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Pilael is the Root Language of the peoples of Narvu. (Narvu literally means "hell," that's a story in itself) It is the only root language, not because it was the first language made in the area, but because it belonged to the only group of people who survived a cataclysmic catastrophe.

On Narvu, between 500 and 1000 years before the current time of the story, A super volcano erupted for 44 days, covering most of the land in ash and killing off many of the species who once dominated the ecosystem. Many words for older creatures were lost, or passed into folklore; while newer words were invented by the two groups that survived.

One group went underground to survive the blast, they are the top predators of their domain and have had leasure to develop a writing system and culture. Their language hasn't changed too much.

The group above ground has no form of writing, but they do still use the base 12 numbering system. They have a few permanent settlements, they spend most of their energy surviving.

The two groups also have similar polytheistic religions, with 11 main gods and goddesses, one of them being the creator god. Karath, the creator's name also means unexistance, or nothing. In myths he is referred to as "The Nothing" and is decidedly neutral having created both good and evil.

Karath created three things: Varush, the eternal world, Ankkil and Vyalant.

His two children, Ankkil and Vyalant, became good and evil. And, in order to keep them happy he divided up Varush into Naera and Narvu; heaven and hell. Vyalant lived in Naera and created plants and animals. Ankkil lived on Narvu and created beings in his own image, giving them the ability to do great harm. (Yeah, my people have a messed up picture of themselves)

Vyalant, upon seeing the people's suffering, begged her brother to give them better conditions, he refused. She pulled up her mighty army and goes in to save them. And she gives people the ability to defy their nature, which is inherently evil.

Other deities include: Zhekil, boatman to the afterlife; Pezha, goddess of rain and water and her brother Dhedeth, god of thunder and lightning; Esh, goddess of darkness with great wings that sweep across the sky; Pepa, god of wisdom and old age; Dinaned, goddess of safety and matron of pregnant women and lost children; Depilik, goddess of chaos and Zeket, her lover, who is god of war.

Also, since Ankkil created it, fire is a cultural Taboo.

Here's a place where I need some suggestions, if you could suggest vocabulary that'd be great. Especially Nouns, Verbs and Prepositions which I'm trying to fill out first.

Nouns:
Kefel...............a unit of distance(A little more than a league)
Rafesh...............alchoholic medicine used as a painkiller or seditive
RiKaeg..............animal, beast of burden, reptile (raptorish)
PaePunk............camp/house
Kyabad.............canyon/crevice(Deeper that a man standing)
Kith..................cavern
Nil....................dale/valley
Zeth.................desert
eth...................ditch, (shallower than a man standing)
ent....................earth(Soil or sand comprised, easy to dig in)
Tint....................ground(hard; difficult to dig in)
Pant...................hill/dune
imbNa..................hole, gap, puncture
ZyaPith...............hollow
DhaNaTu ..............month; the time it takes from full moon to full moon. 253 days
ash.......................mountain(only in singular)
Kebes....................passage/road
al...........................plains(infers some type of plant found there)
Zheambil.................plateau/butte
Tel..........................prayer; rite; ritual; ceremony
NaNed....................refuge/village or city
ZuKul.....................ridge/range(or mountian plural)
PeZha......................river(Goddess when Namified)
Zid..........................rock/stone (Must be single piece)
TaNed......................shelter(the abstract concept)
DhaTu......................sky/heavens
Tesh........................song/poem
Vyad.......................spring(The flowering season; FM1-NM1)
Pilael.......................understanding(abstract concept)/language(when namified)
Keryat ...................value(abstract concept)/money/barter
Pesh.........................water

Verbs
PeZhal...................to bathe
emb.......................to be
Kak......................to begin
Kal............................to buy
Vael........................to call/name
Paem.....................to cry; to weep
Kemb....................to do
RiRaed...................to drink
Raef.......................to eat
Nilunk....................to end/stop
Nuleb...................to find
aef......................to gather
ith........................to hide
aefaer...................to know
Kathent................to look
Zhyol.....................to loose
Remar...................to love
Der........................to make; to form
unkad.................to move
Tumb.................to order
Myal...................to put
urMem...............to ride
KePes.................to run
DiNed.................to see/to watch
Tes..................to sing
KeTul..................to sleep
Kasab...................to speak
ZheKyath.............to swim
Tal....................to take part in a rite
Pel...................to teach
Kankunk .............to travel
NeTyod..............to walk
arReged............to want
erMad..............to write

