Polijole/Dialects

This page provides a list and example sentences for all of the historical versions and all of the modern Languages of the Polidish language family.

note: most of the modern langauges' names are based off of their etymological-original classical polidish word, so the names may differ slightly

Proto-Polidish
Proto-Polidish, mostly commonly called Tēkʷts [ˈtæːkʷtɿ], but could also be called Kʷʼō līǵōxū ǵāle [kʷʼɑː liːˈɟɑːxuː ˈɟɑːlɛ], (often just shortened to Kʼʷōlīǵōle [kʷʼɑːliːˈɟɑːlɛ]), was first spoken around ~5820bc and was the oldest form of Polidish, it was very isolating, it had a C(V/F)(P) syllable structure (where P is short for ᵐb, p, t, c, k, kʷ, ʔ and F is a syllabic fricative) It is the ancestor of Classical and Central polidish. It had a preference for a VSO or VOS word order, but because of the marked cases, the word order was allowed to be very free. Except for prepositional verbs, which must go before the object forcing either VOS or SVO.

Vowels
there are no diphthongs

Example Sentences
kʷōk loǵēḱḱē sēbūkʼxbū tʼēkʼēnetʼekʷ ns sēboʼbū kʼsḱōnēkʼētʼekʷ

[kʷɑːk lʌɟæːcˈcæː sæːˈᵐbuːkʼɣ̩ᵐbū tʼæːˈkʼæːnɛtʼɛkʷ nɿ ˈsæːᵐbʌʔᵐbuː kʼɿcɑːˈnæːkʼæːtʼɛkʷ]

ADV slow ABL-PERF tree-LOC.SG 1SG.MASC.NOM ALL-PERF bird-LOC.DU

I walked from the tree to the 2 birds.

sū gisē ns xō tʼītʼōsēb, nīnx sū ginē!

[suː giˈsæː nɿ xɑː tʼiːtʼɑːˈsæːᵐb, ˈniːnɣ̩ suː giˈnæː]

very like 1SG.MASC.NOM DEM.ACC food, COP.PRES.3sg very good.

I love this food, it's great!

Məká
Məká /məˈka/ is a Polidish language which has no relation to Classical or Central Polidish. These people split off from the other polidians before the others gained their magic, so they had no magical capability. This language is unique for being the only Polidish language to have phonemic stress, while the others may have only had allaphonic stress.

Vowels
there are no diphthongs

Example Sentences
pak logék bō sebṓkə tekéni mō sébō ikskanék

[pak lɔˈgɛk bɔː sɛˈbɔːkə tɛˈkɛni mɔː ˈsɛbɔː ikskɐˈnɛk]

ADV slow COP.PST from tree 1sg.NOM to bird

I walked from the tree to the 2 birds.

sō gisé mō hā tātaséb, nā́nə sō giné!

[sɔː giˈsɛ mɔː haː taːtɐˈsɛb, ˈnaːnə sɔː giˈnɛ]

very like 1sg.NOM DEM.ACC food, COP.PRES.3SG very good

I love this food, it's great!

Classical Polidish
Classical Polidish, or Polijolè [pˠɒliɟɒlə̆] was spoken at around ~692bc, it had a strict CV word order and was quite agglutinatively polysynthetic. It was the ancestor of CIP, Gekhe and Xiophoniol. It had the same word order syntax as Proto-Polidish.

Phonology
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Romanisation
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Example Sentences
pholejacha zamukomi takanètè na zamemi kaçhonakatè

[pˠʰɒləɟaˈt͡sʰa zamuˈkɒmi taˈkanə̆tə̆ na ˈzaməmi kat͡ʃʰɒˈnakatə̆]

ADV-slow ABL-∅-AOR tree-LOC 1SG.MASC.NOM ALL-∅-AOR bird.LOC.DU

I walked from the tree to the 2 birds.

gìşaşzuna xa titozanè, nina zugìnanè!

[gĭˈʃaʒuna xa titɒˈzanə̆, niˈna zugĭˈnanə̆]

love-1SG.MASC DEM food-ACC, COP.PRES.3sg very-good-ACC

I love this food, it's great!

