| Language Name | Minhyan |
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| Language Author | Jeffrey Henning |
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| Year Began | 2004 |
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| Site | Minhyan |
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| Broken Link | No |
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| Site Language | English |
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| Language Type | fictional diachronic language |
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| Uniqueness | Minhyan has a lexicon of almost 15,000 words, many carefully derived from roots using a system of 57 infixes. Minhyan is a VSO inflexional language that grammaticalizes two aspects and seven moods in its verbal conjugation and grammaticalizes definiteness and seven cases in its noun declension, which is active-stative rather than nominative-accusative. |
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| Language Sources | The phonology is inspired by Sindarin, the orthography by Welsh and the lexicography by Esperanto. The ancient script was inspired by Ogham. |
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| Design Principles | To be euphonious and naturalistic. |
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| Conculture Noun Phrase | the planet Peliaz, still spoken by the forest people of the planet |
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| Quotation | Cefowe calan riyeli sirum cefoti calagan ritho. |
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| Explanation | Live/OPTATIVE-IMPERFECTIVE you(peer)/AGENTIVE-DEFINITE peace/LOCATIVE-INDEFINITE Day/TEMPORAL-DEFINITE life-full your(peer)/POSSESSIVE-DEFINITE all. |
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| Translation | May you live in peace all your life-filled days. |
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| Dictionary | Yes |
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| Etymologies | Yes |
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| Grammar | Yes |
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| Sample Texts | No |
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| Unique Script | Yes |
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| Primer | No |
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| Babel Text | No |
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| Lexicon Size | 14,787 |
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| Submitted By | Jeffrey Henning |
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| Date Submitted | Sunday, September 12, 2004 |
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| Updated By | Jeffrey Henning |
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| Date Edited | Saturday, October 23, 2004 |
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| Description Of Update | Corrected typo. |
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| Date To Headline | Sunday, September 12, 2004 |
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