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The dominant language of the core territories of the Empire of Magdala is called Pytharnian and is a member of the [[Moigthe Language Family]].  Thus the Pytharnian Language is related to Dúrandworese, Ancient Ambrulian, and [[Classical Yophenthean]].  It is also related to the [[Yophenthean Languages]] and [[Medibgóëse Language|Medibgóëse]].
 
The dominant language of the core territories of the Empire of Magdala is called Pytharnian and is a member of the [[Moigthe Language Family]].  Thus the Pytharnian Language is related to Dúrandworese, Ancient Ambrulian, and [[Classical Yophenthean]].  It is also related to the [[Yophenthean Languages]] and [[Medibgóëse Language|Medibgóëse]].
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=Dialects of Pytharnian=
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Dialects of Pytharnian include Magdalan, Luicheg, Manyavish, Nystiasary, Hyndurnusian, Casgavian, Glanvane, North Sylvan, Bebish, Oitha-Groca, and Sheddinavin.
  
 
=Pytharnian Phonology=
 
=Pytharnian Phonology=
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Prospective Phonology based on Gaelic.
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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|-
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|+Consonant phonemes
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!rowspan="2" colspan="2"|
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!colspan="2" | [[Labial consonant|Labial]]
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!colspan="2" | [[Coronal consonant|Coronal]]
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!colspan="2" | [[Dorsal consonant|Dorsal]]
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!rowspan="2" | [[Glottal consonant|Glottal]]
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|- class=small
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! [[velarization|broad]]
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! [[Palatalization (phonetics)|slender]]
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! [[velarization|broad]]
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! [[Palatalization (phonetics)|slender]]
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! [[velarization|broad]]
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! [[Palatalization (phonetics)|slender]]
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|-
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!rowspan="2" | [[Stop consonant|Stop]]
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!<small>[[Voice (phonetics)|voiceless]]</small>
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| {{IPA|pˠ}} || {{IPA|pʲ}}
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| {{IPA|t̪ˠ}} || {{IPA|tʲ}}
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| {{IPA|k}} || {{IPA|c}}
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|
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|-
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!<small>[[Voice (phonetics)|voiced]]</small>
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| {{IPA|bˠ}} || {{IPA|bʲ}}
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| {{IPA|d̪ˠ}} || {{IPA|dʲ}}
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| {{IPA|ɡ}} || {{IPA|ɟ}}
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|
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|-
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!rowspan="2"|[[Fricative consonant|Fricative]]/<br/>[[Approximant consonant|Approximant]]
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!<small>[[Voice (phonetics)|voiceless]]</small>
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| {{IPA|fˠ}} || {{IPA|fʲ}}
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| {{IPA|sˠ}} || {{IPA|ʃ}}
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| {{IPA|x}} || {{IPA|ç}}
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| {{IPA|h}}
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|-
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!<small>[[Voice (phonetics)|voiced]]</small>
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| {{IPA|w/v}} || {{IPA|vʲ}}
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| ||
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| {{IPA|ɣ}} || {{IPA|j}}
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|
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|-
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!colspan="2"| [[Nasal stop|Nasal]]
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| {{IPA|mˠ}} || {{IPA|mʲ}}
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| {{IPA|n̪ˠ}} || {{IPA|nʲ}}
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| {{IPA|ŋ}} || {{IPA|ɲ}}
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|
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|-
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!colspan=2| [[Flap consonant|Tap]]
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| ||
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| {{IPA|ɾˠ}} || {{IPA|ɾʲ}}
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| ||
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|
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|-
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!colspan=2| [[Lateral consonant|Lateral]]
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| ||
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| {{IPA|l̪ˠ}} || {{IPA|lʲ}}
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| ||
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|
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|}
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{| class="wikitable"
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|-
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|+Vowel phonemes
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|-
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! rowspan="2" |
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! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Front
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! style="text-align:center;"| Central
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! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Back
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|-
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! style="text-align:center;"| short
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! style="text-align:center;"| long
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! style="text-align:center;"| short
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! style="text-align:center;"| short
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! style="text-align:center;"| long
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|-
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! style="text-align:center;"| Close
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| style="text-align:center;"| {{IPA|ɪ}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{IPA|iː}} || || style="text-align:center;"| {{IPA|ʊ}}|| style="text-align:center;"| {{IPA|uː}}
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|-
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! style="text-align:center;"| Mid
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| style="text-align:center;"| {{IPA|ɛ}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{IPA|eː}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{IPA|ə}}|| style="text-align:center;"| {{IPA|ɔ}}|| style="text-align:center;"| {{IPA|oː}}
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|-
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! style="text-align:center;"| Open
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| ||| || style="text-align:center;"| {{IPA|a}}|| || style="text-align:center;"| {{IPA|ɑː}}
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|}
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[[Diphthongs]]: {{IPA|iə, uə, əi, əu}}.
  
