Luziycan
| Lusatian/Arazei Luziycan/Arazei Дгяшнсфт/Фкфяуш | |
| Pronunciation: | ləzɪjikæn (Luh-zi-yi-kan) |
| Spoken in: | Luziyca |
| Region: | Esquarium |
| Total Speakers: | Native speakers: ca 591 million Non-native speakers: ca 192 million |
| Language family: | Slavic Northern Slavic Western Branch Luziycan |
| Official status | |
| Official language in: | Luziyca |
| Regulated by: | Luziyica Lingua Acadamiana (Luziyca, Kofeiya, Nyanasherva, Esquarium) no official regulation in other countries |
Luziyican (historically known as Lusatian) is the one of the three official languages in the Christian Republic of Luziyca, related to both Norse and the Slavic Language families, the others being Swedish, and English. It also is the sole official language in Kofeiya.
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History and General Information about the Luziycan Language
The Luziycan language until the 1980s was thought to be first record in 570 BC, but in 1983, a cave inscription showed that Luziycan was much older, carbon dated to 25,000 BC. Initially, it came from a Germanic tongue, but by around 10 BC, influences from Slavia had influenced Luziycan, making it its own category of Slavic: Northern Slavic. Despite its use by the locals, when Latin arrived by 20 AD, and introduced by Christ, it slowly was adopted amongst the various monarchs, while Luziycan stagnated. As such, many words then were borrowed from Latin, thus separating it from the Eastern Slavic languages altogether. In 1707, an un-named poet wrote a poem in Luziyca, in the Latin alphabet, thus causing a rapid decline in the Noah Script, to such a point it had all but disappeared save for its colonies by 1785. Today, it has some loan words from other languages, to a point that larger numbers above the thousands are typically said in English.
Dialects of Luziycan
Arazei Dialect
To this day, this language has significant debates between it being its own language, advocated by the constituent Republic of Arazei, and a language, argued by scientists. Some words are different, especially when related to water. It has its own script, called the Arazei script, and used amongst the Arazei.
Kofeiyan Luziycan
The dialect spoken as the main lingua franca of Kofeiya. While Standard Luziycan is the preferred form of use, Kofeiyan Luziycan has many loan words from Swahili, such as "shule," while in Standard Luziycan, is "skola," from the Swedish "skola." Notably, it has two sub-dialects, which are the Northern Sub-Dialect, spoken around the Delta Region, and the Southern Sub-Dialect, spoken elsewhere. The Northern Dialect of Kofeiyan Luziycan has many loan words from Latin, like radio in Luziycan is radia, but redia in the Northern Dialect, a mixture of "redio," the Swahili word for radio, and radia, the Luziycan word for Radio. In the South, it often uses Swahili words, like redio for radio. "televisheni" is used to mean Television, in the South, while the North, like Standard Luziycan, it is "televisiya." As such, it is easy to distinguish recent immigrants from within Kofeiya just by what words they use to refer to certain concepts.
Official Scripts
The official scripts of Luziycan were varied, as long as their history. Thus, we see their scripts here, and letters, and history. In Hala'iba, it is written using the Arabic script, with no special characters.
Latin: Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
Noah: Фф Ии Сс Вв Уу Аа Пп Рр Шш Оо Лл Дд Ьь Тт Щщ Зз Йй Кк Ыы Ее Гг Мм Цц Чч Нн Яя
Arazei: ኧ ብ ች ድ እ ፍ ግ ህ ኤ ጅ ክ ል ም ን ኦ ፕ ቅ ር ስ ት ኡ ቭ ው ሽ ይ ዝ
Latin Script
In 20 AD, according to legend, on his deathbed, King Judah revealed the Latin script, to Jesus, to transcribe the sacred language, Latin. Jesus accepted it and began to print a bible in Latin, and recited it to King Judah, the entire two Testaments. After finishing it, King Judah died and began his plans to spread Latin and Christianity. Apparently created by God, Latin was used as the clergical language while the Noah script, transcribed by Noah from the Lusatian tribe that originated from Embark was used upon the poor. In the 1600s, Luziycan began to be written in Latin, all 26 letters, by an unknown poet. As many migrated to Latin, the Noah script began dying out, and by 1785, the Noah script was no longer written and the Latin alphabet used for both Latin, Swedish and Luziycan. In 1863, it was so common that it was made the official alphabet of the Christian Republic of Luziyca. Between 1934 and 1970, in the DPR of Luziyca, the Latin alphabet was used as the legal script for Western Luziyca.
