| Heronoi Heronoi Quita | |||||||||||||
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| Type | Synthetic | ||||||||||||
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| Tonal | No | ||||||||||||
| Declensions | No | ||||||||||||
| Conjugations | No | ||||||||||||
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| Nouns decline according to... | |||||||||||||
| Case | Number | ||||||||||||
| Definiteness | Gender | ||||||||||||
| Verbs conjugate according to... | |||||||||||||
| Voice | Mood | ||||||||||||
| Person | Number | ||||||||||||
| Tense | Aspect | ||||||||||||
| Meta-information | |||||||||||||
| Progress | 3% | ||||||||||||
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| Creator | HorsesDrivingVans | ||||||||||||
Classification and Dialects[]
Heronoi (Heronoi Quita) is a language spoken by the Heronoi, a race of blond, blue-eyed humanoids that live at the northeastern part of the continent of Palkyras. The Heronoi were descendants of aliens that conquered their homeland and intermarried with the natives. They resemble humans, but they can be told apart with their glowing skin, their flammable blood, their berserk rage, and their innate fear of lunar eclipses and ice cream.
Dialects[]
In the Heronoi dialect spoken in the capital city, Wanaxawoiko, later used among youngsters across the nation, u tends to be pronounced as [ɯ] or [ʊ], especially when unstressed and short.
Western Heronoi[]
- z - [z~ʑ] not [dz]
- -k (before g, g', gw, k, kh, qu)
- -s - [ʃ]
- r - [l], [ɾ] in important words, following vowel omitted at the end of a word
- dh - [z]
- th - [s]
- w - [β]
- x - [xs]
- gw, qu - [xw]
Eastern Heronoi[]
- ō - [wo] after g, g', k, and kh
- gw - merged to b, g, p except in formal words
- qu - merged to b, f, g, p except in formal words
- th - [tʰ]
- dh - [z]
- z - merged to g, s
- r - [l] in many words
- l and š are considered separate phonemes from r and x
- x - [ʃ] at the start of words
Siangwaanian Heronoi[]
This is the dialect Gworofando and Wiresa uses, and its pronunciation is considered the standard pronunciation in Siangwaan.
- Similar to Standard Heronoi
- th - [tʰ]
- dh - [ð~d]
- r - [r] (trill)
- -ō verbal suffix - [-wo(n)]
- x - [ks~is]. [ks] between vowels, [is-] at the start of a word
- ö - [ø], [-oi] at the end of a word
- -an adjective - [aŋ]
- Keeps gw and qu
External history[]
HorsesDrivingVans designed the Heronoi language at around 2015-2016. He based it on transcriptions of Linear B (an ancient form of writing used for the Greek language), Latin, and Japanese.
Phonology[]
Consonants[]
| Bilabial | Labio-dental | Dental | Labialised dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labialised velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | ||||||||
| Plosive | Voiceless | p /p/ | t /t/ | tw /tʷ/ | k /k/ | qu /kʷ/ | ||||
| Voiced | b /b/ | d /d/ | dw /dʷ/ | g /g/ | gw /gʷ/ | |||||
| Aspirated | g' /gʱ/ | |||||||||
| Fricative | f /f/ | th /θ/ | s /s/ | z /d͡z/ | kh /x/ | h /h/ | ||||
| Affricate | x /k͡s/ | |||||||||
| Approximant | (l) /l/ | j /j/ | w /w/ | |||||||
| Flap or tap | r /ɾ/ |
Vowels[]
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i /i/ | y /y/ | u /u/ |
| High-mid | e /e/ | ö /ø/ | o /o/ |
| Mid | ē /æ/ | ō /ɔ/ | |
| Low | a /ä~ʌ/ |
Phonotactics[]
Syllable structure: (C)(w)(V)(V)(n/s/t)
Writing System[]
The Heronoi syllabary.
