Late Palguenian language

The **Late Palguenian language** (**Palgweniska**) was the language of the Republic of Palguenia, the birthplace of the Denlotia.

## Noun affixes

* -ei - plural
* z- - of, genitive
	+ zo- before s, z, or an incompatible cluster
	+ zo ... - genitive in names or honourific use
* -ora - genitive (honourific)

## Affixes

### Amount

* maxa, max - great
* mahkt(an) - very great

### States of being

* ta-, to- - -ness
* -ta, -tor - -ness (more poetic)
* -akor - -ish, -ian
* -ora - of someone or something (honourific)
* ta- - being more of something
* -ez, -az - person of
* -esse - land of
* -iska - language of
* -glen - day of

### Example of demonyms:

* Palgwenna - Palguenia
* Palgwennakor - Palguenian
* Palgwennora - of Palguenia
* Palgwennez, Palgwennaz - a Palguenian person
* Palgwennesse - land of Palguenia (more poetic)
* Palgwenniska - Palguenian language
* Ta-Palgwenna - being more Palguenian (as in stereotypical, resemblance)
* Palgwennator - Palguenian-ness (especially behaviour, culture, cultural values)
* Palgwenna-glen - Day of Palguenia (national day, around March 25)

## Alphabetical order

a, b, ch, d, e, f, g, gw, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, qu, r, rh, s, t, th, v, w, x, y, z

A

* -au - a doer
	+ plural: -aune

B

* brista - to break
* broiste - broken, shattered

Ch
--

* chadra - wound
* chirna - to worship

D

* daflomme - spinel, "blood stone"
* Daflommesse - "Land of Spinel", the Gauvajut Empire and the Vozonid Empire
* deiuta - to start
* delga - law
* Delgamaxei Rhinquenora - Laws of the Denlotia

E

* -esse - land of
* ... est - is, am, are

F

* Flahkbrista - "Broken Plates", an infamous TV show.
* flahke - a plate

G

* gluesa - to curse
* gluos - a curse
* Gluos z'Ocs - Curse of Eight, Eightfold Curse, an execution on the Day of Resolution
	+ The eight refers to the process and reasons for the criminal's death: the criminal, the victim, the criminal's background, the crime, the motive, the final words or plea, the execution, and the lesson from the criminal's actions and life. All to shame the deceased offender for all generations.
* gluoiste - cursed
* glyen - a day
* Glyen Tallighas - Day of Resolution
* gridau(va) - to burn

I

* irna, irne - new

K

* ker - sentence, "throwing", punishment
* kermas, kerma, kremas - punishment of sorrow

M

* maas - sad, sadness
* maechad - grievance
* mahk - might, power, force
* mahkt(an) - great
* mal - evil, wicked
* maxa - great, very big
	+ Also a popular boy's name that means "strong".
* Maxdejosne, Maxejosne, Maxone (Maxene Deiutaune) - the Founders of the Denlotia
	+ Singular: Maxdejosau, Maxejosau
* maxaiau - a founder
* maxna, maxana - king, lord
	+ zomaxna - the king's

O

* oks, oxs - eight

P

* Palgwenna - Pelarin, Palguenia
* Palgwena-glen - Day of Palguenia (national day, around March 25)

Q

* quenn - authority, power

R

* reiza - to carry
* ruime - road

Rh
--

* rhimma - road, path
* rhinn - new (great)
	+ Becomes "rho" before another word that begins with "ri", "ru", "rhi", or "rhu".
* Rhinnquenna - "New Authority", the Denlotia
* Rhinquen - Denlotia (shortening)
* rhoruimme - a new road
* rhorhimma - "new path", repentence, reformation, change of attitude
* rhorhune - new man, ideal person
* rhun - human

S

* saodoix - rule of one million years, epoch
* saoquenta - power that dominated one million years, civilisation
* skaukremma - shamefulness, regret, repentance
* skaun - shame
* skaurhoima - new road of shame, repentance, using one's own guilt to make a person change their attitude; the Denlotian process of integration to turn Terrans into loyalists
* skedne - gryphon
* sulloi - light, beam
* Sulloirez - Lightbearers

T

* ta-. to- - -ness
* tallighas - reconciliation, repairing
* tejus - to begin
* torhunne - humanity, human weakness
* Tovestmal - "the world of evil's face", the Old World, pre-Denlotian abuses

V

* vestmal - face of evil, dystopia, Terran world
* veste - face
* voihk, voig - big

Z

* z- - of, genitive
	+ zo- before s, z, or an incompatible cluster

## Numbers

0; 1-10 - iul; ien, dmojez, dreiz, quariz, gwindez, soix, soxmez, oks, numonez, tigez

20-90 - vigontez, dregontez, quagontez, gwibontez, sogontez, soxintez, oxontez, nimotez

100 - xanto/xanato

1,000 - gelaxar/gexar

10,000 - gedexar

100K - gexantez

million - saodaxa

## Samples

* Torhunne gluos est, - "Humanity is a curse" - Pinto

## Trivia

The author based Palguenian on Irish, Gaulish, and archaic Celtic, mixed with French and Welsh.

The author based the Palguenian alphabet on Celtoiberian mixed with Ogham.

## See also

* Ardeschi glossary
* Late Ardeschen language