Circular Gallifreyan

General information
Gallifreyan is the language used by the Time Lords from the planet Gallifrey. There are several forms of written and spoken Gallifreyan.

Circular Gallifreyan evolved from Modern Linear Gallifreyan. The writting is sub-divided in:

''A complex system of interlocking circles. Used in every day life, computers and TARDISes.'' ''Its use is similar to cursive in English and other human languages. Mostly seen in poetry. ''
 * Collapsed Circular Gallifreyan
 * Long Circular Gallifreyan

Many of its words sounds like frustrated grunts and clucks to most other species. Gallifreyan has thirty tenses, ten of which are for discussing alternate universes caused by events discussed in the other 20. It is not uncommon for Time Lords, when discussing the future, to suddenly shift into an alternate-universe tense. Most of the nouns and adjetives are compounds words, making them very long and complicated. Fortunately, with the introduction of Modern Gallifreyan, these senteces-like words became shorter.

Gallifreyans only evolved a language when it became necessary to discuss concepts which could not be adequately expressed telepathically, such as quantum physics. Many concepts, particularly those relating to emotions, can still only be truly expressed telepathically.

Alphabet


There are no letters in Circular Gallifreyan. Each circle represents a unique sound.

Time Lords do not disting consonants from vowels. The order of their alphabet isn't like any other from Earth. Also, every circle has it owns name. These names are never used on writings, only orally.

This is the alphabet taught to the children of Gallifrey when they enter the Academy:

Ñ    =     ÑEH

J    =     JEH

N    =     NEH

P    =     PEH

M    =     MEH

K    =     KEH

L    =     LEH

B    =     BET

Ç    =     ÇET

G    =     GET

H    =     HET

F    =     FET

CH    =    CHET 

D    =     DET

TS    =     TSEM

<p style="text-align:center;">QU    =     QUEM

<p style="text-align:center;">X    =     XEM

<p style="text-align:center;">NG    =     NGEM

<p style="text-align:center;">Y    =     YEM

<p style="text-align:center;">Z    =     ZEM

<p style="text-align:center;">T    =     TEL

<p style="text-align:center;">ZH    =    ZHEL 

<p style="text-align:center;">V    =     VEL

<p style="text-align:center;">W    =     WEL

<p style="text-align:center;">S    =     SEL

<p style="text-align:center;">SH    =     SHEL

<p style="text-align:center;">R    =     REL

<p style="text-align:center;">O    =     OHTE

<p style="text-align:center;">Ē    =     ĒFSE

<p style="text-align:center;">U    =     UXE

<p style="text-align:center;">E    =     ELBE

<p style="text-align:center;">I    =     ITGE

<p style="text-align:center;">Ū    =     ŪHDE

<p style="text-align:center;">A    =     AKHE

<p style="text-align:center;">Ã    =    Ã'ÇE 



=Grammar=

Sentence Structure
The main structure is SOV for sentences and questions.

Tenses
The modern Gallifreyan language has 30 tenses:
 * Example: Vimur (man) - Rherjy (to go) - En'ē kue (to) - Lapeljou (home) 

* The Saudade Tense is used with things that used to be and may be again one  day. ** The Oblivion Tense is used with things that used to be and have been erased from time completely. *** The Pan-Temporal/Spatial Tense is used with things which always are and   were and will be, all through the universe. Mostly seen in (time) laws. **** The Utopia Tense is used with things that never were but could be. Mostly seen in sentences expressing feelings. ***** The Cannot Tense is used with things that must never happen.

Tenses for Alternate Universes
The tenses for Alternate Universes are comformed of the auxiliar, the verb and the suffix -'kalra.

Example: But only 10 of the verb tenses can be used in the AU mode: ​Some young Time Lords tend to use the AU suffix with other tenses, although this is incorrect.
 * Vimur en'ē kue lapeljou  rherjy'kalra iera.     (future tense in an Alternate Universe)'''
 * 1) Present
 * 2) Past Perfect
 * 3) Past Imperfect
 * 4) Past Anterior
 * 5) Future
 * 6) Future Perfect
 * 7) Future Continous
 * 8) Pluperfect
 * 9) Saudade
 * 10) Conditional Perfect

Timelines
It's not necessary to specify in which or whose timeline the actions are being performed, nevetheless, Time Lords love a complicated language so they often, when conjugating a verb, add a Timeline Specifier. There are 3 timelines in which one can talk:
 * 1)  Personal Timeline : The Timeline of the speaker not the subject who commits the action. Used in conversations between 2 to 5 Time Lords and generally when the subject is not present. It's represented with the word zhan after the verb.
 * 2) Individual Timeline : The Timeline of the subject who commits the action. Used in conversations between 2 or more Time Lords and generally when the subject is also the speaker. It's represented with the word zhana before the verb.
 * 3) Universal Timeline :The Timeline of the Universe, the one that never changes. Used in conversations between more than 5 Time Lords. It's represented with the word zhante at the beginning of the sentence.

Fixed Points in Time
Time Lords can see what is, what could be, what used to be, what must never change (fixed points in time) and what must never happen.

To talk about fixed points in time, they simply add the word baghk after the conjugated verb. Some count this as the 31th verb tense of the Gallifreyan language.

Objective Personal Pronouns
The Subjective Personal Pronouns are used as Objective as well.

Possesive Personal Pronouns
The preffix çagts' is added before the personal pronoun. Ex.:

Çagts'pira jyei    =   Mine

Çagts'borhear   =   Its

Çagts'qutchl   =   Yours

Demostrative Pronouns
When referring to something on the same timeline of the speaker:

<p style="text-align:center;">This/These     =      Niat

<p style="text-align:center;">That/Those     =     Zu

When referring to something on a different timeline that the speaker's:

<p style="margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:1em;text-align:center;">This/These     =     Fhe'lē Niat

<p style="text-align:center;">That/Those     =     Fhe'lē Zu