Semhudi

Semhudi is extinct, but lives on in Velen.
Semhudi (sɛm.u.di) was a language with a rich culture in the nation of Tortuga. It may be connected to the old Amaniti language of Valondor, it was used as the official language of the Church of Garfism, declaration by Luke Greencoat. Semhudi was mainly spoken in the center to southeast part of the Pirate Peninsula sub-continent within Rathnir, later being assimilated together with other languages into the Kamtari language, on Abexilas. The language is featured in three out the twelve names of the boroughs of Felesia i.e. Pifiki, Fovaejos, and Iosiat. In Semhudi's early days, it was called Stemoshudi, but was later simplified to Semhudi after gender loss and other minor changes.
== Proto-Semhudi ==
Without too much detail, Proto-Semhudi was quite complicated in terms of noun cases, noun gender, and plurality. Nouns in Proto-Semhudi used to have 8 cases compared the 4 present in Modern Semhudi. Nominative, Genitive, Dative, Accusative, Ablative, Elative, Vocative, and Transitive. Elative, Vocative, and Transitive fell out of use. Nouns and verbs have 4 types of plurality: Singular, Dual, Plural, and Superplural, all which stayed throughout Semhudi's history. Adding onto that, nouns were divided into their respective 3 genders: Masculine, Feminine, and Neuter. Because there was no line between what was feminine, masculine, and neuter, the concept fell out of use, leaving Modern Semhudi with no more gender. Gender later evolved into animacy. In total, nouns had 96 endings, later being simplified to 68.
==Standard Dialect==
===Phonology===
====Felesian Accent====
=====Consonants=====
 	Bilabial	Lab. Den.	Dental 	Alveolar	P. Alv. 	Ret. Flex	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal 	m 	 	 	n 	 	 	 	 	
Plosive 	p,b 	 	 	t,d 	 	 	 	k,g 	
Sib. Aff. 	 	 	 	 	tʃ (č) 	 	 	 	
N-sib. Aff. 	 	 	d̪͡ð (rl)	 	 	ɻ˔ (rh) 	 	 	
Sib. Fric. 	 	 	 	s,z 	ʃ (š), ʒ (ž)	 	 	 	
N-sib. Fric.	 	f,v 	ð (th) 	ð̠ 	 	 	 	x 	h
Approx. 	 	 	 	 	 	 	j 	 	
Tap 	 	 	 	ɾ (r) 	 	 	 	 	
=====Vowels=====
 	Front	Central	Back
Close 	i 	 	u
Near Close	ɪ 	 	
Close Mid 	 	 	ɤ, o
Mid 	ɛ 	 	ɔ, ɔ̃
Open 	 	a 	
====== Diphthongs ======
au	/au/
ii	/ai/
====Neoran Accent====
=====Consonants=====
 	Bilabial	Lab. Den.	Dental 	Alveolar	P. Alv.	Palatal	Velar
Nasal 	m 	 	 	n 	 	 	
Plosive 	p,b 	 	 	t,d 	 	 	k,g
Sib. Aff. 	 	 	 	 	tʃ (č) 	 	
N-sib. Aff. 	 	 	d̪͡ð (rl)	 	 	 	
Sib. Fric. 	 	 	 	s,z 	ʒ (ž) 	 	
N-sib. Fric.	 	f,v 	ð (th) 	 	 	 	x
Approx. 	 	 	 	 	 	j 	
Tap 	 	 	 	ɾ (r) 	 	 	
Trill 	 	 	 	r 	 	 	
Lat. App. 	 	 	 	l 	 	 	
=====Vowels=====
 	Front	Central	Back
Close 	i 	 	u
Near Close	ɪ 	 	
Close Mid 	e 	 	ɤ, o
Near Open 	æ 	 	
Open 	 	a 	
====== Diphthongs ======
au	/au/
ii	/ai/
==== Pronounciations ====
IPA 	Semhudi	English	Present in:
/ai/ 	ii 	eye 	All except Krinén
/jo/ 	eo 	yo 	All
/d̪͡ð/ (/d̪/)	rl 	dth 	Felesian
/ɻ˔/ 	rh 	th 	Felesian
/ɔ/ 	or 	aw 	Felesian
/ɔ̃/ 	orn 	aw 	Felesian
The orthographic spelling "ii" representing /aɪ/ evolved because of the Pavlovism religion that dominates Neoran's, although it originated from Aurora. In Pavlovism, The Timii Rite and the Sabii Rite is pronounced like /tɪmai/ and /sæbai/. This rule carried over to Semhudi and eventually was replaced to "ii" but Neoran officials in Deparja. After effecting the people, and even schools, the "ii" spelling has been used ever since. 
