Neptultchi Language

NOTE: This lexicon is now superseded by a new Google doc.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QDdIAqBOyWIODl8x3VwVEx6UamorTFJpqvIT8ULCjzY/edit

The Neptultchi language bears no recognizable relationship to the Gwenyan Languages or any other ancient language in the Pallathantic region. Neptultchi is the parent of the Xsyte Language and the Tuadbe Languages.

It borrows from the tongue of the ancient Malesggite civilization, but is otherwise distinct. Ancient Neptultchi was the language of the Empire of the Neptultchi Dragon Folk Kings and the surrounding tribes. When the empire collapsed, the fleeing Tuadbe continued to speak their ancestral tongue and today several dialects are spoken in the forest of northwest Pytharnia.

Neptultchi Phonology

The Neptultchi language has no voiced sibilants or stops and fricative sounds like 'f,' 'v,' and 'th,' or their voiced counterparts are completely foreign to it.

Neptultchi Language Sounds

Neptultchi vowels

	Front		Central		Back
	Short	Long	Short	Long	Short	Long
High	i	iː			u	uː
Mid	e	eː			o	oː
Low			a	aː

Neptultchi consonants

	Bilabial		Alveolar		Palatal		Velar		Uvular		Glottal
	Plain	Implosive	Plain	Ejective	Plain	Ejective	Plain	Ejective	Plain	Ejective	Plain
Oral stops	p /p/	b /ɓ/	t /t/	t' /tʼ/	tj /tʲ/	tj' /tʲʼ/	k /k/	k' /kʼ/	q /q/	q' /qʼ/	' /ʔ/
Affricates			ts /ʦ/	ts' /ʦʼ/	tx /ʧ/	tx' /ʧʼ/
Fricative			s /s/		x /ʃ/				qh /χ/		h /h/
Nasals	m /m/		n /n/				n, g /ŋ/
Liquids			l /l/   r /r/		ll /ɬ/
Glides					j /j/		w /w/

Phonotactics

Onset

p, pt, pʦ, ʧ, tl, kt, ktl, sʦ, sʧ, ks, kʃ, ʦl, ʦtl, ʃʧ, ʦm, sχ, ʦj, kj, pj, tw, kw, ʦw, tlw, ʧw, qw, tɬ, kl, kɬ, ktɬ, sp, ʃt, ʃtl,

Nucleus

vowels dipthongs: au, ai, ei, eo

Coda

coda only: mp, mb, nt, nʦ, nʧ, ŋk, Nq, ntl; lp, lt, lk, lʃ, lʦ, lʦl, rsp

Lexicon English to Neptultchi

A

address your eminence, your lordship, general form of respectful address trancha

ark n sacred box about three to four meters high and two meters wide, elaborately ornamented, born on table carried by eight ithrabbi slaves, the ark holds the sacred image of a god Ixchekallkeochyá

B

bear n beast xekwa; vb to carry, as of a wagon or beasts of burden kallke

bed n ontli

bird n chihoa

black n llax [ɬaʃ]

black marble n chalitsil

blood n ya’atl

bone n kereks

book n kumpa

borrow vb tsampawe

bread, food n nancha (bread made from Neptultchi grain)

breathe vb plla, plla'a

C

cat n chauchetsl

cenote (sinkhole, ‘hack’) n kumpu

chief, ruler n chempet

commoner n nanchatsúl, commoners as a class nanchachi

coral n ksape

cut vb tllee

D

dead n substantive plural mauhwe

dear n honorific post-positively, used with children and women of a higher caste hana

deceitful, wily, tricky n aka

divinity, lesser n kahi’a

dog n eotsur

dragon: itse

dragon egg n itsetlwa, tlakontl

dragonmount rider n itsellaxchu, [iʦeɬaʃʧu] individual itsellaxchutsúl, [iʦeɬaʃʧuʦul] caste itsellaxchuchi

drug n given to ithrabbi tsatsunkalló

dust n chahwe

dwarf n tsahakumen; twatl; tsontsomuche

E

earth n tsunka

earth demon n kumen, creature of the earth

egg n tlwa; dragon itsetlwa, tlakontl

elf n heher

F

female (human, humanlike) n nexwe, (ithrabbi) tslulp

finger n tsep

fire n ankuche

fish n itsiche

fish-hook n naktsa

fishman ithrabbi n ixuk, see also tslulp

food, meal n bread for commoners, synonymous for food nancha

foot n webbed hand or foot of Ithrabbi hwalla

forest n kakamu

frog n kulka

G

Geddamin n kumen

Geddamin stasis sarcophagus n kumenontli 'giant bed, bed for a giant'