Heronoi also has its own syllabary.
| Cyrillic | А | І | О | Е | У | Ѡ | Ѣ | Ѵ | Ѫ | Д | Т | Н | Ԁ | Ѳ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Letter | A | I | O | E | U | Ō | Ē | Y | Ö | D | T | N | Dh | Th |
| Sound | /ä/ | /i/ | /o/ | /e/ | /u/ | /ɔ/ | /æ/ | /y/ | /ø/ | /d/ | /t/ | /n/ | /ð/ | /θ/ |
| Cyrillic | Б | П | М | Ф | К | Г | Ҁу | Гў | С | З | Р | Х | Ў | Ј |
| Letter | B | P | M | F | K | G | Qu | Gw | S | Z | R | H | W | J |
| Sound | /b/ | /p/ | /m/ | /f/ | /k/ | /g/ | /kʷ/ | /gʷ/ | /s/ | /d͡z/ | /ɾ/ | /h/ | /w/ | /j/ |
| Cyrillic | Ѯ | Ґ | Тў | Дў | Һ | (Ж) | (З́) | (Л) | (Ш) | (Ч) | (Џ) | |||
| Letter | X | G'/Gh | Tw | Dw | Kh | (Ž) | (Ź) | (L) | (Š) | (Č) | (Dž) | |||
| Sound | /k͡s/ | /gʱ/ | /tʷ/ | /dʷ/ | /x/ | /ʒ~d͡z/ | /z~s/ | /l~ɾ/ | /ʃ~s/ | /t͡ʃ~d͡z/ | /d͡ʒ~d͡z/ |
Pronunciation[]
- a - [ä], [ʌ~ə] unstressed
- an - [ʌn], [ʌ̃~ʌŋ] in the adjective suffix -an
- dw - [dʷ]
- dh, ð - [ð]
- ē - [æ], [ej] after w
- g - [g], [j] before short [i]
- gw - [gw]
- g' - [gʱ]
- j - [j]
- kh - [x]
- n before m - long m
- n before n - long n
- n before other consonants - nasalises consonant
- ö - [ø], [-øj] after w, [-wo̞j] at the end of a word
- ō - [ɔ], [ɔ~ʌ(n~ŋ)] in the verbal ending -ō
- qu - [kw]
- r - [ɾ]
- s before any consonant - [ʃ]
- s before s - long s
- s before s at the start of a word - [ʃ]
- t before any consonant - long consonant
- t before s - [t͡s]
- tw - [tʷ]
- th - [θ]
- [tʰ] in eastern dialects
- x - [k͡s]
- y - [y], [ɯ] when unstressed, [-jo̞] at the end of a word
- z - [d͡z]
- á, í, ó, é, ú, ý, ḗ, ṓ, ö́ - long vowel
Grammar[]
Nouns[]
Pronouns[]
nominative - accusative - genitive
- I: imo/ima - omo/oma - iso/ise (masc/fem0
- thou: du/dawa - dumo/duma - dusa/duwasa
- he/she: ito/ita - seto/seta - itosa/itisa
- singular/anonymous they - etai - sete - itese
- romantic we - dwaima - dwaimaja - dwaisa
- inanimate it: itu - setu - itesu
- abstract it: itumo - setyma - itysu
- we: itwö - tömo - twosa
- you: wo - twymo - wosa
- they: tetwo - setwo - twesa
- royal I: Wanaxa
- royal thou: Dwaxa
- royal he/she: Dwaxasa
- royal they: Wixa - Wixama - Wixasa
-sa is used for genitive for words, but if a word ends with sa, -sa is changed to -so.
