Conlang Relay 15/Labarion

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by Lars Finsen

Labarion is a reconstruction of Gaulish

The Text

Ida-sios anassaios essi peillateios.

Pie scoxtin glessin! Ne scociont eron britacu. Ne gniiont accerdis. Vrexont inti gutus eion oinicu vogaron.

Ne vercanontri scoxtin glesson inti vissusaitura advedatus, extos suelontor escomediatu ambiollon, ad sentin ne sanin, cuti suelta au ejobi buet.

Scocint vellu aissobi allobi. Allobo scociaunobo ne essi elves cerdias eiobi. Suelontor eti lamovertont duci sueliontor ex verpennu. Aibait assaios. Cretiu crodiu eri isselovirobi ixobi buont sua cainis. Ne allon ategneiont, bessugneiont aivi somon.

Smooth English

This stuff is difficult to understand.

(I suspect this sentence has been included by accident.)

See the holy dance! They are not dancing after a design. They don't have musical instruments. They make sounds only with their voices.

They are not taught the holy dance with prescribed lessons, but move at random everywhere, in no particular direction, wherever they want to.

They dance better than any others. There is no other dancer who has more skill than them. They move and gesture seemingly aimlessly. It seems easy. I can hardly believe that such low people can be so beautiful. Ever again they do nothing else, always they are doing the same.

Grammar

Nominal morphology

acc. sg
-in, -on
gen. sg
-ias
abl. sg
-u
instr. sg
-u
nom. pl
-ii
acc. pl
-is, -us, -a
abl. pl
-obi
dat. pl
-obo

Verbal morphology

1s present indicative
-iu
3p present indicative
-ont, -int
3s present subjunctive
-ait
2s imperative
-e
gerundive
-teios
3p (medio)passive
-ontri
past participle
-atos
3p deponent present indicative
-ontor
3p deponent present subjunctive
-iontor
passive impersonal
-ar

Vocabulary

accerdis
musical instrument
ad
towards
advedat
prescribe, recommend
aibet
appear
aissus
people
aivi
always
allos
other, another thing
ambiollon
everywhere
anassaios
difficult
assaios
easy
ategneiet
redo, do again and again
au
from, away from (+abl.)
bessugneiet
habitually do
britacon
design, plan, mindfulness
cainis
beautiful
cerda
ability, skill
cretit
believe
crodios
hard, difficult
cuti
where
duci
as, like, as if
eion
their
eiobi
them, abl.
elves
much, many
eri
about (+abl)
eron
after, according to (+abl)
escomediatos
random, arbitrary, without direction
eti
and
ex
without
extos
but
glessos
holy
gniet
know, have, use
gutus
voice
ida
this
inti
with, using (+acc)
isseloviros
lowly person, plebeian, (white) thrash
ixos
such
lamovertet
gesture
ne
no, not
oinicos
alone
peillat
gather, understand
piet
look, see
sanis
different, special, particular
scociaunos
dancer
scocit
dance, v
scoxta
dance, n
sentis
way, path, course, direction
sios
emphatic pronoun
somos
same, the same
sua
so
suelet
move, turn
suelta
movement, turn
vellos
better
vercanet
teach
verpennon
finish, goal, target
vissusaituron
lesson, training, exercise
vogaron
sound, tone
vreget
make, do

Forms used of the verb be:

3s pres ind
essi
3s pres subj
buet
3p pres subj
buont

Ways to put things:

be from + x.abl
x wishes
x.nom y.abl
x than y
be + x.dat
x has
adj.instr
adverb