Darionic

Natively known as: Darionic

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
sapt ma ʻejer lepwe maz malunilt sapt jupi maz t̪ekniks karunle gukˠ rikel
Pronunciation: /sapt ma ˈʔejʲeʁ ˈlepwe maz maˈlunilt sapt ˈjʲupi maz t̪ekˈniks kaˈʁunle ɣukˠ ˈʁikel/

Darionic word order: and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind

Meldari as a language has developed from ancient Nylian and is the main language of the Meldari. The introduction of Meldari was conceived after three groups of Nylians parted and set off on their own Path. Meldari is fluent to speak and words often leap off the tongue in a fast manner. There are many omission signs that permeate the standard vocabulary of the Meldari as it makes communication smooth and makes it harder for outsiders to understand the language.
Meldari sounds also dramatic and decisive, its speech pattern giving off a vibe of control and strength.

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: /jʲ k kˠ l m n p s t t̪ w z ɣ ʁ ʃ ʔ/

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Labio-velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal	m	n
Stop	p	t t̪			k kˠ			ʔ
Fricative		s z	ʃ		ɣ		ʁ
Approximant				jʲ		w
Lateral approximant		l

Vowel inventory: /a e i u/

	Front	Back
High	i	u
High-mid	e
Low	a

Syllable structure: (C)V(C)(C)

Stress pattern: No fixed stress
Word initial consonants: jʲ, k, kˠ, l, m, n, p, s, t, t̪, w, z, ɣ, ʁ, ʃ, ʔ

Mid-word consonants: jʲ, k, kn, ks, kˠ, l, lk, m, n, nl, ns, nt, p, pt, pw, s, t, tk, tʁ, t̪, w, z, ɣ, ʁ, ʁm, ʃ, ʔ


Word final consonants: jʲ, k, kl, ks, kt, kˠ, l, lt, mʔ, n, nk, ns, nt, nz, nʃ, p, pt, s, sk, st, t, ts, tʁ, w, ws, wʔ, z, ɣ, ʁ, ʁs, ʁʃ, ʃ
Phonological changes (in order of application):

• k → ʦ / _E
• s → ɟ / #_
• k → Ø / _#
• e → j / #_V
• t → ʧ / _{i,ı̃}
• N → h / _S
• ʔ → Ø / C_

Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
ɣ	g
ʁ	r
ʃ	sh
ʔ	ʻ

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Grammar

Main word order: Subject-Verb-Object-Oblique. "Mary opened the door with a key" turns into Mary opened the door with a key.
Adjective order: Adjectives are positioned before the noun.
Adposition: prepositions

Noun

Singular	No affix sansh /sanʃ/
Plural	Prefix ʔe- ʻesansh /ˈʔesanʃ/

Articles

	Definite	Indefinite
Singular	kˠiks /kˠiks/ the	ment /ment/ a
Plural	zept /zept/ the	rint /ʁint/ some

Pronouns

1st singular	ju /jʲu/ I, me
2nd singular	t̪i /t̪i/ you
3rd singular masc	ma /ma/ he, him, it
3rd singular fem	jur /jʲuʁ/ she, her, it
1st plural	ʻa /ʔa/ we, us
2nd plural	kˠens /kˠens/ you (all)
3rd plural	ʻetr /ʔetʁ/ they, them

Possessive determiners

1st singular	ti /ti/ my
2nd singular	wa /wa/ your
3rd singular masc	maz /maz/ his, its
3rd singular fem	sa /sa/ her, its
1st plural	ʻe /ʔe/ our
2nd plural	guk /ɣuk/ your
3rd plural	ma /ma/ their

Verbs

Future tense is indicated with the word:

Future particle

nink /nink/ future tense particle

Present	No affix ʻere /ʔeˈʁe/
Past	Prefix e- eʻere /eʔeˈʁe/
Remote past	If starts with vowel: Prefix unt- Else: Prefix untu- untuʻere /unˈtuʔeˌʁe/

Perfect aspect

Perfect aspect in English is exemplified in ‘I have read this book’, which expresses an event that took place before the time spoken but which has an effect on or is in some way still relevant to the present.
In Darionic, the perfect is constructed with an affix

Perfect

Prefix pa- paʻere /paʔeˈʁe/

Numbers

Darionic has a base-10 number system:

1 (Ieth)
2 (Otha)
3 (Odha)
4 (Othan)
5 (Odhan)
6 (Onhaniet)
7 (Onhana)
8 (Onhatha)
9 (Upha)
10 (Duoph)
100 (Ithinie)
1000 (Dosan

Geographical Distribution

The language is an official language in Aeloth, the Gaana Thalor Colony, Maënen, Limot and is widely used in cities and populations where the Mel are predominant.

Dictionary

4295 Words.

Root Languages

• Nylian

Spoken by

• Half-Mel
• Meldari
• Melgari
• Melsari

Common Phrases

• Dareth Olgan - Luck be with us
• Dila Melkhalasi - My Queen

Terms of Respect

• Fehlsera (Fehlsera) - mostly male-oriented term of respect, used in legal documents
• Medera (Dera) - mostly female-oriented term of respect
• bahro (Bahro) - term of high respect used to address nobility
• bahr (Bahr) - same as bahro, but informal and private
• sedura (Sedura) - term of respect used to address wealthy people
• kena (Kena) - term of respect used to address a Kohran lecturer
• Khefn (Khefn) - used to address a Hutmen chief, but also as a suffix to address a chief or a councillor in the Great Clans