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The unnamed [[Goblins|Goblin]] language is one of the few languages in [[Innworld]]. == Overview == ==Lexicon== ''(Conjecture is marked with *)'' {| class="article-table sortable" !Word ! Translation |- |Aho | |- |Ahoro |[plural of aho? Both are found in initial position; *this/that?] |- |Aimaste |*Imposter |- | An |(possessive determiner) [always following a group (Fraershi an, Ihumina an, Mirake an, zelmalaile Velan an, Naga an), so it might just be denoting a collective instead] |- |Arek |Dead |- |Aspat |*(''Expletive'') |- |Cha |[found in final position; possibly adverb or pronoun] |- |Elame |Friend |- |Elame Mirake an |Friend of Goblins |- |Elame-Mirak |Goblinfriend |- |Elame-Mirake |Goblinfriend [only Niers uses this version, so maybe he got it slightly wrong, but there are apparently many ways to say this] |- |Faira | Want |- |Fasna |Kind (adj.) |- |Fraershi | Fraerling / Fraerlings |- |Funu |Only |- |Gredathe |Greydath |- |Hairó |River |- |he |(copula) |- |i / -i- |*and [might just be a regular infix in number formation] |- |Ihumina | Human / Humans |- |Is |she |- |Kanadith |(name) |- |kava |speak |- |Kinita |Earth |- |Kinita-shónu |Earth-girl |- |kiskai | *enemy |- |kopo |tree |- |kos |rock |- |kótómehie |appreciate |- |kru – |*can/*need [initiates a question] |- |kufa *false |- |masku |*what if [initiates a question and similarity to 'sku'] |- |Mirak |Goblin |- |Mirak-Elame |Goblinfriend |- |Mirake |*Goblins |- |Mota |- |- |Na |[Located in final position, possibly adverb or pronoun] |- |Naefoma/Nӕfoma |Help [n. and v.?] |- |Naga |Naga [sg. and pl.?] |- |o |you [only singular?] |- |Pach | [adjective or noun] |- |Pasai |*Goblin Lord |- |Pexa |*wait |- |Razivin |[noun or verb] |- |se |[found in initial position, possibly modal verb or adverb] |- |seh | *ou (pl.) |*they [could also be a verb instead] |- |s'ho |[might be a contraction of 'se' and 'aho'] |- |Shónu |Girl |- |Shu – Water |Shuli |Ocean |- |Shush |Wet |- |Si | -(incomplete) – |- |Sif |three |- |Sku – *if [seems to initiate the antecedent clause of a conditional sentence] |- |Smak |very |- |Smak shush |Drenched [lit. 'very wet'] |- |Stan |[possibly a verb] |- |Tarek |[possibly a verb] |- |Te | - |- |Tere |[plural of te? comparative of te? Both seem to initiate the consequent clause of a conditional sentence] |- |Tilhatan |Titan |- |Tizan |[possibly a compound of 'ti' (one) and 'zan'; *oneself? *once (=one time)? But from context it seems to be a verb] |- |To |*and / *but [initiates a possible ellipsis] |- |Tok |*need |- |Uro *(negation particle) |- |Va |I |- |Van |We |- |Viti |[possibly preposition] |- |Zan |[possibly reflexive pronoun or preposition] |- |Zelmalaile |Tribe |- |Zifu |[found in final position, possibly adverb or noun] |- |*-li |*(collective noun? derivation suffix) |- |*-sh |*(adjective derivation suffix) [part of 'Fraershi'?] |} == Numbers == * ''Ti'' = One * ''Fa'' = Two * ''Sif'' = Three * ''Keta'' = Four * ''Mien'' = Five * ''Pru'' = Six * ''Hast'' = Seven * ''Hax'' = Eight * ''Chur'' = Nine * ''Pir'' = Ten * ''Pir-i-ti'' = Eleven ==Sentence Structure == *Verb-Subject-Object **''Kótómehie va o'' → Appreciate I you *Auxiliary/ModalVerb-Subject-Verb-(Object) ** ''Faira o kava?'' → Want you speak? *Subject-Copula-Predicative Expression ** ''O he Elame-Mirake'' →You are Goblinfriend *Questions don't modify word order **''Is he elame Mirake an!'' → She is friend of Goblins! **''O he elame Mirake an?'' → You are friend of Goblins? *Adjectives and attributes are postnominal **''Mirak-Elame kufa'' – Goblinfriend false **''Velan Fasna'' → Velan Kind **''Gredathe Pasai'' – Greydath Lord ==References== {{Scroll Box |height=200px |content=<references /> }} [[Category:Goblins]]
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