Bujanski

Classification and Dialects
The Bujanski language (Janzyk Bujanski) is the official language of the island kingdom of Bujan. Its speakers, the Bujanski people or ethnicity, was descended from prisoners of war taken by the Sarmelonid Empire thousands of years ago, and who revolted against the Sarmelonid authorities before founding their own realms. Led by their founder-king Koschei the Red, the ancestors of the Bujanski captured a chemistry centre at an island in the far west, establishing their kingdom into a mighty superpower.

External history
HorsesDrivingVans created the Bujanski language at around 2017. He based it on the Russian language, but also created his own words to replace the Greco-Latin and Turkic loanwords in the Bujanski language, and included the phoneme ѣ (æ) as a distinct vowel.

The country of Bujan itself was inspired by the legendary kingdom/island of the same name from Tsar Saltan, but it also has influences from futuristic science fiction, Victorian England, and 1950s art.

Vowels
Vowels can be long, and long vowels are indicated with a macron (ī, ō, etc.).

Phonotactics
Syllable structure: (C)(C)(C)(j)(V)(V)(C)(C)(C)(j)

Writing System
Bujanski already has its own alphabet, but it can also be written in Cyrillic for foreigners to read it. Many people from the continent of Palkyras use the Cyrillic alphabet.

Alphabetical order and names
v, a, r, o, n d, e, ž, u, s i, t, z, m, y j, b, p, kh, dz ts, l, š, šč, g k, dž, č, (ǔ), ǐ, æ, ja, ju, je, jo

var, az, ročjo, oroi, nje data, erjo, že, umjo, slavja īrja, tōr, zvesta, mjanda, issæssa jāra, bogjo, pravja, khaša, dzælo tsvæi, ljūbjo, šāsja, ščomja, glōsja, krallo, džori, čestja, istinna, jætjo jasnja, jestja, justǐ, jorja.

Nouns
nominative, genitive, accusative (animate), accusative (inanimate), dative, prepositional (Vlad, Vlad's, to Vlad, to a rock, towards Vlad, at/using Vlad)


 * male singular: -o/-/-j, -(j)ov, -(j)ot, -o/-/-j, -(j)u, -e
 * female singular: -a/-ja/-e, -(j)av, -(j)at, -(j)et, -(j)u, -e
 * neuter singular: -u/-o, -(j)o/-(j)uv, -jet, -ut/-ot, -(j)u, -e
 * dual: -vo, -vjev, -vjot, -vjot, -vjo, -vje
 * male plural: -y/-i, -šō, -šot, -šyt, -šom, -še
 * female plural: -y/-i, -šā, -šat, -šet, -šom, -še
 * neuter plural: -a/-ja, -šō, -šet, -šut, -šom, -še

Examples: dvō jegry ("two games"), dvō vort'šō ("of the two gates")

Special declension

 * -a Sanskrit singular: -a, -(j)ov, -(j)ot, -o, -(j)u, -e
 * -a Sanskrit plural: -y, -šō, -šot, -šyt, -šom, -še
 * -e singular (considered feminine): -e, -ev, -et, -ēt, -(j)u, -e
 * -e plural: -je, -šev, -šet, -šēt, -šom, -še
 * -æu singular (considered masculine): -æu, -æujo, -æujot, -æujōs, -æuju, -æuje
 * -æu plural: -æuvæ, -æušo, -æušot, -æušōt, -æušom, -æuše
 * -æi singular: -æi, -æijo, -æivet, -æivēt, -æivo, -æive
 * -æi plual: -æive, -æišo, -æišat, -æišēt, -æišom, -æiše

Pronouns
nominative, accusative, genitive, dative, prepositional (I, me, my, to me, using/at me)

Classical and Royal: nominative, accusative, genitive, dative, locative, instrumental (thou, thee, thy, to thee, at thee, using/with thee)


 * I: jo, njot/njat, nov/nav, nenjo/nenja
 * Classical: az, mene (men), mene, mǐnæ (mi), mǐnæ, mǔnojon
 * Royal: my, nas (ny), nas, nam, nas, nami


 * thou: go/ga, gjot/gjat, kov/kav, kebjo/kebja
 * Classical: ty, tebe (ten), tebe, tebæ (ti), tebæ, tobojon


