Fáralo

Fáralo [ˈfa.ra.lɔ]
Period	c. 0-200 YP
Spoken in	Huyfárah
Total speakers	c. 7.5 million
Writing system	Fáralo alphabet
Classification	Edastean  Eastern Edastean   Fáralo
Typology
Basic word order	AuxSOV
Morphology	fusional
Alignment	NOM-ACC
Credits
Created by	Zompist

Fáralo was the language of Huyfárah, the most powerful nation of Peilaš in the time period around 0 YP. It is an Edastean language descended from the northern dialects of Ndak Ta, showing heavy influence from languages of the Eigə-Isthmus family, specifically Faraghin. Sister languages of Fáralo include Adāta, Naidda, Ndok Aisô, and Komejech.

It was the first language of Akana to be written in an alphabet.

Genealogy

• Proto-Macro-Edastean (c. -4000 YP)
  • Proto-Talo-Edastean (c. -2500 YP)
    • Edastean languages
      • Ndak Ta (c. -1900 YP)
        • Western Edastean
          • Adāta (c. 0-200 YP)
          • Ndok Aisô (c. 0-200 YP)
        • Eastern Edastean
          • Fáralo (c. 0-200 YP)
          • Naidda (c. 0-200 YP)
          • Buruya Nzaysa (c. 0-200 YP)
          • Komejech (c. 0-200 YP)
        • Qedik (c. 0-200 YP)
    • Andaggic languages
    • Talo languages
  • Xoronic languages

Among the daughter languages of Fáralo are Woltu Falla, Namɨdu, Cəssın, and Puoni.

Sample

• Siš Siənčæn ebí, kraš lu-diágə æm lu-laš Kazəgad ouwa lu-meokát æm lu-iodol luŋ-iəboun, sip: Isə lu-epén i na epélo æm æč badew, ædešei ege lu-klaš heil iəm čosk.
• [ siʃ ˈsi.ən.ʧæn ɛˈbi | kraʃ lu.diˈa.ɡə æm luˈlaʃ ˈka.zə.ɡad ˈo.wa lu.meɔ̯ˈkat æm luˈiɔ̯.dɔl luˈŋi.ə.bon | sip ‖ ˈi.sə lu.ɛˈpɛn i na ɛˈpɛlɔ æm æʧ ˈba.dew | ˈæ.dɛ.ʃe ˈɛ.ɡɛ luˈklaʃ hel ˈi.əm ʧɔsk ]
• NULL.AUX Siənčæn speak, brave the-Edák.ruler to.it the-land Kazəgad and the-younger.brother to.them the-sun the-moon-and, thus: before the-sit-PST I in chair to.him my father, stay-PST.PL all the.PL-land foreign to.me hostile

(taken from the Tsinakan text)

See also

• Fáralo grammar (dating to 130 YP)
• Sound changes from Ndak Ta to Fáralo
• Huyfárah

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