gemstone n tsepet

giant n peka’a

gishak n kulkatsúl

gnome n oronche

gold n tsontso; lover of gold, dwarf tsontsomuche

goblin n akakumen

god n qallá, likeness of a god xche, ixche, lesser divinity kahi'a

godself, higher self n naha’a

grain n aleotl; anch

H

hand n li, webbed hand or foot of Ithrabbi hwalla

head n qweex

heart n estsl, of a divinity or god nwaptl

hook n fish-hook naktsa

human n matsi

I

ice, snow n tstli

ithrabbi n ixuk

J

K

king n used exclusively for king of Neptultchi qu'laptsutsúl

knife n peke

knight n llaxchu, dragonknight itsellaxchu

knot n hepwa

L

lamp n pechwa

lance-holder dragonmount n tlasachtso

leaf n ipllé

lentils n chuuka

light n tsir

linen n tsaan

lizardman, lizardfolk n itsetsúl

leopard n keme'o

lord n chankra; honorific address chankratsúl

love vb ; lover of -muche

M

magical energy life force n ta’a

maiden n virgin chwatlak

man, male n ptsu

mountain n tsaha

N

nothing n metsel used to negate transitive verbs without a stated object

O

offspring n of monsters tsinche, compare ixuktsinche

one n pehe

organchan vorax n hwaku

P

people ethnonym n chi, compare Naptultchi, 'people of the god Naptúlt'

person, creature n tsúl of humanlikes

place of n -tli

platter n ontaks

potion n death potion given to queen qohono

Q

queen n xixá, spirit of dead queen tehukral

R

reins dragonmount n aptlunka

ride vb kaspi, of dragonmount knights on drakelings llohi

ridge of mountains n kema'a

robe n tsaltsalk

ruler, chief n chepet

S

sacred fire n tlentwe

sacred grove n chaqa

saddle (dragonmount) n tsankwekwe

saddle blanket (dragonmount) n puxtsu

salmon n atsllá

scale n dragon, fish tsecheo

sea n naptul, naptult (god)

seawater n omone'e

seaweed n tsesto

see vb yanti

serf n nanchatsúl 'person of the bread'

serf caste n nanchachi 'people of the bread'

shell n sea oroto; turtle shell shield used by ithrabbi minions tsa'a'ea

shield n turtle shell shield used by ithrabbi minions tsa'a'ea

silver n kohonti

sky n hwotl

sleep n qaal; ururu

snow n chahwetsli [chahwe+ tsli]

soul n naha’a

sound n n tir

spawn n tsinche

speak vb ton

spear point n tsoke

sphere n tsokal

spirit, heart of a lesser god n yame’e

spirit of dead queens n tehukral

spirit of deceased dragonmount knights n yarehyarak

squid n qllutsinche

staff head n hauchtsiltsa, Neptultchi Staff Head, the head of a staff made of warlock silver, used by Neptulchi necromancers

stone n tim; earthstone, sacred to telluric and earthen divinities xepek

sun n kara

T

ten thousand ten thousand years n epektl

token, sign n tluncho

tool n suffix +tsa

tooth n tur

troll n timyanti

tunic n laleqa

two n rem

U

underworld n qetmektli (Amosgire Hills), "place of Qetmek"

V

valley n eqa'o

vessel n magical ochyá

vine n etlikwe

virgin n chwatlak

W

walk, go vb pahupahu

warrior-priest n one of the five major castes of the Neptultchi tchontitsúl

water n kapa

wing n kwenkwe

wizard, sorcerer n tsopaltl

wolf n kancha

woman, female n nexwe

X

Y

Z

Morphology

verb roots with meaning that requires or implies a direct object ends in -i or in -e. -otl: suffix that signifies the direct object of a transitive verb, a kind of pronoun

-monche: added to nouns of person or doer, signifies person is presently or only temporarily such a person

lle: telicity particle, indicated telic predicate, follows verb or precedes object/indirect object

Syntax

agglutinative polysynthetic

Neptultchi Language Glyphs

Neptultchi language is written using a vast system of glyphs, some of which are ideograms and some of which are syllabary.

The Neptultchi Glyph for the Eye of Hersp. Hersp was the god of the Ithrabbi.

proposed system for transcribing Neptultchi phonetically into sound glyphs

p b = mp m w t d = nt n l ll = v f = tl r s z = ts c = tsh j = ntsh y x = sh k g = nk q ‘ h

Phonology Brainstorm

teoticakal pahutaga wacuka sagulabi aji xekes napu taxfi taxakodi xak panulof saji kojof [konchotl] qapu teku mikal zipowadu qonari agoma nabwa napwa mikaleof teof [teotl] hezwokopf [hetzuocoptl] kekechempo nau tanwa naukupestl morekal kapan facfe [tlachtle] yame’e zalako [tzalaco] zla’af [tzla’atl] [chauchetzl] kapoa tohoakli nahwam cakaadi lehuki lehulehukipcha Oronchetzeptli Kwalinextzeptli

See Also

• Dragonmount Cant
• List of Neptultchi Place Names
• Neptultchi Civilization
• Neptultchi Place-Names
• Tuadbean Language
• Xsyte Language