#anfadica

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Translation and transcription practice in progress! It’s fun seeing it all written out.

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The Old Witch Sleep and the Good Man Grace | Lyric Translation

(I love The Amazing Devil sm)

“You’re not a coward ‘cause you cower

You’re brave because they broke you

Yet broken, still you breathe

So breathe, breathe, just breathe”

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“Kamulȳ kamuyȳ ko kɔse’nan la

Kuun kɔs’nan la ghɔ kȳȳf me

Mȳ kȳȳf la k’sɔqȳ, al’bha tael

Thegha tael, tael, šaatɬ tael”

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“[A] coward cowering does not make you

Brave because you they broke

But broken you are, regardless [you] breathe

So breathe, breathe, [command] breathe”

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Tihiti Ath Ides | Gift From Ides (Myth)

Transcription, translation, and literal word order translation below

OSV word order is underrated. Sure it makes me sound like yoda but it’s so intuitive for me

Transcription

Wemeɕa ivex Heɕɔq’ Ides farāxa me vanātɬi huva idīsen me. Faliti kaske e ihenawo apatɬi ax kasɔq’ me, e tha axe ɔqatɬiv tsabo, dehane, ihenawo, e k’efa ihipala giɔq me, e faifet kexehe axe ɕiyɔ ineɕ me. Beɕa axe ihixɔn enyuku tiyavī me, axe faheve nunuve me e imta faheve atavāga tiyavī me.

Tsaka apatɬi ox ihaku me. Farāhi huva, farivɔqa huva. Ma tha axe wameno ɬɔq idimyo kasɔq’ me ax idīsen me. Ta ax Ides tiyavī me e numenka aglala.

“Farivɔqa huva Farāhi, vilame faifet kasɔq’. Ineske diheka ɬɔq fovide?”

“Idevama huva Ides, ɔq’a la aɕav kasɔq’. Akxɔ, ɔqna vilame faifet kasɔq’. Hosute Faīti ath um aɕatɬ t’ama, e ax chabe, ma alguwa, id’ɔq, diheka ɔqatɬo um kasɔq’. Ɔqatuvatɬ um diheka apatānqa.”

Ax ox ɬɔan me, e ivex kofotu faifet ɔq’a ax nameya ox askahi me. Uyiye faifet [pos] emuwet ɔx ɬiɔq me, e nuwica hunugura amɔqa Farāhi [pos] wameno danɔq’a me, ma ko danɔq’a acha. Tsaka idevama huva Ides idīsen me, thexa ax ox ak’a me:

“Farivɔqa Farāhi vanātɬi huva, udu muxe t’ɔq hunugura kemive faifet danɔq’a me. Thexa ineske ɬɔq la fala?”

E Farāhi tāk’a me, “akxɔ, idevama Ides ɕenatɬi huva, ta la um k’ɔnaɕed. ɔq’a la diheka aɕav kasɔq’ me, e an xe diheka ekanem um kasɔq’, ma id’ɔq, ebiya ɬɔq hm kasɔq’ akā faifet danɔq’a e ath um la aɕatɬ t’ama. Mu hiel, ta um la ko t’ami kais ɔqatɬo faifet. Akxɔ, ɔq’a la kasɔq’, xe um apatā hunugura xe kɔseanan me, um tɬothuki.”

E udu ihaku me kɔseanan me idevama ɕenatɬi huva koam me, e amena ox atavāga t’ɔq me, ox t’ɔq me, “mu Farāhi vanātɬi huva, ko tɬothuki chanatɬa. ɔqna, id’ɔq kais ɔqatɬo faifet ta la um amene ko k’inɔq ve t’ami, ma tihiti ikata ath um k’inɔq thexa amena ɔqatɬo faifet la alat, weve um la amene k’inɔq ve giɔq.”

E, udu ufatɬi ku’uxen, dusidla ɕenatɬi huva [pos] enyuku ox donaix me e poet oxe mavide dehahini ihva me. Wemeɕa dehahini ihva me, tifina e ikata tsek’e, e ihenawo uptica tha Farāhi [pos] ɔqatɬiv beɕa axe enyuku tiyavī me idafana.

“Ukudin tsaka um bāxi. Ta olala tsaka la bāxi e eyut k’inɔq ivex kais ɔqatɬo faifet. Ath mu dehahini xe kasɔq’, thexa um xe kasɔq’.”

E ekanem Farāhi kasɔq’ me, e ta axe hiel fetanɔq’ ax t’ɔq me. Ox ax ɬiɔqan me e ta axe e ukudin ax bāxi ivex kais ɔqatɬo faifet.

