{"id":171,"date":"2018-08-25T11:26:37","date_gmt":"2018-08-25T15:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kayeboesme.com\/pangrammatike\/?p=171"},"modified":"2021-04-29T21:14:32","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T01:14:32","slug":"a-short-conlang-sketch-gnaseklahi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kayeboesme.com\/pangrammatike\/2018\/08\/25\/a-short-conlang-sketch-gnaseklahi\/","title":{"rendered":"A Short Conlang Sketch: Gnaseklahi"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m moving a few older posts from Tumblr to my main conlang blog. This is a sketch of a language used in The Seven Papers<\/em> for naming\/cultural purposes \u2014 done in under an hour, the document flexible and malleable as I worked my way through what I needed. Over the course of writing, I expanded it a bit; this is not an exact duplicate of what I posted on Tumblr.<\/p>\n

This language was spoken in North Tvaji before the Sabaji invasion. I needed to use it in one of the stories because so much military conflict happens there, and at that specific point in\u00a0The Seven Papers<\/em>, it’s used by a lot of refugees. <\/p>\n

I have characters named\u00a0Tashung<\/em>, Jumeidis<\/em>, \u0106ana<\/em>, As\u011fang<\/em>, Tajei<\/em>, and Sadva\u00a0<\/em>in that section whose native language is Gnaseklahi. As is typical, the -hi<\/strong> suffix is actually a Tveshi suffix that I’m applying to a non-Tveshi language; this is because the reference language for the work is Tveshi.<\/p>\n

Gnaseklahi<\/h2>\n

Vowels<\/h3>\n

Plain vowels: i, \u1ecb, u, e, \u00e6, a, \u00e5
\nDiphthongs: o, au, ei, ai, ia<\/p>\n

Consonants<\/h3>\n

Voiced stops (S): b d g
\nUnvoiced stops (U): s t k
\nAffricates\/fricatives\/Generic Buzzy Category (F): v ts s dz z j sh \u0107 hj h
\nApproximants (Y): l y \u011f
\nFlaps\/trills (T): r rr
\nNasals (N): n gn m<\/p>\n

Syllable Structure<\/h3>\n

FV(S)
\nNV
\nUV(F)
\nVF
\nVN
\nV
\nYV(N)
\nSYV(N)
\nUYV(N)<\/p>\n

Word Order<\/h3>\n

OVS for normal sentences.<\/p>\n

VSO for imperatives.<\/p>\n

This language is agglutinative, like other \u1ecagzarhjenya languages. The living language most related to it is Khessi.<\/p>\n

Vocabulary<\/h3>\n

Articles<\/h4>\n

Active nouns: \u00e6m\/m’<\/strong> sing; k\u00e6v\/k’<\/strong> pl.
\nPassive nouns: l\u1ecb\/l’<\/strong> sing; vei\/v’<\/strong> pl.<\/p>\n

Articles are contracted in front of starting vowels. M’as\u011f\u1ecb<\/strong>, the\/a seed.<\/p>\n

Words<\/h4>\n

Tash.<\/strong> nA. Beauty.<\/p>\n

Tarr\u0117.<\/strong> nP. Darkness, as in a lack of light.<\/p>\n

As\u011f\u1ecb.<\/strong> nA. Seed.<\/p>\n

Tajei.<\/strong> advj. Loud-voiced.<\/p>\n

Taj.<\/strong> nA. Oratory.<\/p>\n

Sad.<\/strong> nP. Delight.<\/p>\n

\u0106anei.<\/strong> advj. Friendly.<\/p>\n

\u0106an.<\/strong> nA. Friend.<\/p>\n

\u0106au.<\/strong> nA. City.<\/p>\n

\u0106odei.<\/strong> nA. Country.<\/p>\n

Kria.<\/strong> nA. Rock. Krias, in the company of the rock.<\/p>\n

Gnasi.<\/strong> nP. Industriousness.<\/p>\n

Menk.<\/strong> nA. Word.<\/p>\n

Nautke.<\/strong> nA. Surrender.<\/p>\n

Neke.<\/strong> nA. Color.<\/p>\n

Ailer.<\/strong> nP. Dawn.<\/p>\n

Jumei.<\/strong> advj. Used to describe things that uphold the world. An epithet of Sa\u00e4matsra.<\/p>\n

