Ghazhak
Ghazhak also known Dzhlar'z'ari/Dzha'zari (meaning "new speech/converse" or "the new roar")as Baorzhed'hir (meaning "speech/tongue/language/voice of the blood")is the regional tongue of southern and southwestern Naghron, and the main language of Duryad .
It was spoken by all "enlightened" citizens of that region as well as by most unenlightened savages of that land. At least to dialectal versions of Ghazhak, known as Ghashriqi Raimaic and Ghashriqi Turbariac by some scholars, was also spoken by the Gholdahar peoples of Raihun and Turabahr-Kloroa, respectivly.
Several different but closely related languages used to be spoken in the region, but as The Imperial Qyzharate of Duryad took over, so did its language.
aush, aash, āsh, ash, āshe, ashe, osh
Baorzhed'hir
Nominative Accusative Genitive Dative Locative
1st singular rid /rid/ I du /du/ me kū /kuː/ mine dhu /ðu/ to me tāsm /taːsm/ to me
2nd singular ţī /tˤiː/ you mīr /miːr/ you mār /maːr/ yours a /a/ to you nu /nu/ to you
3rd singular masc ʻūn /ʕuːn/ he, it (masc) wiw /wiw/ his, it (masc) rū /ruː/ his, its (masc) ţiyy /tˤijj/ to his, to it (masc) ba /ba/ to his, to it (masc)
3rd singular fem qa /qa/ she, it (fem) zīn /ziːn/ her, it (fem) mi /mi/ hers, its (fem) thī /θiː/ to her, to it (fem) ku /ku/ to her, to it (fem)
1st plural za /za/ we harḑ /hardˤ/ us mū /muː/ ours kīd /kiːd/ to us ’ub /ʔub/ to us
2nd plural far /far/ you all mu /mu/ you all qāk /qaːk/ yours (pl) ā’ /aːʔ/ to you all ra /ra/ to you all
3rd plural ʻa /ʕa/ they ba’ /baʔ/ them ’ī /ʔiː/ theirs qū /quː/ to them qā /qaː/ to them
Possessive determiners
Possessive
1st singular kū /kuː/ my
2nd singular mār /maːr/ your
3rd singular masc wiw /wiw/ his
3rd singular fem mi /mi/ her
1st plural mū /muː/ our
2nd plural qāk /qaːk/ your (pl)
3rd plural ’ī /ʔiː/ their
First person
Singular Plural, inclusive Plural, exclusive
Honourary suj (/suʒ/)
I (honourary) sh'azuje (/ʃaˈzuʒɛ/)
we, including you (honourary) sh'azuj (/ʃaˈzuʒ/)
we, excluding you (honourary)
Regular su (/su/)
I juth (/ʤuθɛ/)
we, including you juth (/ʤuθ/)
we, excluding you
Dimunative uj (/uʒ/)
I (diminutive) uji (/uˈʒiɛ/)
we, including you (diminutive) uji (/uˈʒi/)
we, excluding you (diminutive)
Second person
Singular Plural, inclusive Plural, exclusive
Honourary qal (/qal/)
you (honourary) qalthen (/qalˈθɛn/)
you and your group (honourary) qalthēn (/qalˈθɪn/)
your group (honourary)
Regular sōth (/sʊð/)
you sōthe (/sʊˈðɛ/)
you and your group sōthu (/sʊˈðu/)
your group
Dimunative uth (/uð/)
you (diminutive) uthi (/uˈðɛ/)
you and your group (diminutive) uthi (/uˈði/)
your group (diminutive)
Writing System
In -7690 ac, nomads migrated by sea from Ashad to Voyagers Rest, intermingling with a handful of naghron natives survivors, eventually becoming the Duryadi. Centuries later, the language had begun to adapt to the use of its own native writing system, an alphabet with a mixture of simpler Draconic runes and many elements from Classical Sham'hrie, which itself was heavily influenced by the primordial dialects.
Geographical Distribution
The language originates in the Turabahr Desert, (Voyagers Rest) but has spread from there along with ethnic migration. Also, the cultural exchange has shifted it somewhat closer to the more common amalgam of language that is somewhat intelligible between at least larger meeting places in the world.
Morphology
There is no grammatical gender in modern Ghazhak, and pronouns are not marked for natural gender. In other words, in Ghazak, pronouns are gender-neutral. When referring to a masculine or a feminine subject, the same pronoun Yhl is used (pronounced "ou", ū) Exceptions to this generality are few and debatable, for example anaphoric she referring to ships, machines, and countries[10] (see below). Another manifestation of natural gender that continues to function in English is the use of certain nouns to refer specifically to persons or animals of a particular sex: widow/widower, postman/postwoman etc.
Syntax
Ghazhak is a Subject-Verb-object language in almost any clause, but older forms of the language can shift to Subject-Object-Verb in the case of questions or conditional clauses. Adjectives normally go before the noun and adverbs before the verb, but the order between them can vary.
Sentence Structure
Main word order:
Subject Verb Object (Prepositional phrase). “Mary opened the door with a key” turns into Mary opened the door with a key.
Nouns have two cases:
Nominative is the doer of a verb: dog bites man.
Accusative is the done-to of a verb: man bites dog.
Dictionary
Spoken by
Common Phrases
Jehir ihk jehir "blood for blood" .. to avenge/revenge (retaliation / vindication) or (a declaration of hostility)
Jehir ihk jehir
"blood for blood"
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