Boulderovian

Map of where Boulderovian is spoken

The **Boulderovian Language** or **Buldorevid Limdal** IPA:/bul.do.re.vid.lim.däl/ is mainly spoken in southwestern Haven and in Istanboulder, located in the northwest of Cymru. It is one of the most important languages spoken on the continent of Haven. It influenced many surrounding languages and was considered as one of the most prestigious languages in the Uldarash Empire, being very popular amongst elites, foreign noble families within Uldarash, and Boulderist priests.

## History

Boulderovian is a native Havenite language. It has been spoken on the continent of Haven for years, and still is spoken. At the greatest territorial extent of Boulderov, the language start to develop quickly, it was known as the golden age of poets and writers. This golden age continued even after the fall of Boulderov. The golden age only came to an end after the fall of the Imperial Federation of Uldarash. The Boulderovian language is written in the Boulder Script, also known as the Round Script, which was borrowed from the Savernian Script. Originally the Boulder Script was written from right to left, but slowly after years of foreign influence, the script began to be written from left to right. Many Boulderovians were unhappy of what had become of Boulderov and Uldarash, thus many Boulderovians started to immigrate (The Great Migration), resulting in a great diaspora of Boulderovians across Rathnir. Eventually, many Boulderovians came to settle in Istanboulder where a seperate dialect slowly began. They developed a new script came to be, known as the Istanboulder Script. Slowly, the Boulderovian language was growing in vocabulary. Although the great distance between the native Boulderovian lands and Istanboulder made communication non-existent, the language did not differ a lot. Havenite Boulderovian and Cymru Boulderovian have only a few differences, mainly regarding vocabulary and slang. Pronunciation remained pretty much the same, and so did grammar. Small note, there are two words meaning Boulder in Boulderovian: **Boulder** or **Buldorev**. Both are correct.

## Grammar

### Phonology

 Close-mid
 Open-mid

\*"J" represents the sound "/dʒ/" but in Istanboulder Boulderovian the letter "J" is pronounced as "/ʒ/".

### Word Order

The word order of Boulderovian is Subject-Verb-Object. Although it is believed that originally the word order was Subject-Object-Verb, but that as a result of the influence of neighbouring languages, Boulderovian would gradually transition from an S-O-V language, to an S-V-O one.

### Pronouns

Bev - I

Suv - You

Lo - He/She/It

Noz - We

Hevid - You

Lovnar - They

### Possessives

Mler - My, Mine

Dub - Your

Loy - His/Hers/Its

Nozem - Our

Voysim - Your

Kiner - Their

### Articles

There are two kinds of articles in Boulderovian, Definite and Indefinite. Although it does occur quite often, in particular in Istanboulder Boulderovian, that the articles are simply not used, especially in day to day speech.

Definite Article: Shil + add suffix "-ha" to noun e.g. The Kingdom - **Shil** Remuyadlem**ha**

If the word coming after the articles starts with these letters: L, G, F, P or D then the article "Vi" is used instead with the suffix "-er" e.g. The Advisor - **Vi** Danyeshmat**er**

In Istanboulder Boulderovian instead of using the article "Vi", the article "Lar" is used, and no suffixes are added e.g. The Border - **Lar** Fronsher

Indefinite Article: U e.g. A fox and a bear - **U** edr veshiv **u** dovayis

In Istanboulder Boulderovian the indefinite article is almost never used.

### Grammatical Genders

Boulderovian has had grammatical genders in the past, it has only been very recently that grammatical genders have sort of disappeared. Although it is still used by some, but less and fewer people use them in day to day life.

### Numbers

There are three types of numbers in Boulderovian. Cardinal numbers, Personal numbers and Masses. Cardinal numbers are used when listing or counting numbers, while Personal numbers are used for counting people, including animals. Masses are used to count the mass/weight of anything.

Note that in Istanboulder Boulderovian the personal numbers work differently. Instead of "Au" being in the front, it comes as a suffix. e.g.

Au sher → Sherau

Au bet → Betau

etc.

Another detail is that although in Istanboulder Boulderovian the Masses numbers exist, they are barely if at all every used compared to Havenite Boulderovian where it is still very often used. Instead, the Masses numbers are replaced with the Cardinal numbers.

### Conjugation

Verbs in Boulderovian end in "-ak", "-ek", "-ok" or "-ik".

These endings drop whenever a verb is being conjugated. The endings of the verb will vary depending on the subject and tense. Almost every single Verbs in Boulderovian are regular, but there are a few exceptions. There are only 2 tenses in Boulderovian, Present and Past.

**Present tense**: used to refer to something happening at the moment of action, or of some potential action in the close or distant future.

-ak | -ek | -ok | -ik

-an(I) | -en | -on | -in

-az(You) | -ey | -o | -iz

-at(He/She/It) | -e | -o | -it

-amoy(We) | -emoy | -omoy | -imi

-avo(You) | -eru | -os | -isi

-ando(They) | -endo | -ondo | -indo

**Past tense:**

-ak | -ek | -ok | -ik

WIP

## Daily Phrases

Hello! → Solumate!

Good morning. → Bey madab.

Good evening. → Bey sukshom.

Good night. → Bey goade.

My name is \_. → Mler yisa oslat \_.

How are you? → Nosme oslaz suv?

What is your name? → Nev oslat dub yisa?

I'm feeling good. → Bev isentmirin bey.

I'm feeling bad. → Bev isentmirin komalu.

Goodbye! → Beyari!

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