Ardeschi language

The **Ardeschi language** (**Ardeschi**) was the official language of Red Ardesch.

## Alphabet

a, aa, ae, b, ch, d, e, ee, f, g, h, hc, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, oe, p, r, s, sch, t, u, v, x, y, z; ei (the), en (and), o (or), vai (for), en-, ... kon (both meaning "with")

The Ardeschi alphabet had 36 letters, the last five being symbols for grammatical affixes and words.

## Pronouns

* me - I, me
* min - my
* chy - thou, thee (common)
* dy - thou, thee (archaic)
* ... chen - thy
* ech - it
* nue - we
* vy - you, ye (plural)
* zta - them
* oljone, ljoen(d) - they (hostile)

-ee - plural

-en - genitive, of

s'(o) - X of Y

## Verbal tenses

* -au - (past tense)
* -(e)st - (present tense)
* -essue - (present continuous)
* vil ... - (future tense), will

## Affixes

### Location

* or - from
* -ed - to, towards
* ze - towards
* ni - in
* klox - left
* deux - right
* pest - up
* pesti - upper
* barr - upper, over
* bun - down
* dego - bottom, lower
* chund - here
* dund - there
* dori - east
* daer - west
* zuan - north
* zea - south
* gabarr - all over
* nerte - between
* naech - near
* guel - far

### Time

* galor - after
* ran - all
* sur - so that, therefore

### Amount

* gaan - any
* gaankar - any other
* vois - full

### Basic words

* ést - to be, is, am, are
* -to - it is
* karest - to come
* lost - to go
* sgerest - to see
* vielest - to follow
* vindest - to give
* illasest - to bring
* hcaskest - to cause
* freskest - to think
* beknarest - to become

### Miscellaneous

* en - and
* o - or
* vai - for
* ve - if
* en- - with
	+ As a combining part with a word or name.
* ... kon - with
* or - by, from, using
* ko-, cho-, syn- - together
* ei ... - the, this, that
* -(d)or - doer
* fin - correct
* na, nae - no, not
* na- - un-
* onst - instead of
* kast - this
* kest - that
* -i - demonym
* -lieves - -cracy, rule of
* -tar - -ness
* -tarne - -doer, -ist

## Numbers

* 0 - noita
* 1-10 - ens, duon, trell, fol, vir, skess, simno, an'hco, meane, dakne
* 20 - uekne
* 30 - trikne
* 40 - folkeene
* 50 - virekne
* 60 - skejekne
* 70 - simnaekne
* 80 - anohc'ne
* 90 - maenakne
* 100 - koutne
* 1000 - kelloje
* 10000 - madloje
* 100000 - heknauje
* million - milkarne
* billion - ulakne
* trillion - vilokne, vilone

## Trivia

* The author based Ardeschi spelling on Italian, German, Sardinian, Latin, French, and Dutch orthography; and its vocabulary was based on Irish, Proto-Celtic, and Proto-Indo-European. It was also influenced by "elvish" languages like Quenya and Sindarin to some extent.
* Ardeschi was created from Imperial Ardeschen to incorporate features of nearby languages and to be gender-neutral. In spite of this, many archaic features remained in that same language.

### Pronunciation

(bold phonemes are letters in the Ardeschi alphabet)

* **aa** - [aː]
* **ae** - [æː]
* **ch**, **c** - [c]
* dsch, dc - [ɟ]
* **ee** - [ɛː]
* **hc** - [x]
* **j** - [j]
* lr - [(l)r]
* nn
* **oe** - [œ]
* **r** - [r]
* **sch** - [ʃ]
* s'ch - [sc]
* **x** - [ks]
* **y** - [ɯ]
* **z** - [z], [s] before a consonant

## See also

* Ardeschi glossary
* Late Ardeschen language
* Ardeschi folklore
* Late Gauvajut glossary
* Zarijanian glossary