-toge - -self
-mai - (plural)
Verbs[]
Infinitive - continuous - perfect
- Past: -(n)iki - -(j)ōniki - -(jō)kita
- Present: -ō/-jō/-nō - -(j)ōki - kö- ... -(j)oki
- Future: dwí- - dwí- ... -(jō)ki - dwí- ... -(jō)kita
- Passive: ...-tö bi X - done by X
- g'a before verb - do not
- e.g. g'a temō - do not use
- g'a after verb - cannot
- e.g. temō g'a - cannot use
- -sō - should, must, need to
- -(o)nö - with (something)
Other verbs[]
- nijō - to do
- temō - to use something
- jessajō - to need
- samō - to have
- idájō - to come
- miwajō - to be able to do something
- tajenō - to want to do something
- nödijō - to become something
- sēnbaō - to meet
- amijō - to eat
- muxijō - to drink
- symējō - to sleep
- sujō - to break, to smash, to shatter
Syntax[]
Articles[]
- te - and
- -(o)ry - or
- oto- , -teja - also
- nu - but, except, however
- mo ... - for
- -porý - except
- ... tes - X of Y
- -nin - of a substance or colour
Noun affixes[]
- -dono - doer
- -bono - doer of a profession
- -doro - doer of a formal profession
- -bano - -ism, -ness
- -janna - -ness
- -wai - demonym
- -bo - demonym, -er
Place prepositions[]
- -ni(n) - in, at, or a substance
- -sö́ - on, above
- -(jo)di - towards, to
- -wö - from
- -pe - out of
- twixa - between
- -dosö, -dosoi - under
- -risö, -risoi - over
- -jori - very near
- -ori - near
- -roni - far
- -dároni - far away from
- kare - against, to the opposite of
Time prepositions[]
- -mi, mija - now
- re- - again
- waraxoe, waxoje - therefore, so that
Amounts[]
- tosso - very, many
- toso - more
- gise - few
- -ida - full of
- -tare - lacking in
- quone - any
- des(a) ... - -er
- tosda ... - -est
- aro- - all
- amoi, enboi - every
Questions[]
- ka - what
- oty - when
- peta - where
- onnö - who
- pasa, sa - how
Miscellaneous[]
- ra- - only
- -wara, -noi - like something
- toni - this
- tani, dani - that
- noi - so that
- suga - just, should, need to
Lexicon[]
Basics[]
- je - yes
- daija - truly
- g'a - no
- daraki - hello
- haja, hai - hail to you
- idaki(na)noi, dakinoi - welcome
- dwikai dipisa (du)? - how are you? (lit. "is your harvest fine?")
- (dipisa) iso tosso - I am fine (lit. "my harvest is many")
- du sijanō? - do you understand?
- ka du temō? - what are you doing? (lit. "what are you using?")
- tossodari, tosari - thank you
- ka tosso? - anything else?
- idájō jes! - come here!
- wikauge, wikaute - sorry
- sýmunte in Eastern Heronoi
- tarauma - goodbye
- taraumas - farewell
- -aje? - (interrogative), ... ?
- -je(s)! - (intensifier), ... !
Numbers[]
Modern and Old Heronoi (O)
0; 1-10
- (O) g'owos, anna, dwos, tiri, pweso, iru, aixa, anija, saisa, jaraxa, pijewo/saiti
- gogwo; ana, duwo, tiri, peso, iru, axa, anē, aisa, jaxa, pewo
- 11-20: anpijo, dwepijo, tiripijo, setpijo, rypijo, (e)xapijo, (a)nēpijo, (ai)sēpijo, jaxēpijo, wisaiti/waisati/dwosati
- 30-90: tirisati, pessoti, irysati, atxati, naisati, aisati, jatxati
- 100 - mija
- 200-900 - dwemija, tirimija, pesomija, irymija, axamija, naisamija, aisamija, jaxamija
- 1000 - adara
- 2000-9000 - dwedara, tiridara, pesodara, irudara, axadara, naisadara, aisadara, jaxadara
- 10000 - kywano/sodara
Wordlist[]
A[]
- araja - white
- ari - red
- asa - life
- áxi - ice
- azoja - direction
B[]
- beja - love
- beō - to love
- bexa - happy
- bori - book
D[]
- daija - world
- dája - truth
- dára - great
- dáragoma - full Moon
- daxo - hero
- dethu - foot, trail, path
- dori - tree
- dō - to give
Dw[]
- dwaxija - diamond
- dwono - plate, tribute, offering
- dworo - door, gate
E[]
- esanoja - east
F[]
- farano - fern
G[]
- geno - people, race
- gomi - moon
- gotin - bad
Gw[]
- gwepei - orange
- gwinan - small
- gwonō - to open
- gworija, gworo - north
G'/Gh[]
- g'ori - green
H[]
- haja - holy
- hawe - wing
- hinan - good
- hiō - to want
- hóquo - fire
- hóquō - to burn
I[]
- irawi - bright, fair, good
- irejo - priest
- íro - heat
J[]
- jarajan - divine
- jasa - light
K[]
- kara - blood
- karō - to bleed
- kijawo - rider, knight
- koma - hair
- kukoro - wheel, cycle
- kunija - woman
- kuruso - golden
- kury - gold colour
- kurykoma - blonde
M[]
- míwo - bird
- mosono - man
- múro - darkness, night
- muxijō - to drink
N[]
- naima - wind
- najen(o) - while, meanwhile
- najewa - birth
- nani - day
- nara - sky
- neiwo - new
- neizotai - new year
- néjō - to observe, to watch
- nerijō - to become
- nijō - to do
- noja - home
- nopori - citrus, orange fruit
- nowijō - to take one step at a time
- numino - fog, smoke
- nutō - to retreat, to fall ball
- nutōro - falling back, recession, rolling ball, reversal
O[]
- oboja - south
- opero - debt, loan
- Óquō najen du karō! - Burn while you bleed!
