Yād

Yād [jaːd]
Period	c. 1600 YP
Spoken in	Lasomo
Total speakers	c. 4 million
Writing system	adapted Tjakori script
Classification	Edastean  Dāiadak   Northern Dāiadak    Yād
Typology
Basic word order	SVO
Morphology	fusional
Alignment	ABS-ERG
Credits
Created by	gsandi

Yād is a language of the Edastean family, spoken across Lasomo and much of the middle Eigə valley around 1600 YP. It is a descendant of Æðadĕ.

Genealogy

• Ndak Ta (c. -1900 YP)
  • Adāta (c. 0-200 YP)
    • Æðadĕ (c. 1000 YP)
      • Yād (c. 1600 YP)

Two daughter languages of Yād itself are Zhaj and Yēt.

Sample

• Ēvin sheb Shenkan, dhyesk hīz, dhyesk ē les ē Kōd, mīht ē Zem un ē Tōl: Ilnu ye ēbin uv ūbach ē mīzē, iz dhyeskal rülz in hīgun il yen.
• [ ˈeː.vin ʃeb ˈʃeŋ.kʰan | ðjesk xiːz | ðjesk eː les eː koːd | miːxt eː zem un eː tʰoːl ‖ ˈil.nu je ˈeː.bin uv ˈuː.baʧ eː ˈmiː.zeː | iz ˈðjes.kal ryːlz in ˈhiː.ɡun il jen ]
• speak-PAST thus Shenkan, King great, King of Land of Kōd, brother of sun and of moon: before I-SUB sit-PAST on throne of father-my, all kingdom foreign be-PAST hostile to I-OBL.

(taken from the Tsinakan text)

See also

• Yād grammar {broken link → backup}
• Sound changes from Æðadĕ to Yād
• Edastean languages

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