Mariner's Tongue

Mariner's Tongue (Marenre's Tong) is a sister language of Traveler's Tongue and can be considered as its oceanic counterpart. Although its speakers aren't very common, it's more specific to some coastal and seafaring peoples of Rathnir, like the people of Tortuga. Its similarity to Traveler's Tongue makes it relatively easy to learn for most, and to some fluent in Traveler's Tongue it can be intelligible with little practice. 
Mariner's Tongue's history is as ambiguous as Traveler's Tongue's, but it is assumed that it split from Old Traveler's Tongue during a period of surging seafaring activity. Only some centuries ago were the two languages quite similar dialects.
== Alphabet ==
Mariner's Tongue uses the same alphabet as Traveler's Tongue, with addition of the symbols Ð/ð and Þ/þ. However, with the influence of Traveler's Tongue writing these symbols have seen declining use. It's common to see /ð/ replaced with a /dh/ and /þ/ replaced with a /th/.
== Phonology ==
Mariner's Tongue doesn't have universal phonological rules, but common Mariner's Tongue is phonetically similar to a stereotypical Traveler's Tongue 'Pirate' accent with some differences:
* /th/ is always pronounced like the th in three
* /dh/ is always pronounced like the th in that
*/a/ is always pronounced like the a in apple
* /c/ is always pronounced like the k in think
* /e/ is always pronounced like the e in fed
* /g/ is always pronounced like the g in got
* /o/ is always pronounced like the o in cold
* /u/ is always pronounced like the oo in boom
*/ue/ is always pronounced like the ou in could
* An e at the end of a word is always pronounced, with the exception of -re which is pronounced like the -er suffix in Traveler's Tongue.
*An h at the beginning of a word is always silent.
* There are no other vowel digraphs (letter combinations that make a unique sound)
*The only consonant digraphs are /ch/, /dh/, /sh/, and /th/
== Grammar and Vocabulary ==
The grammar and vocabulary of Mariner's Tongue is contextually identical to Traveler's Tongue's, meaning that they are nearly inter-translatable word-to-word. This is another reason why Traveler's speakers and Mariner's speakers can learn to communicate very easily.
=== Affix and Suffix Translations ===
Purpose 	Traveler's Tongue 	Mariner's Tongue
possession 	-'s 	-'s
past tense 	-ed 	-'t
plurality 	-s or -es 	-as
(misc.) 	-ing 	-enc
not 	-n't, non- 	-n't
done before 	pre- 	pre-
doer of 	-er 	-re
does 	-s 	-z
repeat 	re- 	hre-
reverse 	de- 	di-
without 	-less 	-lest
to make 	-fy 	en-
a little, like	-ish 	-ich
in manner of 	-ly 	-le
person of 	-ist, -ian, -ite, etc.	-ein
capable of 	-able 	-ebel
to do with 	-al 	-el
the action of 	-tion 	-tien
=== Unique Expressions ===
A list of unique expressions that don't necessarily translate to Traveler's Tongue word-for-word.
* Savve? - Do you understand?
* Be coll't (_). - My name is (_), or I'm called (_)
* Plethre greisas - Thank you.
* Be (a place) baund - I'm going to (a place)
* Abast ye! - Pay attention!
*Aso - Just like that, or like so
=== Example Sentences ===
Aho, hoe be ye? - Hello, how are you?
He fect't ov thry manas aen tramp't. - He fought off three men and won.
Be coll't John, ay beid in an masst sted. - My name is John, I live in a large city.
Tae koneg wil't vo mac to drow tae sted, bet ay sec't ne. - The king wished for me to leave the city, but I said no.
Wet be se goenc to dot, enfol mac? - What is she going to do, kill me?
Warst in tae weirt dist ye tein oll o' dhat? - Where in the world did you get all of that?
The full vocabulary list can be found here.
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