Tamashek

Tamashek is a reconstructed language based on the text spoken in Denis Villeneuve's Dune film.

It is said that the Sardukar language spoken in battle is just a modified version of English. However, it sounds nothing alike to English so i decided to reconstruct it based on the spoken text.

Classification and Dialects
Tamashek is spoken by the Sardukar who are a feared almost inhuman army who live mainly in Salusa Secundus. This version of Tamashek was spoken 10,191 A.G. and does not reflect the more ancient version of the language ounce spoken on Salusa Secundus.

Orthography of Consonants
Stress is marked with a acute accent. I decided to mark it as stress in Tamashek appears to be random and probably lexical.

It is also only marked on words with and more than two vowels

Nouns
Nouns have a plural marker (-a)


 * kus (enemy) + -a (plural) = kúsa (enemies)
 * ábud (planet) + -a (plural) = ábuda (planets)
 * sáduk (soldier) + -a (plural = sáduka (soldiers)

It is believed that Modern Tamashek has no cases however could be case marking

anikáni "by the army" (could -i be a Instrumental Case)

Pronouns
Tamashek is partially a pro-drop language however there are a few attested pronouns


 * abín (1st Person Singular)
 * fad (1st Person Plural)
 * at (3rd person Singular)

Verbs
Verbs are marked for Tense, Person and Number. Here are all the attested verb forms


 * ági-stá fad (1st Person Plural Present)
 * súsha-t (2nd Person Singular Present)
 * shad-á (3rd Person Singular Present)
 * don-áf (3rd Person Plural Present)
 * káman-si (1st person Plural Future)
 * gú-shi (3rd Person Plural Future)

The verb da "to be" has a irregular conjugation


 * báde (1st Person Plural)
 * da (Maybe 3rd Person Singular)
 * donáf (3rd Person Plural)

There are also some mood auxiliaries that indicate the mood of the sentence


 * tu - Interrogative (also used in making questions)
 * shta/fi - Negative
 * sha - Potential (best translated as the English auxiliary 'can'
 * dash - Passive
 * na - Imperfective

Syntax
The word order is OSV with the mood auxiliaries coming first in the sentence

sha kúsa agistá fad - LIT: POT Enemy-PL Kill-1P 1P - we can kill all of our enemies in one stroke

na can be used to quantify a sentence

na saduká "more than us?

Questions end in 'tu abín ' and may have passive construction.

Attested Tamashek
The text said by the Sardukar Commander in the film been translated as "Why does the baron need us. The Harkonnen outnumber the Atredies … We are the Sardukar. The emperor's blades. Those who stand against us fall … The emperor commands it. It is done." A more accurate translation would be:


 * púrosh bagáts. - I am confused.
 * dash anikáni gúshi da atrídish tu abín. - Why does the baron need us against the Atredies.
 * shta tu donáf - They will face no resistance against the Harkonnen.
 * na saduká - They can't be more powerful than us.
 * fi úka báde - we are anything but the weakest.
 * sha kúsa ágista fad - we can kill our enemies in one stroke.
 * na ábud kámansi - It is too late to cancel the attack on Arrakis.
 * at shadá - The emperor wants it to happen

There is also a Tamashek sentence said before Kyne's death


 * Kynes. gáshuno súshat - Kynes. you have betrayed the emporor