The orthographic spelling "rl" representing /d̪͡ð/ or /d̪/ evolved because of the pronunciation of the "l" sound in Felesian which is pronounced as /ð/ through evolution. This is the only instance in both Neoran and Felesian that the "l" is pronounced as /ð/ because in Neoran, the "l" is pronounced as /l/. Because of the seemingly odd consonant combination of "rl," the "r" was simplified to the /d/ sound and the "l," as previously said, became pronounced as /ð/. This combination allows for Semhudi's most unique spelling of "rlorrl," as it is pronounced like /d̪ɔd̪͡ð/.
The /ɻ˔/ sound was adopted into Semhudi because of the close ties with pirate talk. The /ɻ˔/ sound is the mix of the pirate talk sound of /ɹɣ/ in "Arghhh!" and the /ð̠/ sound of Felesian Semhudi.
==== Accent Markings ====
č	/tʃ/	Čios	Island
š	/ʃ/ 	Šorn	Land
ž	/ʒ/ 	Žali	Happy
ò	/ɤ/ 	Òoi 	Number
===Grammar===
The word order of Semhudi is Subject-Verb-Object (SVO), similar to Traveler's Tongue. Adjectives fall before nouns in all instances. Because articles are attached to the animate and inanimate nouns, they all always before the noun. Instead of saying "The orange cat," you would say "Orange the+cat."
Semhudi has a distinction between animacy and inanimacy. In Proto-Semhudi, this distinction was present with gender. There were three genders: Masculine, Feminine, and Neuter. Over time, most animate and divine nouns were used in the masculine cases while inanimate nouns, including animals, were used with the feminine and neuter cases. Even after gender formed into animacy, animate nouns split into two parts: nouns and divine nouns. In order for a noun to be animate, it must be referring to people, Garfist items, sun, moon, sky, days, body parts, and minor exceptions. To be a divine noun, it must be a place, Garfist saint/character. In order for nouns to be inanimate, they must refer to animals or object, ideas, and concepts.
====Nouns====
=====Animate Nouns=====
People, Garfist Items, Sun, Moon, Sky, Days, Body Parts, Any Exceptions
 	Singular	Dual 	Plural	Superplural
Nominative	 	is 	as 	us
Genitive 	to 	ith 	asto 	ums
Dative 	ro 	ith 	ath 	urith
Accusative	nò 	ithen	athen 	utsom
=====Inanimate Nouns=====
Objects/Ideas/Concepts
 	Singular	Dual 	Plural	Superplural
Nominative	i 	ra 	ia 	mi
Genitive 	ipa 	re 	i 	ma
Dative 	ith 	reth 	ith 	mith
Accusative	ife 	rethni	ithe 	muth
===== Divine Nouns =====
Divine nouns, unlike other nouns, can not have any articles placed on them.
Places, Religious Saints/Characters (Nouns)
 	Singular	Dual	Plural	Superplural
Nominative	ia 	iat 	ja 	jat
Genitive 	ian 	iant	jan 	jant
Example: Fredrick (Garfist Saint) lived in Felesia= Vredrikia aditho Felesian (Fredrick lives+past Felesia+gen)
Places, Religious Saints/Characters (Adjectives)
 	Singular	Dual	Plural	Superplural
Nominative	em 	et 	ym 	yt
Genitive 	en 	ent 	yn 	ynt
Example: Fredrick (Garfist Saint) was from Greenstem= Vredrikia aditho Grinen (Fredrick originates+past Greenstem+gen)
==== Verbs ====
Transitive Verbs
 	Singular	Dual 	Plural 	Superplural
Present 	 	(i)ps	(i)v 	me
Past 	o 	(o)tò	žo 	žo
Remote Past 	th 	th 	(i)tath	(i)path
Future 	ti 	di 	di 	di
Remote Future 	ump 	tu 	tu 	čoth
Imperfect 	oth 	oth 	žoth 	žoth
Pluperfect 	otho 	olto 	žožo 	žožo
Future Perfect	teo 	dito 	džo 	džo
Example: He found us = Osom čipalo kosmathen. (He find+past 1stplural+acc.)
Intransitive Verbs
 	Singular	Dual 	Plural 	Superplural
Present 	t 	(i)pst	(i)vt 	met
Past 	ot 	(o)tòt	žot 	žot
Remote Past 	rl 	rl 	(i)tarl	(i)parl
Future 	tit 	dit 	dit 	dit
Remote Future 	umpt 	tut 	tut 	čorl
Imperfect 	orl 	orl 	žorl 	žorl
Pluperfect 	othot 	oltot 	žožot 	žožot
Future Perfect	teot 	ditot 	džot 	džot
Example: They will fight = Zim fašdit.
===== Reflexive Verbs =====
In order to have a sentence with a reflexive verb. you must remove the subject and lengthen the first vowel in the object, as they are the same thing.
Example: I love myself = Fjò oosm. (love 1st,sing.,masc.)
===== Moods =====
If one mood is inflicted in a verb, the ending is suffixed. When there are multiple, the mood endings become their own word. 
Suffixed:
Example: Do I love myself? Fjeh oosm.
Example: Love myself! Fjiir oosm.
Combined:
Example: Can I love myself? Fjò ehez oosm.
