Eisendel Language

Eisendel or Ejzndel IPA:/ej.zən.dəl/ is a language spoken in Rathnir on the continents of Sparwood, Cymru and Sørligste. It is part of the theoretical language family of Tuisgen. It is spoken mainly in the country of Eisenland-Pahonja (later known as Tengala) and Reinrose. Not only that, but it is also a minority language in Valondor, Autokratoria of Sirradra, Avertico and Vathyria.
Eisendel all by itself is not too dissimilar from the Traveller's Tongue. It is said to be part of the theoretical language family of Tuisgen. Other languages who are part of the Tuisgen language family are Savernian and Mariner's Tongue.
Eisendel is written in the Traveller's Tongue Script, and for most of its history it was written in it too. Although it wasn't always the case. Eisendel was previously written with a modified version of the Asteri script. It was mostly used on oak barks, but once people started writing on paper, they quickly started using the Traveller's Tongue Script, the reason is yet unknown why this sudden change had occurred. 
== Reforms ==
=== The Great Orthographic Reform ===
Eisendel went through an important orthographic reform, for it was deemed that the orthography at that time was too unnecessarily complex and senseless. Many Eisenlandian linguists were initially opposed to the reform because of its radical changes. Reformists argued that a more phonetic writing would make more sense and that writing in it would be easier and thus easier to communicate through writing, and that it would equal speaking. Anti-reformists argued that a phonetic writing would be an orthography that is constantly changing. And that everyone speaks differently and as a result, a phonetic writing cannot work for a big community. The anti-reformists also saw this orthographical reform as a loss of culture. Additionally, the reformist wanted to get rid of grammatical genders and cases, because they were already falling off slowly in day to day life, and so they wanted to accelerate it by getting rid of if from the start. This discord went on for almost a year, and resulted in the reformist winning and changing the old orthography to a more phonetic one.
=== The Little Reform ===
Soon after the Great Orthographic Reform, the anti-reformist who weren't pleased with the changes, managed to convince the reformists to at least change certain words to make it easier to the eyes of the reader and making it easier to read consonant clusters. The reformist quickly agreed that a 100% phonetic orthography isn't practical, and thus decided to make a new reform to make Eisendel more easily readable and practical.
=== The á question ===
Another debate emerged after the Great Orthographic Reform, which was the brand-new letter "á", which was previously written as "ah", was discussed. One of the goals of the reformists was to make Eisendel easier to learn for new people coming in the country, but this new letter was odd and thus many wanted to get rid of it because they saw the previous representation "ah" easier to grasp for locals and foreigners. This debate had sparked a strong nationalistic sentiment amongst many linguists, even on the reformists side. For some started to see these reforms as an eradication of the Eisendel language and an assimilation into the more dominantly spoken language at the time, the Traveller's Tongue. Some people even went to the streets and screamed "Ek ve á" ("I am á"), as a protest against any further changes to the Eisendel orthography. Additionally, at that time Eisendel started to add many new words of foreign origin, which made many nationalistic linguists threatened by any further reforms. The á question still remains undecided and many have already forgotten about it, which as a result would mean that the letter "á" would not disappear from the Eisendel language any time soon. Although it has been agreed that an alternative to writing the letter "á" would be "aa".
Example of Reformed and Pre-reformed Eisendel
Pre-reformed	Reformed	Traveller's Tongue
Whandaelaeda haentt su marckonan
vuwh urë iesëndël waentt ahtt kryck!
Keihsaer Maks, geiihv ounësh klynun,
geiihv ounësh lonun an brudd.
Tush tieshan maerën niett lietenësh wahn kautaeda,
buaeraeda geiihvaentt ounësh ien ierdheflan,
ien whulhamtt an ien glietliecgun,
tieshan konae niett etd scoltt.
Marckon!
Eiihsënkrycker, marckon!
Maerën slaekëns shtaev whierientt vurahngaoën,
urë leiihdtun uszhurtahn niett;
Keihsaeraeda whoutëntt oula av Eiihsënlandt
hantt wiehongraeëntt madd ounësh!
Hantt oulariett daktëntt whierientt wiehongraeën,
av nuë rom an aera,
sreiihck haemëtt, etd bluns leiihdett whoulëntt sylvfruë
etdmal oula vaentt aeuvan.
Marckon!
Eiihsënkrycker, marckon!	Wandeleda hent zu markonan
fuw ure izndl vent át krijk!
Kajzer Max, gejv ounes klijnun,
gejv ounes lonun an brud.