Noah Script
Coming from cave inscriptions, this script was named after King Noah of Bethlehem, after, according to legend, he carved an obelisk, the Bethlehem obelisk quoting the following in the Noah Script (the obelisk was removed in 1934 and taken to Yerevan, the capital of the West from 1935 to 1955 when it moved to Gijirokastra (then Haclav City), which was destroyed in 1996 as they advanced to Gijirokastra. As it evolved, many soon learned how to read, and it became a virtual common language amongst the locals. The script (virtually) stayed the same, until the 1600s. A poet finally decided to write a poem in the Latin script, in circa 1607. During that century, the Noah Script died out, with the last literate person that can read only in Noah dying in 1785, but for sometime afterwards, some commoners read both. By 1860, it was only read by scholars and professors throughout the lands. However, it was identified more with Cyrillic, and today is confused with Cyrillic. It is still used in some of the Associated Free States, as well as symbols, such as the signs for the lira.
Arazei Script
This script appears to have come from Assyria, over a few thousand years ago, spreading from language to language. By around 750 BC, the Arazei script was put into place for the Luziycan that was spoken there, which was a dialect, with locally made words of sea and things related to the sea. It was written and read, by the Arazei. By the 1800s, many began learning the script once more, to such a point it became an inseparable part of Arazei culture. In 1935, it was banned in both the DPR of Luziyca (it was repealed in 1996), but the language still exists. Today, many people in Arazei know how to write the script.
Pronunciation
Pronunciation of the Luziycan language varies by dialect. The official standard dialect is based on the dialect spoken in Bethlehem.
Consonants
In the table of consonants below, consonant sounds which exist only in specific dialects of Luziycan are in brackets.
| ↓ Manner → Place | Bilabial | Labiodental | Dental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal |
| Nasal | m | n | (ɲ) | ŋ | ||||
| Plosive | p b | t d | k g | |||||
| Fricative | f v | θ (ð) | s z | ʃ ʒ | (ç) | (x) | h | |
| Affricate | (ts) | tʃ dʒ | ||||||
| Approximant | (ʋ) | ɹ | j | w | ||||
| Lateral Approximant | l | (ʎ) |
- The "r" sound is pronounced a [ɹ] in the standard dialect, but in other dialects can be [r], [ɾ] or more rarely a [ʁ].
- The "y" sound ([j]) often merges with consonants that come before it. Some examples of this are found in English, such as [sj] merging to [ʃ] and [dj] becoming [ʒ]. In other dialects, there are mergers which do not happen in English, such as [nj] becoming [ɲ] and [lj] becoming [ʎ].
- Dialects close to or within the Swedish-speaking regions in the north are influenced by Swedish. For example, [ʃ] is prounced as [ɕ], [ɹ] is pronounced as as [r] and alveolar consonants like [t] and [d] are pronounced from closer to the teeth.
Vowels
The vowels in Luziycan are "Aa, Ee, Ii, Oo, Uu," and sometimes, "Yy."
Orthography
Vocabulary
Here a list of common words in Luziycan and English. The first is English, second is Luziycan in Latin and third is Luziycan in Noah.
Common Words and Phrases
Church - Khurkh - Лргклр - ኹርኽ
Cathedral - Kathedral - Лферувкфд- ካትሀድራል
Swedish - Saujish - Ыфгошыр - ሳኡጅኤስህ
Are you hungry? - Prozadi mekuri provi? - Зкщяфвш ьулгкш зкщмш? - ፕሮዛዲ መክኡሪ?
