#phichene

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Colours in Phichene

I finally have the basic colour terms in Phichene (and a few extra, I guess). Phichene is an Italolang, ie. derived from Proto-Italic, which makes it a sister language to Latin. I also realise it's probably unlikely that all of the terms would've been derived directly from Proto-Italic (abbreviated PIt.), as they are now, but it's just cooler to do it this way than to borrow the words :D Anyway, below you can see the colour chart (along with pronunciation), and also etymology.

Chelórés ien phichensiódh – Colours in Phichene

vhiras “green” from PIt. *w(e)is-(os)?, cf. Latin vireō “I am green”, whence viridis “green” (It., Sp. verde, Fr. vert)

liávhas “yellow” from PIt. *flāwos, cf. Latin flāvus “yellow, blonde” (Sp., Port. flavo, French flou), cognate to English blue

ielivhas “orange” from PIt. *heliwos, cf. Latin helvus “(dull) yellow”, cognate to English yellow (and gold), Russian zeljonyj “green”

huhvhas “brown” from PIt. *fuswos, cf. Latin furvus “dark-coloured, dusky”

sihívhas “blue” from PIt. *(s)līwos, cf. Latin līveō “I am of a bluish colour”, whence līvidus “bluish, livid” (It., Sp. livido, Fr. livide), cognate to Russian sliva “plum”

sfoetas “azure” from PIt. *swoidos, cf. Latin sūdus “clear, bright (weather)”

pholias “purple” from PIt. *polwos, cf. Latin pullus “drab-coloured, sombre”

rufras “red” from PIt. *ruðros, cf. Latin ruber (Umbrian rufr-), from the same PIE root as Latin russus “red” (whence It. rosso, Sp. rojo, Fr. roux)

váthras “black” from PIt. *ātros, cf. Latin ātro “(dull) black” (It., Sp. atro, Fr. âtre)

chalhas “grey” from PIt. *kaznos, cf. Latin cānus “white, grey (of hair)” (Port. cão, cã), from the same PIE root as English hare

valbas “white” from PIt. *alβos, cf. Latin albus “white” (It. albo, Port. alvo, Fr. aube), cognate to Hittite alpas “cloud”, English elf, Russian lebid' “swan”, Finnish kalvas “pale”

loethas “pink”, from PIt. *(s)loitos?, cf. Latin lūridus “pale yellow, sallow, lurid”, lūror “sallowness, paleness”

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The North Wind and the Sun

So I had a bit of time the other day and I decided to do a translation because that’s what one does every so often when one has a bunch of conlangs lying around. The language chosen was, as in my previous post, my Italic conlang Phichene (natively Phichensias [fiˈxɛa̯ʃas]) and the text ... well, you can see the title :P I quite like the story and I might try to translate it to my other conlangs, even though the language used isn’t particularly simple. Oh, have I mentioned that Phichene now comes with its own native script? Yep, it’s derived from the Old Italic alphabet(s) and thus resembles both Latin and Greek, with a few innovations. Honestly, I quite like the end result, it ended up better than I’d hoped. Anyway, let’s move on to the actual purpose of this post - the translation (as a side note, most of the words below have Latin cognates). 

Chavhroniós ieth Sfól

[xamroˈɲɔu̯s jɛ ˈʃɔu̯l] The North Wind and the Sun

Chavhroniós ieth Sfól tisphúrihetiabhandh pothripis holtiós ierédh, pomich in holmódh mantilódh oephvheluthas vhitiáchthor riethremetiasedh. [xamroˈɲɔu̯s jɛ ˈʃɔu̯l t͡ʃifˈfʊɔ̯riet͡ʃamɔf ˈpovripis uˈt͡ʃɔu̯s jɛˈrɛa̯j | ˈpomix in uˈmɔu̯m mɔt͡ʃiˈlɔu̯m jemˈmeluvas miˈt͡ʃɔa̯ʃor ʒɛvreˈmet͡ʃasej] The North Wind and the Sun were disputing which was the stronger, when a traveller came along wrapped in a warm cloak.

Oenevhechetiasérh pus pich prímas vhitiáchthoréi mantilam vostholned hachiefádh, isthich holtihmas chonsifasasiádh. [jenemexet͡ʃaˈsɛa̯ʃ pus ˈpix ˈprɯi̯mas mit͡ʃɔʃoˈrɛi̯ ˈmɔa̯t͡ʃilan voˈʃɔu̯ned aʃɛˈfɔa̯j | ˈiʃix uˈtɯi̯mas xusifasaˈʃɔa̯j] They agreed that the one who first succeeded in making the traveller take his cloak off should be considered stronger than the other.

Chavhroniós thóm holtitrihme susliáschedh pum phothedh, sepput vamis susliabhadh, vamis vhitiáchthor in mantilódh se oephvheliebhadh. [xamroˈɲɔu̯s tɔu̯n utirˈrɯi̯me suʒˈʒɔ̯ʃej pun ˈfojej | ˈsepput ˈvamis suʒˈʒamaj ˈvamis miˈt͡ʃɔa̯ʃor in mant͡ʃiˈlɔu̯m se jemˈmeʒɛmaj] Then the North Wind blew as hard as he could, but the more he blew the more closely the traveller wrapped his cloak around him.

