Galeiga

Gálega is the revived form of the Celtic language of Northwestern Iberia. The vocabulary of Gálega is solely Celtic with Ibero-Basque loans and a few exceptions for Latin, Gothic and Arabic via the Ibero-Romance languages. Many Celtic words survive to this day in Galician and Portuguese, which have been incorporated into the language. There are also loans from Gaulish, Brythonic (Galicia was colonized by Britons during the Anglo-Saxon invasion of Britain) or directly from primitive Irish/Gaelic words that can be traced back to proto Celtic. It is a conlang, reconstructed as best as possible, that being so I gave myself some creative leeway for the possible path this particular Celtic language could have taken.



-Name-
Gálega: Gála+ega

(Gallaeci) Galla (Calla, C could also be G in Latin apparently) from proto-Celtic "Gala-" (power, strength, force) plus "-ico"/"-eco", an Iberian Celtic suffix used to indicate possession or belonging. So, Gallaeci, Galla-eci (plural), Galla-ecos/eca (singular). Their name could mean something like, "Strong people" or "People of power". -Phonology-  s - /s/z/ and /ʃ/ or /ʒ/ before a consonant and at the end of a word

c - /k/

g - /g/

x - /ʃ/

h - /x/

z – /ð/

in - iñ (Ína is pronounced "Íña", Camín is "Camíñ")

en - eñ (Cen is pronounced "Ceñ", Bena is "Beña")

-Lenition-
Occurs after the article with feminine nouns and adjectives describing them, after certain prepositions and also after possessive pronouns.

s>x

b>m

c>g

g>h

d>z

t>d

m>v

vowel>h

Senmazraí - ancestors > Ma xenmazraí - my ancestors

Cran - Tree > Ína gran - The tree

Ína mena vaza - The good woman (bena, maza)

-Interrogatives-
  Cú? – Where

Cad? – What?

Can? – When?

Cé? – Who?

Cad camín? – How? (What path/way)

Cede – How many?

Cadó? – Why? (what for)

Cad Fáz? – Why? (what reason)

Cad óar es? – What time?

-Pronouns-
I: Mi

You: Tu

He: E

She: Si

It: Ed

Y’all: Sus

We: Sni

They: Sis

My: Mou/Ma

Your: Tou/Ta

Y’all’s: Sou/Sua

Our: Nou/Nua

Their: Síu/Síua

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The: Ín – Ína

This: Sú

That: Sin

These: Soi

Those: Sindu

Here: Ansú

There: Ansin

-Prepositions-
Again: Adé

Out/from: éis

Over/above(great): Ór (uor)

Bottom/bum: Bunda

* superlative*: -om

* diminutive*: -il/ila

Between: Endra (entara)

Up: Os (Osom highest)

In: In Around: Om

At/towards: Á/Ad-

To/For: Dó

With: Gon

If: Má

Beyond (But): Édra

Too: Aug (c.i. Auku)

Under: Fú (c.i. upho)

-Ríman- (Numbers)
1: óen

2: dua

3: trís

4: cedru

5: coing

6: sés

7: séza

8: óuz

9: nava

10: dega

11: óendega

12: duadega

13: trísdega

14: cedrudega

15: coingdega

16: sésdega

17: sézadega

18: óuzdega

19: navadega

20: fígon

-Examples-
The sentence struture of Gálega is SOV, except in questions or negations, in which case it changes to VOS

There is no word for “yes”. Instead, the verb is repeated back in affirmation. “Ní” is “no/not”.

“A ezeiaimu á gourmatéu amárea?” (Will we eat at the pub tomorrow?)

“Ezeiaimu”/”Ní ezeiaimu” (We will *eat*/We won't *eat*)

-Questions-    Questions are asked by beginning the question with the interrogative particle “a”. The normal SOV sentence structure changes to VSO.

Cadó a staí(tu) á gámin? (Why are you walking?)

Cede bledna a stá ádu? (How old are you?) *How many years do you have?*  -Negations-'''

“Ní” precedes verbs to make negations. The normal SOV changes to VSO.

Ní stá ámi courma. (I don’t have beer)

-Possession-

The noun being possessed precedes the possessor, the possessor has "-s" attached as a suffix.

Ín gatu mou garands fíndu es - My friend’s cat is white *Male friend* (carand+s)

Ína gamixa ma vazras nóa es – My mother’s shirt is new (mazra+s)

Sú amal ma xesras es – This is my sister’s apple (sesra+s)

-Phrases-

Hello: Slán ádu! *health to you* (to one person)

Hello: Slán ásus (more than one person)

Hello: Olá

Hey: Oi

Goodbye: Saz ádu/ásus *peace to you*

Bárea vaza – Good morning

Diu maz – Good day

Adag vaza – Good evening

Nóuz vaza – Good night

Meziu maz – Good afternoon

Gálegu/a esumi - I am Gallaic

Éis Haleia esumi - I am from Gallaecia

Gálega Lávrumi – I speak Gallaic

Ní lavru(mi) Gálega - I don't speak Gallaic

Gálega biu stá – Gallaic is alive

Á lavru stáu(mi) – I am speaking

A staí á lavraí(tu)? – Are you speaking?

Ma anme...es – My name is...

Drúz esumi, mou gamín Drúzahta es – I am a druid, my path is Druidry

Gara ámi dótu stá) – I love you

Tu garu(mi) - I love you

-Gara- Love (present)

Garumi - I love

Garaítu – You love

Garaidesus – Y’all love

Garamusni – We love

Garáe – He loves

Garási – She loves

Garansis – They love

(Past)

Rugarumi - I loved

Rugaraítu

Rugaraidesus

Rugaramusni

Rugaráe

Rugarási

Rugaransis

(Future)

Garaiaimi - I will love

Garaíaitu

Garaideiaisus

Garamuiaisni

Garáiaie

Garáiaisi

Garaniaisis

(Conditional)

Rugaruiaimi - I would love

Rugaraíaitu

Rugaraideiaisus

Rugaramuiaisni

Rugaráiaie

Rugaráiaisi

Rugaransís

All personal pronoun suffixes are optional, or are used for emphatic effect. Instead of saying, "Courma garumi", you can simply say, "Courma garu".

Verb to be (impermanent)

Stáu - I am

Staí – You are

Stáide – Y’all are

Stámu – We are

Stáe – He is

Stási – She is

Stán – They are

Verb to be (permament)

Esu - I am

Esí - You are

Eside - Y'all are

Esmu - We are

Ese - He is

Essi - She is

Esan - They are