Translation

Ides, the Judge, the Truth, the Eye, moved from Heɕɔve (the liminal) to Heɕɔq’ in the young night. Faīti, the Moon, the Death, the mother of night, was naught but a faint crescent of silver. She was quiet this night, nearly ready for her rest.

While traveling through Heɕɔq’, Ides saw a woman of divinity — an apatɬi of deep black and blue with flecks of white, gold, blue, and red spattered across her body, and her hair glowing like clouds at night. She reached her skillful hands above, tending to her stars and gently moving those that had fallen out of place.

This apatɬi he knew; Farāhi, the Sky, the Swift, the keeper of secrets. He saw, though, on the apatɬi’s face a somber expression. Ides approached and greeted her warmly.

“Swift Lady Farāhi, the night is lovely, why are you so sorrowful?”

“Watchful Lord Ides, I’m pleased to be in your presence. Oh, the night is pleasant, yes, but the silence is overwhelming. Lady Faīti must part from me to rest, and it’s a necessary thing, but I do confess it’s very lonely. I do miss the company.”

Ides felt sorry for her and decided to keep her company in the quiet night. They talked the night away, and slowly the Sky’s somber expression brightened, but not all the way. This didn’t go unnoticed by the Watchful Truth, so he asked her:

“Swift Lady of the sky, the night is more lively with our talk. Why, then, are you still sad?”

And the Sky responded, “oh, Watchful Lord of Truth, for this I cannot lie to you. To be in your company was wonderful, and I am grateful, but I confess I am still sad because the night grows old and you must leave me. My friend, I will once again be alone when you return to your duties and you—being so busy—cannot visit me each lonely night. Oh, I fear that your company tonight has made me want it more.”

And the Watchful Lord nodded because he knew, and when he spoke again he said to her, “my Lady of the Sky, you need not worry. It’s true I cannot visit you each lonely night, but I can leave a part of me here so when you have your lonely nights you may have something to remind you of me there.”

Then, with a divine blade, the Lord of Sight and Illusion cut his hand and out poured his blood of light. As his blood flowed, he reached up and painted the body of the Sky in silks of vivid green with tinges of pink, red, and blue.

“These silks of light are called the ukudin. You may call upon it and wear it during nights whenever you wish. They are of my blood and thus are of me.”

And Farāhi was grateful, finally saying farewell to her friend. She did as he said and called upon his gift each night she missed him.

Literal Word Order Translation

Ides, the eye, from Heɕɔve to Heshuq in the young night he moved. Faīti, the Night Mother, silver only small she was. This night shy she was and her rest almost ready for.

While in Heɕɔq’ Ides moved, a woman divine [he] saw. Dark black and blue apatɬi she was, and on her body white, gold, blue, and red splatters had, and night clouds her hair was like. Above, her skillful hands moved, her stars tended to, and out of place stars back moved.

This apatɬi he knew - Farāhi, the Swift divine. But on her face sad expression existed he saw.

To her Ides moved and kindly greeted: “Swift divine sky, beautiful night [it] is. Why so sad you appear?”

“Watchful divine Truth; with you good to be. Ah, yes beautiful night [it] is, but Fotuna here is not so overwhelming [it] is. To rest, the moon from me must go, and she needs [to], but regardless, admittedly, very lonely I am. Living things [“company”] I really miss.”

Her he felt sorry for, and in the quiet night with her to remain he decided. Unil the night’s end they talked, and slowly more happy the sky’s face became, but not became completely. This [the] Watchful divine truth saw, so her he asked:

“Swift Sky Woman divine, by means of our talk more exciting night became. So why sad you feel?”

And Farāhi answered, “Ah, watchful Truth Lord divine, to you I can’t lie. With you very nice [it] is, and for it thankful I am, but admittedly, still sad I am by means of old the night becomes and from me you must go. My friend, to me you can’t come each lonely night. Oh, with you to be, it I want more it caused, I fear.”

And by means of he knew caused watchful Lord divine nodded, and when he again spoke, he said, “my Sky Lady divine, not worry [command]. Yes, admittedly each lonely night to you I am unable to come, but to give some from me I am able so when lonely nights you have, here you me are able to have.”

Then, by means of a divine blade, Illusion Lord’s divine hand he cut and out his light blood poured. At the same time the blood flowed, green and a bit of pink, red, and blue silks on the Sky’s body above his hands reached to paint.

“‘Ukudin’ this I call. To yourself this you call and to wear are able in each lonely night. From my blood it is, therefore me it is.”

And grateful the Sky was, and to her friend farewell she said. Him she listened to and to herself ukudin she calls in each lonely night.