 * he: on, tjād, tāv, tōm, tōgo
 * Classical: on, jego, jego, jemu, jemǐ, imǐ


 * she: en, tjēn, tēv, tēm, tēmje
 * Classical: ona, jejon (jon), jejon, jei, jei, jejon


 * dual we: dvo, vjo, dvoj, dvom, dvoje
 * Classical: væ, na (ny), naju, nama (na), naju, nama


 * we: nas, mješ, naš, vnas, vnaje
 * Classical: my, nas (ny), nas, nam, nas, nami


 * you: šo/ša, šoz/šaz, šoš/šaš, všos/všas, všoje/všaje
 * Classical: vy, vas (vy), vas, vam, vas, vami


 * they: šoz/šaz, akh, aš, vakh, vakhje
 * Classical: oni, jen, ikh, im, ikh, imi

Classical pronouns are usually used in formal speech, or when praying to gods or wights.

Reflective: -sja

One's own: ... svoi (cannot be affected by grammar)

Verbs
infinitive, imperfective, perfective (do, doing, have done)
 * Past: -(d)al, pa-X-(d)al, na-X-(d)ol
 * Present: -itǐ, X-atǐ*/ pa-X-itǐ*, na-X-itǐ*
 * Imperative present: -aj/-ai (always infinitive)
 * Future: bero X-itǐ, ber@ X-atǐ*, bero na-X-itǐ*

* Many verbs can have irregular imperfective and perfective forms.

Declension of "bero"
The word "bero" is changed when it is imperfective to reflect the subject.


 * I: ber-o
 * thou: ber-eš
 * he/she/it: ber-jes
 * two of us: be-vjes
 * we: ber-jom
 * you all: ber-eše
 * they: ber-jos

Example: Nas ber-jom panæcǒlitǐ eta slučajot. ("We will be starting this event.")

Other verbal aspects
The passive voice is done by adding -sja after the verb, and then rearranging the sentence as object+verb+subject (prepositional).

Example: Eta volja voljād-sja nenja. ("This book was read by me.")

Being

 * eta - this, is/am/are
 * ... jestǐ - it is
 * so - with (a person), because of
 * -(n)ij - (adjective)
 * -eje - -er (replaces -(n)ij)

Location

 * iz - from
 * vi - in, inside; towards (a place to meet someone)
 * (u)v- - away from
 * ko - towards
 * pa-, ba- - along, over
 * inos- - between
 * na - on, (in some classical words) towards
 * pad(o) - under
 * abo- - about, against
 * okollo - by, about
 * samætja - "same-going" (*sama + *idi), together
 * nasod - behind
 * pjaron - front
 * severej, sverej - north
 * južej, justǐ - south
 * vostokej, vjoskej - east
 * zapadej, zamdej - west
 * sræda - middle, centre

Vi-na-ko
It is important to differentiate "vi", "na", and "ko", three words for "towards" that are for different situations.


 * vi - most places, especially going inside or into, or to meet someone
 * na - usually for events, islands, small places, or directions of the compass.
 * ko - general word for anywhere, usually not inside. When you go to somewhere, but not inside that place, you use "ko", not "vi".

Together, "vinako" can be made into a new word in Bujanski that means "a wanderer"; and "viknōtǐ" or "vjaknōtǐ" can mean "to wander around aimlessly" or "to loiter".

Amount

 * malo - few
 * mino - many
 * košto - every
 * ventja - more
 * očenǐ - very much, so much
 * velskij - great
 * vjelǐkij - greatest
 * velǐkij - great, greater
 * velja - great, mighty
 * tolǐko - only, just (archaic)
 * tjolko - only, just
 * tolloi - some
 * vsje - all
 * po- - whole
 * mal - small, little
 * mane, mai, mīka - small
 * bōlæi - greater, bigger, denser, heavier
 * menje - lesser, smaller, lighter

Time

 * vezorja - yesterday
 * teperǐ - now
 * sæj - now (classical, archaic, informal)
 * zautra - tomorrow
 * vsjedenǐ - all day long
 * ventja - later
 * nisad - before
 * tō - before (archaic), previous
 * no longer used in modern speech because it sounded like "do" or "da" ("yes")
 * toi - previous
 * posle(i) - after (common)
 * posil - after (classical, formal)
 * ston - next