 
=English to Pytharnian Lexicon=
 
=English to Pytharnian Lexicon=
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:air: divine, pertaining a divinity
 
:air: divine, pertaining a divinity
 
:airre: god
 
:airre: god
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:airth: god
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:airug n: one who speaks with the gods, priest
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:ath n: oak
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:ayarve [<agarbh] n: owl
  
 
;B
 
;B
 
:bail, bailib: hill, hills
 
:bail, bailib: hill, hills
 
:baiehin:  
 
:baiehin:  
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:balag, balga adj: great, large
 
:barra: father
 
:barra: father
 
:barradh: father
 
:barradh: father
 
:barrhuig: fortified hill outside of a city for its defense
 
:barrhuig: fortified hill outside of a city for its defense
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:be n: woman
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:bechir, bechri [<beker, torc] n: ring
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:bevedh: old
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:bir, berre n: sky
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:bomach, bomag: highland, hill, place of worship
 
:braber: troll
 
:braber: troll
  
 
;C
 
;C
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;CH
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:chor prep: beside, next to, at
  
 
;D
 
;D
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;dalg: son
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:dalg: son
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:di, dig- n: man, hero, masculine human
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:dim, diam [<deyem] adj: steep
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:dis, disa n: king
 
:dromba: mountain ridge
 
:dromba: mountain ridge
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:durn, dwarn adj: thriving, hardy, thick, fit
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:doch [<dwech] n: servant
  
 
;E
 
;E
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;F
 
;F
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:fisor, fiswir n: brother
 
:flimb: mill
 
:flimb: mill
  
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:gaiha:
 
:gaiha:
 
:galda: altar, household altar, altar to household or ancestral gods
 
:galda: altar, household altar, altar to household or ancestral gods
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:gam:  
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:gam: spear
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:gamara: warrior, spear-warrior
 
:gladin [<galda]: house
 
:gladin [<galda]: house
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:glav, glava n: forest
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:gliffa: 1) stone-pile dedicated to a divinity; 2) house dedicated to a god, temple
 
:gnaoidh: oak forest, oak wood
 
:gnaoidh: oak forest, oak wood
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:grir, grior- n: witch-king
 
:gruth: small woodland creature, used as an unflattering nickname for gnomes (Uryala)
 
:gruth: small woodland creature, used as an unflattering nickname for gnomes (Uryala)
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:gwam adj: full
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:gwe vb: speak, say
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:gwen [< g'weyenu] n: sea
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:gwith, gwaith: mother's kin, family
  
 
;H
 
;H
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:haigla n: foster, foster child
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:halfa n: ransom, pledge
  
 
;I
 
;I
 
:iffir, iffri-: badger
 
:iffir, iffri-: badger
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:ingga, ingue: island
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:inga, ing-: island
 
:isir, ire, is: river
 
:isir, ire, is: river
  
 
;K
 
;K
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:kedhu adj: empty
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:kef n: salt
  
 
;L
 
;L
 
:lechearu: stream, brook
 
:lechearu: stream, brook
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:ledhu adj: dark
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:lenk, lenc [<le, to give] vb: to give
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:luv n: water
  