Coming Up Next - Ataevuni ra - Фефумгтш кф - ኧታእቩኒ ራ
Home - Oteki - Щеулш - ኦተኪ
Yes - Ya - Нф - ያ
No - Na - Тф - ና
Congress - Kongress/Sopkot - Лщтпкуыы - ሶፕኮት
New - Novi/Isheu - Тщмш - ኤስሀኡ
Child - Krovadi - Лкщмфвш - ክሮቫዲ
Adult - Vadi - Мфвш - ቫዲ
Lusatia - Luziyca - Дгяшнсф - ሉዚይቻ
Embark - Eshramei/Srevu - Уыркфьуш - ስረቩ
Time - Kla/Nighret - Лдф - ኒግህረት
Mountain - Montze - Ьщтеяу - ሞንፀ
Fish - Fisya/Mikre - Ашынф - ሚክረ
Ararat - Arazei - Фкфяуш - ኧራዘኤ
Comrade - Druzhe - Вкгяру - ድሩዠ
Communist - Kommunist - Лщььгтшые - ኮምሙኒስት
Capitalist - Kapitalist - Лфзшефдшые - ካፒታሊስት
Year - Ano - Фттщ - ኧኖ
Christmas - Kristmas - Лкшыеьфы - ክሪስትማስ
Mathematics - Matematik - Ьфеуьфешл - ማተማቲክ
Kingdom - Serastevo - Ыукфыеумщ - ሰራስተቮ
Republic - Respublika - Куызгидшлф - ረስፑብሊካ
Highway - Shosena - Ырщыутф - ስሆሰና
Road - Gata - Пфеф - ጋታ
Street - Strota - Ыекщеф - ስትሮታ
Cul-de-sac - Place - Здфсу - ፕላቸ
Crescent - Crescent - Скуыуте - ችረስቸንት
Avenue/Boulevard - Avenue - Фмутгу - ኧቨኑእ
Car - Auto - Фгещ - ኧኡቶ
Truck - Gruzov - Пкгящм - ግሩዞቭ
Tires - Tires - Ешкуы - ቲረስ
Trunk/Boot - Trunk - Екгтл - ትሩንክ
Colors
White - Blanc - Идфтс - ብላንች
Pink - Rosa - Кщыф - ሮሳ
Red - Rod - Кщв - ሮድ
Orange - Oriaso - Щкшфыщ - ኦሪኧሶ
Yellow - Gul - Пгд - ጉል
Green - Gron - Пкщт - ግሮን
Blue - Blah - Идфр - ብላህ
Indigo - Indigo - Штвшпщ - ኤንዲጎ
Purple - Purpura/Lila - Згкзгкф - ሊላ
Brown - Brun - Икгт - ብሩን
Black - Cherni - Сруктн - ችሀርኒ
Politeness
Excuse me - Izavinite/Otsun - Шяфмштшеу - ኦጹን
Please - Vaniligen - Мфтшдшпут - ቫኒሊገን
Thank you - Grazie - Пкфяшу - ግራዜ
May I? - Moguliya? - Ьщпгдшнф? - ሞጉሊያ
You're welcome - Grata - Пкфеф - ግራታ
Hello - Priveta - Зкшмуеф - ፕሪቨታ
How are you? - Bragya vanri ta? - Икфпнф мфткш еф? - ብራግያ ቫንሪ ታ?
