Rejistanian [RJS]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Rejistanian
The Rejistani language is a conlang created to allow communication between the different peoples of Rejistania without any preference. It is generally used on formal occasions, although it has started to permeate informal life as well and have become a native language for many. Most rejistanis know the language well enough for simple conversations since it is taught in school and courses for adults are offered free of charge by the government. The grammar is based on northern rejistani languages, but very much simplified. Concepts from Isesi are also adopted, most prominently the 10 forms of comparison (However, Rejistanian extends this to 14 ones). The vocabulary is based on terms used in commerce and that of the Jisu, but that is because the Jisu people conquered large parts of the Rejistanian Island and many of their words became used in other languages. To avoid problems with the different concepts of pronunciation, Rejistanian uses a minimal alphabet of only 18 sounds and letters. Its grammar reminds one partly of Japanese and of Esperanto since it relies heavily on prefixes and suffixes, making it almost agglutinative. Rejistanian has almost no irregular forms.
Rejistani is written either in its distinct rejistanian alphabet. There are two romanizations: Akademi and Zanoo. This factbook and most RPs use Zanoo transliteration. In both transliterations, the apostrophe is used to separate the diferent parts of a word. Frex: Xen'isa (we go) has xen as the verbal prefix and isa as the stem. A leading apostrophe indicates an infinitive: Xen'vana 'isa (we want to go).
Notable also is the important position of the verb in this language: "xe'ki'lanja'isa'han'ta" (translation: "I might not go there/come.", literal translation: "I'amgoingto'maybe'go'to'not") is a complete sentence, which only consists of a verb ('isa: to go) with its pre- and suffixes.
A full explanation on the language is at http://rejistaniha.de/rejistanian.html
Rejistani is written either in its distinct rejistanian alphabet. There are two romanizations: Akademi and Zanoo. This factbook and most RPs use Zanoo transliteration. In both transliterations, the apostrophe is used to separate the diferent parts of a word. Frex: Xen'isa (we go) has xen as the verbal prefix and isa as the stem. A leading apostrophe indicates an infinitive: Xen'vana 'isa (we want to go).
Notable also is the important position of the verb in this language: "xe'ki'lanja'isa'han'ta" (translation: "I might not go there/come.", literal translation: "I'amgoingto'maybe'go'to'not") is a complete sentence, which only consists of a verb ('isa: to go) with its pre- and suffixes.
A full explanation on the language is at http://rejistaniha.de/rejistanian.html
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Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Retroflex | Labio- velar | Velar | |||||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||||
| Plosive | t | d | k | |||||||
| Fricative | z | ʂ | ʐ | x | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||
| Approximant | w | |||||||||
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i | u | ||
| Close-mid | e | o | ||
| Open | a | |||
