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[Hubris Incalculable]

As some of you (though very few, i'm sure) may know or have guessed, I am, at heart, quite fanatic about the study and (especially) the creation of languages. As such, I have, on and off, been steadily at work creating artificial languages (conlangs (you know, like Elvish in The Lord of the Rings)) since i was 13. Thus far, i have worked on three. The first was an unwieldy piece of work called Sokraen, which I never finished, and, in fact, lost the grammar and lexicon files to when we disposed of the old museum-piece (that was a joke, ha ha, fat chance) on which i was writing it. the second was a collaborative attempt at creating an auxiliary language (designed to be as easy to learn as possible), that never really got off the ground, though there were plenty of interesting ideas about it. The third, which is currently at a lesser stage of development than the first, though further along than the second, i present to you here for examination and critique. As i work on it, i shall be posting updates here for your perusal and further critique.

Without further ado, The As Yet Unnamed Language:

Grammar
Phonology

[Ehndras]

Morning, mate.

I've been creating my own language since the age of 9-10, as well. It started simply as a skewered version of backwards English mixed with Portuguese, but expanded when I began to learn Latin, German, Italian, and bits and pieces of other languages. I never actually named it, though I've given it the unofficial name of " Kaanter eht Arkhan'a ", which roughly translates into 'The language of my people'.

I lost all the versions of my old lexicon and both the simplified and complex alphabet, so I had to start from scratch in 6th grade. It happened again in the first year of high school, sadly. I've managed to salvage or re-create a good bit of it though, change many words and symbols, and add new things to it.

I've been fiddling with the written characters to streamline them, as they were a hassle to write out. I've got the most used English characters down pretty well, though I'm having trouble designing the letters 'B', 'G', 'Q', 'U', and 'W'. I can't remember their original shapes for the life of me, so I'll have to re-design them.

I've been re-designing the grammar rules to actually make sense, as the number of languages that went into this language's creation number at about 15, not counting backwards versions of all those languages as well as adapted root-words and archaic versions like High German, certain Native American/Brazilian tribal languages, and whatever randomly catches my interest. I don't actually have a written grammatical breakdown like you do, but I have examples of some words all over my damn computer.

Just for the record, the language is supposed to be a universal pre-historic language and an amalgamation of all modern languages, as if the breakdown of some superpower caused a diaspora and the loss of some vital technology leading to the weakening of linguistic ties throughout the world. To simplify, think of an Atlantis type theory. Now, put it in the fantasy short-story and possible future novel series I've been making since I was 9, and you've got the point.

Anyway, examples away! Most sounds are reminiscent of Latin, though k's, c's, and such hard-sounds are more akin to German and Arabic.

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Current Language Synthesis Experimentation:

