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/

-Lenition-

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

s>x b>m c>g g>h d>z t>d p>b f>v m>u vowel>h

'''-Interrogatives- '''Cú? – Where Cad? – What? Can? – When? Cé? – Who? Cad camín? – How? (What path/way) Cede – How many? Cadó? – Why? (what for) Cad Fád? – Why? (what reason) Cad óar es? – What time?

-Pronouns-

I: Mi You: Du He: É She: Sí It: Ed Y’all: Sus We: Sni They: Síe My: Mou Your: Dou His: Her: Its: Y’all’s: Sú Our: Nou Their: Síu

-Articles-

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 stá(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 ádmi 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 find es - My friend’s cat is white *Male friend* (garand+s) Ín livru ma mazras nóu es – My mother’s book is new (mazra+s) Sú ína amal ma sesras 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 uaza – Good morning Diu maz – Good day Adag uaza – Good evening Nòuz uaza – Good night Meziu maz – Good afternoon

Gáleg/a esmi - I am Gallaic Éis Haleia esmi - I am from Gallaecia Gálega Lávrumi – I speak Gallaic Ní lávrumi Gálega - I don't speak Gallaic Gálega biu stá – Gallaic is alive

Á lávrumi stá – I am speaking A stá á lávratu? – Are you speaking? Ma anme...es – My name is... Drúz esmi, mou gamín Drúzahta es – I am a druid, my path is Druidry

Gara ádmi 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".