Polijole/Dialects

This page provides a list and example sentences for all of the historical versions and all of the modern Languages of the Polidish language family.

note: most of the modern langauges' names are based off of their etymological-original classical polidish word, so the names may differ slightly

Proto-Polidish
Proto-Polidish, or Qʼó líɟóxú jóla [kʼʷɑː liːɟɑːxuː ɟɑːlɛ], (often just shortened to Qʼólíjóla [kʼʷɑːliːɟɑːlɛ]), was first spoken around 7820bc and was the oldest form of Polidish, it was almost completely isolating, it had a CV(P) syllable structure (where P is short for ᵐb, t, c, k, kʷ, ʔ). It is the ancestor of Classical and Central polidish. It had a preference for a VSO or VOS word order, but because of the marked cases, the word order was allowed to be very free.

Vowels
there are no diphthongs

Example Sentences
qók loɟáccá tʼú sábúkʼx gá ns tʼákʼánatʼaq tʼú sáboʼ kʼscónáʼotʼaq

[kʷɑːk lʌɟaːccaː tʼuː saːᵐbuːkʼɣ̩ gaː nɿ tʼaːkʼaːnɛtʼɛkʷ tʼuː saːᵐbʌʔ kʼɿcɑːnaːʔʌtʼɛkʷ]

ADV slow PERF ABL NOM 1SG.MASC tree-LOC.SG PERF ALL bird-LOC.DU

I walked from the tree to the 2 birds.

sú gisá gá ns xá no tʼítʼósáb, nínxkʼá gá xá no sú giná!

[suː gisaː gaː nɿ xaː nʌ tʼiːtʼɑːsaːᵐb, niːnɣ̩kʼaː gaː xaː nʌ suː ginaː]

very like NOM 1SG DEM ACC food, COP NOM DEM ACC very good.

I love this food, it's great!

Classical Polidish
Classical Polidish, or Polijolè [pˠɒliɟɒlə̆] was spoken at around ~692bc, it had a strict CV word order and was quite agglutinatively polysynthetic. It was the ancestor of AIP, Gekhe and Xiophoniol. It had the same word order syntax as Proto-Polidish.

Phonology
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Romanisation
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Example Sentences
pholejacha zamukanamùci takanèsaka kaçhona‘esa

[pˠʰɒləɟat͡sʰa zamukanamŭt͡si takanə̆saka kat͡ʃʰɒnaʔəsa]

ADV-slow ABL-1SG.MASC>3SG-PST.PERF tree-ABL bird-DU.ALL

I walked from the tree to the 2 birds.

gìşaşzuna xa titoşzanè, ni xaga zugìnanè!

[gĭʃaʒuna xa titɒʒanə̆, ni xaga zugĭnanə̆]

love-1SG.MASC DEM food-ACC, COP DEM-NOM very-good-ACC

I love this food, it's great!

Central Polidish
Central Polidish, also just called Ṕolijolè [pˠɒliɟɒlə̆], was a dialect of Polidish also spoken around ~692bc which was almost identical in grammar to Classical Polidish and is quite polysynthetic (but more fusional), but shows a few phonological, phonotactical and lexical differences. it had a CV(s) word order where a word final -s could appear in words. It had front-back vowel harmony. It was the ancestor of Kikhahi, Bozaje, Cakine and Nagaku. It had the same word order syntax as Proto-Polidish.

Vowels
diphthongs: /ĭu/, /ĭə/, /ĭa/, /ĭɒ/

Example Sentences
ṕhelejacha zabukonabùci takanèsaka kaçhonohesa

[pˠʰələɟat͡sʰa zaᵐbukɒnaᵐbŭt͡si takanə̆saka kat͡ʃʰɒnɒhəsa]

ADJ-slow ABL-1SG.MASC-PST.PERF tree-ABL bird-DU.ALL

I walked from the tree to the 2 birds.

gìşaşzunas xa titoşzonè, ni xa zugìnonè!

[gĭʃaʒunas xa titɒʒɒnə̆, ni xa zugĭnɒnə̆]

love-1SG.MASC DEM food-ACC, COP DEM very-good-ACC

I love this food, it's great!

AIP
AIP aka "Average Imperial Polidish", or Pəliçəu [pəlit͡ʃəu], is the most commonly spoken form of polidish in modern times, the version shown here is spoken around 3012ad, same with all of the other dialects below. The language is very fusional with as many as 9 noun declensions. It had a preference towards an SOV word order.

Vowels
Diphthongs: /ia/ /iʊ/ /uɪ/ /ʊa/ /əɪ/ /əʊ/

[ç] is an allophone of /h/ before /i/

Example Sentences
təŋnət lıçaspl samukani ki kəşənasok samıni

[təŋnət lɨt͡ʃaspɫ̩ samukani ki kəʃənasok samɨni]

tree-LOC slow-GEN ABL.1P.PST.PFV 2 bird-LOC.PL ALL.1SG.PST.PFV

I walked from the tree to the 2 birds.

çetəşan hə çeşasumi, hə ho çenan!

