Mariner's Tongue

Mariner's Tongue (Marenre's Tong) is a sister language of Traveler's Tongue that has strong ties to the ancient language that preceded it. It can be seen as an oceanic counterpart to Traveler's Tongue. Although its are speakers rare, it's more specific to coastal peoples and seafaring peoples of Rathnir. 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 without practice.

Mariner's Tongue's history is as ambiguous as Traveler's Tongue's, but it is assumed that the two languages split sometime after ancient times. Only some centuries ago were the two languages quite similar dialects.

Phonology
Mariner's Tongue doesn't have universal phonological rules, however common Mariner's Tongue is phonetically identical to a strong Irish-English accent with some exceptions:


 * /th/ is always pronounced like the th in th ree or in th en
 * /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 English.
 * There are no vowel digraphs (letter combinations that make a unique sound)
 * The only consonant digraphs are identical to the English /th/ /sh/ and /ch/

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

Example Phrases
Halo, hoe oth the? - Hello, how are you?

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

Mec nome ist John, ay frey in an masst sted. - My name is John, I live in a large city.

Tha koneg wil't vo mec to lat tha sted, bot ay secd ne. - The king wished for me to leave the city, but I said no.