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Svaika co že jedzžka Ďampirska, Lecia Jedna
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Introduction, Alphabet & Numbers
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Menu 1. Svaika co že jedzžka Ďampirska, Lecia Jedna / Welcome to the language Dhampir, Lesson One
[edit] [top]Svaika co že jedzžka Ďampirska, Lecia Jedna / Welcome to the language Dhampir, Lesson One


Dhampir (or natively Ďampirska ) is an a posteriori conlang which is inspired by the Slavic languages as well as some influence from the Baltic and Romance languages. There is some input from English and Esperanto also. This language is designed to be used by a fictional vampiric race - pulling from various languages of humanity to sound relatively human but unintelligible to most people at first glance.

The language developed in my con world as a sort of creole of slavic languages (due to vampirism having originated in this region of Europe) and has a noticeably harsh sound to it. Since its creation it has been subject to influence of other languages of Europe (romance languages) as well as by English and other auxiliary languages in order to create an easily recognisable vocabulary to most speakers - regardless of their nationality.

In my con world, the language may be learned by humans but is - like in the Blade universe, is actually passed down through genetic memory and is accessible to all vampires upon turning.

*I will refer to the language throughout the lessons as Ďampirska *


Že Abeceďa / The Alphabet


Ďampirska uses the Latin script when writing and uses the same letters - minus a few. It also has three new letters not officially included in the English alphabet but do exist in some words and dialects.

Ďampirska uses the Latin script when writing and uses very similar graphemes to the English alphabet.

Že Khalosnai / The Vowels

Ďampirska uses five main vowels as well as one which also acts as a consonant (Jj). A Caron (Čapka (lit. a hat), is used to denote added vowel stress. The stress in Ďampirska lands on the penultimate syllable, unless a čapka is added to another syllable, however: some words may retain a čapka due to historic spelling.

Ǎǎ Ěě Ǐǐ Ǒǒ Ǔǔ


*Aa - "a" in aloud
*Ee - "e" in entry
*Ii - "ea" in eat
*Jj - "y" in boy (J modifies another vowel to produce a diphthong and is also a consonant)
*Oo - "o" in ordinary
*Uu - "o" in to

Že Spogoskai / The Consonants

Ďampirska uses 26 consonants (J is also counted as a vowel), 15 that are common with the English alphabet - note that the alphabet does not use the letters q, w or x. The remaining consonants are either represented graphemically by a different letter in English or the sound is not found in the language. Some graphemes are found in English but will represent a different sound, these different letters will be in bold.

*Bb - "b" in bravo
*Cc - "ts" in cats
*Čč - "ch" in Charlie
*Dd - "d" in delta
*Ďď - "th" in the
*DZdz - "j" in Juliett
*Ff - "f" in foxtrot
*Gg - "g" in golf
*Hh - "h" in hotel
*Jj - "y" in yankee (also a vowel)
*Kk - "k" in kilo
*KHkh - "ch" in loch
*Ll - "l" in Lima
*Ľľ - "ll" in the Welsh language (romanised to hl)
*Mm - "m" in Mike
*Nn - "n" in November
*Ňň - "Ññ" in the Spanish language (romanised to nj or ni)
*Pp - "p" in Papa
*Rr - "r" in Romeo
*Ss - "s" in sierra
*Šš - "sh" in share
*Tt - "t" in tango
*Ťť - "Ťť" in the Czech/Slovak languages (romanised to tj)
*Vv - "v" in Victor
*Zz - "z" in zebra
*Žž - "s" in measure

The alphabetical order (Sekvěncja Abecětika lit. "Alphabetical Sequence) for this language is as follows:
A B C Č D Ď DZ E F G H I J K KH L Ľ M N Ň O P R S Š T Ť U V Z Ž

a b c č d ď dz e f g h i j k kh l ľ m n ň o p r s š t ť u v z ž

Ǎǎ Ěě Ǐǐ Ǒǒ Ǔǔ<


Že Počati/ The Numbers


Numbers in Ďampirska are very easy to create, once you know the numbers from 1-10, 100 and 1000 you can create almost every number you would need in daily speech.

0-10

*0 - Čisla
*1 - Jedna
*2 - Ďva
*3 - Trǐ
*4 - Štiri
*5 - Piec
*6 - Šec
*7 - Sviet
*8 - Okh
*9 - Devět
*10 - Dzešt

11-99

For round numbers such as 20, 30, 40 etc simply add the suffix -st or -t (when last letter of number is a c) to the end of the number e.g.:
*20 - Ďvast
*30 - Trǐst
*40 - Štirist
*50 - Piect etc

In order to say numbers in-between 10 and 20 add the suffix -kh or -akh (when the last letter of number is a consonant) to the end of the number e.g.
*11 - Jednakh
*12 - Ďvakh
*17 - Svietakh
*18 - Okhakh etc

In order to say numbers in-between round numbers >20 simply use the round number followed by the digit e.g.

*22 - Ďvastďva
*35 - Trǐstpiec
*73 - Sviectrǐ
*89 - Okhtdevět

100+

*100 - Sto
*1000 - Mje
*2000 - Ďvamje
*10000 - Dzeštmje
*60000 - Šectmje
*100000 - Stomje
*1000000 - Miljona

This concludes lesson one of Ďampirska, next lesson will be basics of the language: pronouns, nouns, adjectives, plurals
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