Late Ardeschen language

The "**Late Ardeschen language**" (Early Denlotian: **Vol** **Ardeschka**; Latter Denlotian: **Vohkal** **Adrexana**) is the language of the Denlotia or World Alliance, which lasted for several centuries.

## Stages

### Prewar

Prewar Ardeschen was the language used until the end of the Terran Invasions and the founding of the Denlotia.

Sample: "**Nais vaoixeel, naes naoreian.**" (Without justice, there will be no peace)

[nɛs ˈʋʷäi̯k͡sɛl nɛs nəːˈrɛa]

### Early Denlotian

This is the language that is still used in most depictions of the Denlotia.

Sample: "**Naes vaixael, naes naarea.**" (Without justice, there will be no peace)

[nɛs ˈʋʷäi̯k͡sɛl nɛs nəːˈrɛa]

### Late Denlotian

Late Denlotian was the stage of Ardeschen that was used through the Pandemic of 3900 and the wars against Klesha.

## Alphabet

a, aa, ae, b, ch, d, e, ee, f, g, h, hk, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, ô, oe, p, r, s, sch, t, u, v, x, y, z

## Pronouns

* ve - I
* cha - thou
* mei - you all
* vje - we

-ei - plural

-oi - plural (derogatory)

-in, -en - (genitive, more common)

s' ..., se- - of something, (genitive for names)

-un - to stress a word in a sentence, usually a subject

## Verbal tenses

* past - ov-
* past continuous - -von
* present - si-
	+ -an is the default suffix or infinitive, treated as a present tense to mark a word as a verb. May be omitted in casual speech, but required in formal usage.
* present (greater, imperative) - sa-
* present (imperative, request) - -on
* present continuous - -san
	+ -dan if a word ends in d, l, n, s, sch, t, or z
* future - -oit
* future (archaic, poetic, dialectal) - ven-, veu-, vo-
	+ replaced by -oi(t) a century before the founding of the Denlotia.
	+ eliminates the -an verbal ending.
* future continuous - -ion
	+ -oon is for an action that goes on forever or indefinitely.
* future imperative - -oita
	+ -oida if a word ends in s, sch, t, or z

### Example:

* ov-seftan - founded (past)
* seft-on - please start this (imperative present, request)
* si-seftan - found this (present)
* sa-seftan! - you must start this! (imperative present)
* seftoit - will found this (future)
* ve-seft - will found this (future, poetic)
* seftoida! - you will start this, and you must do it! (imperative future)

## Affixes

### Amount

* draan - great
* -xon - (intensifier), great, very
* svaa - all
* uoi - full

### Direction

* tera, nera, darjo- - west
* nroja, neljo- - east
* seja, seo- - south
* zollan, zolo-, zol- - north

### States of being

* -tar - -ness
* -tren, -dren - doer

## Glossary

* andal - (archaic) hundred
* Andresch - Ardesch
* Ae-Bachla-97 - name of the organism that caused the Pandemic of 3900
* bekna - to turn into, to become
* beknetar - transformation
* bisel - equal, matching
* blacchen - criminal, offender
* blachol - crime
* char - (archaic) thousand
* dabbluko - a "random blocker", a person who irresponsibly blocks another online user.
	+ They, along with online trolls before Denlotian times, were the reason for stricter online laws to force all users to only use blocks as a last resort.
	+ Most prewar *dabblukei* were killed during the Day of Resolution, along with many other miscreants and extremists.
* danligasna - healing, resolution
* daen - new
* Dran Seftrenei - Founders of the Denlotia
* draan - great
* Draano - Tyrant, evil lord
* dresch - death
* fullun, flun - flag
* glei - a day
* jex - six
* keokel - hundred thousand
* keoten, andal - hundred
* kel, char - thousand
* kriddar - killing, destruction
* konsoi - a militant with conservative views
* ligan - to fix, to mend
* ligasna - repairing, resolution
* lison - (from Terran "lesson" or "ljesun") schadenfreude, laughing at a person for suffering for a mistake, rather than a crime.
	+ For example, laughing at a person for losing their job over being late is a "lison", and is punishable by beatings or death. This is considered treason in Denlotian law, for being closer to the Terran enemy, or for encouraging harrassment of the poor.
	+ Telling people to move on, "life is not fair", or "get over it" are also considered schadenfreude, usually punishable by torture or death, depending on how angry the offended person is.
* loed - order, command
* malchattar - machinery, technology
* mei, mea - nine
* meiandal - nine hundred
* menalza - inevitable
* mlesa - to bleed
* mlinna - year
* mon, monin - word
* monoi - monotheist warmonger
* mroin - rot
* mrutta - henchman (formerly "comrade"), lackey, slave of evil
* naarea - survival, peace, life, being alive, good health
	+ This word has a double meaning by the time the Denlotia was founded, both meaning "peace" and "being healthy and alive". So "no justice, no peace" can also mean "Without justice, we slip closer to death."
* nechasbel - one who refuses to explain their actions, a criminal, a traitor
	+ Shortening of "Nei cha si-blejon chôl ixeraun!" (no one owes you an explanation)
* -oi - (derogatory collective plural, also singular)
* polloi - polytheist warmonger, a traitor
* -ran - great, mega-
* rixta - law
* rotoris - helicopter
* ruegoe - plague, death
* seftan - to start, to begin, to establish
* seftena - founding, establishment
* spodran - great plague
* spoed - disease
* srom - red
* Srom Aedresch, Sromidres - Red Ardesch
* tadresch - death to
	+ Svaa tadresch Taeranoi! - Death to all Terrans
* tai, taja - star
* taosa, taose - a god, a deity
* tearcha - comfort
* tôi - same
* tura - oak tree
* trei - three
* treichar - three thousand
* vaasa - war
* vaixael - justice
* vir - five
* virex - fifty-six
* vro, vronda - enemy
* -xon - (intensifier), great, very
* zrel - gold

