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Ancient Succlythian, also known as Classical Succlythian, was a language spoken in [[Succlythia]], it had influence on the Fertile Tongue spoken in the Htaevic Empire. It descended from Proto-Meó-Succlythian, which was spoken from some unknown time up until c. 5000 Y. The Succlythian languages branched off from [[Ancient Meó]] in approximately the <5100s> Y. It would then undergo numerous innovative sound changes until the 6100s Y, when it split into North and South Succlythian, with the South Succlythian variety being the one that held more prestige and the one described in this article. It remained relatively conservative for the next approximate thousand years. There was no form of writing sensu stricto, although there was an extensive array of glyphs used to convey spiritual concepts of the [[Herlucc]] religion that the Succlythians practiced, which were occasionally (but rarely) used as a form of proto-writing in some contexts, mainly as mnemonic devices. They would go on to adopt the [[Hlunliw]] logography, influencing it with their own language, which had a position of prestige within the [[Haki Republic]]. It contributed much of the technical and religious vocabulary to the [[Classical Htaevic]] language. The language described in this article is that of the Succlythian Empire/Haki Republic, a time period lasting from 7000 Y to 7500 Y. The language had a large impact on the language of Classical Htaevic. There are no written records of the language earlier than this period.
Ancient Hsuqliht, also known as Classical Hsuqliht or simply Hsuqliht, was a language spoken in [[Hsuqlihta]], it had great influence on the Fertile Tongue spoken in the Htaevic Empire.  
 
It descended from Proto-Meó-Hsuqliht, which was spoken from some unknown time up until c. 5000 Y. The Hsuqliht languages branched off from [[Ancient Meó]] in approximately the <5100s> Y. It would then undergo numerous innovative sound changes until the 6100s Y, when it split into North and South Hsuqliht, with the South Hsuqliht variety being the one that held more prestige and the one described in this article. It remained relatively conservative for the next approximate thousand years.  
 
There was no form of writing sensu stricto, although there was an extensive array of glyphs used to convey spiritual concepts of the [[Herlucc]] religion that the Hsuqlihts practiced, which were occasionally (but rarely) used as a form of proto-writing in some contexts, mainly as mnemonic devices. They would go on to adopt the [[Hlunliw]] logography, influencing it with their own language, which had a position of prestige within the [[Haki Republic]].  
 
It contributed much of the technical and religious vocabulary to the [[Classical Htaevic]] language. The language described in this article is that of the Hsuqliht Empire/Haki Republic, a time period lasting from 7000 Y to 7500 Y. The language had a large impact on the language of Classical Htaevic. There are no written records of the language earlier than this period.
 
It was the language to first write down the traditions of [[Herlucc]], which before had been largely oral.
 
It was written using [[Classical Hlunliw]]


== Phonology ==
== Phonology ==
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!PULMONIC
!PULMONIC
!Bilabial
!Bilabial
!Alveolar
!Denti-Alveolar
!Palatal
!Palatal
!Velar
!Velar
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|-
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!Voiced Stop
!Voiced continuants
|β
|β <nowiki><b></nowiki>
|ð
|ð <d>
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|ʝ <j>
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!Fricative
!Fricative
|f
|ɸ <f>
|θ
|θ <nowiki><th></nowiki>
|ç
|ç <c>
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|l
|l
|j
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Consonants may be geminated, as in Herlucc /herluc:/ (c is /ç/, as a geminate it fortifies to /c:~cç/).  
* /β/, /ð/ vary between fricative and approximant.
 
