Hyarmendorean

Hyarmendorean is a centuries-old, descendant language of Celtic languages native to the Autonomous Republic of Dohendor and Hilvenídica-Plenfia. It is identified by its quick speaking consistency, its consonant-vowel flow, and in some cases its addition of Spanish and French words.

History and general information on the language

The language came to Alcedonia with the Celtic settlers (generically called Gáltad) who invaded the region where is today Vassfforcia. As the different clans settled down on different regions of the country two main language groups developed from the Gáltad language, one on the north (in Fors and Bolger), the Fors-Bolger dialects and the other in the south (in Dohendor and Hälvendil), the Dohen-Hälven dialects. The northern variety extinguised itself around the 14th and 15th century, as the Vassfforcians destroyed the Kingdom of Fors and Bolger. However, as both Dohendor and Hälvendil joined the Most Serene Republic voluntarily the southern variety of the language survived. Then, at the beggining of the 19th century a group of Hyarmendorean-speaking poets decided to make efforts for the survival of their mother-tongue as it was dissapearing as it borrowed more and more French and Spanish words. For this, they founded the Academïa Cuenyatá and compiled the grammar and spellig rules.

Dialecting of Hyarmendorean

After the compilation of the academic Hyarmendorean most dialects dissapeared as the academic variant became more widely known and spoken. However, still today five main dialects exist:

Dohen Cuenya is the dialect spoken in the Province of Dohendor. It differentiates itself from the Hälven and Plenfian variants because it does not use so many burrowed words. While it differentiates from the western variety as it is less lyrical and more gutural. It is considered to be one of the two Fíorcuenyad (pure dialects).

Hälven Cuenya is the dialect spoken in Hilvenídica(southern Hilvenídica-Plenfia). It differentiates itself from the Plenfian variant because it uses less Franch and more Spanish burrowed words. While it differentiates from the Dohen and Western varieties as it uses more burrowed words.

Cuenya Plenfïatá or the Plenfian Dialect is the dialect spoken in northern Plenfia (northern Hilvenídica-Plenfia). It differentiates itself from the Hälven variant because it uses more Franch and less Spanish burrowed words. While it differentiates from the Dohen and Western varieties as it uses more burrowed words.

Rhûn Cuenya or the Western Dialect is the dialect spoken in Rhûnorodtal. It differentiates itself from the Hälven and Plenfian variants because it does not use so many burrowed words. While it differentiates from the Dohen dialect as it is more lyrical and less gutural. It is considered to be one of the two Fíorcuenyad (pure dialects).

Hyarmendorean speakers of this four dialects can understand each other without many diificulties.

Hyarmeñol is not exactly a dialect of Hyarmendorean but a créole language which is widely spoken in Hilvenídica City and Tirritidivá which combines, as the name suggests, Spanish and Hyarmendorean. Hyarmeñol speakers cannot understand other Hyarmendorean dialects if they are not proficient with the language as especially the pronunciation is quite different. Many linguists does not consider Hyarmeñol to be a dialect of Hyarmendorean.

Role Play Information

Generally I combine Irish Gaelic, Finnish, Qüenya and Sindarin to make Hyarmendorean words. For spelling I never use 'k', insetead I always use 'c' which has only the 'k' sound, if this sound is on the end of a word then 'cq' shall be used. For diptongues I use Franch rules and for strong sylables I use Spanish rules.