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Dienstadi
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| Used Within
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The Macabees, Zarbia, SafeHaven2, CommunismRevisited-,Hailandkill, Keyshona, The Silver Sky, Vietnamexico, Sumer, Malatose, Spaam, Space Union, Mekugi,Triancia, Spizania, Laurasia
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| Total Fluent Speakers
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ca. 19,545,000,000
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| Largest Speaker Populace
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Malatose
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| Number of Sub-Dialects
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Seven: Standard, Sarcanzan, Ruskan, Muurite, Darian, Vietnamexican Standard, Slavic Standard
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| Official Language Of
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The Macabees, Hailandkill, CommunismRevisited-, SafeHaven2, Malatose
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| Language Classification
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Indo-European; Germanic; Romantic
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| Standardization Program
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Communitat Estandierdsorn Lenguachtier [Community for the Standardization of the Language]
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Dienstadi is a language that has been evolving over the past two thousand years, and is continously doing so. The first Dienstadi can be claimed to have been designed through speech patterns in the region eight thousand years ago, but linguist rarely claim that is Dienstadi as it's rather primordial and most classify it as an early example of the Indo-European language within the region. What linguist regard as the age in which Dienstadi was first used was around 400 B.C., which is when the first known tables with the language was found in Mandalay, known as the Scripture Tablet. Since then the language has been evolving, especially with the influx of other languages, including German, Spanish, Latin and English, all of which came into the region through invaders or merchantmen.
Since then, the language has been more and more standardized, using words from older slang and turning them into modern sophications and such, just like most other languages. It has also expanded throughout the region of Imperial Armies, and even abroad, turning into the official languages of several countries bordering the Empire.
Sounds et Letters
Vowels
The accent mart over the I is meant to put emphasis, and in standard form is put when the I is next to another weak vowel, which would be the O. For example, the word oíer would be pronounced o|ee|er|.
In very special occasions the ü is used when it's used in words such as krrüer, to pronounce the U like in pingüino.
Consonants
- B [Buh]
- ß [ai]
- C [C or Th]
- D [Deh]
- F [Fff]
- G [Guh]
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- H [Jjjj]
- J [Jjjj]
- K [Kuh]
- M [Muh]
- N [Nah]
- ñ [nior]
- P [Pah]
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- R [Roh]
- RR [roll the R]
- S [Sah]
- T [Teh]
- U [Uh]
- V [Vuh]
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Unions et Sounds
Nouns
All nouns are classified into two separate declensions based on their endings. The first declension is fully masculine, while the second declension is fully feminine, making nouns some of the easiest to learn in any language. The singular nominative of a noun is the word itself, and the endings just add on to the word. For example, the nominative singular for Communitat would be just that, while the genitive singular would be Communitatsorns. Now, a bit on the classification:
Nominative: The subject
Genitive: Deals with possession - the queen's, or the man's.
Dative: The indirect object within the sentence.
Accusative: The direct object.
Ablative: By means of - e.g. The man killed the cow by means of a sword.
Vocative: Normally, an order. E.g. kill! or eat!
First Declension
All words ending in the vowels e, i, o or u, or with said vowels in the last syllable belong to the 1st declension.
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- Nominative
- Genitive
- Dative
- Accusative
- Ablative
- Vocative
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- Singular
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- sorns
- lach
- tier
- gröd
- list
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- Plural
- üs
- ñor
- tur
- kort
- gried
- lete
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2nd Declension
All words ending in the vowels a, or with said vowels in the last syllable.
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- Nominative
- Genitive
- Dative
- Accusative
- Ablative
- Vocative
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- Singular
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- laech
- bran
- gena
- omurna
- tindrun
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- Plural
- as
- ñar
- oíarch
- flarggen
- staed
- caen
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Verbs
There are three types of verb endings, some end in -der, others in -en and yet others in -rrer. They all pertain to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd conjugation respectively, and must be conjugated in this format, or the sentence won't make sense, since there aren't any articles in the language. In order to conjugate you drop the specific ending, whether it be -der or -rrer for all separate persons, singular or plural, except for the first person singular.
Present Tense
For example: She is walking.
1st Conjugation
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- First Person
- Second Person
- Third Person
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- Singular
- -der
- -aggen
- -spaken
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- Plural
- -derat
- -deri
- -derfanae
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2nd Conjugation
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- First Person
- Second Person
- Third Person
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- Singular
- -en
- -ritten
- -iendo
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- Plural
- -enes
- -rittenae
- -corgutae
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3rd Conjugation
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- First Person
- Second Person
- Third Person
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- Singular
- -rrer
- -flach
- -tieken
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- Plural
- -rreír
- -flachen
- -tiekenae
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Imperfect Tense
For example: She was walking, or she had been walking.
1st Conjugation
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- First Person
- Second Person
- Third Person
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- Singular
- -derangen
- -derfeng
- -derter
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- Plural
- -derangenae
- -derfengae
- -derterae
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2nd Conjugation
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- First Person
- Second Person
- Third Person
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- Singular
- -enten
- -fleg
- -rot
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- Plural
- -torrori
- -saf
- -glef
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3rd Conjugation
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- First Person
- Second Person
- Third Person
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- Singular
- -rreria
- -sort
- -beser
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- Plural
- -flieng
- -trieng
- -stieng
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Present Perfect Tense
I have eaten.
1st Conjugation
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- First Person
- Second Person
- Third Person
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- Singular
- -fertasis
- -fertotsi
- -bergen
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- Plural
- -storting
- -stortsi
- -stortasis
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2nd Conjugation
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- First Person
- Second Person
- Third Person
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- Singular
- -demiah
- -glem
- -tor
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- Plural
- -tamor
- -staffel
- -shutz
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3rd Conjugation
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- First Person
- Second Person
- Third Person
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- Singular
- -glec
- -ferror
- -terrir
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- Plural
- -fluong
- -sidtz
- -eich
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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.
1st Conjugation
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- First Person
- Second Person
- Third Person
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- Singular
- -stratie
- -stratiech
- -strateiechar
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- Plural
- -strotor
- -strotar
- -striech
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2nd Conjugation
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- First Person
- Second Person
- Third Person
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- Singular
- -mini
- -maen
- -mein
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- Plural
- -minier
- -maener
- -meiner
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3rd Conjugation
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- First Person
- Second Person
- Third Person
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- Singular
- -felech
- -felchier
- -flechat
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- Plural
- -felecher
- -felchi
- -flechater
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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.
1st Conjugation
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- First Person
- Second Person
- Third Person
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- Singular
- -fatansiech
- -leguriach
- -defer
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- Plural
- -fatansiecher
- -leguriacher
- -deferer
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2nd Conjugation
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- First Person
- Second Person
- Third Person
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- Singular
- -ich
- -ichbin
- -ichrot
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- Plural
- -icher
- -ichbiner
- -ichroter
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3rd Conjugation
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- First Person
- Second Person
- Third Person
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- Singular
- -strut
- -strßt
- -stroit
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- Plural
- -strutter
- -strußtter
- -stroitter
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Future Tense
Example: She will jump.
1st Conjugation
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- First Person
- Second Person
- Third Person
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- Singular
- -dercer
- -ciervo
- -celch
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- Plural
- -dercerat
- -ciervoi
- -celchder
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2nd Conjugation
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- First Person
- Second Person
- Third Person
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- Singular
- -enat
- -ciervat
- -celchat
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- Plural
- -enaten
- -ciervatoi
- -celchater
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3rd Conjugation
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- First Person
- Second Person
- Third Person
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- Singular
- -rreriech
- -cierverrer
- -celcharret
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- Plural
- -falas
- -falae
- -celcharretiech
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