* /ʝ/ is occasionally [j], usually in casual or fast speech, or for ease of pronunciation
* /q/ derives from earlier /g/ and /ʔ/
* /mβ/ and /nð/ are [mb~mβ] and [nd~nð].
* /β/ and /ð/ are written "b" and "d" and become /b/ and /d/ after homorganic nasals
* /h/ - syllable final /h/ may be elided and replaced with compensatory vowel lengthening
* /ç/ is written "c", /θ/ is written "th", all other values are written the same as their IPA
* /ð/, /l/, and /r/ may be velarised [ðˠ], [ɫ̪] [rˠ], especially when geminated.
*h and ʔ are in free variation syllable finally New - Mah [mah~maʔ] and are often elided, with compensatory vowel lengthening (New - Mah [ma:])


=== Vowels ===
=== Vowels ===
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!Close
!Close
|i, y
|i y
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|ɯ <ù>, u
|u
|-
|-
!Close-mid
!Close-mid
|e
|ʲe <nowiki><e></nowiki>
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|ə <nowiki><ë, '></nowiki>
|o
|ʷo <nowiki><o></nowiki>
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|-
!Open-mid
!Open-mid
|ɛ <è>
|ɛ <nowiki><è></nowiki>
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|ɔ <ò>
|ɔ <nowiki><ò></nowiki>
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|-
!Open
!Open
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Diphthongs: ɛi <èi>, ɔu <òu>, iy <iy>, uɯ <uù>
The vowel <ë> was originally /ɯ/ but shifted to /ə/. It can also be spelt <'> when it is optional such as in <i>t'siqòn</i> [təsiqɔn] or [tsiqɔn]
 
There are two diphthongs: ɛi <èi>, ɔu <òu>.


== Grammar ==  
== Grammar ==  


The ancient succlythian verb paradigm can be summed up as:
The Ancient Hsuqliht verb paradigm can be summed up as:


''VERB STEM-(indirect object)-(direct object)-(tense/aspect/mood with optional subject person marking)
''[VERB STEM]-(indirect object and/or direct object)-(tense/aspect/mood with optional subject person marking)
''
''


=== "TAM Portion" ===
=== Tense, Aspect, and Mood ===


The subjunctive and potential of Proto-Meó Succlythian have collapsed into one class. The third & impersonal conjugations have merged (except for in the jussive mood, which became a distinction of formality, with the third person conjugations being used only in very formal situations - they are largely similar in form, the third person simply has /q/ e.g. -ès- vs -qès-). Previous sound changes rendered the perfect conjugations of the conditional and the imperfect conjugations of the optative with /o/, whilst the imperfect conjugations of the conditional and perfect conjugations of the optative both had /ɔ/. Therefore, the conditional and optative moods have both lost their imperfect conjugations, due to confusions between /o/ and /ɔ/. There are four tenses (past, present, pluperfect, and future) and two aspects (perfect and imperfect). Additionally, the subjunctive/potential merger also led to the loss of the imperfect conjugations in that class. Therefore, only the indicative and jussive moods retained their imperfect conjugations.
Ancient Hsuqliht has 5 moods, compared to Proto-Meó-Hsuqliht's 6, as a result of the subjunctive and potential moods collapsing into one class and the extreme reduction of the jussive, which now functions as the imperative in the second person and first person plural.
 
Ancient Hsuqliht verbs have three conjugations for persons as opposed to PMH's four, the Hsuqliht third & impersonal conjugations have merged into one conjugation. This is the "general" conjugation, which is used predominantly for the third person, but may be used with the first or second person with the use of pronouns before the verb.
 
There are two aspects, perfect and imperfect, but the distinction only occurs in indicative mood. Four tenses are distinguished in all moods, excluding the imperative, distant past, past, present, and future.
 
Historical sound changes in the evolution from PMH rendered the perfect conjugations of the conditional and the imperfect conjugations of the optative both with /ʷo/, whilst the imperfect conjugations of the conditional and perfect conjugations of the optative both had /ɔ/. Therefore, the conditional and optative moods have both lost their imperfect conjugations, due to confusions between /ʷo/ and /ɔ/.
 
