Gauvajut language

The **Classical Gauvajut language** was the language of the Gauvajut people of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Ages. It was used afterwards as a classical language by their descendants, the Vozonids, and peoples under the latter's cultural influence.

## Declension

nominative - vocative - accusative (the man, O man, to the man)

* Sing. Masc. : -as/- - -u/-ē - -an

* Sing. Fem. -a/-i/-ai/-ī, -iē, -in
* Sing. Neut. -u - -uē - -an

* Plu. Masc. -es, -ues/-ēs, -us
* Plu. Fem. -ai/-ia (if ending in -i, -ai, or -ī), -iēs, -is
* Plu. Neut. -us, -ues/-ēs, -us

-(i)lli is genitive

-anza is allative (towards a direction)

Accusative has become obsolete in later usage, replaced mostly by tie.

## Pronouns

nom - acc - gen - gen suffix (is)

* !: ak - mē - mēl - -mes, estas/estī (I, me, my, my, am)
* thou: tū - te - tēl - -tes, estu
* he/she: aksa/aksi - aksū(wa)/aksūwi - aksā(je)l/aksī(je)l - -ksal/-ksil, es/esai
* they (singular) - aksen - aksenwi - aksenel - es
* it: sēl - sēm - ittel - -ziel, estas
* we: nes - nēm - nēl - -nel, estēl
* you: tuks - tū(ku)n, tū(ku)l, -tuel, estus
* they - tēwes, tēwen, tē(we)ri, -tīel, estuwes
* something: kuiski, kuinki, kuisil
* the other ... : damai, damaje, damel

-(ue)zei - self e.g. ak(ue)zei - myself

## Verb tenses

infinitive, continuous, perfective

* Past: -nniru, -nnirūn, -nundat

* Present: -nni, -nnindūn, -nindat (does, doing, has done)
* Imperative pres: -allu, -allundūn, -allunzat
* Future: -nnijazi, -nnijazūn, -nijazat
* Past Passive: -rrilu, -rrilūn, -rundat
* Present Passive: -rri, -rrindūn, -rindat

* Future Passive: -rrijazi, -rrijazūn, -rijazat

## Affixes

### Place prepositions

* zum(e) - from
* ti(e) - to
* anda, -anz - in, into, inwards
* -anza - towards (allative)
* andan - (archaic) within, internal
* andurza - (formal) inside, within, internal
* ansai - inside, within
* arza, arzau - out, outwards
* kez - here
* ze, zei, zeh(ai) - there
* kaz - there
* zahai - there (far)
* edi - leftwards
* kēta - rightwards
* utes - up
* dūsa - down
* ut - on, on top on
* dau - below
* sūra(n) - around
* šer - against
* na - in, with, by
* kad - with, alongside, accompanying
* jūra, -jū - over
* dūra, katta, -tūr - under
* ked- - middle
* maniku(as) - near
* tūwan - distant
* parā - beyond
* kuapi - anywhere
* sah, sahhan - through
* minda - in front of
* baunda - behind
* āppa - behind, back, afterwards, further
* āppan - behind, afterwards, latter
* appeiza - most behind
* maninkuwan - close to, near, approximately
* ištarna - among, between, in the midst, within
* parijan - across, over, beyond

### Time prepositions

* kinu - now
* apija - then
* karū - former, earlier
* lattū - latter, later
* jenz - yet
* najenz - not yet
* nāwi - (archaic, formal) not yet
* nuta - therefore
* zenna - end
* kwappei - anytime
* handa - thus, therefore
* bajū - before
* piran - (archaic, formal) before
* sahhan - throughout
* āru, ārea - after
* neja - again
* nūwa - still, however, nonetheless
* parijanalla - in the future

### Amount prepositions

* āles - all
* dapi - every, all, whole
* dabit - every
* palsa(i) - many, much
* ... nanda - (very) much, surely
* nammazakan - (classical, archaic) more
* tēpu - less
* tēpau - very less, few
* assan - another
* saun - some
* -want - something small, minor
* -anni - little
* antara - wide
* anku - complete
* ankua - whole
* ... anku(a) - full of, filled with
* damai - other
* -(w)itar - the most, ... -est
* ... siela - one of, one out of
* mekki - much, a lot of, very
* mekkijaz - often, a lot of, frequently
* māšijan - as much as
* māšijangi - many times
* māšiwan - how many times
* māšiwanz - equal in amount
* hantezzi - first, necessary
* hantezzija - primary
* parijan - exceedingly, too much
* kuiski - anyone

### Question words

* kas, kuit - what
* kui - who
* dā, kuzen - where
* kwabi - when
* mān - when, whenever
* kuwat, kuwas - why
* kuwez - how
* māši - how many

### States of being

* -raus - doer
* -rausai - female doer
* -hara - doer of greater deed
* -ahnas - state of, -ness
* -tar - -ness, -hood
* pir- - domain of, house of
* -bankas - study of
* -tallas - bearer of
* taksa- - co-, together
* -kasanz - -cracy, rule of
* -ksilan - -cracy, rule of
* -dan - day of
* -(a)rmais - month of
* -weis - year of
* -srai, -sai - star of
* -stera, -stara - great star of

### Others

* is - and
* jes - for
* mēnah(az) - working against someone or something; against
* našma - either, or
* au, am, ma - but
* anda - also
* tau - if
* mān - if, as, whether, while
* esta, nis - this
* (a)wista - that
* ... zar - must ...
* ... wa - said, quotation

## Basic words

### Basics

* sa - yes
* dittas - certainly
* handā, handau - very well, truthly
* nā - no, not
* natta - not, neither
* ulkwappei - never
* āra - correct, proper
* teikus - correct
* nāteikus - wrong
* mimma - certainly not

### Actions

* esta - be, am, is
* estas - is, am (inanimate)
* nēdirri - to need
* nehanni - to become
* ausanni - to see
* awanni - to look at, to look closely
* apanni - to tell
* uwanni - to come, to approach
* maki, massi - may ... , ... shall
	+ Becomes makija when the subject is a superior, like a god or emperor.
* painni - to go
* tizenni, tize - to have
* aine - like, similar
* -zrei, -zarei - like something or someone

### Greetings

* assuli - hail to you, greetings, hello
* jahta - hail to ...
* hata - hail to ...
* šarlī - glory to ...
* huenasu - welcome
* wallaite - thank you
* nutinni - to do something
* kaditti - I am with you, I agree
* sardija - help me

### Rude terms

* ar'hāra - go away
* udazari - today is the day; do it

## Numbers

0; 1-10

* nillas; ikas, duwas, trijas, kwettas, panzas, šasai, šerai, ussai, newai, dezas

sī - (archaic) one, single

11-20

* deika, deiduwa, detrija, dekwetta, depanza, dešasa/dešai, dešera, dewussa, denewai, duwazei

-su - turns a number ordinal.

## Samples

* **Makija Tarhunz, Halanta Siūsilli, karijenni Baneskan-anza-nēl.**

*Shall Tarhunz, King God-PLU-ACC-GEN, bless-PRES Emperor-ACC-towards-our.*

May Tarhunz, King of the Gods, bless our Emperor.

## Trivia

* Classical Gauvajut was based on Hittite and Luwian, with bits of Sanskrit, Russian, and Turkish.
* The classical Gauvajut language was standardised during the late Fifteenth Age to make communication and trade easier.

## See also

* Gauvajut glossary
* Gauvajut mythology
* Gauvajut calendar
* Late Gauvajut language
* Ardeschi language
* Sarmelonid language