Question words

 * čto - what (formal)
 * ščo - what (casual)
 * gdje - where
 * kogda - when
 * kto - who
 * začem - why
 * skolǐko - how much

Other words

 * i - and
 * ili - or
 * no - but
 * kak, kau - like
 * Some speakers pronounce it as "kau" or "kago", because "kak" sounds like a rude word in their language.
 * jesilǐ - if
 * i pročaj, i pr. - and so on, etc.
 * eta, etaj - this
 * eteš - that
 * nužno - must
 * protiv - against, anti-, counter-

States of being

 * -iba - -ness
 * -stvo - -ness (more formal or broad)
 * -(n)ostǐ - -ness (state of a being or condition that is more abstract)
 * -ije - -ness (archaic or classical)
 * -nik, -nitsa - someone who does a job, a person of ...
 * -nitsa - feminine
 * -telǐ - a doer, a practitioner of something, a worker
 * -dæi, -dai - a doer or user, committer of an act
 * -arǐ - a doer or supporter (derogatory)
 * -ok - a doer or supporter (derogatory, suggesting "little")
 * -jæd - eater of
 * -ets - something, someone; a denizen of a large place, country, or region
 * -tsy in plural
 * -ka - (feminine)
 * sometimes replaced with -sa in nobles' speech to avoid associations with Terrans.
 * -(n)in - a person from a country
 * -(n)ine - (plural)
 * -(n)ije - a person from a people or culture
 * -nja - place of (not proper)
 * -mæst - place of (workplace)
 * zemlja ..., zemja ..., -zemlja, -zemja - land of, -land
 * -ja - product of, object of
 * -dæt, -data - child of
 * -dætei, -datei - children of

Numbers

 * 0; 1-10 - kolǐ; adjen, dva, tri, četri, pjætǐ, šasti, sāmi, vōsimi, devjati, desjati
 * 11-20 - denadas, dvōnadas, trīnasas, četrinas, penčasas, sešanas, sentonas, vōsnasas, nevnasas, dvōsas
 * 30-100 - tridesjati, četridesjati, pjætǐdesjati, šasdesjati, sāndesjati, vōsdesjati, nevdesjati, sto
 * 1000 - tysjač
 * 10000 - važen
 * 100000 - disavaž
 * 1 million - nužo

-nij makes a number ordinal.

Basic actions

 * imætǐ - have (something abstract or strange)
 * imævatǐ - having something abstract
 * jestǐ - to have (general)
 * jesatǐ - having something
 * jātǐ - is being
 * o- -(e)tǐ - to become, -ise
 * o- -(ja)tǐ, o- -(jā)tǐ - becoming like, -ising
 * becomes ōm- -jetǐ if the root word starts with a vowel.

Basics

 * do - yes
 * "da" is the formal form of "do" (yes).
 * In casual speech it is pronounced as "na" or "sa", the latter due to Vozonid influence.
 * istin - that's right
 * istinnij - correct
 * jasnij - certainly, understood
 * pravja - that is true
 * pravǐ - sure
 * slavno - that is correct, very true, well done!, excellent job! (considered very formal)
 * njem - no
 * njes - not
 * bez- is a stronger form of "not".
 * næto, næt - (archaic, classical) no, nay
 * njejasnij - I do not understand, I am not sure
 * njetolky - nonsense, This cannot be true
 * ložǐ - wrong
 * bezpravja - (formal) incorrect
 * lizæ - can, possible, possibly
 * njelizæ - cannot
 * bezlizæ - unable to

