Rastalian

Rastalian is the umbrella term for the languages used by the Ancient Peoples of the world of Agrinum. It draws from such languages as Latin, Greek, Spanish, English, Sanskrit, Japanese and German, and notably, Welsh.

The World of Agrinum
Agrinum is a world believed to have been created by Anphia; the culmination of all the energies of the Universe drawn together by the song of Anecuisa, the Goddess of Life, and the crafting of Gaturos, the God of Darkness. In philosophical ideology, Agrinum went through 3 phases: the phase of the Origins, the phase of the Ancients and the phase of the New Era (the present time). The Origins were the first people born from the union of Anphia and Gaia (the spirit of Agrinum). It was said that they were given the language of the Universe, the language spoken by the Gods and that allowed a harnessing of the Universal mana. However, the Origins grew arrogant in their power and eventually war ravaged Agrinum: Gaturos, who had sealed the negative mana of the Universe within himself, released it in his fury of their arrogance, creating the Great Shade that would be the death of the Origins. As Agrinum healed, the Ancient people were born, and despite not gifted with the language of the Universe as the Origins had been, still preserved the ability to weild mana through Song Maidens and Vanguards. How they came to their end, however, is a complete mystery. Very little is actually known of the language of the Origins, which has only been preserved through old tablets and spatterings of Hymns. Likewise, the Ancient language is no longer spoken, but scholars can put together constructed sentences of how it would've been spoken and used.

Origin Dialect
The Origin Dialect was believed to be the first language, as well as the language of the Universe. Each letter had a specific meaning, and strung together could make another meaning. Particularly used in song magic, a singer could craft meanings out of these words and make a direct impact magically on their environment.



Here is a table of the Origin Alphabet, and the assigned meanings of each letter. N/A is assigned to a letter where the meaning is ambiguous.

Examples of the usage of Origin Dialect can be found in ancient tablets found in the Rumea Region (from the West Continent), that seem to narrate a creation myth, though research is still undergoing into how the dialect is deconstructed.

Arian (Ancient) Dialect
The Arian language has 6 vowels; the typical 'aeiou' as well as 'n', which is also considered a vowel. In the writing system, how vowels are pronounced are clearly marked:



Consonants in the Arian alphabet:



There is no 'c' in Arian, instead either 'k' or 's' are used. The Arian glyph system is largely based on Nordic glyphs, and germanic glyphs.

Sentence Structure
Spoken, the Arian Dialect follows a simple SVO structure: Gaturos crafts the world would become:

Gaturos gratwa byder

Gerunds
To transform a verb into a continuous, the definer 'yn' is appended to the start of a verb: Gaturos is crafting the world. in Arian: Gaturos yn.gratwa byder

Past Tense
To change this sentence to a past tense, one would appended the definer 'x' onto the start of a verb: Gaturos crafted the world. would become: Gaturos x.gratwa byder

Perfect Past Tense
Gaturos had crafted the world. in Arian the definer 'xi' is appended to the start of a verb: Gaturos xi.gratwa byder

Future Tense
Gaturos will craft the world in Arian, the definer 'ah' is appended to the start of a verb: Gaturos ah.gratwa byder

Passive Voice
In Arian, to change a verb into passive voice, the definer 'nyhi' is appended to the start of a verb: I'm embracing the light (Re mea yn.colweia lucia) becomes: I'm being embraced by the light. Re mea nyhi.yn.colweia lucia)

Negative Form
To change a sentence into a negative, the definer 'uw' is added before a verb: Gaturos crafts the world (Gaturos gratwa byder) becomes Gaturos doesn't craft the world (Gaturos uw gratwa byder) Note, that the definer was not appended to the verb, but placed before, making the meaning of the sentence an inverse of what it was before. Appending the definer to a verb would make the verb an antonym of its original meaning: uw.gratwa would make it mean: to destroy as opposed to the original meaning of 'gratwa' which means 'to craft'.

This is relevant to all verbs.

Noun Ownership
Placing two nouns together means that one noun owns the other. There is no rule for direction of ownership, so it is inferred from context: Gaturos sanctum (Gaturos's Sanctum) meloa mea (My lullaby) Ownership can also be indicated by the presence of the partcile 'o'. When it's used, the noun that comes before it is "owned" by the noun that comes after it. meloa o rym Lullaby of the Dragons

LEXICON
Typically, words are constructed in such a way that the sound will fit the meaning. For example, words with negative meanings such as 'to cry' use an emphasis on harsh consonants, thus making it 'kwra' giving an overall sound effect of something harsh, and in effect, negative. Likewise, words with more positive meanings make heavier use of vowels such as 'to sing', 'meloa' (which when spoken, reflects some aspects of singing in it's contrsuction and order of vowels). Likely, this is an effect of the Origin language, which empahsised an importance on meaning within individual letters and spoken sounds.

Numbers
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