- This is considered the strongest curse in the Heronoi language.
- oriko - few
- osa - ask, prayer
- ósaboti - morning
- ósana - blue
- osajō - to pray
- otokamidi - option, choice (when in great danger)
- otejo - when (archaic)
- otojō - to add, to include
- oty - when
P[]
- paitejo - vampire demon, ice cream, horror
- paixéja - beautiful
- pakano - blade
- parewa - clothes
- parē - danger
- paro - battle-axe
- pata - foot
- pawi - previous
- paxeta - waterfall
- peirasi - please
- pira - river
- pojomo - herder
- pötai - arrow
- púra - fire
Qu[]
- quasera, quasa - lord
- querijo - gold (substance)
- quita - language
R[]
- ratisō - to dance
- rime - lake
- rúki - dream
- rydwo - horse
S[]
- saino - honour
- saja - star
- sari - silver
- sija - colour
- soi - soul
- sonnö - grey
- sonnu - snow
- sume - sleep
T[]
- tarauma - goodbye
- taxe - hand
- teru - light blue
- tiza - city
- túnasō - to stop
- túron - brown
Tw[]
- twemunijō - to bleed severely, to be in a critical condition, to suffer great damage
- twymo - ye all
Th[]
- thajō - to think
- thijunō - to hide
- thorequo - person, being
U[]
- unujō - to listen
W[]
- wanaxa - king
- warixa - spear
- wezu - armoured wraith
- wikefö - vampire
- woi - fish
- woiko - home
- woquo - chariot
- woxajo - forest wight
- woxajō - to ask
- woxo - forest
X[]
- xeja - grass
- xenija - herbs, medicine
- xefo - sword
- xuradana - birthday (not an anniversary, but the exact day you were born)
- xurasō - to have a child, to give birth
Z[]
- zawai - year
- zewoka - balance
- zoni - death
- zō - to die
Example text[]
Dialect pronunciations[]
Dáragomi jumeraida mo aro-Heronowajo-mai.
Да́рагомі јумераіда мо аро-Хероноўајо-маі.
Standard: [ˈdäːɾʌgomi juˈmeɾai̯dʌ mo ˈäɾoheɾonowʌjomai̯]
Western: [ˈdäɾəgomi ɯˈmelai̯də mo ˈɔlohelonoβajomai̯]
Eastern: [ˈdalagomi jyˈmelaitʌ mo ˈalohelɔnoajomai̯]
Siangwaanian: [ˈdaragomi juˈmeraida mo ˈaːroheronowajomai̯]
"The full moon is the symbol of all Heronoi people." - Kitamewa Rimökaru
Other samples[]
Aro-kara haja. G'a kewarynō itumo nymaweböna.
[ˈäɾokäɾʌ ˈhäjʌ gʱa keˈwaɾynʌŋ iˈtumo nymaˈwebønʌ]
All blood is holy. Do not spill it unnecessarily.