Eisendel Language

Eisendel or Ejzndel IPA:/ej.zən.dəl/ is a language spoken in Rathnir on the continents of Sparwood, Cymru and Sørligste. It is part of the theoretical language family of Tuisgen. It is spoken mainly in the country of Eisenland-Pahonja (later known as Tengala) and Reinrose. Not only that, but it is also a minority language in Valondor, Autokratoria of Sirradra, Avertico and Vathyria.

Eisendel all by itself is not too dissimilar from the Traveller's Tongue. It is said to be part of the theoretical language family of Tuisgen. Other languages who are part of the Tuisgen language family are Savernian and Mariner's Tongue.

Eisendel is written in the Traveller's Tongue Script, and for most of its history it was written in it too. Although it wasn't always the case. Eisendel was previously written with a modified version of the Asteri script. It was mostly used on oak barks, but once people started writing on paper, they quickly started using the Traveller's Tongue Script, the reason is yet unknown why this sudden change had occurred.

The Great Orthographic Reform
Eisendel went through an important orthographic reform, for it was deemed that the orthography at that time was too unnecessarily complex and senseless. Many Eisenlandian linguists were initially opposed to the reform because of its radical changes. Reformists argued that a more phonetic writing would make more sense and that writing in it would be easier and thus easier to communicate through writing, and that it would equal speaking. Anti-reformists argued that a phonetic writing would be an orthography that is constantly changing. And that everyone speaks differently and as a result, a phonetic writing cannot work for a big community. The anti-reformists also saw this orthographical reform as a loss of culture. Additionally, the reformist wanted to get rid of grammatical genders and cases, because they were already falling off slowly in day to day life, and so they wanted to accelerate it by getting rid of if from the start. This discord went on for almost a year, and resulted in the reformist winning and changing the old orthography to a more phonetic one.

The Little Reform
Soon after the Great Orthographic Reform, the anti-reformist who weren't pleased with the changes, managed to convince the reformists to at least change certain words to make it easier to the eyes of the reader and making it easier to read consonant clusters. The reformist quickly agreed that a 100% phonetic orthography isn't practical, and thus decided to make a new reform to make Eisendel more easily readable and practical.

The á question
Another debate emerged after the Great Orthographic Reform, which was the brand-new letter "á", which was previously written as "ah", was discussed. One of the goals of the reformists was to make Eisendel easier to learn for new people coming in the country, but this new letter was odd and thus many wanted to get rid of it because they saw the previous representation "ah" easier to grasp for locals and foreigners. This debate had sparked a strong nationalistic sentiment amongst many linguists, even on the reformists side. For some started to see these reforms as an eradication of the Eisendel language and an assimilation into the more dominantly spoken language at the time, the Traveller's Tongue. Some people even went to the streets and screamed "Ek ve á" ("I am á"), as a protest against any further changes to the Eisendel orthography. Additionally, at that time Eisendel started to add many new words of foreign origin, which made many nationalistic linguists threatened by any further reforms. The á question still remains undecided and many have already forgotten about it, which as a result would mean that the letter "á" would not disappear from the Eisendel language any time soon. Although it has been agreed that an alternative to writing the letter "á" would be "aa".

3 Dialects
Most Eisendel speakers throughout Rathnir speak one dialect known as Stedadel (City Language), which is the standard form of Eisendel, which is also known as the Central Dialect. There are two more dialects. In the North, there's Bueredel (Farmer Language), also known as the Northern Dialect. And in the South there's Zedel (Sea Language), also known as the Southern Dialect.

Bueredel
Bueredel is mainly spoken in the north of Eisenland and the Sovereignty of Reinrose. Although it is almost barely spoken in Eisenland, in Reinrose the majority still speak it, even though all learn Standard Eisendel (Stedadel) in schools. Bueredel and Stedadel are not too different from one another, they are quite similar. Although one thing that does differentiate a lot between the two is that Bueredel has grammatical genders and verbs are affected too by the grammatical gender of the subject in a sentence. Stedadel does not have grammatical genders. Another detail are irregular and regular verbs. Stedadel does not have any irregular verbs, while Bueredel has quite a few of them.

