Porasonid language

The **Porasonid language** (Šonduva Porasonidô, B'haša Porasonidin, Porasonidiske (Jonsikjo)), is the national language of the southerly republic of Porashon. It was derived from a form of Sarmelonid.

## History

The language of Porasonid was originally the Sarmelonid language, used by the rebels who founded Porashon to make themselves seem more "noble" than the Ontemazei Empire. Over time, their Sarmelonid language began to develop distinctive features influenced by Ontemazei, while the Ontemazei language was eventually displaced as it was associated with the cruelty of the Ontemazei Empire.

In much of Porashon's early history, the language picked up many Slavic and indigenous words from nearby human nations. A register influenced by the holy language of Slavjane is used to worship the Slavonian gods, such as Svarog and Jarilo.

When Porashon was invaded by the Thandizo Dynasty of Vozolaz in 1200 BT, many of its people began praying to Ravana. When they celebrated their victory over the Vozonids, half of the country converted to Hinduism. The language began to adopt many Sanskrit words. This stage of the language is known as "Middle Porasonid", to differentiate it from the speech used in 1960-2020 AT ("Modern Porasonid"). Many Slavic words were then replaced with Sanskrit terms, with a few still used out of politeness.

At the same time, the Porasonids also used many words from the contemporary Gondi language in schools and academies to honour Ravana, as they considered their Gondi and Tamravannian allies as descendants of Ravana. This form of Gondi, which has shaped the Porasonid language, is known locally as Bôgda Vadkudâl, or the High Speech, or as High Gondi. Gondi people in Porashon also use their own standard of their language, which has become more "archaic" than their mother tongue in their homeland: it is slightly different from High Gondi in academies and the Gondi language used in their homeland.

## Pronouns

### Middle Porasonid

nominative - accusative - affiliative - possessive (thou - thee - thy nation - thy chariot)

* I - lo/la - lon/lan - losol/lasol - lôse/lâse
* I (greater) - loiron/lairan - loisol/laisol - loise/laise
* I (royal) - joro/jora - joron/joran - joral/jaral - jojase/jajese
* thou - lokjo/lakja - lokon/lakan - ljozol/ljazol - lôkse/lâkse
* we - lai - lajon

### Sanskritised

Porasonid uses a simplified register of Sanskrit in classical or poetic speech. In daily speech, only the nominative, accusative, ablative, and genitive (and occasionally dative) forms are used.

nominative - accusative - instrumental - dative - ablative - genitive - locative (thou - thee - with thou - done to thou - from thou - thy - at thou)

* I - aham/akam - mâm(o) - majâ - mahyam/makja(mo) - (as)mat - mame - maî
* we two
* we
* thou - tvam/tuam(a) - tvâm/tuâm(o) - tvâja - tub'hjam/tubjam(a) - tvat - tava - tvaî

### Slavonised

Porasonid also uses Slavonian pronouns in some classical speech. This was derived from a standardised version of Slavonian based on local Slavonian languages and the holy language used to worship the Slavic gods, known as Slavjane or Svjatoirin. The sacred language is also used in Bujan to worship the Slavic gods.

nominative - genitive - dative - accusative- locative - instrumental (thou - thy - done to thou - thee - at thou - using thou)

* I - azo - menje - minja (or mei) - menei - minja (later minjad) - minajon
* thou - tjo - tepa - tepja (or tei) - tepei - tepja (later tepjad) - tapojon

## Verbs

### Middle Porasonid

infinitive - continuous - perfect

* past: ma(go)- - mâsar(e)- - mârjen(a)-
* present: lês(e)- - lôsse(l)- - lôrja(n)-
* future: mîn(a)- - milsa(l)- - mirraje(n)-

## Affixes

* nâr - before
* mân - now
* pei - for
* džêjo - but

## Basics

(S) - Sanskritised

(G) - Gauvajutised

(A) - Slavonised

(GO) - Gondified

* Šônir(o/a) - greetings
* Namaskâra - (S) greetings (formal, polite)
* Slava - (A) greetings (formal, ceremonial)
* Vadakkam - (GO) greetings, welcome (formal, ceremonial)
	+ Often associated with schools, especially in science schools. Used alongside Namaskâra in libraries.
* Aivalei - welcome
* Svâgatam - (S) welcome (polite, found in border crossings)
* Privjedza(jon) - (A) welcome (in festivals)
* Šub'ham b'havatu - all the best
* Airossei - thank you
* Aira darassei - thank you (formal)
* D'hanjavada - (S) thank you (formal)
* Hovalau - (A) thank you (polite)
* Vanjara - goodbye
* Venja - goodbye (informal)
* Patina - (S) goodbye
* Šub'hajatra - (S) goodbye, bon voyage (polite, found on border crossings)
* ... na kartavjam - (S) no ..., ... is forbidden

## Examples

Sanskrit: Abhi, vayam rakṣasah asat. Parantu, Devas asmān saṁsthāpayat adhi ekam karyam; adhuna, palayatāmas manuṣyam!

Before, we monster-PLU were. But, God-AORIST-PLU us restore-THEY for one-ACC work-ACC; now, protect-PRES-we human-ACC!

Porasonid: Nâr lai vølkuvoppo. Džêjo, Kravjoso lajon mago-râi pei jaun korittol: Mân lai lês-dondai andotar!

Before we monster-PLU. But, God-PLU us PAST-raise for one purpose: now we PRES-protect human-ness!

We were monsters in the past. But the Gods had raised us for one purpose: now, we defend mankind!

## Trivia

* Porasonid's pronunciation of Sanskrit words was inspired by Thai, Malay, and Japanese adaptations of Sanskrit words.
	+ In Porasonid, aspirated -ha consonants are pronounced as -ja. Therefore -ya clusters in Sanskrit are pronounced as -eja or -ea, although they are spelled as -ja or with a different -ja diacritic in the alphabet. (possibly -ýa).
* "Slavjane" or "Svjatoirin" was based on Old Church Slavonic.

## See also

* Porasonid glossary
* Tuksharan glossary, another language influenced by Sanskrit
* Irdastirian language
* Sanskritised Porasonid language
* Slavonic Porasonid language