Mariner's Tongue

Mariner's Tongue (Marenre's Tong) is a sister language of Traveler's Tongue. It can be seen as an oceanic counterpart to Traveler's Tongue. Although its speakers are rare to come by, it's more specific to coastal and seafaring peoples of Rathnir like in Tortuga. Its similarity to Traveler's Tongue makes it easy to learn for most, and to some fluent in Traveler's Tongue it can be intelligible with little practice.

Mariner's Tongue's history is as ambiguous as Traveler's Tongue's, but it is assumed that they both split from Old Traveler's Tongue during a surge of seafaring activity. Only some centuries ago were the two languages quite similar dialects.

Alphabet
Mariner's Tongue uses the same alphabet as Traveler's Tongue, with addition of the symbols Ð/ð and Þ/þ. However, with the influence of Traveler's Tongue these symbols have seen declining use. It's common to see /ð/ replaced with a /dh/ and /þ/ replaced with a /th/.

Phonology
Mariner's Tongue doesn't have universal phonological rules, however, common Mariner's Tongue is phonetically similar to a stereotypical Traveler's Tongue 'Pirate' accent with some unique features:


 * /th/ is always pronounced like the th in th ree
 * /dh/ is always pronounced like the th in th at
 * /a/ is always pronounced like the a in a pple
 * /c/ is always pronounced like the k in thin k
 * /e/ is always pronounced like the e in f e d
 * /g/ is always pronounced like the g in g ot
 * /o/ is always pronounced like the o in c o ld
 * /u/ is always pronounced like the oo in b oo m
 * An e at the end of a word is always pronounced, with the exception of -re which is pronounced like the -er suffix in Traveler's Tongue.
 * An h at the beginning of a word is always silent.
 * There are no vowel digraphs (letter combinations that make a unique sound)
 * The only consonant digraphs are /ch/, /dh/, /sh/, and /th/

Grammar and Vocabulary
The grammar and vocabulary of Mariner's Tongue is contextually identical to Traveler's Tongue's, meaning that they are nearly inter-translatable word-to-word. This is another reason why Traveler speakers and Mariner speakers can learn to communicate very easily.

Unique Expressions
A list of unique expressions which aren't translatable to Traveler's Tongue word-for-word.

Example Sentences
Helo, hoe be ye? - Hello, how are you?

He fect't ov thry manas aen tramp't. - He fought off three men and won.

Mec neme be John, ay beid in an masst sted. - My name is John, I live in a large city.

Dhe koneg wil't vo me to drow dhe sted, bot ay sec't ne. - The king wished for me to leave the city, but I said no.

Wet be se goenc to dot, enfol mec? - What is she going to do, kill me?

The full vocabulary list can be found here.