Erhadzy

Erhadzy [əˈɹʰɑ.ʣɨ]
Period	c. 3700 YP
Spoken in	Lesan
Total speakers	162 million
Writing system	adapted Ōmishima alphasyllabary (abugida)
Classification	Edastean  Dāiadak   Central Dāiadak    Lesamian     Erhadzy
Typology
Basic word order	SOV
Morphology	agglutinative
Alignment	NOM-ACC
Credits
Created by	Zhen Lin

Erhadzy was the official language of the republic of Lesan (Erh.: lesáƞ-nŏíguni) around the year 3700 YP. It is the only Edastean language spoken outside of Peilaš (Erh.: efeí), and has been significantly influenced by the language and culture of the neighbouring Ōmishima empire (Erh.: ōmíşëma-këmíguni). It is estimated that well over half of the Erhadzy vocabulary is Ōmishima in origin. Genetically and grammatically, however, the ancestor of Erhadzy is Yhát.

Genealogy

• Ndak Ta (c. -1900 YP)
  • Adāta (c. 0-200 YP)
    • Aθáta (c. 1000 YP)
      • E'át (c. 1600 YP)
        • Yhát (c. 2400 YP)
          • Middle Erhadzy (c. 3200 YP)
            • Erhadzy (c. 3700 YP)
          • Öhat (c. 3000 YP)

Sample

• Tşíşərheaƞ û, Kálesenə tşíşeaƞ û, saƞzál-məláʻeaƞ êwoƞ Tşíƞkaƞ tşy éulëıwoƞ: Məláınə pəkákufaƞ áıbiƞ íl, áınə sŏtógunio wíƞsaƞ əkónëıo.
• [ 'ʨi.ɕə.ɹ̥ʰɛ.ɑ̃ː ˈy | ˈkɑ.lɛ.sɛ.nə ˈʨi.ɕɛ.ɑ̃ː ˈy | sɑ̃ːˈzɑl.mə.ˈlɑ.ʔɛ.ɑ̃ː ˈewɔ̃ː ˈʨĩːkɑ̃ː ʨɨ ˈɛ.u.leː.wɔ̃ː ‖ məˈlɑː.nə pəˈkɑ.ku.ɸɑ̃ː ˈɑː.bĩː il | ˈɑː.nə səˈto.ɡu.ni.o ˈwĩː.sɑ̃ː əˈko.neː.o ]
• great.king-ESS be-INF, Kalese-GEN king-ESS be-INF, sun.and.moon-brother-ESS be-PST-3SG Tşínkan-TOP thus say-HON-INF-HAB-PST-3SG: father-GEN throne-ADESS sit-HAB-1SG before-TOP, all-GEN foreign.country-NOM 1SG-DAT act.hostile-INF-HAB-PST-3PL

(taken from the Tsinakan text)

See also

• Erhadzy grammar
• A sketch of the Sámote dialect
• Native lexicon
• Loan lexicon
• Edastean languages

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