Jumeidis.<\/strong> name. One who is in the company of that which upholds.<\/p>\n

Suffixes<\/h3>\n

When adding suffixes to words, if vowels touch (and are not an allowed diphthong), -m-<\/strong> or -l-<\/strong> is inserted in between. This depends on whether the root is classified as active (-m-<\/strong>) or passive (-l-<\/strong>). For words with no noun form, the mediator is -h-<\/strong>. Some suffixes have their own vowel separators, marked with parentheses.<\/p>\n

Some vowels are dropped before forming suffixes. These vowels are e\/\u0117<\/strong> and \u1ecb<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

-ung.<\/strong> Possessing a quality. Transforms a noun into an adjective.<\/p>\n

-ang.<\/strong> Being similar to.<\/p>\n

-an.<\/strong> Within.<\/p>\n

-\u011fan.<\/strong> City suffix. Gnasi\u011fan, Krias\u011fan.<\/p>\n

-ei.<\/strong> Common adjective\/adverb suffix.<\/p>\n

-s.<\/strong> Sociative case. In company of.<\/p>\n

-(d)i.<\/strong> Suffix carrying the quality of -ness. Makes adjectives into nouns. Gnasi, industrious. \u0106aneidi, friendliness. Kriameidi, rockiness.<\/p>\n

-va.<\/strong> Indicates that there are many of the noun. This is how plurals are made with passive nouns.<\/p>\n

-hey\u0117.<\/strong> Denotes a noun’s centrality or importance. \u0106au-hey\u0117, City-central. This is the capital city.<\/p>\n

-k\u00e6.<\/strong> Indicates that there are many of a noun. This is how plurals are made with active nouns.<\/p>\n

-ta.<\/strong> Politeness suffix for women. Tashung-ta.<\/p>\n

-alar.<\/strong> Most high. Politeness suffix for women in positions of authority.<\/p>\n

-itu.<\/strong> Politeness suffix for men. \u0106ana-itu.<\/p>\n

-ve\u011f\u00e6.<\/strong> Gender-neutral politeness suffix. Tajei-ve\u011f\u00e6.<\/p>\n

