Eldurlac

Image of where the Eldurlac language is typically spoken within Eldham

**Eldurlac** (*Eldurlac: /eld.ʏɾ.lɔts/*) (*Traveler's Tongue: /eld.ʏɹ.lak/*) is a language spoken primarily in Southern-Central Serrona, primarily in the nations - both historically and presently - of Dejuria, Elduria, the Campfire Society, Notos, and Eros and as a minority language in the Federation of Southern Stars and the Vulperium.

It is a member of the Serronan language family alongside other indigenous Serronan languages like Lo'Oi, Mari, and Kolsson. It is most closely related to the Batu language found directly to its North, and it is most distantly related to Mari.

## Syntax, grammar, and sentence structure

Eldurlac follows a SVO (subject-verb-object) sentence structure, comparable to English and the various other Serronan languages.

If a verb is followed by the word 'luć' it indicates that the verb is in future tense, while if the word 'goć' follows a verb it indicates the past tense form of the verb. If not followed by either of these words, it is indicative of the present tense.

Two common suffixes in the language exist to indicate plurality and possession. The suffix '-ci' indicates plurality; if the word it is attached to normally ends with a 'c', 't', or 's', than only '-i' is added onto it. Following similar rules to '-ci', '-ca' is a suffix placed onto subjects to indicate possession of a following object. If the subject in question ends with a 'c', 't', or 's', than only '-a' is added onto it.

## Unique orthology

Many letters represent expected sounds that one may find in English/Traveler's Tongue, for example the phoneme /m/ is represented by the grapheme/letter 'm'. There are several unique orthographic features however to be aware of. Below is various notable orthographic writings of consonants, see the vowel inventory section in 'Phonology' for the orthography of vowels.

* The letter R/r always produces the phoneme /ɾ/, which is a tapped rhotic sound.
* The letter J/j always produces the phoneme /ʒ/, which can be seen in American English pronunciations of the word 'vision' or in most French uses of the letter J/j.
* The letter C/c always produces the phoneme /ts/.
* The letter Ć/ć always produces the phoneme /dz/.
* The combination Th/th always produces the phoneme /θ/. This can be seen in most American English pronunciations of words like 'brother'.
* The letter X/x always produces the phoneme /ʃ/. This can be seen in American English pronunciations of words like 'sheep'.

## Vocabulary

### Basic introduction, greetings, and small-talk

* Athe - hello/hi
* Laća - goodbye/bye/farewell
* Soca ziji e - my name is
* So acá geco - i am from
* Asace - welcome
* Asace gecu - welcome to
* Gaco - sorry
* Ge acá de - you are okay/you're welcome
* Ji ge - thank you
* Ji - thanks
* De - okay (affirmative)/good
* Thu - yes
* Kojo - no, not
* Den acá ge? - how are you?
* Će? - what?
* Den? - how?
* Kem? - when?
* So acá de - I am okay/I am good

### Articles

Eldurlac has two articles, divided into indefinite and definite. The indefinite article (a, an) is 'dá' and the definite article (the) is 'di'.

### Places, locations, and areas

* Moja - city
* Mur - sea, ocean
* Dáćo - river
* Donzu - lake
* Hocaja - field, plains
* Can - forest
* Canaj - rainforest, jungle
* Lujatun - swamp, bayou
* Uće - taiga
* Kutu - dark oak forest
* Lućan - birch forest
* Enxen - savannah
* Apu - mountain, peak
* Ćothe - cave
* Atha - ravine, crevasse
* Kaxu - village
* Kudado - temple
* Dado - house, home

### Food and animals

* Muga - animal
* Judak - fish
* Fukura - sheep
* Ancu - pig, swine
* Doćo - horse
* Odćoro - cow, cattle
* Perá - spider
* Arjo - man
* Arje - woman
* Arjá - person
* Gajá - villager
* Arjájo - zombie
* Lijore - skeleton
* Pejenja - phantom
* Ćabali - cat, ocelot
* Undo - dog
* Dun - wolf
* Valaxá - creeper

### Prepositions

* Cu - in, within, into
* Zu - on, at
* Za - by, beside, near, along
* Acu - between
* Aco - behind, across
* Acá - in front, am, at
* Cat - below, bottom, off, over
* Capo - above, top, onto, up
* Tosá - for, because, since
* Mecala - before, until
* Macá - after
* Maba - during, throughout
* Geco - from
* Gecu - to
* El - of