Appended to the verb ending is the general structure -iCVC, in which the first consonant signals the person, the vowel denotes mood and aspect, and the final consonant denotes tense. The 'i' is a dummy vowel used as most verb stems end in consonants; it may be reduced or omitted in informal speech. The imperative is unique in that it is tenseless and only has two forms, -ki and -si, which denote first personal plural imperative and second person imperative, respectively.
 
Synchronically, it is easier to analyse the tense/aspect/mood portion of the Hsuqliht verb as fusional, although Proto-Meó-Succlythian was largely agglutinative.
 
==== General Conjugation ====
{| class="wikitable"
!
!Distant Past
!Past
!Present
!Future
|-
!Perfect Indicative
| -ihèh
| -ihès
| -ic
| -ihèq
|-
!Imperfect Indicative
| -iheh
| -ihes
| -ihej
| -iheq
|-
!Subjunctive
| -ihah
| -ihas
| -ihaj
| -ihaq
|-
!Conditional
| -ihoh
| -ihos
| -ihoj
| -ihoq
|-
!Optative
| -ihòh
| -ihòs
| -ihòj
| -ihòq
|}


-iCVC is the general phonetic structure of the TAM portion of the verb, though the jussive form is unique. The first C signifies person (h- third or neutral, k- first, s- second). The vowel (V) denotes mood and aspect - /a/ for the subjunctive/potential, /o/ for the conditional, /ɔ/ for the optative, /e/ for imperfect indicative, /ɛ/ for perfect indicative, and /i/ for present perfect indicative.
==== First Person Conjugation ====
{| class="wikitable"
!
!Distant Past
!Past
!Present
!Future
|-
!Perfect Indicative
| -ikèh
| -ikès
| -iki
| -ikèq
|-
!Imperfect Indicative
| -ikeh
| -ikes
| -ikej
| -ikeq
|-
!Subjunctive
| -ikah
| -ikas
| -ikaj
| -ikaq
|-
!Conditional
| -ikoh
| -ikos
| -ikoj
| -ikoq
|-
!Optative
| -ikòh
| -ikòs
| -ikòj
| -ikòq
|}


The jussive form is CVC, the vowel conjugations are the same as the indicative. The first consonant corresponds to person (∅- impersonal, k- first, s- second, q- formal jussive)
==== Second Person Conjugation ====
{| class="wikitable"
!
!Distant Past
!Past
!Present
!Future
|-
!Perfect Indicative
| -isèh
| -isès
| -isi
| -isèq
|-
!Imperfect Indicative
| -iseh
| -ises
| -isej
| -iseq
|-
!Subjunctive
| -isah
| -isas
| -isaj
| -isaq
|-
!Conditional
| -isoh
| -isos
| -isoj
| -isoq
|-
!Optative
| -isòh
| -isòs
| -isòj
| -isòq
|}


The tenses are donated by the final consonant, and correspond as -∅ present, -s past, -q future, -h pluperfect. The one exception is the impersonal present perfect indicative, which is /iç/.
==== Imperative ====


{| class="wikitable"
!First Person Plural
!Second Person
|-
| -ki
| -si
|}
==== Assimilation ====
When a verb's conjugation results in the form of a /hih/, /kik/, or /sis/ sequence involving the /i/ in the iCVC sequence, the following sound changes may be made (these are avoided in high register speech, but common elsewhere);
When a verb's conjugation results in the form of a /hih/, /kik/, or /sis/ sequence involving the /i/ in the iCVC sequence, the following sound changes may be made (these are avoided in high register speech, but common elsewhere);


* /hih/ -> /cç/ e.g. dahihèq -> daccèq
* /hih/ -> /cç/ e.g. dahihèq -> dacceq
* /kik/ -> /kk(j)/ e.g. makiko -> makkjo~makko
* /kik/ -> /kk(j)/ e.g. makiko -> makkjo~makko
* /sis/ -> /ss(j)/ e.g. rifasisah -> rifassjah~rifassah
* /sis/ -> /ss(j)/ e.g. rifasisah -> rifassjah~rifassah


