Hi all!
The story set in Fimbeljun, Heretic, is still in progress, but I have recently begun constructing a language (a constructed language is known as a conlang, hence the title), called Proto-Haniren. I intend it to be an ancestor language for a future conlang.
For your amusement, I thought I'd post a little mini grammar and lexicon I wrote for it
Sounds
Consonants: t k h zh l n r s ks z th sh
Vowels: a (ah) e (eh) é (ay) i (ai) o (oh) ü (oo) u (like the u in "put", called a kibbutz in Hebrew)
Morphology
O- infinitive prefix
Ü- prefix indicating place
Rut (article meaning "the")
Elen (word meaning "and")
Soré (word meaning "in")
-ézh suffix abstract nominalizer
-ér honorific suffix
-an suffix indicating normal past tense
-esh suffix indicating plural
Nuré (word meaning "from")
Rin (word meaning "to")
Syntax
Last or middle syllable is stressed
Object Subject Verb sentence order
Numerals after nouns
adjectives before nouns
CVCV or CVCVC
Proto Haniren Lexicon
Harü n water
Harüésh n sea, ocean, lake (literally waters)
Horek adj dark
Horekézh n darkness
Hun n mountain, rock, stone
Karélor n beach, shore
Lath n river
Nasokar n sword, knife, blade
Nor n tree, bush, shrub
Nurese n earth, ground, dirt
Nuresh n land or lands
Oreks v to create
Orun v to travel
Oshe v to be
Othil v to come
Ozen v to think
Ozin v to begin
Séth n grass, stalk, leaf
Sazh n blossom, flower
Sazhon n petal
Shelan adj vast, large
Sheléth n fire
Tazhon n god, deity
Tazhonér n God ( in the monotheistic sense, literally honored god)
Tazhonézh n godliness, righteousness
Tenat n sky
Tenér n heaven
Tenérü n light
Tethara adj unknown, hidden
Ünor n forest (literally place of trees)
Zien n beginning
Zitha n star
Zathun n wind, air, breath, spirit