Central Polidish
Central Polidish, also just called Polijolè [pˠɒliɟɒlə̆], was a dialect of Polidish also spoken around ~692bc which was almost identical in grammar to Classical Polidish and is quite polysynthetic (but more fusional), but shows a few phonological, phonotactical and lexical differences. it had a CV(s) syllable structure where a coda -s could appear (in some locations it could only appear word finally). It had front-back vowel harmony. It was the ancestor of Kikhahi, Bozaje, Cakine and Nagaku. It had the same word order syntax as Proto-Polidish.

Vowels
diphthongs: /ĭu/, /ĭə/, /ĭa/, /ĭɒ/

Example Sentences
phelejacha zabukobi takanètè nas zabebi ka(s)çhonakotè

[pˠʰələɟaˈt͡sʰa zaᵐbuˈkɒᵐbi taˈkanə̆tə̆ nas ˈzaᵐbəᵐbi ka(s)t͡ʃʰɒˈnakɒtə̆]

ADJ-slow ABL-∅-AOR tree-LOC 1SG.MASC.NOM ALL-AOR bird.LOC.DU

I walked from the tree to the 2 birds.

gìşaşzunas xo titozonè, ninos zugìnonè!

[gĭˈʃaʒunas xɒ titɒˈzɒnə̆, niˈnɒs zugĭˈnɒnə̆]

love-1SG.MASC>3SG DEM.ACC food-ACC, COP.PRES.3SG very-good-ACC

I love this food, it's great!

CIP
CIP aka "Common Imperial Polidish", or Pəliçəu [pəlit͡ʃəu], is the most commonly spoken form of Polidish in modern times, the version shown here is spoken around 3012ad, same with all of the other dialects below. The language is very fusional with as many as 9 noun declensions. It had a preference towards an SOV word order. It very interestingly developed the phonemic clicks / from particular consonant clusters and /m.

Vowels
Diphthongs: /i̯a/ /i̯e/ /i̯ʊ/ /uɪ/ /ua/ /əɪ/ /əʊ/

[ç] is an allophone of /h/ before /i/

Example Sentences
təqət lıçaspl samukani ki kəşənaşot samıni

[təǃət lɨt͡ʃaspɫ̩ samukani ki kəʃənaʃot samɨni]

tree-LOC slow-GEN ABL-1P.AOR 2 bird-LOC.PL ALL-1P.AOR

I walked from the tree to the 2 birds.

cetəsan hə çeşaşuna, ha hu çenan!

[t͡setəsan hə t͡ʃeʃaʃuna, ha hu t͡ʃenan]

food.ACC DEM.ACC love-1P, DEM.NOM very good-ACC

I love this food, it's great!

Kikhahi
Kikhahi, or modernly Ḱihehi [c̠ihɛhi], it is very fusional and has 6 declensions. It had a strong preference for a SVO word order but VSO and SOV was also allowed. The language shows many similarities in phonology, grammar and syntax to Cakine due to being in close proximity to it.

Vowels
Diphthongs: /ɪa/ /ɪe/ /ɪo/

Example Sentences
nas plecə zapuköpi takanət zamepi kaçonokət

[nas plɛt͡sə zapukœpi takanət zamɛpi kat͡ʃɔnɔkət]

1SG.NOM ADJ-slow ABL-AOR tree-LOC.SG ALL-AOR bird.LOC.DU

I walked from the tree to the 2 birds.

nas şasu hə titoşon, ninos su nɔn!

[nas ʃasu hə titɔʃɔn, ninɔs su nɔn]

1SG,NOM love DEM food.ACC, COP.3P.PRES very good.ACC

I love this food, it's great!

Bozaje
Bozaje, or modernly, Pə̀sàşè [pə̀sàʃè], it was both a language isolate and was grammatically fairly isolating. It has 4 tones: High, Mid, Low, and Falling, however, The High and Low tones turn into Rising and Falling tones in diphthongs (so the rising tone is allaphonic). It had a strict VOS word order due to lacking any morphological cases.