Example: Let me love myself! Fjò iirez oosm.
====== Exclamatory Mood ======
The exclamatory mood implies an command. To have a command in Semhudi, just add -iir at the end of the verb.
====== Interrogative Mood ======
The interrogative mood implies a question. To have a question in Semhudi, just add -eh at the end of the verb.
====== Permissive Mood ======
The permissive mood implies permission being given. It must be paired with another mood in its own word. To have ask for permission in Semhudi, just add -ez at the end of the ending.
===== Formality =====
If you are ever speaking to a much higher rank than you, its polite to add “eth” to the end of the sentence and add -re at the end of any verbs.
Informal:
Why did you declare war on them? Sim vliirleh sinm.
Formal:
Why did you declare war on them? Sim vliirlehre sinm eth. 
===== Negation =====
In order to negate almost all verbs, add the prefix den- before the verb that did not happen.
Example: They did not fight- Zim denfašdit
There is an exception to this though. If you are negating the verb "te" ("to be"), you must you the suffix "-ne."
Example: I am not there- Osm tene joznò. (Osene joznò.)
==== Adjectives ====
Adjectives in Semhudi is the least complex part of the language, as they take no inflections neither at the beginning or ends of the words. Adjectives are placed before their nouns they are affecting in all cases.
==== Adverbs ====
Adverbs always go after adjectives. For example, if you were to say "very good" in Travelers' Tongue, you would put the adverb and then the adjective. In Semhudi, you would say "Pe-boli," literally translating to "good-very."
==== Nominalization ====
Nominalization is like turning action words (verbs) or describing words (adjectives) into things or objects (nouns). It helps us talk about actions, qualities, or ideas as if they are stuff we can see or touch. So, instead of saying "being cool is great," you can say "coolness is great," treating "cool" like a noun. In Semhudi, nominalization is expressed by the word "zda" before the verb that is being nominalized.
Pe- to be great/good
Zda pe- goodness
==== Denominalization ====
Denominalization is the opposite of nominalization. It is the process of turning nouns into verbs or adjectives. Instead of saying something like "I become a flat object because a car ran me over," you can say "I flatten because a car ran me over." The same process in Semhudi happens with denominalization, meaning the noun in question takes the suffix "-en."
T'Dvizi- the bird
T'Dvizi dvizen- the bird flies (or literally, "the bird birds")
==== Evidentiality ====
Evidentiality is present in Semhudi, and is often used conversations. There are two types of evidentiality in Semhudi. Note that evidentiality may not be useful or make sense, but evidentiality is very important in conversations.
===== Visual Evidentiality =====
Visual evidentiality in Semhudi is used to prove a point that you saw first hand. To prove a point, add "-čipal" to the end of a verb.
===== Auditory Evidentiality =====
Auditory evidentiality is in Semhudi is used to add that you witnessed the thing your are describing second hand. This is the same that as if someone where to say "I heard that.." Although you are providing information to someone, you did not experience it first-hand. To describe that you heard something second-hand, as "-ivz" to the end of a verb.
==== Articles ====
Articles are present in Semhudi. Instead of being their own words, they are prefixes: t’ . T’ is the only article, used definitely and indefinitely. Before a vowel, like in T’Ezòdii, is pronounced like the ejective alveolar stop, like in Georgian. Before a consonant, like the T’Fini, is pronounced te. Unlike in English where you would state the before the adjective and the noun, it is just before the noun, like in Harti t’Garfian.
==== Pronouns ====
===== Informal Pronouns (+to be "te") =====
Present 	 	Singular 	Dual 	Plural 	Superplural
Present 	1st masc. 	ose 	oteps 	koziv 	kozme
Present 	1st fem. 	kite 	oteps 	koziv 	kozme
Present 	2nd 	site 	imps 	isif 	izmet
Present 	3rd 	yte/ite 	čimps 	simiv 	zimet
Present 	ANY or N/A	yte/ite 	yte/ite 	yte/ite 	yte/ite