Aarkhan - God of Harmony and Justice, 'Aarkhan the Judge', father of Humanity
Aav: Where
Aberati: Horror
Abyss - Amorphic divinity, embodiment of absence {Comparable somewhat to greek Chaos}
Accumo: Like
A'dhana: Within/Inside
Apruus: Above
Ach'rhemoc: High Lord {Title&Ranking/Disolatus' name for a hostile alien race of genetically-altered warriors}
Ademo: Domination
Aephos: Harmony
Aerahn:{Undefined}
Aevos: Malleable
Aevosin: Malleability
Aghame: Mage
Ahkhna'ad: Mortal Flesh
Ahkhna'ad Escali: Ascendancy(Literal: 'To rise above the mortal flesh')
Ahd: My
Aidenn - Elder God of Order and Power, the male embodiment of Force
Alekh'thaeos - God of Dreams and Illusions, 'Alekh the Dream-Weaver', father of the corrupted Blood Elves
Aluxia: Purity
Aseraph: Darkness
Athua'iib: Beautiful(Literal: 'Filled with Mystery')
Aya - Goddess of Passion and Perseverence, 'Aya the Illuminate', mother of the noble High Elves
Baelik: Battle/Dance
Bhae'rii: Under/Beneath
Celkarea: Reflection
Celkat: Reflect
Cel'katare: Reflecting
Celkatera: Reflected
Celkatra: Reflects
Cifrum - Writing
Ciberys - Elder Goddess of Chaos and Creation, the female embodiment of Change
Daan: The
Daemonas: {Race: Celestial}
Daemos: Dominion/Control
Deis: Ocean/Sea
Disolatus: Empty/Barren
Ehndras - Guardian
El'a: Woman/Female
El'au: Women
Elca: Location
Elora: Lady
Escali: To Rise (Above)
Esion: Pulse/Flow {Progression of Power/Reality}
Esionare: Flowing
E'solae: "Blooming flower"/Life
E'ht: Of
Fa'are: From
Gen: Symbol/Sign
Ghotik'a: A nomadic culture of exceptionally-talented artists, musicians, and gifted craftsmen who's mysterious traditions date back to the dawn of humanity, before the Ascendant Wars took hold of our world and led to the annihilation of most beings, and the weakening of the gods and their effects on this plane of existence. {Nomadic mixed culture, modeled upon the artistic precepts of Punk and Goth movements. Exceptional smiths&craftsmen, followers of the Craftsman&Lentias, friends of the Dwarven race, they have a liking for symmetry, metalworking, jewelry, earth colors, melodic lute/harp music, crystalwork, and are highly secretive.}
Gra'el - Quest {Brazilian word for Grail is Gra'al, ex: holy grail. Gra'el means goal, as in something you work to attain or accomplish. Gra'el is used to designate quests, journeys, and all goals of great import and/or divine nature. Two examples are pilgrimages and quests for the discovery of sacred relics.}
Gra'elare: Questing
Gravid: Birth
Gravius: Creation
Gravitare: Creating
Gravitra: Creates
Gravitus: Create
Hespani - (Regional/Cultural term, derived from Spain)
Hessios: Whisper
Hessiovaegnas: {Angel's Whisper}, an omen of impending danger, or a voice which inspires great awe. Originally meant to describe a great cataclysm - massive tremors which will cause the very earth to vibrate, or 'scream in agony and ecstasy all at once'; an event which will befall the world during each of the three Winterings, and especially during the third, where the continents shall be sundered, the oceans shall rise, and both mortal and god alike shall face their destruction.
Hrafmir: Raven's Nest (Expression for a scavenger's hideout)
Iimbros: Child
Imperi: Important
Imperiati: An Imperial official - Imperiati describes a class of Imperials, though it is generally used to describe someone of high bearing, title, or ranking who is not a Lord
Inam: Name
Ita'ebb: 'Hidden from sight'
Itzan: Soul
Jih'enn: Spirit
Kaanter: Language
Kaquarii: "Fierce Ones"
Kauq'el: Fiercest
Kau'q: Fierce
Kevater: Dead
Kevatra: Death
Khala: Silence
Khala'riel: Silent
Kyeraeon - The remains of the original continent surrounding Hoarfrost Citadel
Lentias - Goddess of Music and Creativity, "Lentias the Whisperer", mother of the Ghotik'a
Lexius: Leader
L'nue'mel: Sacred Bond/Partnership/Marriage (From 'Lua de mel', Portuguese for Honeymoon)
Luxien: Pure
Luxius: Purity
Luxiva: Purest
Myrkha: One of the desert clans of Zemari, Amaara, and Achripha - south of of Aegea, (Name derived from meerkat)
Nemutsin: Music
Nocturne - Goddess of the Night, darkness given form; she is daughter of Abyss, who is formless and genderless, and Ciberys, created accidentally as the primordial darkness which resided within the universe before the Aether flooded it with light. As the universe became saturated with life-bringing Aether, Nocturne soon became more than formless void... So much more.
Noitar - Night
