Old Grequin

Until the discovery of an ancient temple east of the Great River in the late Fifth Era gave us a basis in translating the language, Old Grequin was not believed to exist, or to be the relic of a bygone time.
~Matio Fodregas, Old Grequin in Context

Writing System

-Mostly circular characters with most common characters simple strokes (designed for pen writing).
-No majuscule characters and limited punctuation marks (. , ? !) .
-Letters are designed so that writing takes up as little space as possible.

Geographical Distribution

Covered much of the Grequin Valley until the end of the First Era.

Phonology

-Two sets of vowels.
-Large variety of consonant sounds that are all regularly used.

Morphology

-Verbs conjugated for number, gender and person.
-Nouns decline into three genders; singular, dual or plural; and one of five cases: nominative, accusative, dative, instrumental, and genitive.

Syntax

-S V O word order.
-Difference between transitive and intransitive verbs.

Vocabulary

Almost completely original words, with a few borrowings from Valley Elvish.

Phonetics

Consonant Inventory:

	Bilabial	Labiodental	Dental	Alveolar	Post-Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Plosive	p d		t d	t d	t d		k g
Nasal	m		n	n	n		ŋ
Trill			r	r	r
Fricative		f v	θ ð	s	ʃ		x	χ
Approximant			ɹ	ɹ	ɹ	j	w
Lateral Approximant			l	l	l

Vowel Inventory:

	Front	Centre-Front	Centre	Centre-Back	Back
Close	i y				u
		ɪ
Close-mid	e				o
			ə
Open-mid					ɔ
Open	a

Dictionary

287 Words.

Common Phrases

pësh

Hello!

nga

Goodbye!

ganö ki malgö lüse?

What do you see in the tree?

Common Female Names

Alëtha, Danïs, Drülö

Common Male Names

Mïthas, Kïnsiter, Salfas