Igarin language

The Zelarid **Igarin language** is the language used by the Igarin Empire.

## Varieties

Igarin also has several known varieties, owing to the large size of the Igarin Empire's former territories.

* Akaldon - ancient Igarin spoken during the Seventeenth Age, used as a classical and ceremonial language.
* Konjor Igarin
* Malendor Igarin
* Nandegakkovian - a language distantly related to Igarin from a thousand years ago, used during the reign of the emperor Prunowetsa III.

## Alphabetical order

b, a, g, o, f, <h>, i, l, m, e, ļ, ɨ, p, r, u, s, k, z, ö, ž, j, w, d, t, n, <rh>, <drh>, <š>

*Ba-Am-Gor-Oil-Föl-Ir-Irwal*

### Imperial names (standard, later Galactic Community)

* ba - wing
* am - shroud, cloak
* gor - darkness
* oil - hat, leaf, hair
* föl - straw, cone,
* ir - light, ray
* irwal - dawn
* magnöl - great
* ekkaw - fire (archaic)
* ļipaw - winter (archaic), storms
* ɨola - to drawn
* prumma - sea
* rari - dance (also "song")
* soane - sun (archaic), heatwave, firestorm
* koon - blood
* zeiwa - lightning bolt
* ör - offering, mirror
* žol - a change, a shift
* jenda - three
* wel - land
* das - again, divide
* tos - whole, everything
* nau - fight

### Malendor names

* bâ
* âr
* gô
* ôi
* fol
* îr
* loi, loivala

### Akaldon names (classical)

* baarawa
* aaraw
* garowal
* omowari
* farewal
* il
* irwal
* <rhanɨ>

## Pronouns

The Igarinoid or Grifa race has four physical sexes: male, female, carer, and drone. Carers are like females and drones are like males, but they are sterile: carers are addressed as "xe" and drones are addressed as "ze". Additional classes of pronouns are used when addressing slaves, general audiences, and inanimate objects and substances.

When addressing a group with different genders, either the masculine or neuter plural pronouns are used. Masculine pronouns are used in formal or ceremonial settings (e.g. an emperor's edict or an officer's order), while neuter pronouns are used in casual or everyday settings (e.g. instructions to build a machine or a combat lesson).

Nominative pronouns can also be used as "the" when referring to something: e.g. "Fian deu taska" (find it book) means "find the book".

nominative-accusative, genitive

### First-person

"I, my"

* he (male): fias, -fia
	+ prestige: faas, -fan
* she (female): fine/fien, -fin
	+ prestige: feas, -fjen
* xe, xem (drone): tor/fön, -ton
* ze, zem (carer): ta(r), -tan
* them (slave): dor, -dor
* them (neuter): feun, -feu
* it (inanimate): foin, -foen

### First person plural

"we, our"

* he: faz, -fain
* she: fiz, -fien
* xe: tonz, -töri/-töir
* ze: tanz, -tair
* them (slave): doraz, -doraz
* them (neuter): feuz, -fojen/-fön
* it (inanimate): feuz, -fojen/-fön

### Second person

"thou, thy"

* he: ļa, -ļar
	+ prestige: ļaa, -ļaan
* she: ļue, -ļue
	+ prestige: due, -ļuan
* xe: ļor, -ļorno/ -ļörno
* ze: ļar, -ļarna
* it (slave): dor, -dor
* them (neuter): ļeu, -ļeu
* it (inanimate): ļoi, -ļoi

### Second person plural

"you all, your"

* he: ļaez, -ļain
	+ prestige: ļaaž, -ļaan
* she: ļeiz, -ļein
	+ prestige: ļeaž, ļean
* xe: ļor(o)z, -ļoz
* ze: ļar(a)z, -ļaz
* it (slave): doraz, -doraz
* them (neuter): ļewiz, -ļojen
* it (inanimate): ļewiz, -ļojen

### Third person

"he/she/xe/ze/them, his/her/xer/zer/their"

* he: da, -na
	+ prestige: daaž, daan
* she: de(a), -ne
	+ prestige: deaž, dean
* xe, xem: tö(n), -tön
* ze, zem: ta(n), -tan
* it (slave): dor, -dor
* them (neuter): neu, -noi
* it: (inanimate): deu, -doi

### Third person plural:

* he: daɨz, -daɨn
* she: deɨz, -deɨn
* xe: tön(a)z, töz
* ze: tan(a)z, taz
* them (slave): doraz, -doraz
* them (neuter): duɨz, -doɨn
* it (inanimate): duɨz, -doɨn

### Genitive:

* -ri(s) - noble
* -(r)it, -(j)ez, -(rj)ez - name
* -(j)ez - words

### Others:

* -es, -jes - plural
* -gir - -self

## Verbal tenses

infinitive-continuous-perfect-irrealis

Past: X-staun - X-stali - wi-X-stali - nim-X-stali

Present: X-laun - X-ali - wi-X-ali - nim-X-ali

Future: X-duan/X-nea - X-dali - wi-X-dali - nim--dali

pe- - passive

## Affixes

### Place

* ke- - towards
* en - facing something
* me - from
* keen - in, inside
* kepo - out
* söbben - near
* lojan, ojan - far
* sojan - distant, very far
* ļon - around
* swek - behind
* kesa, asta, atta - up
* ketto, dauk - down
* nuei - left
* lara, lala - right
* larai - east
* son - here

### Time

* mer, (classical) tue, (improper) nue - now
* swena(s), swen- - first
* prilda(s), pril- - last, finak

### Amount

* jeza, ezuo - many
* sežuko, sežö - few
* -ok - any
* ras-, das-, dale(s) - again
* dera - very
* derana - a lot

### Question words

* sa(k) - what
* srek - when
* skarö, skare - where
* sma - who
* sbar - why

### Others

* de, (classical) ļö - and
* ea, (classical) oɨ - or
* ļoí - but
* möɨ - because
* ... daan - this
* ... been - that
* lak - like
* -iža, -ɨža, -jenne - -ness, -dom
* -ńe, -ńa - doer
* -ron - doer (classical, male or drone)
* -ren(e) - doer (classical, female or carer)
* ber- - place of
* -ne - resident of, -ian
* -e - (derogatory) resident of, -ian

## Numbers

0; 1-10 (common)

* luen, gale, wera, jenda, fewal, ļöi(we), kaiwi, sawo, lalwo, ɨrwe, deme

0; 1-10 (Akaldon)

* loen, gala, ware, anda, faw, ļajaw, keiwaw, sew, lew, arrew, darew

rerig - 10,000

-(e)n makes a number ordinal.

* 5th - ļöjen/ļöiwen; 6th - kaiwien; 7th - kalwoen; 8th - lalwoen; 9th - ɨrwe(e)n; 10th; - demeen

## Basics

* prefa, pre(s) - yes
* nae - truly, correct
* sa - very well, here you go
* jures - so be it
* skö(n) - no, not
* tai, tö - (stronger) no, not
* ner, ez, -be - to be, is, am
	+ Ez is most often used, especially by commoners.
* glez - to have
* lun - to do
* fɨr - for

## Sample

* Faas Walanno Katemas Karagarit. - *I Great Emperor Karaga-GEN* - I am the Great Emperor of the Haraga-Crow.

## See also

* Igarin glossary
* Igarin mythology
* Igarin calendar
* Nandegakkovian language
* Kuelgon language
* Novantirna language
* Sarmelonid language