KUGLIMZ'SEITRE
(KUGLIMZ
TONGUE) |
The language of the
Kuglimz or Kuglimz'seitre ("Tongue of the Tribes") is very descriptive and many of the things in their life are given
words to describe them. This is also true of their children, many Kuglimz have
names that describe the personalities they have, or what their parents hope
they will have.
Simple Words.
Most Kuglimz words are simple and
overall have a heavy sound to them and are represented in runic form. For
pluralization the letter “z” is added. The first letter and often the last as
well are stressed when speaking.
The letters that the Kuglimz use
are the same as the Santharians with
the exception of the letters "Q" and "X". Several of the letters such as “G”,
“R” are said further back in the throat than the same letter in Tharian. “A” is
usually pronounced as in “ah”. “E” is pronounced as in “eh”, when it is in
accompaniment with an I it has a long “e” sound, when it is at the end of the
word it is soundless. “I” is a short I sound, with an accompaniment with an “e”
it follows the same rule as aforementioned “e”. When “O” is used at the
beginning of a word it sounds like “ah”, when it is either the last or next to
last letter in a word it has a long “o” sound. “U” almost always sounds like
the “ou” sound in you.
Examples of simple words are: bavk (rain), beina (sister), fa (man), heir
(river), mari (wolf), matiu (lost), meeh (sheep) etc.
Complex Words.
Complex words are generated by the joining of two simple words with an
apostrophe between to denote the joining. If a word is made of two simple words
the noun is always before the adjective. Example: Rik’tyan, "tyan" meaning
"all" and "rik" meaning "flower". Since “all” is describing the flower, it
comes after flower. Thus the structure ends up as "Rik’tyan". The same
structure ensues for three or four word simple words. Example: Taug’rik’tyan,
which is the "All Flower Feast".
As far as the joining of two words, with though towards capitalization is
concerned; the second, third, etc., words are always lowercase with the
exception of the names of people. For example "Lu’Welima", which means "Welima
City". Since "Welima" is a person’s name it is capitalized in the joining of
the words. There are of course exceptions to the aforementioned rules, this is
unsurprising as it is not often written down. Another thing which must be
remembered is that the word "ang" works as a negative when added to a word. For
example the word "fa" meaning "man", becomes unmannly when seen as "Ffang". The
translation then is not "man" or "unmannly". Whenever the word that is used
before ang ends in an "a", the "a" is dropped before "ang" is added.
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Sentences. Sentences are easily made as they
follow the same form as combining words, only on a larger scale. It must be
noted that when creating a sentence there is no space left indicating the
ending of one word and the beginning of another. In the case of Kuglimz'seitre
an apostrophe is used. When putting together a sentence it must be kept in mind
that there are no articles, they are often implied. As far as tense goes, all
things are in the present tense. This is due to the fact that the
Kuglimz
live in the present, even their stories and oral histories are done this way.
It gives them a strong connection to everything as it all seems recent,
unfortunately this may also be behind many of the constant battles between the
different tribes.
Information
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Drogo
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