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Muxe Duataha | Writing & Translation Practice

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No full translation for now as I’m still too shy about my writing lol

Snippet Translation

“ɔqna, faūn [affectionate]?” atɬɔqa ax tāk’a me e agal mu omwe ihena firi udu atabāga vetse ax sewa me.

“Yes, love?” she answered attentively, wiping the falling liquid from around my mouth with another cloth.

Transcription

Tha mu theve um tiyanɔqa me dumehu beɕa hokoto [possessive] echɔq um dumehu me e ikho ivex weya k’alaix bɔqīme um ɕela me. Dehane ihena ihipala ivex bɔqīme ko firi me e tha t’ifemɔ atixaq ce firi me. Tɔno um, do pake tofa me um idīsen me, e Atni ɕɔ Dova, dowe kiyu, tofɔn me e udu tsabo vetse, ihipala sewa me.

Iglada, ax aveyan mu enyuku tiyanɔqa me e axe exum enkami owada me. Yavarica ɔqatɬi an um sowa ɔnaɕa fala me.

“Mu duat,” imkabi um t’ɔq me e atabāga ɕela aveyan me.

“ɔqna, faūn [affectionate]?” atɬɔqa ax tāk’a me e agal mu omwe ihena firi udu atabāga vetse ax sewa me.

“Sefa, banata um kasɔq’… Tsaka la duvetɬe ameheye ko chabe ve ɬiɔq.” That mu exak um atabāga tiyanɔqa me dumehu e cheɕa tihiti me, ma vila muyo ko kasɔq’ me. Tana cheɕa ax iskame me.

“Mu duha,” Atni t’ɔq me e udu nuthu ihena vetse danɔq’a hetalā debache me e tha mu vɔqe tihɔqa me.

“ɔqna, mu duat?” atɬɔqa um danɔq’a me e tāk’a me.

“Unkelu la giɔq ineske?” Kuke ɬo tāk’a, um aveyan me.

“Mu duat… disbe thiokun la alat me e ɔɬothik xe kasɔq’ ame.” Beɕa ivex mu theve nuwidikelɔq’ tiyanɔqa me k’a ivex mu anic oyeth fahi me. “La um duvetɬe amehɔq-“

“Thexa, udu um unkelu la giɔq me,” kahuvi ax t’ɔq. Fokudi mu omwe huir me, m’a kahuvi idimyo ax po’e me e we un xe avet’ɔq me.

“Amena muxe duataha um amela me, maxica duat [possessive] um ɔqeman me. Thexa, amena unkelu ivex mu duha mu thiokun debache me, hutoga mu maxica kasɔq’. Alguwa, xe um apāta.” Beɕa ax tofa e ba gili vetse ivex a bɔqime ax tihɔqa me. Atabāga ta um idīsen ax tiyanɔqa me e kiyasa ax anex me.

“Ta la, k’a al duat, hotuka e la um la ɔqeman hutoga ma ūmtɔq kasɔq’. ɔqna, faūn [affectionate]?”

“Navɔq… Akxɔ- ɔqna, mu duat.”

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Nuahȳkȳlȳt | Dialects

Nuahȳkȳlȳt [nuˌaˈhʊkʰʊɭʊt̪ʰ] is an Anfadicāna (dialect) spoken primarily in the city of Nuāhaka in Y’mang (“Yȳmangȳ” in Nuahȳkȳlȳt) and the surrounding areas. It’s usually easily distinguished by its unique vowel sound “ȳ” [ʊ]/[ɤ] which tends to be absent from the Iheghkayɔt dialect spoken around Ihehka.

“Nuahȳkȳlȳt” means “Nuāhaka-speak”

“Nuāhaka” (Nuāhaka) + “ȳlȳt” or “ȳt” (to speak)

This dialect not only has vocab that differs a noticeable amount compared to Ihexkayɔt, but it also essentially almost always uses OSV word order (while Iheghkayɔt is free word order with a tendency to lean towards OSV). For the most part, the script remains the same aside from indicating "ȳ".

Nuahȳkȳlȳt

[b] [β] [d̪] [f] [ɡ]/[ɣ] [h] [x]/[χ] [kʰ] [ɭ] [m] [n̪] [pʰ] [q] [ɾ] [s] [t̪ʰ] [ʋ] [ɕ]/[ʂ] [θ] [ɬ] [t͡ɬ] [ʎ]

[ä]/[ɑ] [ɛ] [i]/[ɪ] [u] [ɔ] [oʊ] [ʊ]/[ɤ] [ʔ]

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Iheghkayɔt

[b] [d̪] [f] [ɡ] [h] [x] [kʰ] [ɭ] [m] [n̪] [pʰ] [q] [ɾ] [s] [t̪ʰ] [ʋ] [ɕ] [θ] [ɬ] [t͡ɬ] [j]/[ʎ] [w] [t͡s] [tʃ]

[ä]/[ɑ] [ɛ] [i]/[ɪ] [u] [ɔ] [oʊ] [ʔ]

* Sounds written in green are sounds that are not found in the opposite dialect (in other words: green-highlighted sounds in Nuahȳkȳlȳt are sounds that don't occur in the Iheghkayɔt Anfadicāna).

