Lowtalk and Lowertalk

A form of the language of the Old Folk spoken earlier, the languages of Lowtalk and Lowertalk are used by the commoners for daily communication. A few other races also speak Lowtalk and Lowertalk, as it is a form of lingua-franca on Heimland.
The two languages evolved from High-Talk, the original language of the Folk which later split into the High-Talk and Geeta; the Geeta split into the languages of the forests.

Writing System

Lowtalk and Lowertalk are written with Mazhkazor and Magadhan.

Phonology

The two languages have the ejective-consonants [pʼ] [tʼ] [kʼ], which are spelled px, tx, kx. They also have the syllabic consonants "ll" and "rr". All of these sounds are used rarely, with sounds like "dh" and "y" being used more commonly. Long vowels are also more common.

Morphology

There is not much difference between Lowtalk and Lowertalk. Lowertalk is essentially a "laymen's language" and Lowtalk is a more formal version of Lowertalk. Both languages have morphologies similar to the languages of the Geeta.

Syntax

Default word order is verb-second in main clauses, and verb-final in subordinate clauses. Questions are usually formed by inverting subject and finite verbs, and negatives by placing "ne" before the finite verb, regardless what verb.

Vocabulary

Words include:
acwehorna: 'pet'
ādhexe: 'lizard'
ælepūte: 'elephant'
cawelwyrm: 'caterpillar'
culfre: 'dove', 'pigeon'
dēor: 'animal', 'beast'
dūfedoppa: 'pelican'
fifalde: 'butterfly'
firgenbucca: 'ibex'
gesceaft/gesceap: 'creature'
hæferblæte: 'buffalo', 'bull'
higera: 'bird'
hwilpe: 'hoofed creature' (horses, mules etc.)
iht: 'insect'
mereswīn: 'fish'
mūshāfoc: 'predator'
rydda: 'dog', 'wolf'
sisemūs: 'small creature'. (mice, rats etc.)
wōrhana/wildhænn: poltry/farm-animal
wyrm: 'serpent', 'snake', 'dragon', 'insect', 'crawling creature'

Body-parts

earsgang: buttocks
feorhbol/feorhhold/feorhhus: 'body'
hrēsel: 'radius (bone).
līc: 'body','trunk'.
līcfæt/līchoma: 'body'.
lith: 'joint', 'limb'.
midhridhre: 'diaphragm'.
nikk/nebb: 'neck'.
ōcusta: 'armpit'.
ondwlita: 'face'.
setl: 'stomach'.
teors: 'groin'.
wæpen: 'feet', 'hands'
widhobān: 'collarbone'

Colors

æppelfealu: 'red'.
basurēadan: 'blue'.
geolurēad: 'yellow'.
weolucbasu: 'green'.

Other words:

andwurde/andwyrde: 'to answer'.
ædhele: 'noble'

ædhelu: 'noble descent'

ædheling: 'hero'

ēdel: 'native land', 'home'.
ge-: a prefix used extensively in Lowtalk and Lowertalk, originally meaning 'with', but later gaining several other usages, such as being used grammatically for the perfect. gerīm: 'number'.
getæl: 'unit/measurement'.
midh: 'with'.
ymb(e): 'around', 'on both sides'.

ymir- god, spirit, deity
wīġ: 'war', 'combat', 'martial power'.

wīgan/ġewegan: 'to fight'

wīġend: 'warrior'

Root Languages

• Language of the Old Folk

Successor Languages

• Karakeya

Spoken by

• Ethnicities of Heimland

Common Phrases

"Hērmōt manfindan ksȳdde bemanigum tingum tisseworulde, untofer tisse worulde gewriten ontāra ealdena engliscena gereorde tehātte!!!"
[("Long days and pleasant nights, and brightest sun and softest moon!!!") a greeting]
"Zratya du faln ara duu."
[("A fool and his money are soon parted") a proverb]
"Angles cadure jad jau thren ahd eyr fyrt wehn."
[("A bad excuse is better than none") a proverb]