Past 	 	Singular 	Dual 	Plural 	Superplural
Past 	1st masc. 	osmo 	otò 	kožo 	kožo
Past 	1st fem. 	kimo 	otò 	kožo 	kožo
Past 	2nd 	simo 	itò 	ižo 	ižo
Past 	3rd 	jo/iau 	čitò 	sižo 	sižo
Past 	ANY or N/A	jo/iau 	jo/iau 	jo/iau 	jo/iau
Remote Past 	 	Singular 	Dual 	Plural 	Superplural
Remote Past 	1st masc. 	omth 	omth 	kosath 	kozath
Remote Past 	1st fem. 	kimth 	omth 	kosath 	kozath
Remote Past 	2nd 	simth 	imth 	isath 	izath
Remote Past 	3rd 	yth/ith 	čimth 	sath 	zitath
Remote Past 	ANY or N/A	yth/ith 	yth/ith 	yth/ith 	yth/ith
Future 	 	Singular 	Dual 	Plural 	Superplural
Future 	1st masc. 	osi 	odi 	kosti 	kozdi
Future 	1st fem. 	kiti 	odi 	kosti 	kozdi
Future 	2nd 	siti 	idi 	isti 	izdi
Future 	3rd 	yti/iti 	čidi 	sindi 	zidi
Future 	ANY or N/A	yti/iti 	yti/iti 	yti/iti 	yti/iti
Remote Future	 	Singular 	Dual 	Plural 	Superplural
Remote Future	1st masc. 	osump 	otu 	kostu 	kočoth
Remote Future	1st fem. 	kimp 	otu 	kostu 	kočoth
Remote Future	2nd 	simp 	itu 	istu 	ižoth
Remote Future	3rd 	jump/jaump	čitu 	sintu 	zičoth
Remote Future	ANY or N/A	jump/jaump	jump/jaump	jump/jaump	jump/jaump
Imperfect 	 	Singular 	Dual 	Plural 	Superplural
Imperfect 	1st masc. 	osmoth 	omoth 	kožoth 	kožoth
Imperfect 	1st fem. 	kimoth 	omoth 	kožoth 	kožoth
Imperfect 	2nd 	simoth 	imoth 	ižoth 	ižoth
Imperfect 	3rd 	joth/jauth	čimoth 	sižoth 	zižoth
Imperfect 	ANY or N/A	joth/jauth	joth/jauth	joth/jauth	joth/jauth
===== Formal Pronouns =====
 	Singular	Dual	Plural	Superplural
1st masc. 	osm 	om 	kosm 	kozm
1st fem. 	kim 	om 	kosm 	kozm
2nd 	sim 	im 	ism 	izm
3rd 	y/ia 	chim	sinm 	zim
ANY or N/A	y/ia 	y/ia	y/ia 	y/ia
==== Affixes ====
Prefix 	O'- 	(for names) Of _ 	My name is Tela O'Grin. 	T'hanrli kimto te Tela O'Grin. 	Last Names
Prefix 	den- 	to not _ 	I do not love you. 	Osm denfjò simnò. 	Verbs
Suffix 	 	 	 	 	
Suffix 	_dweller 	I am a nightdweller. 	Osm te t'valetokernò (Ose t'valetokernò)	Nouns 	
Suffix 	_(place of origin/language/ethnicity) 	I am in the Nekkic Sea. 	Osm te na t'nekyč (Ose na t'nekyč) 	Nouns 	
Suffix 	_(makes noun into verb) 	I love to bake. 	Osm fjò of ben. 	Nouns 	
Suffix 	_(mini/small/little version of something) 	I just started a flame on the stick.	Osm mekenth t'vlaglinò a t'xegi. 	Nouns 	
Suffix 	_uldi 	_keeper 	I am a teacher. 	Osm te t'renuldi. (Ose t'renuldi.)	Nouns
Suffix 	_(makes a single digit number apart of a 2 digit number)	He is twenty years old. 	Osom ek Frikò-Frikuri jarmuth. 	Numbers 	
Suffix 	_re 	_(formality at the end of verbs) 	May I? 	Osm tetire ehez? 	Verb
_n't (only used on "te" (to be))	I am not there. 	Osm tene joznò. (Osene joznò) 	Verb "te" 	 	
The suffix "-yč" can only be used is the word is unrelated to a place. For example, I could not say "Ose Felesiyč." because even though the suffix describes place of origin, language, and ethnicity, it is from a place. You can say "nekyč" because "nekyč" does not come from a place called "nek." 
=== Other ===
==== Relevance of Garfield ====
Many idioms are used in reference of Garfield in Semhudi, as it is the main language for the church of Garfism, as well as most speakers of Semhudi are Garfism.
Example: Although the weather was cold and the wind was strong, they decided to go hiking in the rugged mountains. : Zui osom avaxo etònò òndi erleny t'gel teot, sinm fačožo of y drevump na ytò t'viiksin.
"Osom avaxo etònò" does not translate to the weather was cold. It translates to "He performed cold weather." On the other hand, "Erleny t'gel teot" does translate to "The wind was strong."
==== Timetelling ====
Myrl	M.Y.	12A.M.-4A.M.
Morn	M.O.	4A.M.-8A.M.
Forn	F.O.	8A.M.-12P.M.
Avl 	A.V.	12PM.-4P.M.
Dog 	D.O.	4P.M.-8P.M.
Fòz 	F.Ò.	8P.M.-12A.M.
=== Samples ===
==== Phrases ====
Hesm 	Thank You	hehzm
Veths 	Please 	vethz
He 	Hello 	heh
Ke 	Goodbye 	keh
Arliiti	Alright 	adth-eye-tee
Laz 	Amen 	lahz
Laze 	Long Live	lah-zeh
Šorn 	Land 	sho
Čios 	Island 	chee-yos
Akjò 	Water 	ah-kyuh
===== Loanwords =====
Loanwords, like in all natural languages, exist. Although Semhudi originated from Amaniti, most words are not from Amaniti. In fact, most loanwords are from Ejzndel, a language spoken in Tengalii Ejzn Kajzerryk. 
