Darlinian
The Darlinian Language began in the swamps of Lake Tarps where the Dragon-born inhabitants were more crocodile than dragon, which has led them to live underwater in the swamp. The underwater dragons of the world were hunted down by man so much they were forced to plant their eggs with human babies. And as they grew up near they humans, some of the human linguistic elements were absorbed into Darlinian speech.
The water pressure has led their brains to be less developed and they must use simpler words with strong syllables to be heard underwater.
Writing System
The alphabet is similar to that of common but the letters that are weaker when pronounced, like L or Y
Geographical Distribution
Used in the swamps of Lake Tarps and has only spread to other swamps when these half crocodile half-human creatures are captured or displaced by force.
Phonology
The underwater creatures pronounce their letters slower and their s's longer. Their large reptilian mouths cant pronounce quite letters underwater.
Morphology
All words start with the Einala (i-nal-a) which is the Q P D G J K B R L
Or they start with the Tinala (Tin-ala) which is the W T Y S F H V N M C
Words that start with A E I O (Vrians) are not common as they were hard to be pronounced by Darlians.
Word usually follow the pattern of Tinala - Vrians - Tinala - Tinala - Tinala - Virinas - Einala - Einala - Vrians
Tushnobri (Tush-nob-ri) Hurry up
Neshdedra (Nesh-ded-ra) Give me that
The general structure is 4-3-2 and start with
Nesh Tush Moth Vihn Sasc Fesh
Vocabulary
Simple words are used and nothing more than ten letter but these words have compound meaning to them so they mean less than they have letters.
Common Phrases
"Mothmolga" - Your mother is a Nalmarg (A traitor and is very ugly)
Common Female Names
Ghob Strongscale
Common Male Names
Gnorth Snaggletooth
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