Good - Provi - Зкщмш - ፕሮቪ
Not good - Naprovi - Тфзкщмш - ናፕሮቪ
Good Bye - Adieu - Фвшуг - ኧዴኡ
Social Status
Sir - Shimi - Ыршьш - ስሂሚ
Dame - Dama - Вфьф - ዳማ
Madam - Fru - Акг - ፍሩ
Mademoiselle - Nuptisifru - Тгзешышакг - ኑፒቲስፍሩ
Mister - Gospodin/Bwana - Пщызщвшт - ብዋና
Mistress - Matteni - Ьфеуттш - ማትተኒ
Miss - Skuya - Ылнгф - ስኩያ
Doctor - Varach - Мфкфср - ቫራችህ
Priest - Sacerdo - Ыфсуквщ - ሳቸርዶ
Bishop - Biskopa - Ишылщзф - ቢስኮፓ
Pope - Papa - Зфзф - ፓፓ
Family
Ancestor - Orka - Щклф - ኦርካ
Grandfather - Dedushka/Farfar - Вувгырлф - ፋርፋር
Grandmother - Babushka/Mormor - Ифигырлф - ሞርሞር
Uncle - Fabror - Афикщк - ፋብሮር
Aunt - Tetushka - Еуегырлф - ተቱስህካ
Mother - Mamen - Ьфьут - ማመን
Father - Papen - Зфзут - ፓፐን
Son - Seen - Ыуут - ሰእን
Daughter - Dotter - Вщееук - ዶትተር
Brother - Frater - Акфеук - ፍራተር
Sister - Soror - Ыщкщк - ሶሮር
Grandson - Lilepappen - Дшдузфззут - ሊለፓፕፐን
Granddaughter - Lillamamen - Дшддфьфьут - ሊልላማመን
Descendant - Urten - Гкеут - ኡርተን
Months and Days
Months
January - Yanvari - Нфтмфкш - ያንቫሪ
February - Fevrali - Аумкфдш - ፈቭራሊ
March - Marsi - Ьфкыш - ማርሲ
April - Apreli - Фзкудш - ኧፕረሊ
May - Maji - Ьфош - ማጂ
June - Iyuni - Шнгтш - ኤዩኒ
July - Iyuli - Шнгдш - ኤዩሊ
August - Augusti - Фгпгыеш - ኧኡግስቲ
September - Sentyaberi - Ыутенфиукш - ሰንትያበሪ
October - Oktoberi - Щлещиукш - ኦክቶበሪ
November - Noyabri - Тщнфикш - ኖያብሪ
December - Sancti - Ыфтсеш - ሳንችቲ
Days
Sunday - Sondi - Ыщтвш - ሶንዲ
Monday - Mundi - Ьгтвш - ሙንዲ
Tuesday - Marti - Ьфкеш - ማርቲ
Wednesday - Onsdi - Щтывш - ኦንስዲ
Thursday - Jovisi - Ощмшыш - ጆቪሲ
Friday - Fredi - Акувш - ፍረዲ
Saturday - Sabbati - Ыфифееш - ሳብባቲ
Past, Present, Future
Yesterday - Vechera - Мусрукф - ቨችሀራ
Today - Chera - Срукш - ችሀራ
Tomorrow - Zavtra - Яфмекф - ዛቭትራ
Now - Nu - Тг - ኑ
Then - Ergo - Укпщ - እርጎ
Soon - Skoro - Ылщкщ - ስኮሮ
Past - Gamla/Kale - Пфьдф - ካለ
Present - Nunsi/Sasa - Тгтыш - ሳሳ
Future - Izimida - Шяшьшвф - ኤዚሚዳ
Directions
North - Nord - Тщкв - ሞርድ
South - Sud - Ыгв - ሱድ
West - Vast - Мфые - ቫስት
East - Vost - Мщые - ቮስት
Numbers
Until the 1970s, Luziycan used Roman Numerals, but today uses Arabic Numerals for numbers. Here is an example of how they are pronounced. From 1 to 19, they are derived from Swedish and Latin, but from 20, while 21 to 29, 31 to 39, et cetera uses the first number after the digit (21 per se, would be davadsitz-un). From 100, however, stoven is preceded by the number (cinq-stoven davadsitz-cinq, would be 525, for example). From 1,000, it then gets complicated from here.
0 - noll
1 - un
2 - du
3 - tuois
4 - quatre
5 - cinq
6 - sis
7 - set
8 - octo
9 - non
10 - dis
11 - undisia
12 - dudisia
13 - tuoisdisia
14 - quatredisia
15 - cinqdisia
16 - sisdisia
17 - setdisia
18 - octudisia
19 - nonadisia
20 - davadsitz
30 - trisitz
40 - sorok
50 - petdiesyet
60 - shendisyet
70 - semdisyet
80 - voseyemdiesyet
90 - seyenosket
100 - stoven (formal), un-stoven (informal)
200 - du-toven
300 - tuoi-stoven
400 - quatre-stoven
500 - cinq-stoven
600 - sis-stoven
700 - set-stoven
800 - oct-stoven
900 - non-stoven (formal), krovadi-milia (informal)
1,000 - milia
10,000 - dis-milia
100,000 - stoven-milia
1,000,000 - millio
10,000,000 - dis-millio
100,000,000 - stoven-millio
1,000,000,000 - billio
1,000,000,000,000 - trillio
To further illustrate the complexity, here is a number, and its pronunciation in Luziycan, to show how complicated it is to pronounce numbers in high ranges in Luziycan.