Ejzndel Loanwords 
Loanwords from Ejzndel are usually not modified to an unintelligible point. For example, the Semhudi word for map, "amii" comes from the Ejzndel word "hamá," also meaning map, or plan. A less obvious example is the word "vlaglin," meaning flame. The part of the word coming from Ejzndel is "glin," which comes from "klin," meaning little. The other part of the word "vlare," means fire. In all, "vlaglin" means "little fire."
Amaniti Loanwords
A large number of loanwords are from Amaniti are the numbers.
===== Numbers =====
Numbers of Semhudi (1-10)	Numbers of Semhudi (1-10)
Pytoka(r) 	zero (zeroth)
Kato(r) 	one (first)
Friku(r) 	two (second)
Drake(r) 	three (third)
Bilos(yr) 	four (fourth)
Dosm(ur) 	five (fifth)
Eleos(yr) 	six (sixth)
Kiviko(r) 	seven (seventh)
Apos(yr) 	eight (eighth)
Hudila(r) 	nine (ninth)
Ulzo(r) 	ten (tenth)
Numbers of Semhudi (11-100)	Numbers of Semhudi (11-100)
Katò-Ulzo 	eleven (eleventh)
Frikò-Ulzo 	twelve (twelfth)
Drakò-Ulzo 	thirteen (thirteenth)
Bilosò-Ulzo 	fourteen (fourteenth)
Dosmò-Ulzo 	fifteen (fifteenth)
Frikuri(r) 	twenty (twentieth)
Frikò-Frikuri(r) 	twenty-two (twenty-second)
Drakeri(r) 	thirty (thirtieth)
Bilosry(r) 	fourty (fourtieth)
Dosru(r) 	fifty (fiftieth)
Eleosry(r) 	sixty (sixtieth)
Kivikori(r) 	seventy (seventieth)
Aposry(r) 	eighty (eightieth)
Hudilari(r) 	ninety (nintieth)
Ulzori(r) 	one hundred (one hundreth)
==== Sentences ====
English
Semhudi
Literal Translation
Although the weather was cold and the wind was strong, they decided to go hiking in the rugged mountains.
Zui osom avaxo etònò òndi erleny t'gel teot, sinm fačožo of dreviv na ytò t'viiksin.
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We must soon perform a careful flame in order to soon control this bush fire.
Kosm avaxumpiir veliv t'vlaglinò ze y aglinump vlare šhorbipa o jizto.
We perform-soon-must careful the flame(acc) in order to (placeholder) contain-soon bush fire(gen) of this(gen).
I really did not just see the flying ship!
Osm denspiithiir dvizen t'vethife d'sa y!
I(masc.) (not)see(just)(exc.) fly the'ship(acc) (not)(evidentiality markers).
It allows us greatness.
Y òivzamen pe kozmusom až y pe.
It allows (great) we(superplural accusative) (nominalization market) (verb filler) great(ness)
==Eblian Dialect==
The Eblian Dialect of Semhudi is a mix between Semhudi and Taernosi, a language spoken in Taernos, Tortuga. Not too long ago, the town of Apple Harbor was sold to Felesia. In the early days of Apple Harbor, it did not have its own identity yet. That changed when a Taernosi leader implemented his own culture into the town from across the peninsula. The language was adopted too. Now that Apple Harbor is inside of Felesia, Semhudi and Taernosi have been forced to mix together due to Semhudi's dominance over the region. The word Eblian comes from the Semhudi term, "ebl," meaning "apple." Over the many years of Semhudi influence, the Eblian Dialect has steadily been decreasing as Standard Semhudi dominates literature, school, signs, and common day-to-day life.
=== Phonology ===
==== Consonants ====
 	Bilabial	Lab. Den.	Dental	Alveolar	P. Alv.	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal 	m 	 	 	n 	 	ɲ 	ŋ 	 	
Plosive 	p, b 	 	 	t, d 	 	 	k, g 	 	
Sib. Aff. 	 	 	 	 	tʃ, dʒ 	 	 	 	
Sib. Fric. 	 	 	 	s,z 	ʃ, ʒ 	 	 	 	
N-sib. Fric.	 	f, v 	ð 	 	 	 	x 	ʁ 	h
Approx. 	 	 	 	 	 	j 	 	 	
Tap 	 	 	 	ɾ (r) 	 	 	 	 	
==== Vowels ====
 	Front	Central	Back
Close 	i 	ə 	u
Near Cl.	ɪ 	ə 	ʊ
Cl. Mid 	e 	ə 	o
Open Mid	ɛ 	ə 	ɔ
Open 	a 	ə 	ɑ
===== Diphthongs =====
aou	/au/
ei 	/ei/
ai 	/ai/
=== Grammar ===
==== Pronouns ====
 	POV	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nom. 	1st	ja 	jam 	my
Nom. 	2nd	ty 	tam 	vy
Nom. 	3rd	osom 	čim 	sim
Other	1st	mòn 	jag 	naša
Other	2nd	tòn 	tvòn	vòm
Other	3rd	oson 	čin 	sin
==== Nouns ====
 	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nom.	 	je 	jy
Gen.	kso 	ts 	z
Dat.	ro 	ith 	ath
Acc.	nò 	uu 	my
Abl.	os 	iis 	asp
Ins.	jvò 	vò 	vii
Loc.	ee 	o 	me
==== Verbs ====
Unlike standard Semhudi, there is no distinction between transitive and intransitive verbs.
