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Conlang Relay 15/Khangaþyagon

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This is the original text for Conlang Relay 15, written in Khangaþyagon by Pete Bleackley.

gwendontsivolk

iðuzhelt ye yir ginsonar. wiþir yir markshe. ushu wiþir yir elrushe yengashar tolsashar yiuzar, ushu þanturnewtifœsher yir ginsmarkswo. sami modwo nazgu u sloni yi de. shosh dahi gins yi'uzar gins kaþlikhim, gins filikhim ginsuzar su'uzar. dahiufar ginsonholsher ennitezhmsher arra ennitdahir yir. torsir yir beb dwallir yir nazbanol u rashurir yir wiþo folne modl. rashuri enil newtontþað galgukokra yiungar. apidaur ginsonholwor vrima mœzaezhm kirrlol mœzadeduol? shosh garwir yir megontshe modlshe.

In Bukhstav Runes

The text in Bukhstav Runes should be here, honest!

A Riddle

See them dance. The have no leader. They have no music but their own voices, nor have they studied any choreography. Each goes where he will. But their dance is the most graceful, the most harmonious of all dances. There are no dancers more lithe than they are. They turn and weave so that they seem to have a single mind. This seems the least difficult work for them. Do any dancers make greater beauty with less effort? But they take not a single step.

Vocabulary

(Roots - see grammar section for suffixes)

beb
(conj) and
u
(conj) such that
ushu
(conj) neither/nor
su
(adj) all
sam-
(v) go
sivolk
(n) story
slon-
(v) desire
tors-
(v) turn
tols
(adj) personal
ap-
(v) make
arra
(conj) than
vrima
(n) beauty
hol
(n) person
dah-
(v) be
de
(pr) alternative 3p pronoun used when repeating yi would cause an ambiguity between two referents.
dwall-
(v) weave
en
(n) thing
ennit
(adj) lithe
elru
(n) music
folne
(n) mind
fi
(n) harmony
mark
(n) chief
marks
(n) plan, counsel
mod
(numeral) one
meg-
(v) step
mœza
(adj) great
þantur-
(v) learn
það
(n) act, deed
shosh
(conj) but
rashur-
(v) seem
iðuzh-
(v) see
kaþ
(n) grace
kirrl
(n) effort
naz
(n) way
newt-
(v) work
garw-
(v) take
galgu
(adj) difficult
gins
(n,v) dance
gwend-
(v) hide
y+person ending
(see verbs) (pr) personal pronouns
yeng
(n) voice
wiþ-
(v) have

Grammar

Syntax

VSO. Agglutinating. Adjectives follow the nouns they qualify, and agree with them. Predicative adjectives compound with the verb. Roots compund in head last order within words. However, grammatical affixes are suffixes (segunakar)

Morphology

Nouns

Nouns may be followed by segunakar of six ranks. Each rank has a particular grammatical role. They are specified in the order they occur following the root.

modsegunakar (1st rank) Deiexis

il
this
ban
that
wo
any
she
no

densegunakar (2nd rank) Proximity

Indicates how closely associated the think qualified by the proximity-marked noun is with the thing specified by the proximity-marked noun.

ash
without

radsegunakar (3rd rank) Relative position

Not used in this text

karvsegunakar (4th rank) Sense of motion

gu
by (route)

sintsegunakar (5th rank) Abstract relationships

uz
of
ol
by (instrumental)
ung
for (benefactive)

bantsegunak (6th rank) number

(a)r
plural

Verbs

Verbs may be followed by the following segunakar

Person/infinitive/participles (obligatory)

a
1p
e
2p
i
3p
o
infinitive
on/ont
Present participle. For many verbs this has the sense of an agent noun. If the sense normal for the verb is not the one required, the present participle compounds with another nouns to form the required sense.

Reflexiveness

Not used in this passage

Continuous aspect

Not used in this passage

Perfect aspect

Tense

Only the unmarked present tense is found in this passage.

Voice

uf
passive

Mood

lt
imperative
dau
interrogative

Negation

she

Number

(a)r
Plural

Adjectives

Adjectives may be marked for five degrees of comparison with the following segunakar

ikhim
superlative
ezhm
comparative
dedu
reductive (less)
kokra
minimative (least)

Positive is unmarked.

These segunakar preceed noun agreement or verb compounding.

Derivational affix

l
forms adjectives from nouns in the sense of "Characterised by".

Concultural note

gwendontsivolkar are frequently used by wizards to instruct enchanters (those with active magical powers who have not yet attained the true knowledge of magic that is the mark of a wizard) in the art of discerning hidden meanings.

Conlang Relay 15
Ring A Ring B Ring C
Pete BleackleyKhangaþyagontorch
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