Dragon Language

The Dragon language (natively known as "Xenqi" [ʃɛntʃi], lit. "Dragon tongue") is an analytical language spoken by the Dragon species of the Core/Shadow Realm RP, including the dragon protagonists Kaku and Koke. While Dragons can use telepathy, it is not a skill that can be mastered by all dragons. Another advantage of the language is that the most puppet masters*, like Daniel, don't understand it. (unlike telepathy, which is available to puppet masters in plain English).

* The only one who understands the Dragon language is Rafeal, the puppet master of Kaku and Koke, and the one who designed the Dragon language beyond the 4th wall.

Phonology
Consonants in the Dragon language can be geminated, and vowels can vary between normal and long. The syllable structure for the Dragon language is CVC, and a vowel cannot end in a voiced plosive nor a voiced fricative. Nasals and voicing also assimilate.

Orthography
The Dragon language is not written, due to the lack of a need for one, as pure blood Dragons are a rather primitive species. Some who have both dragon and human genetics have used the Latin script for writing messages to each other, though its use is limited.

Grammar
The grammar to the language is highly analytical, and the word order is SOV. There are also no articles, gender, nor any noun cases. Adjectives come after the noun. Words can rarely be as long as 4 syllables, sometimes 3, but usually 2 or 1.

Vocabulary
Here is a list of a few basic words in Dragon:


 * Hello/Bye (literally "peace") "Yo" [jɔ]
 * Yes "Lik" [lik]
 * No "Fuk" [fuk]
 * What "Hv" [hə̃]
 * Father "Pap" [pap]
 * Mother "Mam" [mam]
 * Water "Sulu" [sulu]
 * Fire "Jvgzu" [ʒə̃gzu]
 * Today "Wen" [wɛn]
 * Tomorrow/Yesterday "Sen" [sɛn]