 
;M
 
;M
 
:math: fortified hill
 
:math: fortified hill
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:meg, megw- n: cow
 
:mir:
 
:mir:
  
 
;N
 
;N
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:nirga prep: below, beneath
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:nisif, nisfa adj: small
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:nogdin [<nauk] n: cloak, cape
  
 
;O
 
;O
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;S
 
;S
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:samb, samba n: craft, technical prowess
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:scava n: heath, moor
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:scan adj: weak
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:scaral adj: slow
 
:scral vb: to flash
 
:scral vb: to flash
 
:screg, skrey: peninsula
 
:screg, skrey: peninsula
 
:scriffa:
 
:scriffa:
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:scur adj: white
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:smaoidh: fire
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:smichir, smig: gold
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:sput: javelin, spear
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:swig:
  
 
;T
 
;T
 
:talt n: pole, staff
 
:talt n: pole, staff
 
:tam: keep, wizard’s tower
 
:tam: keep, wizard’s tower
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:thirin, thiraoin [<tir, mountainous land]: dwarf
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:tamb n: holy well, well of water associated with a divinity who dwells in it
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:tasg, tasca n: wheel
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:tasf, tasfin n: tunic
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:thirin, thiraoin [<tir, mountainous land] n: dwarf
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:tiorv, tiorva [<teorgu] n: fire sorcerer, pyromancer
 
:tir n: mountain, mountainous land, peak, stronghold, city (compare dwor from Dúrandworese)
 
:tir n: mountain, mountainous land, peak, stronghold, city (compare dwor from Dúrandworese)
 
:tirrha: female divinity associated with a tir (mountainous land)
 
:tirrha: female divinity associated with a tir (mountainous land)
 
:trifa, terfa: waterfall
 
:trifa, terfa: waterfall
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:trimb vb: to swear an oath
  
 
;U
 
;U
  
 
;V
 
;V
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;W
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;Y
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:yuva [<yug, child] n: young child, infant
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=Place-Names=
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:Gamgirion: Spear of Gir
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:Gliffgamara: Shrine of the Warriors
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:Horrimb [<Chorriambu]: By the lake
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:Iffrigladin: House of the Badgers
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:Smigridhil: Pieces of Gold
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:Terfasigin: Waterfall of Sigin
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:Trevirs: place of the Trebhirru, an ancient Moigthe Tribe
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*[[Languages of Pytharnia]]
 
*[[Languages of Pytharnia]]
 
*[[List of Pytharnian Personal Names]]
 
*[[List of Pytharnian Personal Names]]
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*[[Magdalan Aristocratic Ranks]]
 
*[[Moigthe]]
 
*[[Moigthe]]
  
 
[[Category:Languages of Asdar]]
 
[[Category:Languages of Asdar]]
 
[[Category:Languages of Pytharnia]]
 
[[Category:Languages of Pytharnia]]
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[[Category:Donavish Languages]]
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[[Category:Moigthe Languages]]
 
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Latest revision as of 14:01, 16 September 2017

The dominant language of the core territories of the Empire of Magdala is called Pytharnian and is a member of the Moigthe Language Family. Thus the Pytharnian Language is related to Dúrandworese, Ancient Ambrulian, and Classical Yophenthean. It is also related to the Yophenthean Languages and Medibgóëse.

Dialects of Pytharnian

Dialects of Pytharnian include Magdalan, Luicheg, Manyavish, Nystiasary, Hyndurnusian, Casgavian, Glanvane, North Sylvan, Bebish, Oitha-Groca, and Sheddinavin.

Pytharnian Phonology

Prospective Phonology based on Gaelic.