Vowels
Diphthongs: /ĭa/ /ĭe/ /ĭo/ /ĭu/ /ĩɑ̃ː/ /ĩɛ̃ː/ /ĩɔ̃ː/

Example Sentences
loşàcápə̀ sàmuhômu þáhą̀ nâ sàmomu hâçǫ́ hó

[l̪ɤʃàt͡sápə̀ sàmuhɔ̂ːmu θáhɑ̃̀ː n̪ɑ̂ː sàmɤmu hɑ̂ːt͡ʃɔ̃́ː hɤ́]

slow-GEN ABL-PST tree 1SG ALL-PST bird two

I walked from the tree to the 2 birds

kìşású á tḯtə́sà nâ, ni sú kį̀ á

[kìʃású á t̪ɯ́t̪ə́sà n̪ɑ̂ː, n̪i sú kĩ̀ á]

love DEM food 1sg, COP.3P.PRES very good DEM

I love this food, it's great!

Cakine
Cakine, or modernly, Çekiŋ [t͡ʃɛkiŋ], it has a lot of vowel harmony, it has 2 declensions. It had a strong preference for a SVO word order but VSO and SOV was also allowed. The language shows many similarities in phonology, grammar and syntax to Kikhahi due to being in close proximity to it.

Vowels
Diphthongs: /iɑ/ /iɛ/ /iɔ/ /iu/ /ɑi/ /ui/ /ɑu/

Example Sentences
nas welejaç rabukonop takanı rabınap kaçonoku

[nɑs wɛlɛjɑt͡ʃ rɑbukɔnɔp tɑkɑnɯ rɑbɯnɑp kɑt͡ʃɔnɔku]

1SG.NOM ADV-slow ABL-1SG-AOR tree-LOC.SG ALL-1SG-AOR bird-LOC.DU

I walked from the tree to the 2 birds.

giɬarunos ha titoron, ninos su ginan!

[giɬɑrunɔs ha titɔrɔn, ninɔs su ginɑn]

love-1SG DEM food-ACC, COP.PRES.3P very good-ACC

I love this food, it's great!

Nagaku
Nagaku, or modernly Dagagu [dagagu]. It mainly preffered SOV but other word orders were allowed. The syllable structure is CV(N)(C)

Vowels
diphthongs: /ɪa/ /ɪe/ /ɪu/

Example Sentences
das taganıt pılıjaça sabuguci kaçunagıt sabıci

[das tʰaganɯt pʰɯlɯd͡ʒat͡ʃa sabugut͡si kʰat͡ʃunagɯt sabɯt͡si]

1SG.NOM tree-LOC ADJ-slow ABL-AOR bird.LOC.DU ALL-AOR

I walked from the tree to the 2 birds.

Gekhe
Gekhe polidish, or kēkhēpo pōlijōl [kɛːkʰɛːpɔ pɔːlijɔːl] (literally "Polidish of the highly magical") is the Polijole spoken by the highest elites of the polidians. It is considered the most similar to classical Polidish in grammar of all dialects. It only allowed for verb initial word orders, VSO was the main prefered word order but VOS was also allowed.

Vowels
Diphthongs: /ɪa/ /ɪe/ /ɪo/ /ɪu/

Example Sentences
pēlejācha sāmukāna sākānat sāmena kāçhonōkat

[pɛːlɛjɑːt͡sʰa sɑːmukɑːna sɑːkɑːnæt sɑːmɛna kɑːt͡ʃʰɔnɔːkæt]

ADJ-slow ABL-1SG>3SG.PERF tree-LOC.SG ALL-1SG>3SG.PERF bird.LOC.DU

I walked from the tree to the 2 birds.

sujeşāşuna ha sitōşōn, nina sujenon

[sujeʃɑːʃuna ha sitɔːʃɔːn, nina sujenon]

love-1SG>3SG DEM food.ACC, COP.3SG.PERF very-good.ACC

I love this food, it's great!

Xiophoniol
Xiophoniol, or modernly Xöfonöl /çɵfoɲɵl/ is spoken in the Xöfon country of Poligea, the version shown here was spoken until 973ce when the language went extinct. It mainly preffered SVO but other word orders were allowed.