-a.<\/strong> Naming suffix applied to nouns. Gender-neutral.<\/p>\n

-o.<\/strong> Naming suffix applied to nouns. Feminine.<\/p>\n

-au.<\/strong> Naming suffix applied to nouns. Gender-neutral.<\/p>\n

-otni.<\/strong> “At.” Both temporal and locative. Ailerotni. At dawn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m moving a few older posts from Tumblr to my main conlang blog. This is a sketch of a language used in The Seven Papers for naming\/cultural purposes \u2014 done in under an hour, the document flexible and malleable as I worked my way through what I needed. Over the course of writing, I expanded…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"A Short Conlang Sketch: Gnaseklahi\r\n\r\nMain points:\r\n- I first posted this sketch to Tumblr, but am moving most content onto my blog because Tumblr is not made to find posts months\/years after they were posted.\r\n- This is a good example of a naming #conlang.","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[5,14,15],"class_list":["post-171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-conlangs","tag-gnaseklahi","tag-language-sketch"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9qEhO-2L","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":62,"url":"https:\/\/www.kayeboesme.com\/pangrammatike\/2017\/12\/02\/lexember-days-1-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":171,"position":0},"title":"Lexember: Days 1-2","author":"kaye","date":"2 December 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"I wanted to translate \"lexember\" into Tveshi. It would have been an ideal Day One, but yesterday, I participated in running an internal conference about data + society \u2014 so, needless to say, it was overambitious given that I had to be at work early. So I started yesterday by\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"conlangs\"","block_context":{"text":"conlangs","link":"https:\/\/www.kayeboesme.com\/pangrammatike\/tag\/conlangs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":162,"url":"https:\/\/www.kayeboesme.com\/pangrammatike\/2018\/06\/17\/when-a-librarian-writes-conlangs\/","url_meta":{"origin":171,"position":1},"title":"When a Librarian Writes Conlangs","author":"kaye","date":"17 June 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"I saw a question on Twitter that was posted on Metafilter about words for librarian in \"geek languages,\" which was retweeted with a #conlang hashtag. Right now, I'm not sure if the original poster intended this to be mentioned in the conlang communities. I mean, there are popular geek conlangs,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"classical atarahi\"","block_context":{"text":"classical atarahi","link":"https:\/\/www.kayeboesme.com\/pangrammatike\/tag\/classical-atarahi\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":34,"url":"https:\/\/www.kayeboesme.com\/pangrammatike\/2017\/11\/30\/linguistic-beauty-can-be-hard-to-podcast\/","url_meta":{"origin":171,"position":2},"title":"Linguistic Beauty Can Be Hard to Podcast","author":"kaye","date":"30 November 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"To conclude, we believe views about the beauty and ugliness of languages and dialects are built on cultural norms, pressures and social connotations. [\u2026] Most listeners know of linguistic varieties that they do not like, but we should appreciate that these feelings are highly subjective and have no basis in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"conlangs\"","block_context":{"text":"conlangs","link":"https:\/\/www.kayeboesme.com\/pangrammatike\/tag\/conlangs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":139,"url":"https:\/\/www.kayeboesme.com\/pangrammatike\/2018\/03\/17\/the-final-paragraph-of-epiphany\/","url_meta":{"origin":171,"position":3},"title":"The Final Paragraph of Epiphany","author":"kaye","date":"17 March 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"So, after 54 chapters and one cultural primer on the systems of gender in the country Tvesh\u0117, Epiphany: The Story of a Heartbeat is\u00a0done. And\u00a0Epiphany ended with a paragraph written in Narahji. Let's talk about it. Axopatomsa Er\u00e5sis glabdesu. Dof t\u00eb\u00e6mlaek mamgukofa mosjefenga. T\u2019eikniphaom\u00e6 kles\u00e6l\u1ecbru kul makra d\u00e5m\u1ecbmla av sanmoksu\u00f6sa\u1ecbru\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"conlang\"","block_context":{"text":"conlang","link":"https:\/\/www.kayeboesme.com\/pangrammatike\/tag\/conlang\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":365,"url":"https:\/\/www.kayeboesme.com\/pangrammatike\/2019\/08\/15\/conlang-writing-systems-narahji\/","url_meta":{"origin":171,"position":4},"title":"Conlang Writing Systems: Narahji","author":"kaye","date":"15 August 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"A Quattro pad with detached sheets. I really like the feel of this paper and how it behaves with the fountain pen inks I use. The grid design is perfect for working on my Narahji handwriting. Over the past few months, I've been doodling sentences in Narahji while working on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"narahji\"","block_context":{"text":"narahji","link":"https:\/\/www.kayeboesme.com\/pangrammatike\/tag\/narahji\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kayeboesme.com\/pangrammatike\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_20190510_202736834.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kayeboesme.com\/pangrammatike\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_20190510_202736834.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kayeboesme.com\/pangrammatike\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_20190510_202736834.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kayeboesme.com\/pangrammatike\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_20190510_202736834.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kayeboesme.com\/pangrammatike\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_20190510_202736834.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kayeboesme.com\/pangrammatike\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_20190510_202736834.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":633,"url":"https:\/\/www.kayeboesme.com\/pangrammatike\/2022\/05\/20\/conlanging-through-heraclitus\/","url_meta":{"origin":171,"position":5},"title":"Conlanging Through Heraclitus","author":"kaye","date":"20 May 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Sometimes translating things is a great way to get a feel for conlangs. I've been thinking more about mine over the past few days as I work through the solution I've finally found to finishing a novella about forest shrines and restless dead. That novella has been unfinished for a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"classical atarahi\"","block_context":{"text":"classical atarahi","link":"https:\/\/www.kayeboesme.com\/pangrammatike\/tag\/classical-atarahi\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kayeboesme.com\/pangrammatike\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kayeboesme.com\/pangrammatike\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kayeboesme.com\/pangrammatike\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kayeboesme.com\/pangrammatike\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kayeboesme.com\/pangrammatike\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.kayeboesme.com\/pangrammatike\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":219,"href":"https:\/\/www.kayeboesme.com\/pangrammatike\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171\/revisions\/219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kayeboesme.com\/pangrammatike\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kayeboesme.com\/pangrammatike\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kayeboesme.com\/pangrammatike\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}