 	Singular	Dual	Plural
Present 	 	eps 	ev
Past 	e 	etò 	žo
Future 	te 	de 	de
Remote Future	ump 	tu 	tu
Imperfect 	oth 	oth 	žoth
Potential 	irhò 	iki 	ikò
=== Differences from Standard Semhudi ===
The diphthongs and their spellings are different across the languages. /au/ is Standard Semhudi is spelling like "au". /ei/ is not present in Standard Semhudi. /ai/ is spelled like "ii".
aou	/au/
ei 	/ei/
ai 	/ai/
=== Samples ===
Hezm 	Thank You	hehzm
Vethz 	Please 	vethz
He 	Hello 	heh
Ke 	Goodbye 	keh
Athaiti	Alright 	ath-eye-tee
Laz 	Amen 	lahz
Laze 	Long Live	lah-zeh
Šorn 	Land 	sho
Čios 	Island 	chee-yos
Akjò 	Water 	ah-kyuh
== Krinén Dialect ==
The Krinén Dialect (Dialect of Kriném/Grinem) is a more formal and more "holier" sounding dialect spoken up north in the towns of Greenstem and ShrineOfTheDawn (Saint Alesia's Cathedral). After Semhudi became the official language of the Garfist Church, by order of Arbiter Luke Greencoat, the many Garfist officials tweaked the language to sound "holier," or less harsh, more delicate, and peaceful the ear, far from Neoran, and closer to the sound of Felesian. The word Krinén comes from the Semhudi term, "Grinem" meaning "Greenstem."
The Krinén Dialect makes the return of "ae," a letter combination that was in Proto-Semhudi, but later left the Standard and Eblian dialects. Instead of saying the Standard "Hesm," (thank you) you would instead say "Haesmé" (close to the Proto-Semhudi "Haesm")
=== Phonology ===
==== Consonants ====
 	Bilabial	Lab. Den.	Dental	Alveolar	P. Alv. 	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal 	m 	 	 	n 	 	 	 	
Plosive 	p,b 	 	 	t,d 	 	 	k,g 	
Sib. Fric. 	 	 	 	s,z 	ʃ (š), ʒ (ž)	 	 	
N-sib. Fric.	 	f 	θ (th)	 	 	 	x 	h
Approx. 	 	 	 	 	 	j 	 	
Tap 	 	 	 	ɾ (r) 	 	 	 	
Lat. App. 	 	 	 	l 	 	 	 	
Krinén removed the "č" from the phonology, so it is substituted with the "š" sound.
The lateral approximate returns.
The NSA Dental is also removed due to difficulty to pronounce for non-speakers, so the "th" sound replaces it.
The NSF Dental becomes voicless.
The "v" sound is removed, so it is substituted with the "f" sound.
==== Vowels ====
 	Front 	Central	Back
Close 	i, y (ú) 	 	u
Near Close	ɪ (í), ʏ (ó)	 	
Close Mid 	e 	 	
Mid 	ɛ (é) 	 	ɔ (o)
Open 	 	a 	
The "ò" is replaced by a new "ó" sound.
The "y" is replaced by a new "í" letter.
The "e" is replace by a new "é" letter.
The "e" sound returns as "e" and "ae."
The "o" has a new mid sound.
The "ó" at the end of any word is replaced with "é", including for noun and verb markings.
=== Grammar ===
====Nouns====
=====Animate Nouns=====
People, Garfist Items, Sun, Moon, Sky, Days, Body Parts, Any Exceptions
 	Singular	Dual 	Plural	Superplural
Nominative	 	is 	as 	us
Genitive 	to 	ith 	asto 	ums
Dative 	ro 	ith 	ath 	urith
Accusative	né 	ithén	athén 	utsom
=====Inanimate Nouns=====
Objects/Ideas/Concepts
 	Singular	Dual 	Plural	Superplural
Nominative	i 	ra 	ia 	mi
Genitive 	ipa 	ré 	i 	ma
Dative 	ith 	réth 	ith 	mith
Accusative	ifé 	réthni	ithé 	muth
===== Divine Nouns =====
Divine nouns, unlike other nouns, can not have any articles placed on them.
