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The Rhythmic Languages: Classical Lalafellin Explained

One of the most interesting grammatical systems in Etheirys is that of the Lalafellin languages. It is preserved most purely in Classical Lalafellin, the language from which Ul'dahn and Plainsfolk naming conventions are derived. The Lalafellin languages are ruled by rhythm and repetition, and this applies to more than just the names. First off, let's start with stress. Lalafellin words and even entire sentences have movable stress that aligns itself to a rhythm. For example, let's assign stress to the phrase "tara-go-mezu ta-ta-riki la-mana-na ga-ga-iti-ruku-na". You don't need to worry about what the actual grammar is here, just the sounds. You can see that each word here is broken up into segments. The main rule is that a) stress is usually every other mora or every third mora b) the second or later mora of a segment cannot have primary stress c) if these two rules come into conflict, syllables may be lengthened to maintain the stress pattern

For example, the stress on this phrase would be something like: Ta ra go ME zu ta TA ri ki LA ma na NA ga ga I ti i RU ku na Note that "iti" is lengthened to fit with the "every third syllable" stress pattern. (Note that Ul'dahn and Plainsfolk names have a broader syllable structure with some syllables loaned from the Ul'dahn language and Vylbrandic substrate itself, but still follow rhythmic patterns.) Now we can get to actual grammar: Each word is made up of at least 2 segments, and the arrangement and reduplication pattern of those segments can do anything from inflection to derivation. For example, for a noun ABC, where A, B, and C are segments (i.e. tara-go-mezu),

the plural reduplicates the first segment (i.e. tara-tara-go-mezu)

if you turn it into a verb meaning "to be similar to...", (verbs and adjectives are the same part of speech) you rearrange it to BCA (i.e. go-mezu-tara)

and so on. Other things: - Adjectives echo their final segment onto the noun they're describing, and the adjective itself can be omitted if it's clear enough what is being said, i.e. "tara-go-mezu" (in the genitive) + "la-mana" = "tara-go-mezu la-mana-mezu", which can be shortened to "la-mana-mezu". - To form the antonym of a word, you reverse the segment order and add -da. If the A segment is one syllable, this -da appends itself to the A segment. If not, it becomes a new segment. For example, the opposite of la-mana would be mana-lada. Naming conventions: Names in Lalafellin differ from other languages in that they do not have an inherent meaning to them; they relate to each other through sound and pattern alone. The patterns for names (AB-CB, AAB-CCB, AAB-AB, and ABB-AB) are not grammatical, and may instead be thought of as derivations; cases and further derivations are applied to the two parts of the name independently (in all cases, both names share the same final segment for the genitive). i.e. the dative of Yayamaru Sisimaru is Yamaruya Simarusi. Lalafellin does the Japanese thing where "pronouns" are essentially titles; the conventional way to refer to oneself is in the third person, by one's name (and then subsequently using demonstratives, as in Sylphic). (The conventional equivalent of phrases of possessive pronouns is just doing the genitive adjective abbreviation thing I mentioned earlier, with the person's name or whatever pronoun-title you are referring to them with. So for example, something belonging to Yayamaru Sisimaru would be suffixed with -maru.) In this context it's usually shortened to the first part of the name, except Plainsfolk males. Another characteristic Lalafellin inherits from Japanese is a pitch accent system (though I haven't quite figured out how it works yet).

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Tsukimonotatary "Konjac" by Sisimaru Momo (2021)

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Tatary Of Possession "Arukonshieru" by Sisimaru Momo (2021)

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Tattery Of Possession "Snowy Mountain Expedition" by Sisimaru Momo (2022)