=== "Person Portion" ===
=== Indirect and Direct Objects of the Verb ===


An indirect and direct object may be optionally inserted into the verb. The indirect object precedes the direct object. Their forms are as follows:
An indirect and/or a direct object may be optionally inserted into the verb. All the forms can be summarised by the following table:


Indirect objects
{| class="wikitable"
* First person - -qa- (dialectal/colloquial -ŋ- also exists as well as in the combined forms -ŋk- -ŋn- -ŋh-, the only instance of /ŋ/ in the language)
!
* Second person - -n-
!No direct
* Third person - -m-  
!First person direct
!Second person direct
!Third person direct
|-
!No indirect
|
| -ak-
| -an-
| -ah-
|-
!First person indirect
| -aq-
| -aqq-
| -aqn-
| -aq-
|-
!Second person indirect
| -an-
| -ant-
| -ann-
| -at-
|-
!Third person indirect
| -am-
| -amp-
| -amn-
| -ap-
|}


Direct objects
== Vocabulary ==
* First person - -k-
Ancient Hsuqliht had an octal number system:
* Second person - -n-
* Third person - -h-


Additionally, there are nine combined forms, some of which are subject to certain phonological processes.
{| class="wikitable"
 
|-
* First person indirect object -qa-
! Arabic !! Hsuqliht!! Word !! IPA
* First person direct object -qak-
|-
* Second person direct object -qan-
| 1 || ı || dia || ˈði.a
* Third person direct object -qah-
|-
* Second Person indirect object -n-
| 2 || ʟ || ser || ˈsʲer
* First person direct object -nt-
|-
* Second person direct object -nn-
| 3 || и || pok || ˈpʷok
* Third person direct object -nh-
|-
* Third person indirect object -m-
| 4 || v || klet || ˈklʲet
* First person direct object -mp-
|-
* Second person direct object -mn-
| 5 || ʜ || cep || ˈçʲep
* Third person direct object -mh-
|-
 
| 6 || ∇ || hac || ˈhaç
== Vocabulary ==
|-
Ancient Succlythian had an octal number system:
| 7 || ʌ || ròn || ˈrɔn
|-
| 8 || ı- || jòk || ˈʝɔk
|}


=== Religious Glossary ===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
! Arabic !! Succlythian !! Word
!Hsuqliht !! Meaning
|-
|<i>cakotmak kufukudisi</i> || false accusal of <i>kufukudisi</i>
|-
|<i>hako</i> || murder
|-
|<i>hnibu</i> || unlawful sex
|-
|<i>jehaba</i> || environment
|-
|<i>jus</i> || theft (including kidnapping)
|-
|<i>kahol<i> || human conscience/prescience/sentience
|-
|<i>Kanea</i> || the most important concept in Herlucc
|-
|<i>kufukudi (jòk)</i> || the (eight) interpersonal crimes of Herlucc
|-
|<i>kunah</i> || negligence
|-
|<i>lisòje</i> || good deeds
|-
|<i>lisòjesi-k'njah </i> || the pressure of the righteous
|-
|<i>pont</i> || bad deeds
|-
|-
| 1 || ı || dia
|<i>pontsi ko</i> || committer of bad deeds
|-
|-
| 2 || ʟ || ser
|<i>pòntabaf</i> || torture
|-
|-
| 3 || и || pok
|<i>qalpaf</i> || abuse/assault
|-
|-
| 4 || v || klet
|<i>sialaq</i> || other people's body, privacy, and sometimes property
|-
|-
| 5 || ʜ || cep
|<i>sialaqdi pèk</i> || transgressence of <i>sialaq</i>
|-
|-
| 6 || ∇ || hac
|<i>t'sidu</i> || the salt of the Grand Kiya's tears
|-
|-
| 7 || ʌ || ròn
|<i>t'siqòn</i> || religious salt sculptures
|-
|-
| 8 || ı- || jòk
|<i>tunihejsi ran</i> || the howling sands, the sandstorm in which Herlucc was revealed
|}
|}

Latest revision as of 18:40, 16 October 2024

Ancient Hsuqliht, also known as Classical Hsuqliht or simply Hsuqliht, was a language spoken in Hsuqlihta, it had great influence on the Fertile Tongue spoken in the Htaevic Empire.

