Alitarian
Alitarian----
Alitarian May refer to either of the following:
- Alitarian, a citizen of the Holy Empire of Alitaria
- Alitarian, the language(shown below).
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Alphabet:
a - aa
b - beh
c - see
d - dey
e - aeh
f - fah
g - jhay
h - hah
i - eii
j - ga
k - kay
l - ell
m - mah
n - nah
o - oh
p - payh
q - coo
r - air
s - ess
t - tay
u - oo
v - vay
w - vadah
x - zeh
y - eiy
z - zeda
Ð - [Pronounced as a hollow "Whoosh" at the back of the throat- like, "Whoo" -rarely used]
Þ - [Pronounced Tssk- rarely used]
Alitarian is the language of the ancient people of Alitaria. It is an immensely complicated language, stemming from many roots. Some people even believe that it may not have had earthly origin, due to the intricate patterns and symbols that made up its base being far too advanced for people of its time (They were disproved, however, when documents confirming the existence of electric and plasma energy in ancient Alitaria were found in the remains of Jek To'horia.). The language is made up of many characters and symbols, some of which have been reproduced in the Museum of Artifacts in Loonaterian. The actual spoken language itself is different from the translated heirogliphs. It consists of various phrases which can be strung together, such as with the language German. For instance: The word "Hina", meaning "cat", can be strung together with the word "Eko", meaning "hell", to give the word "Hina'eko", meaning "Hellcat". Words put in conjunction with each other always have an apostrophe in- between them to define where one word ends and the next begins. The language is spoken regally, with a smooth pronunciation of words key. Speaking it slowly can be offensive, as it implies that the person on the other end of the comment is stupid. For instance: The phrase " Ne'kero aia fora ona Ted'nwara". which means "The sun will come out tomorrow", must be pronounced smoothly and quickly, with the words "Ona" (out) and "Ted'nwara" (tomorrow) almost running together. One more useful tip for speaking the language is that adjectives and demonstrative adjectives are always joined to nouns with a comma- Fat Cat is "Dor'hina", "the sun" is "Ne'kero", etc. Pronouns are also joined to words with an apostrophe, but this applies to all words rather than just nouns. For instance: His blue...(insert noun here) would be "Yo'gura..." .
Here are some basic phrases to get you started:
"Roa te Ne'hon?"-Where is the station?
"Tequara!"-Hello!
"Forn'turuda biapo Re'kida."-formal greeting. Lit. "Many blessings be upon our meeting."
"Derum'fe..."-Excuse me...
"Um'ten Kih"-I would like...
1 = unesa 2 = doez 3 = tirez 4 = derma 5 = sede 6 = eza 7 = noia 8 = eoha 9 = neana(modernized from ancient Alitarian) 10 = unesna 20 = doezna 30 = tirezna... 100 = Redina 200 = Edina 300 = tirina
Numbers like 21, 22... etc have a dash between them. Otherwise, numbers stay the same apart from the ten, hundred, thousand etc.
E.G Doezna-unes, Doeza-does-, doeza-tirez...
One small note to make would be that many Alitarians are fantastic linguists, and can speak many of the languages in the world today-Alitarian may not be completely necessary.
First Declension
All words ending in the letters T, K, V, Y or with said letters in the last syllable belong to the 1st declension.
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2nd Declension
All words ending in the letters O, E, A, W, P or L or with said letters in the last syllable.
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Verbs
There are three types of verb endings, some end in -a, others in -en and yet others in -ka. They all pertain to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd conjugation respectively. In order to conjugate you drop the specific ending, whether it be -a or -ka for all separate persons, singular or plural, except for the first person singular.
Present Tense
For example: She is walking.
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Imperfect Tense
For example: She was walking, or she had been walking.
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Present Perfect Tense
I have eaten.
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Pluperfect Tense
A verb is in the pluperfect tense if it was completed prior to another. Usually the auxiliary verb had signifies a pluperfect verb.
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Future Perfect Tense
Future perfect is used to convey an action that will have been completed prior to something else. Will have are the customary auxiliary verbs.In addition to the tenses for verbs in the indicative mood, there is ordinarily one tense in the imperative mood, with both active and passive forms.
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Future Tense
Example: She will jump.
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The sentence structure of Alitarian is very similar to that of modern languages- Subject, Verb, Object, Verb, Object (2). However, the second verb may be transferred to in front of the third verb in the case of the future- present and past-present tenses:
Future-Past
Example: I have-will killed/ Kill him at this time
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The future-present and past-present tenses are used in a way that suggests time travel in which you have already done an action in your timeline, although it is yet to happen in the future.
Ancient alitarian was the ornate and sculpted language of the old Alitarian Empire. It died out after the Great Plague, and evolved quickly into a more modern equivalent. Ancient Alitarian is a fascinating language to study due to the amount of variation between dialects. For instance, the mostly-unexplored region between Jek To'Horia and the Likej Peninsula contained 60 towns, all of them speaking a different variation on Alitarian, some with partially different alphabets. The alphabet widely accepted nowadays in Alitaria is a far cry from what it was originally. The original ancient alphabet consisted of 32 symbols-the letters of an alphabet similar to the Latin alphabet, but in a runic script, and several select runes that were used to describe sounds, such as "Ph". One of the things that intrigues those that study ancient Alitarian nowadays is the existance of future-present ande past-present tenses. These are tenses that are used to describe actions in a timeline other than the one inhabited by your own present self. For instance, the word tjy is a word that, as with the modern syntax, is connected to a verb with an apostrophe(this holds true to all of the ancient words and phrases.). It can be translated as a preposition that describes a future self; literally, "I have-will". In simpler terms, it describes a time in the future when one does an action, and yet has already done it. In other words, if you yourself used it, then it would mean that you had gone into the future, performed an action, and returned in time to use the word in conversation. This case is similar with the past-present tense. Another subject of particular interest to those studying the language is the alphabet. It is, as has been stated before, comprised of 36 characters. They are written normaly as runes, but in some rare cases the latin alphabet may be seen to be present, albeit in a very garbled fashion. It is thought to be the lost remenants of the astral-runes of the Taa'Hatchi peoples, the original inhabitants of the planet Aekria, where the original Alitarians are thought to have come from.
Here are a few phrases of note that have cropped up many times in various scripts and carvings:
'Tjy ta'fluxjt grytraed'te'jukliuk'
This is thought to be a record of the dying words of the great king Asnarki in around 2500BC. It translates roughly as:
" And so I looked into the eyes of gods, and I believed."
Another that is repeated in the same crude way is the phrase:
"Fjyorika Nes'Jyfnjaka Inoyd'Kiruliajna"
This phrase is believed to be an extract from the Taa'Hatchi holy book, or a copy. It has been translated from the rune form it was found originally in.
In the original transcript, it is believed that this was a record of a prophecy made by the Taa'Hatchi prophet Asgraed shortly before his death. The prophecy states,
"Empire shall rise Above All"
There is some confusion as to what this exactly means, but it was probably predicting the rise of the Alitarian Empire over many other nations in around 3000BC.
| The Holy Empire of Alitaria |
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| The Holy Empire of Alitaria: Alitaria | Itbistia | Kalziestan | Fedeadora | YummyYumYum | Joo Won Land |
Thanks to Dienstadi for the verb table.
