Pytharnian Language
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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.
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.
| 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 | ||||||
| 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
- brainstorm
mina-dwaith tisfa gwain gwith gallath medur
See Also
- Empire of Magdala
- Languages of Pytharnia
- List of Pytharnian Personal Names
- Magdalan Aristocratic Ranks
- Moigthe
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