Places, Religious Saints/Characters (Nouns)
 	Singular	Dual 	Plural	Superplural
Nominative	ia 	iat 	(j)a 	(j)at
Genitive 	ian 	ianté	(j)an 	(j)anté
Places, Religious Saints/Characters (Adjectives)
 	Singular	Dual	Plural	Superplural
Nominative	ém 	ét 	ím 	ít
Genitive 	én 	énté	ín 	ínté
==== Verbs ====
Transitive Verbs
 	Singular	Dual 	Plural 	Superplural
Present 	 	(i)ps	(i)v 	mé
Past 	o 	(o)t 	žo 	žo
Remote Past 	th 	th 	(i)tath	(i)path
Future 	ti 	di 	di 	di
Remote Future	ump 	tu 	tu 	čoth
Imperfect 	oth 	oth 	žoth 	žoth
Unlike Intransitive Verbs in Semhudi, the ones in Krinén replace the final t-
Intransitive Verbs
 	Singular	Dual 	Plural 	Superplural
Present 	t 	(i)pst	(i)vt 	mét
Past 	ot 	(o)tòt	žot 	žot
Remote Past 	rl 	rl 	(i)tarth	(i)parl
Future 	tit 	dit 	dit 	dit
Remote Future	umpt 	tut 	tut 	čorl
Imperfect 	orl 	orl 	žorl 	žorl
==== Articles ====
Articles work the same way as they do in the Standard Dialect, except that sound and are spelled differently. Instead of the Standard t', like in T'akjò (the water,) the Krinén dialect switched it to l', like in L'aké (the water). Instead of the variation between /tɛ/ and the implosive /t'/, also instances of articles replace the first consonant with the /l/ sound. If the word starts with a vowel, then the /l/ is just added to the beginning. Yes, they are still definite articles, but their orthography and phonology is completely different.
=== Differences from Standard Semhudi ===
The /u/ before any labial consonants turns into /y/. For example, 
Most consonant clusters are split apart by "é."
* sm → smé
* ths → thés
* vl → fél (along with all other voiced consonants)
* xv → xév (along with all other consonants after "x")
* gr → kr (along with all other voiced consonants)
The "jé" cluster replaced by simply "é."
The "rl" spelling changed to "th."
Any voiced consonant before /l/ becomes voicless and "é" gets placed before the "l."
Any /i/ before /l/ is changed to "é."
Any use of /nd/ or /nt/ in the middle of words is replace by just /n/.
"ii" changes to "ï"
"o" meaning "of" changes to "a".
Any “r” at the end of the word is replace by “ré”.
Phonology changes.
=== Samples ===
Haesmé 	Thank You	hay-smeh
Faethés	Please 	fay-thehs
Hae 	Hello 	hay
Kae 	Goodbye 	kay
Athïti 	Alright 	ath-eye-tee
Laz 	Amen 	lahz
Lazé 	Long Live	lah-zeh
Šorn 	Land 	sho
Čios 	Island 	shyos
Aké 	Water 	ah-kuh
== Odian Dialect ==
The Odian Dialect is a dialect of Semhudi spoken in the Akratia, but mostly in the northern parts because the south is much more influenced by the rest of Deparja. Odian comes from from the word "Odi," the evil god of Garfism, the hound, Odie. Akratia in Semhudi is Odia. Akratia got that names because The Akratian Empire once conquered Greenstem. As mockery, the stemmers began calling Akratia "Odia," the land of Odie, because it was seen as a sinful place. The dialect is the merge between Semhudi and Ancient Akratian.
=== Phonology ===
==== Consonants ====
 	Bilabial	Lab. Den.	Dental	Alveolar	P. Alv. 	Palatal	Velar
Nasal 	m 	 	 	n 	 	 	
Plosive 	p 	 	 	t 	 	 	k
Sib. Fric. 	 	 	 	s 	ʃ (š), ʒ (ž)	 	
N-sib. Fric.	 	f 	ð (th)	 	 	 	
Approx. 	 	 	 	 	 	j 	
Tap 	 	 	 	ɾ (r) 	 	 	
==== Vowels ====
 	Front	Central	Back
Close 	i 	 	u
Near Close	ɪ (y)	 	
Close Mid 	e 	 	o
Open 	 	a 	
Long vowels for all words.
===== Diacritics =====
Umlaut:
Just like in Ancient Akratian, the umlaut in orthography is used to signify extended vowel length, or a doubling of a vowel.
(Ancient Akratian) Ëka → /e:ka/ (IPA)
Acute and Grave:
In Ancient Akratian when a vowel is capitalized in the middle of the word, it means that the vowel repeats after the following consonants (consonant or consonant cluster). In Odian Semhudi, this is represented by the capital vowel turning into a lowercase vowel with the acute diacritic and the duplicated vowel being added and taking the grave diacritic.