(As always, things are subject to change but yeah!)

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Anfadica

This will include info about my conlang: Anfadica [ˌɑnˈfɑːd̪ɪkʰɑ], along with a sample paragraph. It'll be edited as needed!

Anfadica is a language originating in the northernmost nation of Y'mang. From my understanding, it's either an abugida or closeish to an abugida?

Anfadica has a purely vertical script, read top-to-bottom and left-to-right. Its base glyphs represent a consonant sound + [ɑ] (e.g., bɑ, fɑ, vɑ, etc.). Vowel diacritics are added to the base glyph to change the vowel sound (e.g., bi, fo, ɑn, um, etc.).

Anfadican Script

Above is a pretty messy guide to the Anfadican script.

Script Rules

The side of the consonant that the vowel diacritic is on indicates whether the syllable is CV (consonant+vowel) or VC (vowel+consonant).

When a vowel is written without a connected consonant in the syllable, a "vowel holder" glyph is used to attach the vowel diacritic to.

If the syllable is VC, then no vowel termination diacritic is added.

Anfadica is a purely vertical script. Some attempts have been made to adapt it to horizontal writing, however these have not caught on.

In romanization, the macron over a vowel indicates that it's stressed/emphasized and/or lengthened. This pronunciation difference is not indicated in written Anfadica.

If “i” is followed by a “c” in the transcription, the [i] sound turns into a [ɪ] sound.

Word Order

Anfadica is generally a free worder order language as long as you are consistent, however the most common order is OSV, followed by SVO. Word order may be changed to add emphasis.

Punctuation

Romanization/Transcription

[b] b

[β] bh

[d̪] d

[f] f

[ɡ] g

[h] h

[x]/[χ] gh

[k] k

[ɭ] l

[m] m

[n̪] n

[pʰ] p

[q] q

[ɾ] r

[s] s

[t̪ʰ] t

[ʋ] v

[w] w

[ɕ] š

[θ] th

[ɬ] ɬ

[t͡ɬ] tɬ

[j] y

[w] w

[t͡s] ts

[tʃ] ch

[ɑ] a

[ɛ] e

[i] i

[u] u

[ɔ] ɔ

[oʊ] o

[ʊ] ȳ

[ʔ] ‘

Sample Text

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Examples of how my conlang has changed over time (2019 vs 2023)

I found an old document from 2019 with dialogue in my conlang (each line of dialogue is not necessarily connected to other lines). Here I'll show what each line of dialogue would look like in the most up-to-date version!

It's pretty obvious that in the early days I stuck with SVO word order like English.

“Puur jou, Eras! Nafise it ma dayad rukya.” (2019) "Aɕav Eras! Aɕav ihexe Nafise kasɔq'." (2023) Translation: "Well done, Eras! Nafise is a good teacher."

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“Yaii nuifra it quor srura.” (2019) "Diheka vuke lama do kasɔq'." (2023) Translation: "You two are very close."

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“Neliq, yaii rive it branq.” (2019) "Avic, vuut la aɕatɬ kasɔq'." (2023) Translation: "Sorry, you must be mistaken."

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“Ethae? Neliq… ikpore it huxo alia mosa yaii nuifra.” (2019) "ɔqna? Avic... diheka kahuvi fala ivex lama do kasɔq'." (2023) Translation: "Really? Sorry... there are really strong feelings between you two."

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“Nai, neliq. Mi xei yaii. Yaii it duvura.” (2019) "Nla, avic. La um xinɔq. Ufatɬi la kasɔq'." (2023) Translation: "No, I'm sorry. I love you. You are divine."

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“Sihis, aik mu eillo mi…” (2019) "La um ɔqivey, ath um ko t'ama..." (2023) Translation: "Please, don't leave me..."

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Working on a new dialect… it’s called Nuahȳkȳlȳt (literally “Nuahaka-speak”). It’s got a new vowel sound [ʊ] which is written as “ȳ”, and it uses a few differing sounds for consonants.

E.g.,

x = both [x] and [χ]

y = only [ʎ]

L = both [ɭ] and [l̪]

g = both [ɡ] and [ɣ]

Etc!