## Denlotian terms

* Ae-Bachla-97 - name of the organism that caused the Pandemic of 3900
* Daenloed - Denlotia, the New Order of the world
* Rixtaxonei s'Daenloed, Arixta - Laws of the Denlotia
* Draanoen Virexan-es - Fifty-Six Tyrants
* Glei Danligasna - "Day of Healing", "Day of Resolution", a massacre done to purge opponents of the Denlotia and various past offenders.
* Gwas s'Aohk - "Eightfold Curse", "Curse of Eight", a torture or killing done during the Day of Resolution.
	+ Referring to eight elements of each execution: criminal, victim, origin, crime, motive, plea, death or punishment, and lesson
* Spoed Draanruegoe-Treichar Meiandalxon - Pandemic of 3900
* Taeroi - Terran
* Vrondaxon - the Great Enemy, Terran people, Terra and its civilisations; the behaviours and attitudes of Terrans

## Words of the Great Enemy (Moninei s-Vrondaxon)

These are Terran words, prohibited in Denlotian society to destroy all connections with Terra and the Old Worlders.

* Virmotei - "Five Words", "Nei cha si-blejon chôl ixera-un" (nobody needs to answer you)
	+ In Denlotian culture, this is the opposite of "no justice, no peace", a symbol of apathy and selfish happiness that must be purged.

## Examples of verbs

* si-aio - to vow
* si-bihknaar - to become
* si-krid - to kill
* si-ligan - to fix
* sa-smaana - to destroy
* si-mil - to follow

## Basics

* nae - no
* naed - nothing, no one
* annei, nei - no one
* naet, naes, neis - not
* fe - if
* haai, haar - for

## Numbers

* 0 - nid
* 1 - eis
* 2 - din
* 3 - trei
* 4 - flaa, flo
* 5 - vir, var
* 6 - jex
* 7 - smina
* 8 - auhk
* 9 - mei, mea
* 10 - doke, doka, dor
* 56 - virex
* 100 - keoten, keotan
* 100 - andal (archaic)
* 900 - meikeo
* 900 - meiandal (archaic)
* 1000 - kel
* 1000 - char (archaic)
* 3000 - treichar
* 10000 - keokel, keokal

## Samples

**Cha, si-bihknaar chôl ov-aio krid.**
[t͡ʂä, sʲˈbyːχnaor t͡ʂoʊ̯ ˈβʷajoː krˠid]
*Thou, PRES-turn into what PAST-vow kill.*
"You have become the very thing you swore to destroy."

**"Naes vaixael, naes naarea."**
[nɛs ˈʋʷäi̯k͡sɛl nɛs nəːˈrɛa]
*Not justice, not peace.*
"Without justice, peace cannot survive." or "If we cannot use justice, we will become closer to death."

**"Nei cha si-blejon chôl ixera-un!"**
[nɛj t͡ʂʌ sʲˈblɛːjoʊ̯ t͡ʂou̯l ɪˈk͡sɛrɛʊ̯n]
*Nobody thou PRES-need thou answer-stress!*
"Nobody owes you an explanation", "Nobody needs to answer to you" - "Five Evil Words"

**Vje malchattar atto!**
We have the technology! (Denlotian catchphrase and excuse)

## Ardeschen loanwords

* rotoris (a helicopter)
	+ Marnosyn - rotris
	+ Turodarian - rotri (ceiling fan), barotri (a helicopter)
	+ Nolworran - rōtï
	+ Bujanski, Zvestarid - rotar
* loed (an order, a command)
	+ Mar - loidis
	+ Tur - roas
	+ Nol - rōsï
	+ Buj - loiz, ljōz (a command)
	+ Buj - loizitǐ (to command, to order)
* flun (a flag)
	+ Mar - flon
	+ Tur - vjun, vjan
	+ Nol - lön
	+ Buj - vlōn (banner, pennant, streamers)
	+ Buj - vlōnišče (buntings, small flags hung on strings)
* ligas - to heal
	+ Mar - ligon, lignos, lixnos (a doctor)
	+ Tur - ligirro - a doctor
	+ Nol - lykno - doctor
	+ Buj - ligjon, rigon - doctor, medic
	+ Buj - rigomesa - a medic for a school or specific location
	+ Buj - rigjommæst, rigommæst - clinic, first aid station
	+ Buj - rigomiba - first aid, medical help
	+ Buj - rigomestvo - healthcare, capability of first aid

## Trivia

As the major language of the world during its time, replacing an older form of Tuksharan, Ardeschen loanwords can be found in various languages, from Marnosyn in the west to Rukanian in the east.

Even after many countries adopted linguistic purism, eventually those old words began to reappear, even after Ardeschen was displaced by Zvestarid (Bujanski) as an international language.

There may also be a number of Ardeschen loanwords in Bujanski, but they are more often used in other countries, such as Marnos, Turodaron, and Nolworra.

## Pronunciation

* aa - [aː(ʔ)~ao(ʔ)]
* ae - [ɛ]
* c, ch - [t͡ʂ]
* hk - [χ]
* j - [j]
* ô - [oʊ̯]
* oe - [oe]

## See also

* Ardeschi language
* Ardeschi glossary
* Denlotian glossary
* Denlotian trigger words