(Ancient Akratian) IshEos → Išéosè (Odian Semhudi)
Umlaut, Acute, and Grave:
If we combine the rules from the umlaut diacritic use and the acute and grave use, we can get words that end up looking like:
(Ancient Akratian) KrÄtn → Krä́tnä̀ | /kɾa:tna:/ (Odian Semhudi)
=== Samples ===
Hësm 	Thank You	hayzm
Vëths 	Please 	vaythz
Hë 	Hello 	hay
Kë 	Goodbye 	kay
Arliiti	Alright 	ath-eye-tee
Laz 	Amen 	lahz
Laze 	Long Live	lah-zeh
Šorn 	Land 	sho
Čios 	Island 	chee-yos
Akjò 	Water 	ah-kyuh
== Viikjan Dialect ==
The Viikjan Dialect of Semhudi is a dialect found in the town of Krestiana, also known as Valcrest. The Viikjan Dialect is much closer to Amaniti than any other dialect because of the strong history and relations with Valondor and its culture.
=== Phonology ===
==== Consonants ====
 	Bilabial	Lab. Den.	Dental	Alveolar	P. Alv. 	Palatal	Velar
Nasal 	m 	 	 	n 	 	 	
Plosive 	p,b 	 	 	t,d 	 	 	k,g
Sib. Aff. 	 	 	 	 	tʃ (č) 	 	
Sib. Fric. 	 	 	 	s,z 	ʃ (š), ʒ (ž)	 	
N-sib. Fric.	 	f,v 	ð (th)	 	 	 	x (h), ɣ (q)
Approx. 	 	 	 	 	 	j 	
Tap 	 	 	 	ɾ (r) 	 	 	
Viikjan is the only Semhudi dialect to contain /ɣ/. This is because in Amaniti, many words ended in "qu" (/ku/), which later simplified to "q" (/ɣ/).
==== Vowels ====
 	Front	Central	Back
Close 	i 	 	u
Close Mid	e 	 	o
Open 	 	a 	
=== Orthography ===
There are many consonant clusters in Viikjan that evolved into the dialect through many years of the simplification of Amaniti. These complicated simplifications only evolved in Viikjan, because no other dialect uses these many different consonant clusters.
Here are the Amaniti and Viikjan colors:
Red: Vlu → Vlu
Orange: Nylos → Nlos
Yellow: Cimolos → Čmols
Green: Hrunqu → Hrungh
Blue: Dphlipis → Dvipis
Purple: Kranta → Kranta
Gold: Shucimolos → Šmols
Silver: Farga → Farga
Black: Darfarga → Dvarga
White: Vuluck → Vlučk
As you can see, because of the isolation of the speakers of Viikjan for far too long, these types of simplifications were able to happen.
=== Samples ===
==== Phrases ====
Heizm 	Thank You	hehzm
Veiths 	Please 	vethz
Hei 	Hello 	heh
Kei 	Goodbye 	keh
Adthaiti	Alright 	adth-eye-tee
Laz 	Amen 	lahz
Laze 	Long Live	lah-zeh
Šorn 	Land 	shorn
Čjos 	Island 	chyos
Akjo 	Water 	ah-kyo
== Riikian Dialect ==
The Riikian Dialect of Semhudi is a rarely spoken dialect found in the town of Pytoka. Riikian is closely related to Krinén.
=== Phonology ===
==== Consonants ====
==== Vowels ====
=== Differences from Standard Semhudi ===
== Gallery ==
File:Imagem 2023-04-02 015853850.png|"Lazanjos aech kifem," in Proto-Semhudi, written on the steps of the Temple of Garf in the Minecraft script.
File:Pe t'reniiri felesian.png|"Pe T'Reniiri Felesian," meaning "The Great Museum of Felesia" infront of the Museum of Felesia.
File:Semhudimap.png|Map of where Semhudi is spoken inside of Tortuga.
File:Semhudimapwithnames.png|Map of Tortuga showing where the dialects of Semhudi are located.
== Standard Alphabet ==
A a- o in pot
B b- b in boy
Č č- ch is chai
D d- d in day
E e- e in bed
F f- f in fan
G g- g in got
H h- h in hat
I i- ee in see
J j- y in yam
K k- k in kit
L l- l in lad
M m- m in man
N n- n in not
O o- o in home
ò ò- oo in foot
P p- p in pat
R r- both Spanish r sounds
S s- s in sat
Š š- sh in shin
T t- t in tin
U u- oo in food
V v- v in van
W w- v in van
X x- xs (phonetic /x/ sound and then the phonetic /s/ sound)
Y y- i in fit
Z z- z in zoo
Ž ž- si in vision
== Links ==
* Dictionary: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IvyLHW0WXt9vXzrzQsdEhvYBergwPKP5bnGN3RmoBxc/edit?usp=sharing
* Formatting: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Hw_XWWNB7BSITChfSS1EXbE0KDZ0tkommp7h6_pwpoc/edit?usp=sharing
* Dictionary (Krinén): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1y2E5qANxwRR_IBaJF6Zis_-KBcq0R8od3BwqThGdoZw/edit?usp=sharing
Hesm, andaut!
Hesm, andaout!
Haesmé, anaut!
Hësm, andaut!
Heism, andaut!
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-Luke Greencoat
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