High Shadevan Language

The language of the High Shadevan Tribes, including the Jamyá, now spoken in a few small pockets in the Jaggudorns, is thought to have been spoken widely among the Shadew River and the Jaggudorn foothills of the east. The modern vestiges have undergone considerable créolization, almost exclusively from the Thwarrish High Gwenyan Tribes that immigrated into Thrace and other wide valleys east of the Jaggudorns. The ancient High Shadevan Language is thought to be the substrate and High Gwenyan the superstrate with the modern High Shadevan Language now incorporating many loanwoards from Thwarrish.

Phonology

p b m w t t' d d' s z n ch j sh zh y k g ng h ' R (uvular R)

Lexicon

A

akimu: a shaman

B

C

-chwa: family, great family, little tribe

D

dagunyami: bugbear

dzallanggoo: dragon

K

K'aiu: a boy of the High Shadevan Tribe (Jamyá) Shaman father and Parkyon mother

M

Malag: name of son of Tillyat and Thwar

midva: human

N

nDumi: mountain

O

onamshe: the knowledge possessed and exercised by a High Shadevan Shaman

S

shawat' (shawath): one taken by the Elamahti sheshwat'unnah: the practice of being taken by the Elamahti to become a shawat'

T

te'onami: joining, connection; union between spirits Tinvar: a demi-mortal person

tskhaa: bird

tulu: higher self tusla: spirit

U

uglyami: hobgoblin umyami: goblin

Y

-yá: yami n spirit of the mountain; goblin; //compare// 'uglyami'

Z

zha'achem: mound, temple-mound, sacred mound of gods, sacred mound of fairies

Names of Tribes

Jamyá, Gubná, Tajyá, Keddahyá, Pagdá, Tatajyá, D'amekgashachwa,

See Also

• Gods and Religion of the High Shadevan Tribes
• High Shadevan Tribes
• Jamyá