Pronouns
TePas............. I/me
PuKyob...............You/y'all
KerTunk................ he/she
Kilug................ it
Edant................. We(Not including spoken to)
Kyodant............. We (Including spoken to)
KeGil................... They
Kegil.......................Those things

Pas....................... My
Kyob....................Your
Tunk.....................His/her
Rug..................... Its
Dant.................... Our
Dhant................... Our(Including the speakee)
Gil........................ Those things' or Their

Adjectives
egTa..................big
ankKi..................black
Dhamb..................cautious
Malith...................constant/certain
enkKu.....................dead
Zas.........................dry
KiRe........................east
VuZhed.....................edible/food
TaZha.....................forbidden
Vyath.......................green/living
egRa........................hidden/safe
KilGint.......................inedible/fodder or animal feed
NaZhyank.....................many/multiple
ZuVunt............................north
Pish................................of water; water dwelling; liquid
PePa............................old/wise
aesh.............................quick/ fast/ hasty
umbus.............................quiet/silent
elKa.................................red
ZheKel............................sacred
Ni...................................safe
Pyag...............................slow
egPi................................south
aeDhya...........................thorny/sticky
ZeKent............................violent/dangerous
Reth..................................west
Kil...................................winter FM2-NM2

(Specifically) Adverbs
Tankaf.....................seldom
Zhent....................... Very/extremely

Prepositions
ZiMil...................across
Rantash.............around beside, at the edge of
NuVe.................by means of
VuZa.................by; next to
Pilint..................down from; to go down down
Gis.....................during (At the time of)
id........................from
yashis...................inside
Zhae...................on top of; above
Mu.......................out from
Talem....................through(if singular); between(if plural)
ib...........................to; toward
Pilith......................underneath under
ZeDug..................up from
Pik.......................with


Particles and Names(Misc.)

KembZa.....................Negates a sentence
Dhityant.....................Politeness honorific

PePal.................god of old age and wisdom; also god of stone.
ZheKil.................god of the afterlife, the sea, and tragic lovers.
DheDeth..................god of thunder and lightning; blamed from sudden premature death
ZeKet......................god of war and bloodshed, anger and lusty passion/hopelessly in love with Depilik. Follows her wherever she goes
Esh........................goddess of darkness and the night sky
DePilik....................goddess of discord and hate; followed around by Zeket
PeZha....................goddess of fresh water and rain. Sister of Dhedeth
DiNaNed....................goddess of safety, pregnant women, lost children and motherly love
AnkKil........................Lead of Evil; god of fire and death. Creator of Narvu
Vyalant........................Lead of Good; goddess of plants and life. Creator of Naera
NaeRa...........................Heaven; land of all good, the afterlife
NarVu...........................Hell, Earth, land made by evil.
KaRath..........................the Nothing/nonexistence

Zhash................... Greeting
Tyamb...................Farewell
Ped....................... Yes
Za.......................... No

I'd like to improve my vocabulary by translating various phrases and Myths into Pilael. So far my progress is inhibited by my lack of a complex grammar, but if anybody thinks of a phrase for me, I'll do my best to translate it.

Current phrases:
Personal:
None

Requested or Offered:
None

Mythos or Cultural:
To cry is to make a silent prayer to Pezha.
Paem Do Der Tel umbus ib Pezha

Yeah, I just made it the other Day in fact. >.>

On a side Note; the grammar section is taking a really long time to type up.

Sure, I'd love to let you have a copy.... I just don't know how. sweatdrop

If you can give me a how I can certainly send you a copy.

That writing system is wonderful! I love it! I'd like to see translations of paragraphs so I could see how it looks stacked in block format. That'd be cool. =)