Tus tisan mern nit litens ván kauteda,
buereda gejvent ounes in irdheflan,
in wulhamt an in glitligun,
tisan kone nit e sholt.
Markon!
Ejznkrijker, markon!
Mern zlekens stev wirint furángaoen,
ure lejdtun ushurtán nit;
Kajzereda woutent oula av Ejznlandt
hant vihongreent mad ounes!
Hant oularit daktent, wirint vihongreen,
av nue rom an era,
zrejk hemt, e blunz lejdet woulent zijlvfrue
emal oula vent ojvan.
Markon!
Ejznkrijker, markon!	The banner has to march
for our island is at war!
Kaiser Max, give us clothes,
give us wages and bread.
So that we don't suffer from the cold,
the farmer gives us his potatoe,
his wool shirt and his pennies,
that cannot be a sin.
March!
Iron soldier, march!
We swallow dust while walking,
our songs don't cease;
the Kaiser feeds all of Eisenland,
he starves with us!
He already thinks while starving,
of new fame and honor,
back home, a blond lady will cheer
once all is over.
March!
Iron soldier, march!
== Dialects ==
=== Early Dialects ===
Before Standard Eisendel came into existence, most of the Eisenlandians spoke 2 different dialects. In the north of the island, the Bueredel Dialect is mainly spoken, while in the south it is the Zedel Dialect. The King at the time had decided to standardize the language so to avoid miss communication, and thus the Eisendel Standard came to be, also called as the Stedadel Dialect by some. This Eisendel Standard was a combination of both Northern and Southern Dialects. With time, these 2 dialects were slowly being replaced by the Eisendel Standard. Although, the Eisendel Standard was slowly becoming the language spoken all over Eisenlandt. In the Sovereignty of Reinrose, although the people learned and wrote in Eisendel, they spoke in the Bueredel Dialect. On the continent of Cymru, in the south-west of the continent, the Eisenlandians settlers who lived there, also referred to as Cymru-Eisenlandians (Iglalen-Ejznlandtjer), spoke and wrote in the Zedel Dialect and actively refused to speak and learn the Eisendel Standard.
=== Later Dialects ===
Nowadays, throughout Eisenlandt, the Eisendel Standard is spoken, and the dialects have officially died. Although some remanent of the dialects still live on outside Eisenlandt. North-East of Tortuga, in the Grand Duchy of Portswraith, in the city of Tulipia there is a dialect known as Tulipian-Eisendel or Tulipen. In Kÿxuo and in the south-west of Cymru, there is the Cymru-Eisendel or Iglalendel.
== Phonology ==
 	Bilabial	Alveolar	Post-Alveolar	Palatal	Velar 	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal 	/m/ 	/n/ 	 	 	/ŋ/ 	 	
Stop 	/p/ /b/ 	/t/ /d/ 	 	 	/k/ /g/	 	
Fricative 	/f/ /v/ 	/s/ /z/ 	/ʃ/ 	 	/x/ 	/ʁ/ 	/h/
Approximant	 	 	 	/j/ 	 	 	
Lateral 	 	/l/ 	 	 	 	 	
Tap 	 	/ɾ/ 	 	 	 	 	
Trill 	 	/r/ 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	Alveolar	Post-Alveolar
Pulmonic	Sibilant	/ts/ 	/tʃ/
 	Front	Central	Back
Close 	/i/ 	 	/u/
Close-mid	/e/ 	 	/o/
Open-mid 	/ε/ 	 	/ɔ/
Open 	 	 	/ɑ/
== Grammar ==
The Eisendel grammar is quite simple and straightforward. Similar to the Traveller’s Tongue.
=== Articles ===
There are two kinds of articles in the Eisendel language, definite and indefinite e.g.
Cat ==> Gád (without articles)
A cat ==> E gád (indefinite article)
The cat ==> Gádeda (definite article)
As you noticed, the definite article is a suffix that is always connected to the noun. If the noun ends in a vowel, then it always changes to "-e-" e.g.
City ==> Steda
The city ==> Stededa
If the noun starts with a vowel and the indefinite article is used, then the indefinite article becomes "en" e.g.
A way ==> E vig 
A foreigner ==> En usmenzn 
=== Plurals ===
To make a noun plural, the ending "-un" is added.
Kiss ==> Kiz
Kisses ==> Kizun
If the first vowel of the noun is "a, e, or u" then it changes to "e, i, or o" respectively e.g.
Mouse ==> Musi
Mice ==> Mosun
Guest ==> Gaz
Guests ==> Gezun
Grass ==> Gres
Grasses ==> Grisun
Some words you do not add the ending "-un". Usually these words end in "-zn" and instead the "-z-" is dropped e.g.
Man ==> Menzn
Men ==> Minn
The indefinite article can not be used infront of a plural noun, but a definite article can.
The day ==> Degeda
The days ==> Diguneda
=== Pronouns ===
Ek - I
Dou - You
Hant - He/She/It
Mern - We
Soun - You
Tán'n - They
=== Possessives ===
Men - My, Mine
Jaure - Your
In - His/Her/Its
Ure - Our
Sen - Your
Ijr - Their
Whenever you wish to show possession with a noun, you add the prefix "e-" e.g.
The father's son. - Efoutereda zon.
=== Conjugation ===
There are 6 tenses in Eisendel. 
The present I tense is used whenever an action is taking place at the moment of speaking e.g. 
I eat/I am eating - Ek frie 
Present I Conjugation Table
P. 	-n/-en	-on 	-an
Ek 	-e 	-o 	-a
Dou 	-es 	-os 	-as
Hant 	-ent 	-ont 	-ant
Mern 	-ens 	-ons 	-ans
Soun 	-ende 	-onde	-ande
Tán'n	-áne 	-une 	-ene
 