Higniters Chavhroniós riettád tatchietedh. Thóm Sfól holmiters vhiesfihenféschedh ieth vhitiáchthor sovham mantilam sthatim vostholnehsedh. [iniˈteʃ xamroˈɲɔu̯s ʒɛtˈtɔa̯d taʃˈʃɛtej || tɔu̯n ˈʃɔu̯l umiˈteʃ mjɛsfiaˈfɛa̯ʃej jɛ miˈt͡ʃɔa̯ʃor ˈsoman ˈmant͡ʃilan ˈsat͡ʃin voʃuˈnɛa̯sej] Finally the North Wind gave up the attempt. Then the Sun shined out warmly, and immediately the traveller took off his cloak.

Ieth thamtam Chavhroniós chon​hathéd iehspsedh pus Sfól tádh isies holtiós ieradh. [jɛ ˈvantan xamroˈɲɔu̯s xunaˈjɛa̯d jasəˈpsej pus ˈʃɔu̯l tɛj ˈiʃɛs uˈt͡ʃɔu̯s ˈjɛraj] And so the North Wind had to admit that the Sun was the stronger of the two.

And that’s that! Oh, and below is a picture of the same text in the native script:

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It’s been a while (like, really) but I had a bit of inspiration last night so I made a thing - a compass rose in my Italic conlang, Phichene. 

Let’s take a closer look at the words:  - chavhras [ˈxamras] north, from Proto-Italic (PIt.) *kaweros “northwestern wind”; cf. Latin caurus, Proto-Slavic *sěverъ “north”, English shower; - voriós [voˈʒɔu̯s] east, from the verb voried “to rise”, from PIt. *ori- “to rise”; cf. Latin orior “I rise”, whence Latin oriēns “east”; - vhosthiras [ˈmɔʃiras] south, from PIt. austeros “towards the dawn”; cf. Latin auster “south (wind)”, PSl. *(j)utro “morning”, English east and Easter; - phuhiós [fuˈjɔu̯s] west, from the verb phuhid “to go down, to set”, from phu- “away, down” + id “to go” (a non-existent but expected Latin equivalent would be **poeō); for a similar derivation cf. Latin occidō “I fall down, I set”, from ob- “towards, facing” +‎ cadō “I fall”; whence also Latin occidēns “west”. And finally, there’s chavhrechephfiham [ˈxamreˌxeffjan] compass, from chavhras “north” + -chaphs “-catcher” (cf. Latin -ceps) + -fiham “tool suffix” (cf. Latin -bulum), so this word literally means “north-catch(er/ing)-tool”. Bonus fact: -chaphs and -ceps are cognates to English catch. 

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After reading something about Latin, as one does every so often, I went back to my Italolang, Phichene (or Phichensias natively). It’s a language that’s derived directly from Proto-Italic, thus making it a sister language to Latin, and by extension, also all modern Romance languages. I finally managed to add more words to it (basically all the Proto-Italic entries I could find on Wiktionary, and then some), and worked a bit more on its morphology and especially (verbal) derivation, specifically prefixation.

I also made a new translation, which is very short, but I really like the way the language sounds. Btw, all the words have counterparts in Latin, even if it doesn’t seem that way :D

“Chléhasems ievhtháthim vherórs siuph vódh liuchódh. Ieth sfe nélams, pus liuchas iehsam iennioenáedh, iehspéms phunedim ch ievhtháthídh pháchis pe tienhenitháthis.”

[ˈʃɛa̯sem jɛˈmɔ̯ajin meˈrɔu̯ʃ ʃif ˈvɔu̯m ʒiˈxɔu̯m || jɛ ʃe ˈnɛa̯lam | pus ˈʒixas ˈjɛa̯san jaɲeˈnɔ̯ej | jasˈpɛa̯m ˈfunedin x‿jɛmɔˈjij ˈfɔ̯axis pe t͡ʃeɲeniˈvɔ̯ajis]

“We’ve created an era of fear in the world. And if we don’t want the world to destroy itself , we need to replace it with an era of peace and kindness.” —Prince Zuko to Firelord Ozai, Avatar: The Day of Black Sun (Part 2)

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Lexember - day 8

The 8th day has come! Well, it’s almost over. But nonetheless! Lexember has to go on. Today’s language is an a posteriori one again. This one doesn’t have have own conscript, it’s written in the Latin alphabet natively. It’s an Italolang, i.e. derived from Proto-Italic (so, a sister language to Latin). The most distinctive feature? Its orthography!

Phichensias (Phichene): chorphas [ˈxɔu̯fas] (n, neut.) body, from Proto-Italic *korp-os- (cf. Latin corpus “body”).

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