Ged¨hi

Ged¨hi and Zeªhţi are related to East-Semitic languages.

=Setting= ...

=Basic Grammar=

Ged¨hi language retained all 29 Proto-Semitic consonant. According to the early traditional orthography, they were represented by those 22 Legci letters and 2 diacritic marks:

A Б Γ D E W Z Η Θ И K L M N Ξ O Π Ψ Q R Ш T ` '

The expanded alphabet with all 29 consonants is:

A Б Γ Γ` D D` E W Z Η Θ Θ` И K K` L M N Ξ O Π Ψ Q R Ш T T`

Ligatures:

D` = Ð K` = X (slim H) T` = Þ

A Б Γ Γ` D Ð E W Z Η Θ Θ` И K X L M N Ξ O Π Ψ Q R Ш T Þ

In 886 CE, these old letters were replaced by Latin letters:

A B G G` D Ð E W Z Η T¸ Þ¸ J K X L M N C O P Ç Q R S T Þ

The reform at the begining of the XV century changed the orthography of laryngeals and vowels:

¨ b g gh d ð ¨h w z ªh t¸ þ¸ j k x l m n c ºh p ç q r s t þ

Before the reform, the vowel {a} was not written and was considered to be implicitly contained in the letters for consonants. When the mark : (called se¨ewatu "emptiness")was placed after the consonat, it canceled this inherent a. When the vowel V or I was placed immediatelly after the consonat, it contracted with the inherent a to o and e respectivelly.

Thus for exapmle, the word beºhlatu "lady" was written BIO:LT:V.

=Dictionary= ¨

¨ebu "father" ¨ebnu "stone" ¨edru "poplar" ¨edrimu "February" ¨exu "brother" ¨exatu "sister" ¨elu "god" ¨el¨hu "God" ¨elpu "ox"

b

bi prep. "in" be¨lu "huge" bebu "gate" bejtu "house" benej "build" beºhlu "lord" beºhlatu "lady"

g

geblu "mountain" gedu "grandfather" gedlu "heavy"

gh

d

dejen "judge" delatu "door" demqu "good" dennu "mighty"

ð

ðu "this"

¨h

¨hu "The" ¨hewej "be"

w

wi conj "and" webnu "digit" werdu "slave" werxu "month" weseb "sit"

z

zebu "fly" zemeru "music" zenenu "rain"

ªh

t¸

t¸ewbu "good"

þ¸

j

jedu "arm" jewmu "day"

k

ki {prep.} "like" kebru "great" ke¨hnu "priest" kekbu "star" kelu "whole" kelbu "dog" kelbatu "bitch" kecpu "silver" kepu "hand"

l

lo prep. "to" li prep. "at" le¨ "no"

m

mewet "die" mewetu "death"

n

negru "herald" neºhru "riwer" nepes "breathe" nepesu "breath, breathing, soul" nepsu "animal"

c

ºh

p

pegru "body"

ç

ç'

q

qet¸el "kill" qellu "light" qerbu "near" qernu "horn"

r

re¨su "head" repesu "width" repsu "wide"

s

su "the" se¨wu "empty" se¨ewatu "emptiness" selem "be healthy" selemu "health" selmu "healthy" semer "keep"

s'

s'emlu "left" s'eru "prince" s'eratu "princess"

t

tewu "mark"

þ

þewru "bull"

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