Dhekhnami
From Almeopedia
| Dheknami | |
| Native name | lokh Dhêçnam |
| Verdurian | ďekname (řon) |
| Characteristics | |
| Location | Dhekhnam |
| Family | Eynleyni |
| Subfamily | - |
| Standard | Ornakh |
| Writing system | alphabet |
| Info available | grammar, word list (1100 words) |
| Sample wordlist | |
| one | tath |
| two | dhakh |
| three | kash |
| river | erêth |
| town | char |
| people | lashna |
| big | genokh |
| little | tsoth |
The Dhekhnami language is the official language of Dhekhnam, the ktuvok empire in eastern Ereláe. Outside the empire it’s often assumed that it’s the language of the ktuvoks themselves, but it’s a human language, a member of the Eynleyni family; in particular, that of eastern Demóshimor, the leading human portion of the empire, and even more particularly that of Ornakh, the capital.
Phonology:
- Stops p t k b d g
- Affricates tl ts dz ch
- Fricatives th dh sh zh (ç) kh
- Nasals n m (ŋ)
- Liquids y w l r
- Vowels i e (ê) u o (ô) a
The parenthesized sounds are almost entirely allophonic.
Dhekhnami morphology is more complex than that of Munkhâshi, largely due to fusions introduced by sound change. The rank system of Munkhâshi has however been reduced from five to three ranks (now supplemented by a pronominal system).
Whereas Munkhâshi was quite insular, Dhekhnami has been influenced by Caďinor, Sarroc, and Carhinnian, and of course has influenced them.
The language is VSO and largely head-initial.
Sample
Pekiban shujyoshno khyibosh zh çinpaban wawaja at.
open.D.past court-man manuscript and discard.D.past pl-paper any
- The lawyer opened the manuscript and tossed out some papers.
See also
- Dhodhnora – More examples contributed by the ZBB
