Kriyan (Language)

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This language has connections to Ancient Kriyan

# **The Language of Kriyan**

*...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...*

ku u segin ban hon sansun ku ruren hon sebin pinpi guge kun

Pronunciation: /ku u ˈsegin ban hon ˈsansun ku ˈɾuɾen hon ˈsebin ˈpimpi ˈguge kun/

Kriyan word order: and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face the wind to

Consonant inventory: b d g h j k m n p s t w z ŋ ɾ

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Co-articulated phonemes

Vowel inventory: a e i o u

 High-mid
 Low

Stress pattern: Penultimate — stress is on the second last syllable

Spelling rules:

 m
 j
 ɾ

## Grammar

Main word order: Subject Verb Object (Prepositional phrase). “Mary opened the door with a key” turns into Mary opened the door with a key.

Adjective order: Adjectives are positioned before the noun.

Adposition: postpositions

## Nouns

tenu /ˈtenu/
boy
pekyonin /peˈkjonin/
 Plural
ten /ten/
boys
pekyon /ˈpekjon/
girls

## Articles

 Indefinite
a, some

Uses of definite article that differ from English:

* Not used for mass (uncountable) nouns: ‘Walking in the mud’ would always translate to ‘Walking in mud’.
* Used for languages: ‘The English’

## Pronouns

 2nd singular
 3rd singular masc
 3rd singular fem
 1st plural inclusive
 1st plural exclusive
 2nd plural
 3rd plural masc
 3rd plural fem
they (fem), them (fem), theirs (fem)

## Possessive determiners

 2nd singular
 3rd singular masc
 3rd singular fem
 1st plural inclusive
 1st plural exclusive
 2nd plural
 3rd plural masc
 3rd plural fem
their (fem)

Imperfective aspect

The ‘imperfective’ aspect refers to ongoing actions, such as *I am learning* and habitual actions, such as *I learn (something new every day)*.

Kriyan uses an affix for imperfective:

riain /ɾiˈain/
learns/is learning

## Numbers

Kriyan has a base-10 number system:

1 - ko

2 - ni

3 - kan

4 - u

5 - su

6 - bun

7 - an

8 - zun

9 - sen

10 - ken

100 - kanan

1000 - nungo

## Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = Suffix -en

Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -n

Else: Suffix -un

Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = Suffix -u

Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Suffix -in

Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -mu

Else: Suffix -omu

Noun to verb = If ends with vowel: Suffix -n

Else: Suffix -on

Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Suffix -u

Tending to = Suffix -a

Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -n

Else: Suffix -an

Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -n

Else: Suffix -on

One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Suffix -o

Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ɾi

Else: Suffix -iɾi

Diminutive = If ends with vowel: Suffix -na

Else: Suffix -ena

Augmentative = Suffix -un

## Exceptions

Although the Kriyan language is heavily based on following the rules. There are a few exceptions in words such as:

1. Kairunn > Meaning "Our"
2. Cailcatttavt > Meaning "Group, Council"
3. Cinianimicercetminam > Meaning literally "Formed with the hopes of power" - An old saying found in an Ancient Kriyan Diary.

These are the 2 only words derived from Ancient Kriyan since texts and other materials from that language era are essentially all gone.

The only other exceptions include:

1. Konhha > Meaning "Hello, Hi"
2. Sebbeyo > Meaning "Goodbye"

## Kriyan - English Dictionary

Key: spelling /pronunciation/ part of speech. definition(s)

