Mishala Dharte

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Under Construction

Spoken mainly in: Elundrasil
Region:
Total Speakers: Approx. Unknown
Ranking: Not Known
Genetic Classification: Language Isolate

Official Status:
Official Language of: Elundrastil
Regulated by: Department(N) Linguistics(Ac) shér University(La) Telussil(Ac) (Linguistics Department at the University of Telussil)

Language Codes:
ISO 639-1.....md
ISO 639-2.....mid (B), mde (T)

Alphabet and Pronunciation

  • a-father
  • b-bet
  • c-catch
  • d-door
  • e-between air and debt
  • f-fit
  • h-generaly the h isn't used much aside from the dipthongs, but when it does appear it is just like a breathy exhale
  • i-eat
  • l-lick
  • m-me
  • n-no
  • o-own
  • q-quick (only used in qu combinations)
  • r-tap/roll on hard palate, simply described as a rolled r
  • s-soft s made with the very tip of the tounge, like a hiss
  • t-soft t made with tip of tounge
  • u-food
  • z-zoo

Diphthongs

  • ch-german ach laut
  • dh-them
  • sh-share
  • th-thing
  • ss-an elongated s
  • au-out
  • oi-oil
  • iu-eww
  • eu-like out but "eut"
  • ei-eight
  • ai-eye

Special Vowels

  • á-elongated a
  • é-elongated e
  • í-elongated i
  • ó-elongated o
  • ú-elongated u

Grammar

The Basics

Verbs

Overall there are two basic types of verb, derived and basic, derived verbs are verbs that were derived from other words in the language, basic verbs are verbs that are their own word and are not based off of anyother word.

There also exists two forms, transitive and intransitive, transitive implies that there exists an object to the verb, however an intransitive verb does not have an object, below are the endings to each and examples.

Basic:
Trans---iri
Intrans---ta

Mishiri: To speak
-I speak a language well.
Mishta: To speak
-I speak well.

Derived:
Trans---qua
Intrans---lo

Amqua: To give
-I gave them money.
Amlo: To give
-I gave.

Conjugations

It should be also known about verbs that there is only a conjugation for singular pronouns, (I, you, he, she, it) and plural pronouns, (we, you, they).