It descended from Proto-Meó-Hsuqliht, which was spoken from some unknown time up until c. 5000 Y. The Hsuqliht languages branched off from Ancient Meó in approximately the <5100s> Y. It would then undergo numerous innovative sound changes until the 6100s Y, when it split into North and South Hsuqliht, with the South Hsuqliht variety being the one that held more prestige and the one described in this article. It remained relatively conservative for the next approximate thousand years.

There was no form of writing sensu stricto, although there was an extensive array of glyphs used to convey spiritual concepts of the Herlucc religion that the Hsuqlihts practiced, which were occasionally (but rarely) used as a form of proto-writing in some contexts, mainly as mnemonic devices. They would go on to adopt the Hlunliw logography, influencing it with their own language, which had a position of prestige within the Haki Republic.

It contributed much of the technical and religious vocabulary to the Classical Htaevic language. The language described in this article is that of the Hsuqliht Empire/Haki Republic, a time period lasting from 7000 Y to 7500 Y. The language had a large impact on the language of Classical Htaevic. There are no written records of the language earlier than this period.

It was the language to first write down the traditions of Herlucc, which before had been largely oral.

It was written using Classical Hlunliw

Phonology

Consonants

PULMONIC Bilabial Denti-Alveolar Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
Nasal m n
Voiceless stop p t k q
Voiced continuants β <b> ð <d> ʝ <j>
Fricative ɸ <f> θ <th> ç <c> h
Sibilant s
Liquids l
Trill or Tap r
  • /β/, /ð/ vary between fricative and approximant.
  • /ʝ/ is occasionally [j], usually in casual or fast speech, or for ease of pronunciation
  • /mβ/ and /nð/ are [mb~mβ] and [nd~nð].
  • /h/ - syllable final /h/ may be elided and replaced with compensatory vowel lengthening
  • /ð/, /l/, and /r/ may be velarised [ðˠ], [ɫ̪] [rˠ], especially when geminated.

Vowels

Vowels Front Mid Back
Close i y u
Close-mid ʲe <e> ə <ë, '> ʷo <o>
Open-mid ɛ <è> ɔ <ò>
Open a

The vowel <ë> was originally /ɯ/ but shifted to /ə/. It can also be spelt <'> when it is optional such as in t'siqòn [təsiqɔn] or [tsiqɔn]

There are two diphthongs: ɛi <èi>, ɔu <òu>.

Grammar

The Ancient Hsuqliht verb paradigm can be summed up as:

[VERB STEM]-(indirect object and/or direct object)-(tense/aspect/mood with optional subject person marking)

Tense, Aspect, and Mood

Ancient Hsuqliht has 5 moods, compared to Proto-Meó-Hsuqliht's 6, as a result of the subjunctive and potential moods collapsing into one class and the extreme reduction of the jussive, which now functions as the imperative in the second person and first person plural.

Ancient Hsuqliht verbs have three conjugations for persons as opposed to PMH's four, the Hsuqliht third & impersonal conjugations have merged into one conjugation. This is the "general" conjugation, which is used predominantly for the third person, but may be used with the first or second person with the use of pronouns before the verb.

There are two aspects, perfect and imperfect, but the distinction only occurs in indicative mood. Four tenses are distinguished in all moods, excluding the imperative, distant past, past, present, and future.

Historical sound changes in the evolution from PMH rendered the perfect conjugations of the conditional and the imperfect conjugations of the optative both with /ʷo/, whilst the imperfect conjugations of the conditional and perfect conjugations of the optative both had /ɔ/. Therefore, the conditional and optative moods have both lost their imperfect conjugations, due to confusions between /ʷo/ and /ɔ/.