* a /a/ nm. child (son or daughter of any age)
* akan /ˈakan/ nf. road, street, avenue, trail, artery, pavement
* ane /ˈame/ v. wonder
* anya /ˈamja/ nm. father
* atan /ˈatan/ nm. phone
* babyo /ˈbabjo/ nm. balcony
* batan /ˈbatan/ v. please
* bega /ˈbega/ nf. dirt, pornography
* bepyon /ˈbepjon/ v. bow (greet)
* bibononu /ˌbiboˈnomu/ adj. national
* binasa /biˈmasa/ adj. excellent, fantastic
* bokyain /boˈkjain/ adj. bright
* boun /ˈboun/ adj. short, low
* bun /bun/ num. six
* bunyose /buˈnjose/ adj. wise
* da /da/ adv. as
* dahino /daˈhimo/ v. might
* daran /ˈdaɾan/ nf. church, chapel, shrine
* dehya /ˈdehja/ nm. wizard
* deo /ˈdeo/ v. sit
* do /do/ v. take, arrest, capture, catch, seize, charm, escort, experience, detain, notice, intercept
* doba /ˈdoba/ nm. land
* don /don/ det. much
* dorea /doˈɾea/ adj. boring
* dozu /ˈdozu/ v. practice
* egun /ˈegun/ v. crack
* ekon /ˈekon/ v. promise, assure
* eo /ˈeo/ nf. door
* etaren /eˈtaɾen/ nm. route
* gan /gan/ v. work (be employed), work (toil)
* garun /ˈgaɾun/ nm. cause
* gegen /ˈgegen/ v. stick, cling
* genu /ˈgemu/ v. increase, expand
* gibyun /ˈgibjun/ adj. vague
* ginpin /ˈgimpin/ adj. blank, plain
* gise /ˈgise/ adj. beautiful, attractive, pretty, cute
* gobyabe /goˈbjabe/ nf. trip
* gonsuko /gonˈsuko/ nm. pencil
* gu /gu/ det. this
* guhyunonu /ˌguhjuˈnomu/ adj. personal
* gunba /ˈgumba/ nf. device, appliance, apparatus, gadget
* gunyoya /guˈnjoja/ nm. storm, hurricane, turmoil
* habu /ˈhabu/ adj. black, dark
* han /han/ v. want, crave, desire, wish, prefer
* hanyan /ˈhamjan/ v. review
* hau /ˈhau/ nm. fin (of fish)
* he /he/ adv. how
* heku /ˈheku/ v. waste
* henri /ˈhenɾi/ v. smell (emit odor), stink
* hesu /ˈhesu/ adj. big, great (very large), popular
* hewan /ˈhewan/ adj. strong, tough, solid, robust, severe
* hie /ˈhie/ nm. badge
* hinbin /ˈhimbin/ v. let, allow (let), certify, enable
* hino /ˈhino/ nf. analysis
* hiu /ˈhiu/ adj. quiet
* hoke /ˈhoke/ v. sort
* hopu /ˈhopu/ v. escape, flee
* houn /ˈhoun/ v. mention
* igi /ˈigi/ nm. circle, wheel, disk
* iku /ˈiku/ v. build, construct, erect, mold
* ikubyu /iˈkubju/ v. provide, cater
* in /in/ nf. thought
* ingoniri /ˌiŋgoˈniɾi/ nm. drugstore
* inyaran /iˈmjaɾan/ nf. preparation
* iryu /ˈiɾju/ nf. machine
* izan /ˈizan/ nm. look, appearance (looks)
* kaen /ˈkaen/ nf. detail
* kakin nun /ˈkakin mun/ nm. yesterday
* kangoo /kaŋˈgoo/ nf. lover
* kanyon /ˈkamjon/ nf. dragon
* kason /ˈkason/ nf. plate, disk
* kedo /ˈkedo/ nm. lunch
* keken /ˈkeken/ adj. hard, firm
* kengi /ˈkeŋgi/ v. offer
* kenyari /keˈmjaɾi/ nm. anxiety
* keron /ˈkeɾon/ nf. fog
* keze /ˈkeze/ v. work (have desired result), carry out
* kigyunge /kiˈgjuŋge/ nm. attitude
* kin /kin/ nm. time, past, tense
* kino /ˈkino/ nm. race (ethnicity), ethnicity
* kinta /ˈkinta/ v. seem, appear, manifest
* kipon /ˈkipon/ nm. center, hub (center of activity)
* kison /ˈkison/ v. agree, compromise
* ko /ko/ num. one
* kokapin /koˈkapin/ nm. flood, tide
* konen /ˈkomen/ nm. interest (curiosity, concern)
* kopino /koˈpino/ nf. hunter
* kosugonon /ˌkosuˈgonon/ v. meet
* kube /ˈkube/ nm. thunder
* kugo /ˈkugo/ adj. pink
* kuken /ˈkuken/ det. each
* kunan /ˈkunan/ nf. reversal
* kuno /ˈkuno/ nm. frog
* kupa /ˈkupa/ adj. fair, just
* kuta /ˈkuta/ nf. field, pasture
* na /ma/ adv. never
* nadon /ˈnadon/ nm. front, facade
* nan /man/ adj. thin (narrow), narrow
* nanpan /ˈmampan/ adv. why
* nari /ˈmaɾi/ v. produce (manufacture), spawn
* naze /ˈmaze/ v. earn
* negi /ˈnegi/ adj. internal
* nen /nen/ nm. fat (component in food)
* nesuso /meˈsuso/ nf. air, weather
* nibyo /ˈnibjo/ nm. speed, velocity
