Hroïdaïkan

Hroïdaïkan ΡΗΟΗΙΔΑΗΙϜΚΑΑ
Pronounced:	[rxo.xi.da.xiw.ka]
Species:	Human
Spoken:	Greece
Writing system:	Greek
Genealogy:	Rhoïdaïkan
Typology
Morphological type:	Agglutinative
Morphosyntactic alignment:	Nominative
Basic word order:	Free with an SOV base order
Credits
Creator:	Lumi
Created:	July, 2025

Rhoïdaïka (Autonym: ΡΗΟΗΙΔΑΗΙϜΚΑΑ [rxo.xi.da.xiw.ka]) is the language of the ancient Rheda (Autonym: ΡΗΟΗΙΔΑΑ [rxo.xi.daː]), it is a poorly attested language, it is believed to be a Pre-Indo-European language, thus predating Greek in the area, though it was eventually superseded by Greek as the main language of the region, leading to many inheritances.

Etymology

The language's name, "ΡΗΟΗΙΔΑΗΙϜΚΑΑ", composed of "ΡΗΟΗΙΔΑΑ" and "-ΗΙϜΚΑΑ".

The origin of "ΡΗΟΗΙΔΑΑ" is debated, some suggest "ΡΕΑΑ" + "ΟΗΙΔΔΗΙΕ", but this would likely give "ΡΕΑΟΗΙΔΔΗΙΕ", "ΡΕΟΗΙΔΔΗΙΕ", or "ΡΟΗΙΔΔΗΙΕ", not the expected "ΡΗΟΗΙΔΑΑ". The "ΗΙΕ" to "ΑΑ" may be explained by a gender change of masculine to feminine. The missing initial "Η" makes the etymology somewhat doubtful, but not necessarily implausible, as it could arise from an unexplained phenomenon where names for ethnicities spontaneously gain an initial "Η".

Phonology

Syllable structure is seemingly incredibly free in Rhoïdaïka, with /CCC/ being observed often, as in the verb "ΖΘΟΧΑΗΥϜΝ" (Earlier "ΖΤΗΟΧΑΗΥϜΝ"), with up to /CCCCC/ observed in the passive plural verb endings (ex: "-ΚΣΝϜΗΟ", "-ksnwho").

Consonants

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m	n
Plosive	Voiceless	p	t		k	ʔ[1]
	Voiced	b	d		g
Fricative			s			h
Affricate	Voiceless		ts
	Voiced		dz
Trill			r
Approximant			l	j	w

1. ^a  It's been argued, with good evidence, that this is an approximant instead, most likely pharyngeal, it seems to have survived rather late as it leaves behind hiatus in all daughter languages, including Rhedeka, which monophthongizes all original diphthongs, meaning all modern diphthongs come from the late loss of this phoneme.

Vowels

	Front	Back
High	i	u
Mid	e	o
Low	a

Unlike its later descendant, Hredeka, this language entirely lacks tone, instead having consonants.

Grammar

Verbs

Verbs have a complex system of fusional and agglutinative conjugation, the following tables and forms will be from the consonant stem (Alveolar variation) verb, "ΚΣΕΝΤΑΗΥϜΝ", meaning "to be happy" or "to enjoy"

See also

The Ancient Hroïdaïkan Dictionary