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/				ch /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: //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: (beast) xekwa; vb //to carry, as of a wagon or beasts of burden// kallke
bed: ontli
bird: chihoa
black: llax
black marble: chalitsil
blood: ya’atl
bone: kereks
book: kumpa
borrow vb: tsampawe
bread, food: nancha (bread made from Neptultchi grain)
breathe vb: plla, plla'a

C

cat: chauchetsl
cenote (sinkhole, ‘hack’): kumpu
chief, ruler: chempet
commoner: nanchatsúl, //commoners as a class// nanchachi
coral: ksape
cut vb: tllee

D

dead: //substantive plural// mauhwe
dear: //honorific post-positively, used with children and women of a higher caste// hana
deceitful, wily, tricky: aka
divinity, lesser: kahi’a
dog: eotsur
dragon: itse
dragon egg: itsetlwa, tlakontl
dragonmount rider: itsellaxchu, //individual// itsellaxchutsúl, //caste// itsellaxchuchi
drug: //given to ithrabbi// tsatsunkalló
dust: chahwe
dwarf: tsahakumen; twatl; tsontsomuche

E

earth: tsunka
earth demon: kumen, creature of the earth
egg: tlwa; //dragon// itsetlwa, tlakontl
elf: heher

F

female (human, humanlike): nexwe, (ithrabbi) tslulp
finger: tsep
fire: ankuche
fish: itsiche
fish-hook: naktsa
fishman (ithrabbi): ixuk, see also tslulp
food, meal: //bread for commoners, synonymous for food// nancha
foot: , //webbed hand or foot of Ithrabbi// hwalla
forest: kakamu
frog: kulka

G

Geddamin: kumen
Geddamin stasis sarcophagus: kumenontli 'giant bed, bed for a giant'
gemstone: tsepet
giant: peka’a
gishak: kulkatsúl
gnome: oronche
gold: tsontso; //lover of gold, dwarf// tsontsomuche
goblin: akakumen
god: qallá, //likeness of a god// xche, ixche, //lesser divinity// kahi'a
godself, higher self: naha’a
grain: aleotl; anch

H

hand: li, //webbed hand or foot of Ithrabbi// hwalla
head: qweex
heart: estsl, //of a divinity or god// nwaptl
hook: //fish-hook// naktsa
human: matsi

I

ice, snow: tstli
ithrabbi: ixuk

J
K

king: //used exclusively for king of Neptultchi// qu'laptsutsúl
knife: peke
knight: llaxchu, //dragonknight// itsellaxchu
knot: hepwa

L

lamp: pechwa
lance-holder (dragonmount): tlasachtso
leaf: ipllé
lentils: chuuka
light: tsir
linen: tsaan
lizardman, lizardfolk: itsetsúl
leopard: keme'o
lord: chankra; //honorific address// chankratsúl
love vb: ; //lover of// -muche

M

magical energy life force: ta’a
maiden: //virgin// chwatlak
man, male: ptsu
mountain: tsaha

N

nothing: metsel //used to negate transitive verbs without a stated object//

O

offspring: //of monsters// tsinche, //compare// ixuktsinche
one: pehe
organchan vorax: hwaku

P

people (ethnonym): chi, compare Neptultchi, 'people of the god Naptúlt'
person, creature: tsúl //of humanlikes//
place of: -tli
platter: ontaks
potion: //death potion given to queen// qohono

Q

queen: xixá, //spirit of dead queen// tehukral

R

reins (dragonmount): aptlunka
ride vb: kaspi, //of dragonmount knights on drakelings// llohi
ridge of mountains: kema'a
robe: tsaltsalk
ruler, chief: chepet

S

sacred fire: tlentwe
sacred grove: chaqa
saddle (dragonmount): tsankwekwe
saddle blanket (dragonmount): puxtsu
salmon: atsllá
scale: //dragon, fish// tsecheo
sea: naptul, naptult (god)
seawater: omone'e
seaweed: tsesto
see: yanti
serf: nanchatsúl 'person of the bread'
serf caste: nanchachi 'people of the bread'
shell: //sea// oroto; //turtle shell shield used by ithrabbi minions// tsa'a'ea
shield: //turtle shell shield used by ithrabbi minions// tsa'a'ea
silver: kohonti
sky: hwotl
sleep: qaal; ururu
snow: chahwetsli [chahwe+ tsli]
soul: naha’a
sound: tir
spawn n: tsinche
speak vb: ton
spear point: tsoke
sphere: tsokal
spirit, heart of a lesser god: yame’e
spirit of dead queens: tehukral
spirit of deceased dragonmount knights: yarehyarak
squid: qllutsinche
staff head: hauchtsiltsa, Neptultchi Staff Head, the head of a staff made of warlock silver, used by Neptulchi necromancers
stone: tim; //earthstone, sacred to telluric and earthen divinities// xepek
sun: kara

T

token, sign: tluncho
tool: //suffix// +tsa
tooth: tur
troll: timyanti
tunic: laleqa
two: rem

U

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

V

valley: eqa'o
vessel: //magical// ochyá
vine: etlikwe
virgin: chwatlak

W

walk, go: pahupahu
warrior-priest: //one of the five major castes of the Neptultchi// tchontitsúl
water: kapa
wing: kwenkwe
wizard, sorcerer: tsopaltl
wolf: kancha
woman, female: 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.

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

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Neptultchi Language

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