* niha /ˈniha/ det. whose
* ninbae /nimˈbae/ det. few
* ninpin /ˈmimpin/ nm. tomb
* nire /ˈmiɾe/ interj. goodbye
* nisunpiin /ˌmisumˈpiin/ adj. golden
* nize /ˈmize/ v. like, admire
* nizun /ˈmizun/ nm. family (related by blood)
* nobunin /moˈbunin/ adj. messy
* noi /ˈnoi/ v. chase
* non /mon/ adv. also, as well
* nonpa /ˈmompa/ nf. course (direction of travel), direction (way)
* nopu /ˈnopu/ nm. thumb
* nosenin /noˈsenin/ adj. rich
* nu /mu/ prep. at
* nue /ˈmue/ nm. cave, hole, ditch, gap, crater, cleavage
* nukan /ˈnukan/ adj. hungry
* nunan /ˈmuman/ nm. crime
* nunen /ˈmumen/ adj. angry, mad
* nunsan /ˈnunsan/ v. drain
* nupya pinpi /ˈnupja ˈpimpi/ nf. palm (of hand)
* nusare /muˈsaɾe/ nm. guide
* nuzun /ˈmuzun/ v. fall, collapse
* ohyun /ˈohjun/ v. add, combine, inject
* onin /ˈomin/ nm. base
* opo /ˈopo/ adj. slow, late
* pabyu /ˈpabju/ nm. plague
* panpin /ˈpampin/ adj. gay, homosexual
* paru /ˈpaɾu/ v. stretch
* pe /pe/ prep. for (a period of time or length of distance)
* pengon /ˈpeŋgon/ v. lean, tilt
* penpu /ˈpempu/ nm. cat
* pepin /ˈpepin/ nf. rail
* pigunan /piˈgunan/ nm. test
* piku /ˈpiku/ nf. start, beginning
* pinpun /ˈpimpun/ nf. nerve
* po /po/ det. their (masc)
* ponrina /poˈnɾina/ adj. offensive
* poseunun /ˌposeˈunun/ nf. danger
* pukao /puˈkao/ nm. ruler
* punson /ˈpunson/ nf. forest, jungle
* rahyu /ˈɾahju/ nf. message, note
* ransan /ˈɾansan/ nm. sorrow
* rebiri /ɾeˈbiɾi/ nf. cafe
* renu /ˈɾemu/ v. leave (let remain), let
* ri /ɾi/ adj. fat, big
* ri /ɾi/ nm. fat (bodily substance)
* rin /ɾin/ v. need (lack), lack
* rion /ˈɾion/ nf. prey
* rogun /ˈɾogun/ v. create
* ronin /ˈɾomin/ v. move, come
* ruken /ˈɾuken/ nm. boy
* runtanun /ɾunˈtanun/ nf. length
* ruren /ˈɾuɾen/ v. turn, rotate, wind, twist
* saga /ˈsaga/ nf. item
* sakonun /saˈkonun/ nf. trunk (large box)
* sanpo /ˈsampo/ adj. last (only remaining)
* sante /ˈsante/ nf. percent
* sarure /saˈɾuɾe/ v. catch, grab, clutch, grasp
* sasa /ˈsasa/ nm. beer
* seben /ˈseben/ adv. ever
* sehan /ˈsehan/ nf. wood
* sengo /ˈseŋgo/ prep. like
* sepo /ˈsepo/ nm. life (living organism)
* soa /ˈsoa/ nm. ass
* sonbin /ˈsombin/ nf. snake
* sonten /ˈsonten/ nf. ink
* soru /ˈsoɾu/ adv. where
* soyan /ˈsojan/ v. climb, escalate
* sube /ˈsube/ nf. bug
* suku /ˈsuku/ v. explain, interpret
* sunbo /ˈsumbo/ nm. mass
* sunru /ˈsunɾu/ adj. difficult
* susu /ˈsusu/ nm. boss
* takyun /ˈtakjun/ v. relate, correlate
* tanyu /ˈtamju/ nf. silver
* taton /ˈtaton/ nf. forefather
* teken /ˈteken/ nf. acid
* tenten goru /ˈtenten ˈgoɾu/ nm. poultry
* teru /ˈteɾu/ nf. dog
* todansu /toˈdansu/ nf. band (musical group)
* ton /ton/ prep. out, outside
* tonsun /ˈtonsun/ v. massage
* toukyu /toˈukju/ nm. part, piece, segment
* ugu /ˈugu/ pron. none
* ukun /ˈukun/ adj. poor
* unpan /ˈumpan/ v. row
* untanuno ise /ˌuntaˈnuno ˈise/ nm. copyright
* upa /ˈupa/ v. cover, muffle
* urun gue /ˈuɾun ˈgue/ nm. lipstick
* uwa /ˈuwa/ v. criticize
* wabe /ˈwabe/ adj. certain, sure
* wangan /ˈwaŋgan/ v. miss (not take advantage of)
* wasu /ˈwasu/ nf. accent (of language)
* yan /jan/ prep. without
* yasa /ˈjasa/ v. worry
* yohyo /ˈjohjo/ v. must, have to
* yonsunen /jonˈsunen/ adv. previously
* yugiri /juˈgiɾi/ nm. armory
* yunbiton /jumˈbiton/ nf. brothel
* yusen /ˈjusen/ nf. animal
* zaka /ˈzaka/ prep. according to
* zanu /ˈzanu/ adj. necessary
* zaya /ˈzaja/ nm. cart, wagon
* zerin /ˈzeɾin/ nm. chin, jaw
* zokon /ˈzokon/ nm. law
* zonrinon /zoˈnɾinon/ nf. frost
* zu /zu/ v. use, utilize
* zuke /ˈzuke/ v. suggest, imply
* zungi /ˈzuŋgi/ adj. sick, ill, unwell
* zupaha /zuˈpaha/ nm. public
* zuyasono /ˌzujaˈsono/ nf. gardener