Noitar Baelik -  {Literally: Dance of Darkest Night} A nine-day ceremonial festival of great import across many lands. The ceremony surrounds the year's longest night, the final day in which the year is reborn. The actual Noitar Baelik festival consists of three parts, each spanning three days. The first three days are comprised of a great feast, symbolizing the preparation for a new Wintering, and the enjoyment of life while it still lasts, however weakened and wary. The three mid-days are split into certain ceremonies: the first day is a day of dedication to Hadrean god of War, physical and mental preparation for war. The second day is the actual Noitar Baelik, the Night of Battles, in which a massive battle is staged that symbolizes the War of the Ascended, the First Wintering, and the eternal struggle for change in this world. The third day is a day of reverence for the souls of the fallen, where Rhazzel is asked to guide the fallen. The final three days are the most moving of all... One the final three days, nine sacred bonfires are lit, three per day, while all the people feast in serene simplicity, on red wine and simple grain products (bread/cake/etc), to symbolize the simplicity and quiet vitality of a day, year, life reborn. As the bonfires are lit on each day, the festivities progressively grow to their apex on the third day of the third festival, the final ninth day, where the first new year's blessed unions, bloodpacts, and oaths are made, as thus being done on the first day of the true new year they bring fortune to their bearers. {Etc}
Nyd: Me
Nyehd: Mine
Ohn: Not
Pan-en: {Divine Touch} ~ All-Spirit, divine name of The One (Taken from Panentheism, belief that deity, god, the divine, etc., is both a part of everything existent, and in some ways possibly capable of taking physical form, whereas Pantheism is the belief that the divine is a part of us all and everything around us, living and nonliving, that we are made of divine material, and/or that we ourselves are divine by nature, as the universe itself is the divine)
Rhathiem: Mother
Rah-ti'ef: Father
Rhys'mhetaea: Aethermancer
Sereph: Dark
Serephel: Darkest
Sett: Is
Shyk'rar: Ancient's name for the Drakkonian race, the humanoid children of the Elder Dragons
Sid: This
Sih'ghame: Magus
Tefhos: Stubborn/Immovable
Thalos: Virtue
Thalosae: Virtuous (Full of Virtue)
Trekhel: Mechanical
Umani: Ancient word for the Human race
Uhnt: And
Un: A
Uni: An
Ul'ra: For
Vaegnas: Angel
Vijelae: Watches
Vijelare: Watching
Vijelus: Watch
Vies: You
Vigdas - Three sisters, goddesses of War, born from three drops of immortal blood spilled from the All-Seer upon being clawed across the left-cheek by a bear-like creature - the god Alekhthaeos in disguise {The only being, mortal or immortal, ever to draw blood from the All-Seer... This served as a sort of warning, showing the gods that mortal creatures were dangerous... And, as Alekh tricked them into doing, the gods greatly stripped mortal creatures of their strength, who until that point were more-or-less demi-gods.)
Vvaros: Sentinel
Wintering: The term for the year's end, the colder days, as well as the term used to denote the three great wars to come upon the world before it is reborn anew, as of Aarkhan'a mythology.
Xynderos: Men
Xyndros: Man
Ysaea: Warrior

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Mechanics:

When a word is Possessive, [ii'] is sometimes added as a prefix
(Comparable to the English ['s])

When a word is Plural, [ae] is sometimes added as a suffix

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Example:

Aarkhan'a:

Ahd kaanter celkatra daan hessios e'ht sere'phael noitar, su'ute mu'ure daan imbal'ag e'ht ii'xyndros ahkhna'ad. Un trekhel vaegnas, sid tefhos vvaros, vijelae ita'ebb. Apruus daan deis sett daan hrafmir, gra'elare ul'ra daan thalos e'ht un ii'rhathiem pan-en.

Aav sett daan iimbrosii aluxia, esionare accumo icharii fa'are un e'solae? A'dhana daan thalosae itzan e'ht Umani, aav ii'xyndros sett khala uhnt erevaar.

{English:}

{My language reflects the song of darkest night, thus mirroring the uncertainty of man's mortal flesh. A mechanical angel, this immovable sentinel, watches hidden from sight. Above the sea is the raven's nest, questing for the virtue of a mother's divine touch.

Where is the child's purity, flowing like nectar from a blooming flower? Within the virtuous spirit of humanity, where mankind's innocence is silent and eternal.}