The present II tense is used when talking about something that had started a long time ago and is still happening at the moment of speaking e.g. 
I have been eating - Ek he fri 
Present II Conjugation Table
P. 	-n/-en 	-on 	-an
Ek 	he -/ 	he -/ 	he -/
Dou 	hes -/ 	hes -/ 	hes -/
Hant 	hent -/ 	hent -/ 	hent -/
Mern 	hens -/ 	hens -/ 	hens -/
Soun 	hende -/	hende -/	hende -/
Tán'n	háne -/ 	háne -/ 	háne -/
 
The past I tense is used to indicate an action that had happened in the past and that had been completed, e.g. 
I ate - Ek afrie 
Past I Conjugation Table
P. 	-n/-en 	-on 	-an
Ek 	a- -e 	a- -o 	a- -a
Dou 	a- -es 	a- -os 	a- -as
Hant 	a- -ent 	a- -ont 	a- -ant
Mern 	a- -ens 	a- -ons 	a- -ans
Soun 	a- -ende	a- -onde	a- -ande
Tán'n	a- -áne 	a- -une 	a- -ene
 
The past II tense is used when talking about something that had happened in the very distant past or that happened before another past action, e.g. 
I had eaten - Ek afrii 
Past II Conjugation Table
P. 	-n/-en 	-on 	-an
Ek 	a- -i 	a- -oj 	a- -ej
Dou 	a- -is 	a- -ojs 	a- -ejs
Hant 	a- -int 	a- -oni 	a- -ani
Mern 	a- -ins 	a- -ins 	a- -ens
Soun 	a- -inde	a- -inde	a- -ende
Tán'n	a- -ine 	a- -ine 	a- -ene
 
The future tense is used whenever an action will take place further in time or to express a wish, e.g. 
I will eat - Ek woule fri 
Future Conjugation Table
P. 	-n/-en 	-on 	-an
Ek 	woule -/ 	woule -/ 	woule -/
Dou 	woules -/ 	woules -/ 	woules -/
Hant 	woulent -/ 	woulent -/ 	woulent -/
Mern 	woulens -/ 	woulens -/ 	woulens -/
Soun 	woulende -/	woulende -/	woulende -/
Tán'n	wouláne -/ 	wouláne -/ 	wouláne -/
 
Note that contrary to the Traveller’s Tongue, there is no continuous/progressive tense. 
The Optative is used whenever giving orders to someone or a group of people, e.g. 
Eat! - Fri! 
Jump! - Spron! 
Share! - Usdel! 
It is formed by simply dropping the verb ending "-n", "-en", "-an", or "-on". 
== Daily Phrases ==
Hello! ==> Hej!
Good morning. ==> Goud mougn.
Good evening. ==> Goud ivan.
Good night. ==> Goud naut.
My name is _. ==> Ek kele _. / Men kel hent _.
How are you? ==> Kouv ves dou? / Kouv gaoes dou?
What is your name? ==> Va hent jaure kel? / Kouv keles jaurezijlv?
I'm feeling good. ==> Ek wuele goud.
I'm feeling bad. ==> Ek wuele shlik.
Goodbye! ==> Baj-baj! / Ashi!
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