Zedel
Zedel is mainly spoken in the south of Eisenland, Pahonja and South-West of Cymru, mainly in Sirradra. Although just like Buerdel it is barely spoken in Eisenland. In Pahonja and South-West of Cymru the majority still speak it, and most of them don't learn how to speak Standard Eisendel (Stedadel) because most of them do not live in Eisenland or in countries where Eisendel is the official language. Zedel and Stedadel are not too different from one another, they are quite similar. There are a few things that do differentiate a lot between the two. Zedel, just like Bueredel, has grammatical genders and verbs are affected too by the grammatical gender of the subject in a sentence. Stedadel does not have grammatical genders. Stedadel does not have any irregular verbs, while Zedel does. Another difference are the articles. Stedadel does not have a definite article, but in Zedel there is.

Grammar
The Eisendel grammar is quite simple and straightforward. Similar to the Traveller’s Tongue.

Articles
There are two kinds of articles in the Eisendel language, definite and indefinite e.g.

Cat ==> Gád (without articles)

A cat ==> E gád (indefinite article)

The cat ==> Gádeda (definite article)

As you noticed, the definite article is a suffix that is always connected to the noun. If the noun ends in a vowel, then it always changes to "-e-" e.g.

City ==> Steda

The city ==> Stededa

If the noun starts with a vowel and the indefinite article is used, then the indefinite article becomes "en" e.g.

A way ==> E vig

A foreigner ==> En usmenzn

Plurals
To make a noun plural, the ending "-un" is added.

Kiss ==> Kiz

Kisses ==> Kizun

If the first vowel of the noun is "a, e, or u" then it changes to "e, i, or o" respectively e.g.

Mouse ==> Musi

Mice ==> Mosun

Guest ==> Gaz

Guests ==> Gezun

Grass ==> Gres

Grasses ==> Grisun

Some words you do not add the ending "-un". Usually these words end in "-zn" and instead the "-z-" is dropped e.g.

Man ==> Menzn

Men ==> Minn

The indefinite article can not be used infront of a plural noun, but a definite article can.

The day ==> Degeda

The days ==> Diguneda

Pronouns
Ek - I

Dou - You

Hant - He/She/It

Mern - We

Soun - You

Tán'n - They

Possessives
Men - My, Mine

Jaure - Your

In - His/Her/Its

Ure - Our

Sen - Your

Ijr - Their

Whenever you wish to show possession with a noun, you add the prefix "e-" e.g.

The father 's son. - E foutereda zon.

Conjugation
There are 6 tenses in Eisendel.

The present I tense is used whenever an action is taking place at the moment of speaking e.g.

I eat/I am eating - Ek frie

The present II tense is used when talking about something that had started a long time ago and is still happening at the moment of speaking e.g.

I have been eating - Ek he fri

The past I tense is used to indicate an action that had happened in the past and that had been completed, e.g.

I ate - Ek afrie

The past II tense is used when talking about something that had happened in the very distant past or that happened before another past action, e.g.

I had eaten - Ek afrii

The future tense is used whenever an action will take place further in time or to express a wish, e.g.

I will eat - Ek woule fri

Note that contrary to the Traveller’s Tongue, there is no continuous/progressive tense.

The Optative is used whenever giving orders to someone or a group of people, e.g.

Eat! - Fri!

Jump! - Spron!

Share! - Usdel!

It is formed by simply dropping the verb ending "-n", "-en", "-an", or "-on".

Daily Phrases
Hello! ==> Hej!

Good morning. ==> Goud mougn.

Good evening. ==> Goud ivan.

Good night. ==> Goud naut.

My name is _. ==> Ek kele _. / Men kel hent _.

How are you? ==> Kouv ves dou? / Kouv gaoes dou?

What is your name? ==> Va hent jaure kel? / Kouv keles jaurezijlv?

I'm feeling good. ==> Ek wuele goud.

I'm feeling bad. ==> Ek wuele shlik.

Goodbye! ==> Baj-baj! / Ashi!

 Dictionary Link (under reevaluation) 

 First Edition of the Eisendel Dictionary [Archived ]