Keviayi Vālidiko (book)

Keviayi Vālidiko (The Valdic Language) is a set of books written by Isaac Ward, which overviews the beginner's basics of the West-Valdic language

It currently has one book, written on the 9th of May, 2022.

= Keviayi Vālidiko (1) = Keviayi Vālidiko is the first book of the series, and is about the very bare basics of the language.

It describes the following topics: (The following has slightly been edited to fit a wiki page more, spelling and such remains the same)
 * An extremely brief overview of Valdic culture
 * Consonants
 * Vowels
 * Pronouns
 * Numbers
 * Greeting/farewell

Thīoyi (1) - Reyī vāania Vālidiko? - What is Valdic?
Valdic (Vālidiko) refers to the valdic people, culture or language. The Valdic People mainly reside in Rathnir's Sørligste, though at times appear elsewhere. The Valdic language (aka: Viayi) is simple at first glance and complex as you tack on words. Every word in West Valdic is either a root word which has a simple meaning, or is a mix of words combined.

Example:


 * Muvāaleshuro - Assassin
 * Muvāale - To Kill
 * Shuro - Occupation
 * Muvāa - Dead
 * Lea - To Cause
 * Muo - Opposite of
 * Vāa - Exist
 * Shu - Person
 * Ro - To do

Assassin roughly means "Person who makes someone stop existing", entirely made from other words. West Valdic voices EVERY vowel seperate, so "Vāa" (to be) is pronounced "vaa'a".

Thīoya (2) - Romuyire - Consonants
West Valdic has these 14 consonants:

p, t, d, k, v, ð (th), ʃ (sh), tʃ (tsh), h, m, n, l, r and j (y).

ALL syllables MUST start with a consonant in West-Valdic.

Thīoyu (3) - Roduyire - Vowels
West Valdic has these 14 vowels:

i, i: (ī), a, a: (ā), e, o and u.

Almost all words (except for pronouns, places and names) MUST end with a vowel. Words with multiple syllables might be shortenable by replacing the last vowel with an apostrofe.

Thīoyo (4) - Roshuyire - Pronouns
There are a handful of common pronouns in West Valdic.

Singular people:


 * Tī     - I, Me
 * Sho   - You (single)
 * Pe    - He
 * Yā    - She
 * Mir    - They, Them

Plural people/misc:


 * Kīd   - You (plural)
 * Kīl    - We, Us
 * Mir    - They, Them
 * Tshir - Someone

Nonhuman:


 * Roā  - It
 * Reo  - This
 * Reyā - That
 * Reyī - What

"They/Them", similarily to english, functions both singular and plural, yet usually context defuses any confusion.

Thīopī (5) - Rothīo - Numbers
As the (second) last part of the first book, we shall go over the basics of numbers. The West-Valdic numerical system has 20 numbers. All numbers begin with "Thīo-", and the two letters after are the number itself.


 * Ko, 0
 * Yī, 1
 * Ya, 2
 * Yu, 3
 * Yo, 4
 * Pī, 5
 * Pa, 6
 * Pu, 7
 * Po, 8
 * Thī, 9
 * Tha, 10
 * Thu, 11
 * Tho, 12
 * Mī, 13
 * Ma, 14
 * Mu, 15
 * Mo, 16
 * Tī, 17
 * Ta, 18
 * Tu, 19
 * To, 20

Numbers above 20 repeat with a simplified version after the "Thīo-"


 * Thīotu, thīoto, thīoyi-yī.
 * 19, 20, 1-1
 * 19, 20, 21

Ordinal designations (1st, 2nd, etc) are done by adding "-ro" to the end of the number.


 * Thīoyaro - 2nd
 * Thīoyu-mīro - 73rd
 * Thīoyi-ya-yo - 444th
 * E.T.C

Dates are written Year/Day/Month.

Thīopa (6) - Ketsha - Good day!
Ketsha is a greeting and a means to end conversation, it literally means "Good day", and that's the end of the first book. In the next book we shall tackle vocab and conjugation, Ketsha!