Redentran Musescorian

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Redentran Musescorian (Redentroða) is a mixed language with a grammar similar to that of Mityazyanda and a vocabulary similar to that of Musescorian. It is spoken in much of Redentro, where it formed through a relexification of Mityazyanda.

History

The language, initially considered a dialect of Musescorian, formed in the former Nation of Mityazyanda Peoples on the southern section of Blue Island in the present-day Redentran district of Thermapole and Mityazyanda. Use of Redentran Musescorian spread throughout Blue Island, and in 1708 it was declared the official dialect of The Realm of Thermapole. Because of Thermapole's persistent role as a mediator in disputes between the Redentran City-States, the dialect quickly spread through the city-states of Redentro, Penzer, and Wirthal. By 1874, the dialect was official in all three nations.

Phonology

Consonants

R, and L, and the apostrophe

The letters ⟨r⟩, ⟨l⟩, and ⟨'⟩ in Redentran Musescorian can make different sounds depending on what other consonants, if any, are present near them. The letter ⟨r⟩, which represents the phoneme /r/, makes the sound [ɾ] when not adjacent to any other consonants. When grouped with voiced consonants, it sounds as [r], and when grouped with unvoiced consonants, it sounds as [r̥]. The letter ⟨l⟩ sounds as [l] when not adjacent to any other consonants, and when grouped with voiced consonants, and sounds as [ɬ] when grouped with unvoiced consonants. The symbol ⟨'⟩ is pronounced as [x] when not adjacent to any other consonants and with unvoiced consonants, and as [ʁ] when with voiced consonants. Very rarely in Redentran Musescorian, the combination ⟨r'⟩ can occur. This combination uniquely has the strange property that the pronunciation of the uvular fricative begins before the end of the alveolar trill, leading to both being pronounced at the same time. This is often written as r͡ʁ for the voiced variant and r̥͡x for the unvoiced variant when recording pronunciation. These sounds are often taught using the following tongue-twister, as it contains all nine of these sounds:

Vowels

Grammar

The grammar of Redentran Musescorian is very similar to that of colloquial Mityazyanda, with several of Mityazyanda's quirks, including the lack of any articles. One of Mityazyanda's quirks is notably missing from Redentran Musescorian; the language does not use Mityazyanda's case system, instead using a prefix (ke-) to denote possession and relation, and a separate word (luy) to denote conjunction. Redentran Musescorian does not use formal Mityazyanda's sentence structure system, instead using the simplified system of word placement used by colloquial Mityazyanda. The language distinguishes five major word classes: verbs, nouns, adjuncts (adverbs and adjectives), conjunctions, and pronouns. These five word classes are exemplified in the following sentence:

Nouns and Noun Phrases

Redentran Musescorian nouns are only inflected for number, but can also take one or more prepositional prefixes denoting them as either secondary nouns or indirect objects. They are semantically divided into proper nouns (names) and common nouns, and grammatically divided into countable and uncountable nouns. Countable nouns are inflected for number, while uncountable nouns are always used in the plural inflection. Generally, nouns are inflected for plural number through the use of the plural suffix "-(h)þ", but nouns ending in "i" use the alternative suffix "-ð", and some nouns have irregular plural forms.

Regular Plural formation:

Singular: 'omis, klmarða, rhunẋi

Plural: 'omishþ, klmarðaþ, rhunẋið

Irregular plural formation:

Singular: ðjhẋ, framox, bhfrax, paylux, arinvi, erdi

Plural: ðjhð, framoþ, bhfra'ið, payluþ, arinviþ, erdiþ