Breidhemal Language (/bɾeɪ̯dhɛmal/)

The Breidhemal language is commonly spoken among those found within the Kingdom of Breidhem and her cities of Sev, Sheimsenen and Sheimbran.
Emerging within a few hundred years after the fall of the 'Old Kingdom' in the aftermath of the Shattering. The genesis of the tongue began to the north of modern Breidhem, in the heartlands of the old realm. Sharing many similarities in common with the Likhava language family, many similar words can be found amongst the traders of Zheiken Nariza-Sermis or in the markets of Novārkan Berkhumen.
As a relatively small kingdom with a strong identity, accentual differences exist to some extent, but for the most part the lexicon is widely uniform within the Kingdom of Breidhem.
Like Likhava, the ancestor tongue of Breidhemal, it does not feature noun gender. Unlike Likhava however, Breidhemal has evolved a set of 6 noun cases; Nominative, Oblique, Locative, Genitive, Instrumental and Causative.

Phonology

Briedhemal has 22 consonantal sounds:

		Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Labiovelar	Glottal
Nasal		m		m
Plosive	Voiceless	p		t		k	kʷ
	Voiced	b		d		g	(gʷ)
Fricative	Voiceless	f	θ	s	ʃ	gh	hʷ	h
	Voiced			z
Approximant		ʋ		l	j
Rhotic				ɾ

With a further 7 vowel sounds:

	Front	Mid	Back
Close	i		u
Mid	ɛ, e		o
Open		a, a:

As well as 4 Diphthongs:

Diphthong	Spelling
ɔɪ	oi
aɪ	ai
uɪ̯	oe
eɪ̯	ei

Morphology

Derivational Morphology

There are a few common ways in which words can mutate, to reflect a new use in a sentence. For example:

• Noun → Adjective
Attaching the '-al' suffix to a noun stem results in the creation of an adjective. In some noun root endings, this can be irregular. For example: Sekwi (home) + al → Sekwijul (homely)
• Noun → Adverb
Attaching the '-kap' suffix results in an adverbial creation. For example: Jesal (book) + kab → Jesalkab (bookishly/shyly)
• Verb → Noun
Attaching the '-tho' suffix results in a verb. For example: Hwesa (to sleep) + tho → Hwetho (sleep)

Additionally, nouns are regularly pluralised with the use of paucal (-egh) and plural (end) suffixes. For instance, Kapeir (star) + end → Kapeirend (stars).

Pronouns

Breidhemal pronouns, like all in the Likhava language family, inflect for clusivity. Additionally, it features a singular number but also a paucal and a plural.

Singular Pronouns
	1st Person	2nd Person	3rd Person
Nominative	Ne	Lev	Misan
	I	You	He/She
Oblique	Nikin	Misanin	Misanin
	Me, Myself	You, Yourself	Him/Her, Himself/Herself
Genitive	Niren	Levren	Misanren
	My, Mine	Your, Yours	His/hers

Paucal Pronouns
	1st Person Nonclusive	1st Person Clusive	2nd Person
Nominative	-	-	Levs
	-	-	Youse
Oblique	Nighnus	Nighnas	Levins
	Us, Ourselves (excl. you)	Us, Ourselves (incl. you)	You, Yourselves
Genitive	Ninis	Nines	Levrens
	Our, Ours (excl. you)	Our, Ours (incl. you)	Your, Yours

Plural Pronouns
	1st Person Nonclusive	1st Person Clusive	2nd Person	3rd Person
Nominative	Shivet	Shivets	Levet	Misanet
	We (excl. you)	We (incl. you)	Youse	They
Oblique	Shighnus	Shighnas	Levint	Misanint
	Us, Ourselves (excl. you)	Us, Ourselves (incl. you)	You, Yourselves	Them
Genitive	Shiris	Shires	Levrent	Misanrent
	Our, Ours (excl. you)	Our, Ours (incl. you)	Your, Yours	Theirs

Noun Declensions

As mentioned previously, Breidhemal nouns decline based upon their usage in a sentence, such as with the noun Bevu ("earth/land"). For example:

	Usage	Singular	Paucal	Plural
Nominative	Verb Subject	-	Bevuseg	Bevegh
Oblique	Verb Object	Bevunus	Bevunek	Bevunek
Locative	In/At/By etc.	Bevuko	Bevukaz	Bevukez
Genitive	Possession Of	Bevuma	Bevumagh	Bevumagh
Instrumental	A means/tool or companion used for an action	Bevuki	Bevukin	Bevukiz
Causative	The reason for an act occurring	Bevudag	Bevudai	Bevudagh

Syntax As a member of the Likhava language family, Breidhemal is a strictly VSO (Verb-Subject-Object) language. With no gender, Breidhemal sentences are head initial with 'modifier' clauses succeeding the modified. For example: "Haarent kwaazdal" = "Stormy seas, lit. seas stormy"

Common Phrases

• "Seisha!" - Hello!
• "Shijusa hwaden!" - Goodbye!
• "Hwadsa!" - Bye!

Root Languages

• Likhava