Greetings

 * zdraso/zdrasa - hello
 * slava - hail to you
 * This is mostly used as a blessing, in formal settings, or in religious ceremonies.
 * privjes - hi
 * vosto dobro gjot? - how are you?
 * If the guest is female, it is vosto dobro gjat.
 * ščo nāmjov gjot? - what is your name?
 * nām nov X - my name is X
 * prošes/prošo - sorry/excuse me
 * prošodetǐ - pardon me (formal)
 * Spasibo - thank you
 * toško mino - thank you very much
 * Dobro pažalovatǐ - good blessing, welcome
 * Dobro razveta, Dobro 'zveta - good morning
 * Dobro polīna - good afternoon
 * Dobro smjerča - good evening
 * Dobro nočǐ - good night
 * svidanije - goodbye
 * svidas - bye (casual)
 * za ... - for ...
 * soglasjen - Do you understand?; Do you agree?; agreed
 * njeprotiv - I do not care/I do not mind
 * ko pobædnij konetsa - to the final victory; long live
 * Slava Svetovidu! - Glory to Svetovid!
 * Za Bujanjet i Varonjot - For Bujan and the King
 * Za Varonjot i Stranajat - For King and Country
 * Da Zdrastovis Vareno - Long Live the King
 * Slava Bujanat! - Glory to Bujan!, Glory to Buyan!
 * While the concept is much older, the phrase was popularised during the Terran invasions up to the Zavtranian Usurpation, when it became very popular all over Bujan.
 * This was answered with "Vitjašot Slava!", meaning "May our heroes be triumphant!"
 * Da ... - May there be ...
 * Danjes ... - May there not be ...
 * So Vnas Bogi! - The Gods are with us!; don't be afraid; have hope
 * So Novigod Radostij! - Happy New Year!
 * So Pjervodeni Radostij! - Happy New Year!
 * So Vidovdan Radostij! - Happy Vidovdan!; Happy Svetovid's Holy Day!
 * So Rodžadenja Radostǐ! - Happy Birthday!
 * So Rodžadostǐ!, So Rodžosja! - Happy Birthday! (informal)
 * A Nov Bogi!; O Nov Bogi!; Ai Nov Bogi! - Oh, my Gods!; by the Gods, what went wrong?!

SMS slang

 * Zd - hello
 * sl - Slava, hail to you (formal, ceremonial, or religious greeting)
 * sv - svasti, blessings to you (Hindu greeting)
 * dpl, dl - welcome
 * dr - good morning
 * dp - good afternoon
 * ds - good evening
 * dn - good night
 * se - goodbye
 * priv, pv - hi
 * vdg - how are you
 * SGl - do you understand
 * sps - thanks
 * svi - goodbye
 * pšo - excuse me
 * proš - pardon me
 * prav - surely, that is true
 * is, st, stt - that is correct
 * lž - that is wrong, incorrect
 * SlSv - Glory to Svetovid
 * ZBiV, ZViB - For Country and King
 * dZV - Long Live the King
 * SVnBi - The Gods are with us; don't be afraid
 * IJJJJJJJJ, ѢѢѢѢѢѢѢѢѢѢѢѢ (read as "Ǣ/Ehhhhhhhh!") - LOL

A

 * adjets - father
 * astǐ - to eat

Æ (Ѣ)

 * æda - food
 * ædatǐ - to ride on an animal

B

 * bjalij - white
 * bog - god, deity
 * bogi - the Gods
 * bolǐ - pain

Č

 * časitǐ - to count, to measure
 * časo - clock
 * čætatǐ - to read


 * Čenostva Destaistvaja - Ministry of Education
 * Čenostva Rynastvaja - Ministry of Finance
 * Čenostva Samoljenaja - Ministry of Technology
 * Čenostva Tolvaja - Ministry of Energy
 * Čenostva Voinestvaja - Ministry of War
 * černij - black


 * černij - black
 * čestǐ - honour
 * čur - idol

D

 * dačja - daughter
 * daisvannets - scholar, gentleman


 * dalko(n) - far
 * dalkoprīz, dalprīz - telephone
 * dalkozvuk - broadcast
 * dalzvutǐ - to broadcast, to send a digital/electronic message
 * padalzvutǐ - broadcasting, sending a message
 * dārestǐ - to draw
 * padārestǐ - drawing


 * dælatǐ - to do something
 * padælatǐ - doing
 * dejotǐ - to give
 * padejotǐ - giving
 * delinnij - long
 * delkastelǐ - bus-pusher, loser
 * delkes - bus
 * delkleson - van, truck
 * denǐ - day
 * desæst - school
 * destaitǐ - to learn, to study