Consonant phonemes
Labial Coronal Dorsal Glottal
broad slender broad slender broad slender
Stop voiceless pˠ pʲ t̪ˠ tʲ k c
voiced bˠ bʲ d̪ˠ dʲ ɡ ɟ
Fricative/
Approximant 		voiceless fˠ fʲ sˠ ʃ x ç h
voiced w/v vʲ ɣ j
Nasal mˠ mʲ n̪ˠ nʲ ŋ ɲ
Tap ɾˠ ɾʲ
Lateral l̪ˠ lʲ
Vowel phonemes
Front Central Back
short long short short long
Close ɪ iː ʊ uː
Mid ɛ eː ə ɔ oː
Open a ɑː

Diphthongs: iə, uə, əi, əu.

English to Pytharnian Lexicon

A

Pytharnian to English Lexicon

A
acharna, aharn: ?
air: divine, pertaining a divinity
airre: god
airth: god
airug n: one who speaks with the gods, priest
ath n: oak
ayarve [<agarbh] n: owl
B
bail, bailib: hill, hills
baiehin:
balag, balga adj: great, large
barra: father
barradh: father
barrhuig: fortified hill outside of a city for its defense
be n: woman
bechir, bechri [<beker, torc] n: ring
bevedh: old
bir, berre n: sky
bomach, bomag: highland, hill, place of worship
braber: troll
C
CH
chor prep: beside, next to, at
D
dalg: son
di, dig- n: man, hero, masculine human
dim, diam [<deyem] adj: steep
dis, disa n: king
dromba: mountain ridge
durn, dwarn adj: thriving, hardy, thick, fit
doch [<dwech] n: servant
E
esbrain: gnome
F
fisor, fiswir n: brother
flimb: mill
G
gaiha:
galda: altar, household altar, altar to household or ancestral gods
gam: spear
gamara: warrior, spear-warrior
gladin [<galda]: house
glav, glava n: forest
gliffa: 1) stone-pile dedicated to a divinity; 2) house dedicated to a god, temple
gnaoidh: oak forest, oak wood
grir, grior- n: witch-king
gruth: small woodland creature, used as an unflattering nickname for gnomes (Uryala)
gwam adj: full
gwe vb: speak, say
gwen [< g'weyenu] n: sea
gwith, gwaith: mother's kin, family
H
haigla n: foster, foster child
halfa n: ransom, pledge
I
iffir, iffri-: badger
inga, ing-: island
isir, ire, is: river
K
kedhu adj: empty
kef n: salt
L
lechearu: stream, brook
ledhu adj: dark
lenk, lenc [<le, to give] vb: to give
luv n: water
M
math: fortified hill
meg, megw- n: cow
mir:
N
nirga prep: below, beneath
nisif, nisfa adj: small
nogdin [<nauk] n: cloak, cape
O
o: air, sky, sky divinity
oncarga:
onkirg: Neptultchi stone monument
ordh: promontory, prominent hill
P
letter uncommon, used for foreign words
R
rheg: rapids
riambu: lake
rin: meadow
S
samb, samba n: craft, technical prowess
scava n: heath, moor
scan adj: weak
scaral adj: slow
scral vb: to flash
screg, skrey: peninsula
scriffa:
scur adj: white
smaoidh: fire
smichir, smig: gold
sput: javelin, spear
swig:
T
talt n: pole, staff
tam: keep, wizard’s tower
tamb n: holy well, well of water associated with a divinity who dwells in it
tasg, tasca n: wheel
tasf, tasfin n: tunic
thirin, thiraoin [<tir, mountainous land] n: dwarf
tiorv, tiorva [<teorgu] n: fire sorcerer, pyromancer
tir n: mountain, mountainous land, peak, stronghold, city (compare dwor from Dúrandworese)
tirrha: female divinity associated with a tir (mountainous land)
trifa, terfa: waterfall
trimb vb: to swear an oath
U
V
W
Y
yuva [<yug, child] n: young child, infant

Place-Names

Gamgirion: Spear of Gir
Gliffgamara: Shrine of the Warriors
Horrimb [<Chorriambu]: By the lake
Iffrigladin: House of the Badgers
Smigridhil: Pieces of Gold
Terfasigin: Waterfall of Sigin
Trevirs: place of the Trebhirru, an ancient Moigthe Tribe


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