
156 | stone | — |
157 | sand | — |
158 | dust | — |
159 | earth | — |
160 | cloud | — |
161 | fog | — |
162 | sky | — |
163 | wind | — |
164 | snow | — |
165 | ice | — |
166 | smoke | — |
167 | fire | — |
168 | ash | — |
169 | burn | — |
170 | road | — |
171 | mountain | — |
172 | red | — |
173 | green | — |
174 | yellow | — |
175 | white | — |
176 | black | — |
177 | night | — |
178 | day | — |
179 | year | — |
180 | warm | — |
181 | cold | — |
182 | full | — |
183 | new | — |
184 | old | — |
185 | good | — |
186 | bad | — |
187 | rotten | — |
188 | dirty | — |
189 | straight | — |
190 | round | — |
191 | sharp | — |
192 | dull | — |
193 | smooth | — |
194 | wet | — |
195 | dry | — |
196 | correct | — |
197 | near | — |
198 | far | — |
199 | right | — |
200 | left | — |
201 | at | — |
202 | in | — |
203 | with | — |
204 | and | — |
205 | if | — |
206 | because | — |
207 | name | — |