 * dežatǐ - to keep


 * do - yes (formal)
 * dō - before
 * dōba - foot
 * dobedža - catch, prize, plunder
 * dobro - good
 * dobro nočǐ - good night
 * dobro pažalovatǐ - good blessing, welcome
 * dobro polīna - good afternoon
 * dobro razveta, dobro 'zveta - good morning
 * dobro smjerča - good evening


 * dom - home
 * dora - road
 * doska - board, table
 * dostatǐ - to touch
 * drevo - tree
 * drugo - friend
 * dukh - soul, wight
 * duša - soul

E

 * erš - ear

G

 * gdje - where
 * godo - year
 * golos - voice
 * gonki - racing
 * gorod - fort, settlement


 * Gosudarǐ - Your Majesty (if male)
 * Gosudarǐnja - Your Majesty (if female)
 * grad(o) - large city
 * grækh - flaw, fault, glitch, malfunction, error
 * grækhnij - flawed, broken, failed
 * gruda - heap, pile, bundle
 * gron - mountain
 * grōz(o) - thunderstorm
 * grustǐ - sadness

I

 * igra - game


 * imætǐ - to have something abstract or strange
 * imævatǐ - having something abstract
 * inomirjanin, jomjanin - alien
 * inomīrjaninij - extraterrestrial
 * inos- - between
 * inostrannaja - international
 * i pročaj, i pr. - and so on, etc.
 * iskōnij - ancient, archaic
 * iskōnije - ancient times
 * iskōnǐ - a long time ago, long ago, from a long time ago, very ancient
 * istin - that's right
 * istinnij - true, correct, right, accurate
 * istinnije - true, factual
 * itsebo - robot, automaton
 * izmænitǐ - to change
 * izmænjatǐ - changing
 * izvæstitǐ - to inform, to announce
 * izvæščitǐ - announcing
 * izvæstno - recognisable, notorious, known, standard, familiar
 * izvæščenije - announcement, advertisement, notice

J

 * jač - box
 * janzyk - language
 * jarsa, jasta - diamond from earth
 * jasnij - clear
 * jašenǐ - barley
 * jegra - game
 * jekhætǐ - to ride, to drive to
 * pajekhætǐ - riding, driving
 * jesilǐ - if
 * jestǐ - is, am, are; to have something
 * jātǐ - is being
 * jesatǐ - having something
 * jo - I
 * jožik - hedgehog
 * južej - south

K

 * kapišče - shrine
 * kleson - carriage, cart, automobile
 * korščij - brown
 * krosenij - red
 * krōvǐ - blood
 * krug - wheel

Kh

 * kharošo - good
 * khladnij - cold
 * khorom - palace
 * khram - temple

L

 * lagrinǐ - piano
 * lārjo - camp
 * læpsok - a plastic-like material made from sand and rytorintar; build-sand
 * lekarǐ - minor doctor
 * lekarmæst - clinic
 * letjetǐ - to fly
 * poletjetǐ - flying
 * lettjelko - flying vehicle
 * ljænistvo - decadence
 * ljænǐ - laziness, decay
 * ljes(sa) - forest
 * ljod - ice
 * ljōdestvo - republic, democracy
 * ljōdestvonaja - democratic, republican
 * ljodjanaja - frigid, arctic, antarctic
 * Ljodjanaja Pustošǐ - the Ice Wastes, the northern continent of Nordgard
 * Ljodjan
 * ljōd(o) - people, tribe
 * ljončel - slap in the face, embarrassment, failure
 * ljončetǐ - to slap, to degrade
 * ljončatǐ - slapping, (slang) humiliating, degrading
 * ljota - aircraft, airplane
 * ljubi - love
 * ljubimomu - favourite, preferred, preference
 * ljubitǐ - to love
 * ljubatǐ - loving
 * ljučon - laser shot, laser weaponry
 * lonka - port, harbour
 * lūban - circle, field, enclosure, cent, penny
 * luč - beam, ray
 * luč- - holo-
 * lučak - laser
 * lučisok - hologram
 * lučjač - holojector

M

 * meč - sword
 * mečta - dream
 * mesjats - moon
 * metsej - face
 * mir - world, planet
 * mīr - peace
 * molja - lightning
 * moljenij - electric
 * morje - sea
 * mudrets - ancestor
 * mudrimæst - university
 * must - bridge
 * mysli - mind

