Drevobojanse glossary

This is a list of terms used in **Drevobojanse** (Drevobojanse: **Jozyroi Bojanse, Jozyroi Drevobojanse**), a relative of Bujanski still used by mixed descendants of Slavic and native Wonao people in Bujan.

The name of the language literally means "Old Bujanid". It is *indeed* the direct descendant of the Bujanid language used by Koschei and the founders of Bujan, shaped by northwestern and later southeastern Wonao languages.

Although it is distantly related to an earlier stage of the Pogimmellian language, the "Bujanski" language that is more well-known is actually a later arrival from Pogimmel, not the descendant of Koschei's language. This later Slavic language was also based on Drevobojanse elements to cut off any ties with Darros and integrate society with the older Slavs of the island country.

This article covers the other two Slavic languages of the Outer Islands, West Ljetoi of Makkadal and East Ljetoi of Joltaraata, both island nations south of Bujan. Other Slavic communities in the other nations are mostly descendants of these two communities, so they usually use dialects of either language as a native tongue.

## Names of the languages:

* Bujanski: Janzyk Bujanski
* Drevobojanse: Jozyroi Bojanse, Jozyroi Drevobojanse ("Bujanski language, Old Bujanski language")
* West Ljetoi: Ljetuslaoski ("Summer Slavs' Language")
* East Ljetoi: Ljetoslouski ("Summer Slavs' Language")

A

* alava, aola - big fire
* awō - white

B

* bæsan, mæsan - never having, without

D

* dæsan-, næsan- - without
	+ Differentiated from bæsan because it is "without", but not "never with".
	+ Adopted into modern Bujanski as "najes-" or "næsan-", differentiated from "bez-", as the latter now means "never" (instead of just "no").
* dōro < \*dobro - good

J

* jasar, josor - beauty, splendour, splendid
* josornei - splendid, beautiful
* jozurol < \*jonzyk - language
* jutra - sunrise, dawn
* jutrana - morning

N

* næ - no, not
* niz - under

R

* ræ < \*næ, \*nætǐ - no, not

S

* sonjera - (S) greetings
* sumečǐ - evening

T

* tāno - okay

## West Ljetoi glossary

West Ljetoi, or Ngorondelian Slavic, is the language of the Slavic people of Ngorondel, an island north of Makkadal.

* kosonjavei - new year
* kozo - year
* ljeto, gljeto - summer
* loto - a tree
* miša, pjuša - "fluffy thing", a cat
* neavei - new
* tobro, tomro - good
* zrevo - tree
* zuloto - gold

## East Ljetoi

East Ljetoi is one of two official languages of Joltaraata, alongside Joltaraataic, the local Wonao language.

East Ljetoi has a tendency to "mutate" consonants when they are part of compound words.

For example, "k" and "g" become into "ñ" (ng) as the middle of a compound word, like "kozo" (a year) becoming "ñozo" in "nauñozo" (new year).

* duloto - gold
* kozo - year
	+ \*godo > \*kodo
	+ compound form: ñozoljeto - summer
* mjuša - "fluffy thing", a cat
* nauñozo - new year
* zrejo - tree
	+ compound form: nrejo

## Trivia

* Drevobojanse is one of Amaril's two native languages, the other being Naonaere.
* The evolved pronunciation and phonology in Bujanski was due to Drevobojanse influence, although it was also claimed to be derived from Ēosomê and Sarmelonid.
	+ The evolution of "v" into a diphthongal "-u" (as in ljetoslau, "summer Slav") was influenced by Belarusian.
	+ West Slavic languages, like Polish and Czech, were some of the influences for the Drevobojanse and Ljetoslav languages.
* (S) - Sarmelonid. Drevobojanse consider Sarmelonid classical arts as part of their cultural heritage, by emulating aristocrats into their traditions.

## See also

* Eosome language
* Eosome glossary
* Naonaere glossary
* Naonaere language
* Wonao glossary
* Bujanski glossary
* Bujanski slang
* Russian glossary