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-Polijole
Qó líɟó'y jóla [kʷɑː liːɟɑːʔɣ̩ ɟɑːlɛ], or often just shortened to Qólijóla [kʷɑːliːɟɑːlɛ] was first spoken around 7820bc and was the oldest form of polidish, it was almost completely isolating, it also had a very strict CV word order.

Vowels
there are no diphthongs

Example Sentences
qhó loɟáchá tú sábúky gá nɿ tákána tú sábó kɿchónáto'o

[kʷʰɑː lʌɟaːcʰaː tuː saːᵐbuːkɣ̩ gaː nɿ taːkaːnɛ tuː saːᵐbʌ kɿcʰɑːnaːtʌʔʌ]

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

I walked from the tree to the 2 birds.

sú gisá gá nɿ xá no títósá, nínyká gá xá no sú giná!

[suː gisaː gaː nɿ xaː nʌ tiːtɑːsaː, niːnɣ̩kaː gaː xaː nʌ suː ginaː]

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

I love this food, it's great!

Classical Polijole
Classical Polidish, or Polijolè [pˠɒliɟɒlə̆] was spoken at around ~692bc, it had a strict CV word order and was quite polysynthetic

Phonology
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Romanisation
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Example Sentences
pholejacha zamukanamùci takanèsaka kaçhona'esa

[pˠʰɒləɟat͡sʰa zamukanamŭt͡si takanə̆saka kat͡ʃʰɒnaʔəsa]

ADV-slow ABL-1SG.MASC>3SG-PST.PERF tree-ABL bird-DU.ALL

I walked from the tree to the 2 birds.

gìşaşzuna xa titoşzanè, ni xaga zugìnanè!

[gĭʃaʒuna xa titɒʒanə̆, ni xaga zugĭnanə̆]

love-1SG.MASC DEM food-ACC, COP DEM-NOM PL-good-ACC

I love this food, it's great!

AIP
AIP aka "Average 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 many noun declensions.

Vowels
Diphthongs: /ia/ /iʊ/ /uɪ/ /ʊa/ /əɪ/ /əʊ/

[ç] is an allophone of /h/ before /i/

Example Sentences
təŋnət lıçacpa samukani ki kəşənasok samıni

[təŋnət lɨt͡ʃat͡spa samukani ki kəʃənasok samɨni]

tree-LOC slow-GEN ABL.1SG.PST.PFV 2 bird-LOC.PL ALL.1SG.PST.PFV

I walked from the tree to the 2 birds.

çetəşan hə ho çeşasumi, hə ho çenan!

[t͡ʃetəʃan hə ho t͡ʃeʃasumi, hə ho t͡ʃenan]

food.ACC DEM.NOM very like-1SG, DEM.NOM very good-ACC

I love this food, it's great!

Kikhahi
Kikhahi, or modernly Kixähi [c̠ixehi]

Vowels
Diphthongs: /aɪ/ /eɪ/ /oɪ/

Example Sentences
nas känəþ zapuköpi freşasə kaçonok zamepi

[nas kenəθ zapukøpi fɾeʃasə kat͡ʃonok zamepi]

1SG.NOM tree-PREP ABL-PST.PERF ADJ-slow bird.DU.PREP ALL-PST.PERF

I walked from the tree to the 2 birds.

Bozaje
Bozaje, or modernly, Pə̀sàşé [pə̀sàʃé], it is fairly isolating and has 3 tones: High, Mid, and Low.

Vowels
Diphthongs: /ia/ /ie/ /io/ /iu/ /ĩɑ̃/ /ĩɛ̃/ /ĩɔ̃/

Example Sentences
loşàsàpà sàmuhə̀mi þáhą̀ nà sàmomi háçǫ́ hó

[lɤʃàsàpà sàmuhə̀mi θáhɑ̃̀ nà sàmɤmi hát͡ʃɔ̃́ hɤ́]

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

I walked from the tree to the 2 birds

Cakine
Cakine, or modernly, Çäkin [t͡ʃækin], it has a lot of vowel harmony.

Vowels
Diphthongs: /ia/ /ie/ /io/ /iu/ /ɑi/ /ui/ /ɑu/

Example Sentences
welejaç rabukonop nas takanıs kaçoŋokus

[welejɑt͡ʃ rɑbukonop nɑs tɑkɑnɨs kɑt͡ʃoŋokus]

ADV-slow go-1SG-PST.PERF 1SG.NOM tree-ABL bird-DU.ALL

I walked from the tree to the 2 birds.

Nagaku
Nagaku, or modernly Dagaku [dagaku]

Vowels
diphthongs: /ɪa/ /ɪe/ /ɪu/

Example Sentences
das rakanıt phırıjaça sabukuci kaçunakıt sabıci

[das ɾakanɯt pʰɯɾɯjat͡ʃa sabukut͡si kat͡ʃunakɯt sabɯt͡si]

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

I walked from the tree to the 2 birds.

Gekhe
Gekhe polidish, or kékhépa pólijóla [keːkʰeːpa poːlijoːla] (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.

Vowels
Diphthongs: /ia/ /iɛ/ /iɔ/ /iu/

Example Sentences
pélejácha sámukánáci sákánaka káçhónóésa

[peːlɛjɑːt͡sʰa sɑːmukɑːnɑːt͡si sɑːkɑːnæka kɑːt͡ʃʰono.esa]

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

I walked from the tree to the 2 birds.

sujeşaşuná xá şitóşóna, ni sujenona

[sujɛʃaʃunɑ xɑ ʃitoːʃoːna, ni sujɛnɔna]

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