N

 * nām - name
 * nevnij - new
 * nežnij - low
 * njebo - sky
 * njebesgavanǐ - spaceport
 * nož - knife

O

 * očǐ - eye
 * ogonǐ - bonfire, sacred fire, holy fire
 * opasnij - dangerous
 * ostāvitǐ - to stop
 * ostrov - island

P

 * pače - glass
 * pamjatǐ - to rememeber
 * pamivjatǐ - recalling
 * pesna - song
 * pjello - arm, limb
 * plesok - sand
 * pobæda - victory
 * poditǐ - to go, to rain/snow


 * podnætǐsja - to climb up, to improve
 * podnæmotǐsja - climbing up
 * podnij - advanced
 * podnistvo - advancement


 * poitǐ - to go with someone
 * oitǐ - going with someone
 * poldenǐ - noon
 * polīna - afternoon
 * polnočǐ - midnight


 * pomašǐ - to help


 * pomavašǐ - helping
 * posil - end, finale
 * pravǐ - order

R

 * rad - glad, merry
 * rasvenij, rasvij - orange
 * raz - again


 * risok - drawing, picture


 * rjačij - hot
 * rod, rad - origin, birth, race, people, folk
 * ryba - fish

S

 * sad - garden
 * særij - gray


 * sætǐ - net, website
 * In websites all over Jerde, .сҍт can be found at the end of their addresses, just like .com in Earth websites. On other scripts it is ".saet" or ".set"
 * sbōr - meeting, assembly
 * sdačtelǐ - [./https://rabydosverse.fandom.com/wiki/Mutant mutant]
 * sdjerzitǐ - to copy, to repeat
 * sdjerzatǐ - copying
 * sdjerzo - clone
 * sentonas - seventeen
 * serdnestvo - alliance
 * serdnij - useful, hardworking, diligent
 * serdnik - hardworking person, workaholic
 * severej - north
 * sīla - force
 * sjedī - seat, chair
 * sjemīja - family
 * sjertse - heart
 * skeratī - to write
 * slava - glory, hail to...
 * Slava Bogi - Praise the Gods!
 * slavanij - glorious
 * slošatǐ - to listen
 * slovo - word, term
 * sluzitǐ - to serve
 * smjerča - evening


 * sneg - snow
 * snjænij - blue
 * solets - sun
 * sparij - silver colour
 * sparo - silver
 * starij - old
 * strana - country
 * svjanij - holy, sacred

T

 * telka - cart, vehicle
 * temma - darkness
 * tenje - well, fine
 * teperǐ - now
 * toljo - fuel
 * tolk - sense, reason
 * tustatǐ - to support

Ts

 * tselik - doctor, medic
 * tselimæst - hospital, clinic
 * tselinnij - medical
 * tselitelǐ - repairer, mechanic, engineer
 * tselitǐ - to heal, to mend, to fix
 * tselivatǐ - mending, fixing
 * tselǐba - repairs
 * tsokho - shop
 * tsvetok - flower
 * tsvæt - colour

U

 * um - mind
 * umnaja - mind


 * umnannaja - intelligence
 * uspækhnij - successful
 * uspækh(o) - success, passing grade
 * uspætǐ - to arrive
 * uspævatǐ - arriving
 * nje uspæl (X), kak (Y) - Just as (X) happened, (Y) interrupted


 * utro - dawn

V

 * vareno - king
 * vi - in
 * vidun - intermediate priest, seer
 * vimjaste - together
 * vitjazǐ - knight, hero
 * vitro - wind
 * vjaltij - yellow
 * vjerja - path
 * voda - water
 * volje - book
 * volkhov - high priest
 * vremja - time
 * vysnij - high

Z

 * zakon - law
 * zerinij - green
 * zemlja - realm
 * zoloto - gold
 * zoltij - golden colour
 * zvesta - star

Ž

 * žel(e)zo - iron
 * živa - life
 * žrets - priest

Example text
I serve the Holy Gods: through their presence around me and within me, I fear nothing!

Let the evildoers come and face me. I will defeat them, and they will fear me!

Hey, this arcade game is surely fun to play with!

I hope by Svetovid that we would survive those accursed polar raids.