dah'Rini

The language of the dah'Rini originated as far back as can be confirmed in the Deserts of Axios around the 1570s by the dah'Rini people and tribe. It owes little to no similarity to Common, besides the occasional borrowing of grammar for where it may be lacking.

The fluidity of grammar rules in dah'Rini means that for each person the language overall can be slight to majorly different depending on how they interpret it, with it heavily relying on context. And a lack of context can cause it to lose meaning. This stress on context could be why some writings in their script cannot be appropriately understood if the person reading it is inexperienced.

Example of dah'Rini Script

Affixes

possessive (prefix) dah'

bright (adj.) on

dark (yi) shin

relating to space (suffix) -un

-ness, -dom, -th (suffix) -fa

kind/type (suffix) -i

color (suffix) -tik

Seed words

These words make up the dah'Rini language, and can be added to make sentences and new words.

air (n.) howika

alcohol (n.) kahantu related to kahila and want

amen (interj.) toki

and (conj.) yi

area (n.) dim

ash (n.) piu related to piuwi

attack (v.) toshu

bad (adj.) dok

bay (n.) iuna

big/grand (adj.) mumo

break (v.) duni

bring (v.) weto

bitter (adj.) yush

cactus (n.) roshu

cave (n.) oban

chieftain (n.) natshen

cloud (n.) howu related to howika

darkness (n.) shinfa related to onfa

day (n.) sotai related to somun

defeat (n.) shupi related to lupi

desert (n.) maiun related to mai

drawl/dragon (n.) sonoman

dust (n.) piuwi related to piu

earth, soil, land; world (n.) etepu

embrace (v.) lipatan

empty (adj.) atbi

face/mask (n.) bitur

father (n.) purin related to murin

festival (n.) mahiko

fight (n./v.) toshe related to toshu

final (adj.) te

find (v.) rata

fire (n.) kahila

flame (n.) kela related to kahila

food (n.) ragiu

fog (n.) am

forest, woods (n.) inbu

friend (n.) pit'po

gross (adj.) ik

gulf (n.) foma

good (adj.) bok

happy (adj.) bok'tur

i/me (pn.) fen

ice (n.) lintu related to wantu

idiot (n.) do'pan

island (n.) peku

it (pn.) rol

lake (n.) koku

light (n.) onfa related to shinfa

light, kindle, ignite (v.) kahana related to kahila

lightning (n.) onhila related to kahila and on

love (n.) mitigu

luck (n.) agki

magic (n.) ontiktu

mainland (adj.) rinshi

majesty (n.) mu'loktan mu'lokti for "majestic"

match (device) (n.) banshu

mist (n.) gome

moon (n.) lumun

more (adj.) o'o

mother (n.) murin related to purin

mountain, hill (n.) inban related to oban (inverse)

mud (n.) iunduka

name (n.) shiko

nature (n.) rom

night (n.) lutai

no (adv.) su

parallel (adj.) okosi

people (n.) rin can be used to refer specifically to dah'rini

person (n.) riun related to rin

plain, field (n.) rinku related to peku and rinshi

pleasure (n.) hato

profound (adj.) lafal

rain (n.) mowu related to howu

repent (v.) fi'tom

restaurant (n.) ragtan related to ragiu

restraint (n./v.) egun

river, stream, brook (n.) kotan

sad (adj.) dok'tur

salt (n.) bobo related to boh'ta

sand (n.) mai related to maiun

savor (v.) fana

sea (n.) koku'an

see (v.) bati

shade, shadow (n.) kahashin related to kahana and shinfa

shore (n.) shifu related to peku

sky (n.) howun

smoke (n.) piuta related to piu

snow (n.) lin'ra related to lintu

spring, well (n.) koko related to kotan

stand (v.) hon

star (n.) simun

stone, rock (n.) boh'ta

sour (adj.) taktu

sorry (adj.) odo

summer (n.) sofel

sun (n.) somun related to simun

sweet (adj.) bopi

thank (v.) yeto

thunder (n.) onhatu related to onhila

time (n.) fu'ina

tooth (n.) palose

turtle (n.) ger'ki

umami (adj.) nuli

unusual (adj.) ofrete

valley (n.) bauta

vegetable (n.) topo

victory (n.) lupi related to shupi

warp (v.) tiufe

water (n.) wantu

wave (n.) bantu related to wantu

weather (n.) om'fa

wind (n.) howimu related to howika

winter (n. interj.)

wood (n.) bis

wow (positive) (interj.) m'to

wow (negative) (interj.) n'do

yes (adv.) gu

you (pn.) ron

Numbers

zero duru

one an

two di

three to

four ka

five pe

six an'i

seven di'i

eight to'i

nine ka'i

ten pe'i

Misc.

unique word (n.) hatofrete related to hato and ofrete, an unusual pleasure