[t͡ʃetəʃan hə t͡ʃeʃasumi, hə ho t͡ʃenan]

food.ACC DEM.NOM love-1P, DEM.NOM very good-ACC

I love this food, it's great!

Kikhahi
Kikhahi, or modernly Kixähi [c̠ixehi], it is very fusional and has 6 declensions. It had a strong preference for a SVO word order but VSO and SOV was also allowed. The language shows many similarities in phonology, grammar and syntax to Cakine due to being in close proximity to it.

Vowels
Diphthongs: /aɪ/ /eɪ/ /oɪ/

Example Sentences
nas frecə zapuköpi känət zamepi kaçonokət

[nas fret͡sə zapukøpi kenət zamepi kat͡ʃonokət]

1SG.NOM ADJ-slow ABL-PST.PERF tree-PREP ALL-PST.PERF bird.DU.PREP

I walked from the tree to the 2 birds.

nas gəşasu xa titoşon, xa ni zugənon!

[nas gəşasu xa titoʃon, xa ni zugənon]

1sg,NOM love DEM food.ACC, DEM COP very-good.ACC

I love this food, it's great!

Bozaje
Bozaje, or modernly, Pə̀sàşé [pə̀sàʃé], it was both a language isolate and was grammatically fairly isolating. It had 3 tones: High, Mid, and Low. It had a strict VOS word order due to lacking any morphological cases.

Vowels
Diphthongs: /ia/ /ie/ /io/ /iu/ /ĩɑ̃/ /ĩɛ̃/ /ĩɔ̃/

Example Sentences
loşàsàpà sàmuhə̀mi þáhą̀ þé nà sàmomi háçǫ́ þé hó

[lɤʃàsàpà sàmuhə̀mi θáhɑ̃̀ θé nà sàmɤmi hát͡ʃɔ̃́ θé hɤ́]

slow-GEN ABL-PST.PERF tree PREP 1SG ALL-PST.PERF bird PREP two

I walked from the tree to the 2 birds

kìşású há tḯtə́sá nà, ni sùkį̀ há

[kìʃású há tɯ́tə́sá nà, ni sùkĩ̀ há]

love DEM food 1sg, COP very-good DEM

I love this food, it's great!

Cakine
Cakine, or modernly, Çäkiŋ [t͡ʃækiŋ], it has a lot of vowel harmony, it has 2 declensions. It had a strong preference for a SVO word order but VSO and SOV was also allowed. The language shows many similarities in phonology, grammar and syntax to Kikhahi due to being in close proximity to it.

Vowels
Diphthongs: /ia/ /ie/ /io/ /iu/ /ɑi/ /ui/ /ɑu/

Example Sentences
nas welejaç rabukonoç takanıs kaçoŋokus

[nɑs welejɑt͡ʃ rɑbukonot͡ʃ tɑkɑnɨs kɑt͡ʃoŋokus]

1SG.NOM ADV-slow go-1SG-PST.PERF tree-ABL bird-DU.ALL

I walked from the tree to the 2 birds.

Nagaku
Nagaku, or modernly Dagaku [dagaku] was the only Polidish Language which preserves all forms of plosives. It mainly preffered SOV but other word orders were allowed.

Vowels
diphthongs: /ɪa/ /ɪe/ /ɪu/

Example Sentences
das rakanıt phırıjaça sabukuci kaçunakıt sabıci

[das ɾakanɯt pʰɯɾɯd͡ʒat͡ʃa sabukut͡si kat͡ʃunakɯt sabɯt͡si]

1SG.NOM tree-LOC ADJ-slow ABL-PST.PERF bird.DU.LOC ALL-PST.PERF

I walked from the tree to the 2 birds.

Gekhe
Gekhe polidish, or kékhépa pólijóla [keːkʰeːpa poːlijoːla] (literally "Polidish of the highly magical") is the Polijole spoken by the highest elites of the polidians. It is considered the most similar to classical Polidish in grammar of all dialects. It only allowed for verb initial word orders, VSO was the main prefered word order but VOS was also allowed.

Vowels
Diphthongs: /ia/ /iɛ/ /iɔ/ /iu/

Example Sentences
pélejácha sámukánáci sákánaka káçhónóésa

[pɛːlejɑːt͡sʰa sɑːmukɑːnɑːt͡si sɑːkɑːnæka kɑːt͡ʃʰɔnɔ.ɛsa]

ADJ-slow ABL-1SG>3SG-PERF tree-ABL bird.DU.ALL

I walked from the tree to the 2 birds.

sujeşaşuna xá şitóşón, ni sujenon

[sujeʃaʃuna xɑ ʃitɔːʃɔːn, ni sujenon]

love-1SG>3SG DEM food.ACC, COP.PERF very-good-ACC

I love this food, it's great!

Xiophoniol
Xiophoniol, or modernly Xöfonöl /çɵfoɲɵl/ is spoken in the Xöfon country of Poligea, the version shown here was spoken until 973ce when the language went extinct. It mainly preffered SVO but other word orders were allowed.