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#4Drahyl Rase by Uruwi
Drahyl RaseEnglish

Kolól Lakipulúl Fenu

Suẏvek kolól gane kotanutro
Ejnýlu kaḧukjutro
Ejlí sravîn gejletosotro
Hinasajma tanu maṡotosoḋutro
Kolól metuṅ gejletosotro.
Ejnýlu Tilokme tanutro!

Chant of the Large Saltwater Fish

Come here, great creature,
and keep swimming with me,
and accept my intent,
and going to the ocean's surface, give breath
and accept the fruits of the land.
Go to Tilok, go with me!

  • Sotəʔom ʔəjuksowə Ñoɔksowə
  • chant-ing saltwater fish-gen large-gen
  • Ñakɛ ongteleyʔedahay, səjɔ sistə,
  • location-this LOC-go-IRREALIS-3SG.FEM, creature great
  • Eʔ jejʔɛm kajoamkɛmsowə iṉṉɛnsowə aṉdeleyʔedahay, ongjətleyʔey,
  • and swimming stopping-neg-GEN you-GEN DURATIVE-go-IRREALIS-her, LOCATIVE-COMITATIVE-go-IRREALIS-me
  • Eʔ okkɔm łəyšowə ezpaʔdahay,
  • and intending I-GEN BENEFACTIVE-accept-IRREALIS-her
  • Eʔ mɛhusɛm ñɛkɛkʔedahay, ongdahay suzwe šeʔuswə etleyʔedahay,
  • and breathing give-IRREALIS-her, SIMUL-her head ocean-GEN go-IRREALIS-her
  • Eʔ ʔɛjəpi jewangdaswə łəyšowə ezpaʔlə,
  • and fruits land-GEN them-GEN accept-IRREALIS-them
  • Iṉṉɛn Tilok ongtleyʔedahay, ongjətleyʔey!
  • you Tilok LOC-go-IRREALIS-her, LOC-COM-go-IRREALIS-me

Lexicon:

  • ej (pr) I
  • fenu (n) chant, song, poem
  • gejlek (v) catch, receive, understand, accept
  • hina (n) sea
  • kaḧek (v) swim
  • kolo (n) ground, many, much, large
  • kotanek (v) come
  • laki (n) salt
  • maṡek (v) breathe
  • matuk (n) fruit
  • saj (n) surface, top
  • sravek (v) intend
  • suẏ (pr) you [sg]
  • tanek (v) go
  • Tilok (n) mythic land from Sumric lore

Phonology and orthography:

Consonants - ortho followed by IPA

p /p/ b /b/ f /f/ v /v/ m /m/
t /t/ d /d/ s /s/ z /z/ r /ɹ/ l /l/ ṡ /ɬ/ ż /ɮ/ n /n/ ṫ /t/ ḋ /n/
k /k/ g /g/ ḣ /x/ ġ /ɣ/ ṅ /ŋ/ ḧ /ħ/ h /h/

Vowels - ortho, short, long, semivowel ver.

a /a/ /äː/
e /e/ /ɛː/
i /i/ /iː/ j
o /ʌ/ /oː/
u /ɯ/ /uː/ w
y /i/ /yː/ ẏ

  • a, â ⇒ short and long vowels without stress forcing.
  • á ⇒ short vowel forced to be stressed.
  • ā ⇒ long vowel forced to be unstressed.

Natural precedence of stress from orthography:

Long vowels and diphthongs take precedence over short vowels.
Among nuclei of the same precedence, the penultimate syllable takes precedence over the antepenultimate, which takes precedence over the ultimate.
The acute and the macron serve to override the precedence.

Diphthongs also exist, in one of the following forms:

  • <Vj>, <jV> for V ≠ <i>
  • <Vw>, <wV> for V ≠ <u>
  • <Vẏ>, <ẏV> for V ≠ <y>

A degenerate diphthong decays into a long vowel (e. g. *<ij> → <î>).

Grammar:

The form listed in the lexicon is the ergative singular.
The plural of a noun is formed by changing the stressed vowel as following:
a → e → i ↻
o → u → y ↻
(There's also a dual number, but this is not used in this example.)
The absolutive case is formed by:

  • appending <-n> for a vowel-final noun
  • <-en> for a nasal-final noun
  • changing the coda to the nasal of the same place of articulation, for all other codas. Note that consonants behind velars change into <ṅ>.

The genitive case is formed by appending <-l> and shifting the stress one syllable forward. If the noun has a consonant coda or stress on the final syllable, then <-li> is appended instead (with the stress shift). (Exception: -ê, -ej, -ew, -ėy nouns replace the rime of the final syllable with -êl.) The genitive also performs a role as an adjectival.
Alternatively, for common words, the modifying noun and the antecedent are compounded.
The locative / temporal case appends <-ma> and shifts the stress one syllable forward.
The directional case appends <-me> and shifts the stress one syllable forward.
Comitative case is formed by appending <-nylu> and shifting the stress to the penultimate syllable.

To express appositives, the language appends <-vek> to the end of the base word (not the clarification!); to express A, a B, does C, it is A that receives the suffix. The suffix does not shift stress.

The infinitive form of a verb ends in an unstressed <-ek>.
Inflected verbs take the form:

  • STEM-Pp-[Anp]-[[DislocatedP]-Caus]-[Evid]-[Sens]-Aspect*-[Tense]

The stem is just the part of the infinitive before <-ek>, and is mutated for person as with nouns.
The patient person suffix is <-a>, <-u>, <-el>, or <-e> for first, second, third animate, and third inanimate persons respectively. <-o> denotes an indefinite person.
The optional agent person-number suffix is:

  • -toso (2sg)

and a bunch of other stuff you shouldn't have to care about.
The causative can be encoded within the verb, with a dislocated patient.
Moving the nouns of a clause for a causative verb works as follows:

Base event:AP
Causer ⁻\\\
Causative:APV(DP)V

The causative affix itself is <-ḋu->.

The aspect suffixes are as follow:

  • <kju> continuative
  • <tro> imperative

plus a bunch of other stuff you shouldn't have to care about.

Conjunction is expressed using juxtaposition. Happy?

There's also a piece of DeMo used in this example:
<-ek> → <-ew> is a verbal nominaliser.