1,981,483,871 (billio nona-stoven-millio voseyemdiesyet-dis-millio un-millio quatre-stoven stoven-milia voseyemdiesyet-dis-milia tuois-milia oct-stoven semdisyet-un).
Units of Measurement
Metric System
In 1939, the Western Academy on the Luziycan Language (in Western Luziyca) adopted words for the metric system. Thus, in 1968, when the East switched to metric, they adopted the same words. Thus, it is used in all Luziycan dialects.
Length
Kilometer - Kilaumeter - Лшдфгьуеук - ኪላኡመተር
Hectometer - Hectaumeter - Русефгьуеук - ሀቻታኡመተር
Decameter - Decaumeter - Вусфгьуеук - ደቻኡመተር
Meter - Meter - Ьуеук - መተር
Decimeter - Desimeter - Вуышьуеук - ደሲመተር
Centimeter - Sentimeter - Ыутешьуеук - ሰንቲመተር
Millimeter - Millimeter - Ьшдшьуеук - ሚሊመተር
Micrometer - Micrometer - Ьшскщьуеук - ሚችሮመተር
Nanometer - Nanometer - Тфтщьуеук - ናኖመተር
Volume
Liter - Liter - Дшеук - ሊተር
Milliliter - Milliliter - Ьшддшдшеук - ሚልሊሊተር
Cubic Centimeter - Kubisentimeter - Лгишыутешьуеук - ኩቢሰንቲመተር
Weights
Ton - Ton - Ещт - ቶን
Kilogram - Kilogram - Лшдщпкфь - ኪሎግራም
Gram - Gram - Пкфь - ግራም
Temperature
Celsius - Selsius - Ыудышгы - ሰልሲኡስ
Kelvin - Kelvin - Лудмшт - ከልቪን
Imperial System
These are traditional Luziycan words for the units used prior to 1939 in the West, and 1986 in the East. They are only used in regard to one's personal height and weight, and even then, they still use the Metric System to measure these things, much more so in the West than the East (where for weight and height of persons, they use the Imperial System).
Length
League - Liga - Дшпф - ሊጋ
Mile - Mile - Ьшду - ሚለ
Furlong - Furlong - Агкдщтп - ፉርሎንግ
Yard - Jard/Yard - Офкв - ያርድ
Foot - Foot - Ащще - ፎኦት
Inch - Inch - Штср - ኤንችህ
Volume
Barrel - Dolio/Fateh - Вщдшщ - ፋተህ
Bushel - Bushel - Игыруд - ቡስሀል
Gallon - Gallon - Пфддщт - ጋልሎን
Quart - Kuort - Лгщке - ኩኦርት
Pint - Pint - Зштеф - ፒንት
Cup - Chaska - Срфылф - ችሃስካ
Weight
Ton - Tun - Егт - ቱን
Pounds - Funt - Агте - ፉንት
Ounce - Uncia - Гтсшф - ኡንቺኧ
Grain - Vete - Муеу - ቨተ
Temperature
Fahrenheit - Farenheight - Афкутрушпре - ፋረንሀዒግህት
Rankine - Rankine - Кфтлшту - ራንኪነ
Examples of Luziycan
| Examples of Luziycan | ||||
| Luziycan | English translation | Literal English translation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Papeni himleniya, Sakrala namio. |
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. |
Father Heaven, Sacred Name. | ||
| Vaseh liyudi sunt natussi i lika dostoinestave i pravakh. Dehar rationis sovesti i agere gentemotvez esetovek andeni fraterskapani. | All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. | All men born free and equal in dignity and rights. They endow reason conscience and act towards one another in spirit of brotherhood. | ||
| Deu valsignani Papa! | God bless the Pope! | God bless Pope! | ||
| TBA | TBA | TBA | ||
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