Appended to the verb ending is the general structure -iCVC, in which the first consonant signals the person, the vowel denotes mood and aspect, and the final consonant denotes tense. The 'i' is a dummy vowel used as most verb stems end in consonants; it may be reduced or omitted in informal speech. The imperative is unique in that it is tenseless and only has two forms, -ki and -si, which denote first personal plural imperative and second person imperative, respectively.

Synchronically, it is easier to analyse the tense/aspect/mood portion of the Hsuqliht verb as fusional, although Proto-Meó-Succlythian was largely agglutinative.

General Conjugation

Distant Past Past Present Future
Perfect Indicative -ihèh -ihès -ic -ihèq
Imperfect Indicative -iheh -ihes -ihej -iheq
Subjunctive -ihah -ihas -ihaj -ihaq
Conditional -ihoh -ihos -ihoj -ihoq
Optative -ihòh -ihòs -ihòj -ihòq

First Person Conjugation

Distant Past Past Present Future
Perfect Indicative -ikèh -ikès -iki -ikèq
Imperfect Indicative -ikeh -ikes -ikej -ikeq
Subjunctive -ikah -ikas -ikaj -ikaq
Conditional -ikoh -ikos -ikoj -ikoq
Optative -ikòh -ikòs -ikòj -ikòq

Second Person Conjugation

Distant Past Past Present Future
Perfect Indicative -isèh -isès -isi -isèq
Imperfect Indicative -iseh -ises -isej -iseq
Subjunctive -isah -isas -isaj -isaq
Conditional -isoh -isos -isoj -isoq
Optative -isòh -isòs -isòj -isòq

Imperative

First Person Plural Second Person
-ki -si

Assimilation

When a verb's conjugation results in the form of a /hih/, /kik/, or /sis/ sequence involving the /i/ in the iCVC sequence, the following sound changes may be made (these are avoided in high register speech, but common elsewhere);

  • /hih/ -> /cç/ e.g. dahihèq -> dacceq
  • /kik/ -> /kk(j)/ e.g. makiko -> makkjo~makko
  • /sis/ -> /ss(j)/ e.g. rifasisah -> rifassjah~rifassah

Indirect and Direct Objects of the Verb

An indirect and/or a direct object may be optionally inserted into the verb. All the forms can be summarised by the following table:

No direct First person direct Second person direct Third person direct
No indirect -ak- -an- -ah-
First person indirect -aq- -aqq- -aqn- -aq-
Second person indirect -an- -ant- -ann- -at-
Third person indirect -am- -amp- -amn- -ap-

Vocabulary

Ancient Hsuqliht had an octal number system:

Arabic Hsuqliht Word IPA
1 ı dia ˈði.a
2 ʟ ser ˈsʲer
3 и pok ˈpʷok
4 v klet ˈklʲet
5 ʜ cep ˈçʲep
6 ∇ hac ˈhaç
7 ʌ ròn ˈrɔn
8 ı- jòk ˈʝɔk

Religious Glossary

Hsuqliht Meaning
cakotmak kufukudisi false accusal of kufukudisi
hako murder
hnibu unlawful sex
jehaba environment
jus theft (including kidnapping)
kahol human conscience/prescience/sentience
Kanea the most important concept in Herlucc
kufukudi (jòk) the (eight) interpersonal crimes of Herlucc
kunah negligence
lisòje good deeds
lisòjesi-k'njah the pressure of the righteous
pont bad deeds
pontsi ko committer of bad deeds
pòntabaf torture
qalpaf abuse/assault
sialaq other people's body, privacy, and sometimes property
sialaqdi pèk transgressence of sialaq
t'sidu the salt of the Grand Kiya's tears
t'siqòn religious salt sculptures
tunihejsi ran the howling sands, the sandstorm in which Herlucc was revealed
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