Galderish

General information
Galderish is the standard language of the dragons from the planet Galderik. It is approximately 8 light-years from Earth in a binary system and has a population of 850 million. Over the millennia, the dragons have had many languages just like humans; however, some dragons have telepathic abilities, making the need for language sometimes negligible, so the government simply instituted a standard language now known as Galderish. It is a basic language, designed to have relatively simple grammar and be easy to learn. A few humans have learned Galderish, but as it is fundamentally different from human languages, it remains relatively misunderstood.

Alphabet
The Galderish alphabet contains 31 letters, each with a single unique sound.



The majority of letters are pronounced as in English. The exceptions are as follows:

A is pronounced as a schwa sound (telephone).

Ä, or aa, is pronounced as in father.

Ĉ, or ch, is pronounced as in children.

Ħ, or hl, is pronounced as ɬ.

I is always pronounced as in is.

Ï, or ii, is always pronounced as in piece.

Ĵ, or jh, is pronounced as in vision.

Ŝ, or sh, is pronounced as in shoe.

U is pronounced as in book.

Ü, or uu, is pronounced as in zoo.

Phonotactics
Äy, ey, and oy are pronounced as in tie, may, and toy, respectively. Ay, iy, ïy, uy, and üy are not allowed. There is also no ng, th, or x-cluster in the language.

Verbs
Infinitive= -u

Present Tense= -üs

Past Tense= -os

Future Tense= -es

More complex tenses are denoted by a -ta on the end of the conjugated verb. For example;

I fly= Ho hlüs

I am flying= Ho vohüs hlüsta

The verb vu (to be) also has a simple conjugation according to person. While the subject "it" uses the basic conjugation, for other pronouns the first letter of the pronoun is inserted into the word like so:

It is= Fo vüs

I am= Ho vohüs

You are= Sho voshüs

He/she is= Do/to vodüs/votüs, etc.

Nouns
Nouns always end in consonants and are pluralized using the suffix -in. The nouns have three genders; feminine, masculine, and neutral. Most nouns are neutral, but gender-specific nouns like husband and wife use exclusively either voiced or unvoiced consonants. Feminine nouns like tälomit (wife) use only unvoiced consonants, while their masculine variants use voiced consonants. Every noun that describes a profession or position occupied by an individual follows this rule.

Blagïr= boy

Plakïr= girl

Example text
Ĉäfu ŝep na mener, da ŝïn härin vedüs nolï. Ĉäfu älü na mener, da lo vos vedüsta däkfet.

Speak with the wind, and your words travel far. Speak against the wind, and they will travel nowhere.