The Jallathes Language
Jallathes is the interplanetary language of the Nuweratha system, widely used in trade, literature, science and the field of dremyusa. It is most closely related to Myessean, a language that retains the alphabet of old Jallathes with its original 17 letters. Jallathes is often a second language among the well-educated peoples of the Nuwerathan planets.
The script is formed from straight and curved lines, including a cursive form that allows letters to be connected in handwriting. The alphabet of old Jallathes contains only 17 base letters (juanuaw), which overlap with Myessean. The full alphabet of modern Jallathes includes modified letters (fanomjuaw) for a total of 40. Modified letters are inserted into the alphabet following the base letters for which they are variants. Most modified letters are formed by the addition of dots or dashes to base letters. Many of these forms were added to Jallathes to accommodate words and names of non-Myessean origin, such as Xahdref and Khufé for Neptonian names and Woijaj for Troinian names, during the early expansion of interplanetary trade.
Jallathes is a highly regular language with only one case for each letter (no capital forms) and consistent pronunciation. Jallathes letters have other uses apart from their alphabet roles, including as mathematical symbols. For example, the letter Sufé can stand for an unknown integer in equations and Zufé can indicate a time variable. In addition, some Jallathes letters appear in musical notation and interplanetary calendars use base letters for month names.
Introduction to Jallathes Grammar
Pronouns: Unlike Neptonian, Jallathes pronouns do not differentiate informal/formal/respect forms.
Pronouns are modified to indicate case.
Articles: similar case modifiers are used for “a/an” and “the”
A/an: apla, uopla, aplamyé
The: fesé, fuosé, fesemyé
Verbs: conjugated using suffixes
To be: safré
I am: safreshé
We are: safrewé
You are: safrepla
He is: safreru
She is: safrethu
It is: safrené
They are: safredré
Time: default form implies present tense, others indicated using prefixes
I am being: elsafreshé
I was: hasafreshé
I have been: hansafreshé
I will be: lusafreshé
I shall have been: lansafreshé
I would be: susafreshé
I would have been: sansafreshé
You be! (imperative): nusafrepla
Negation: add prefix fa- or f- to verbs, or negation word “faj” to sentence, or prefix fra- to adjectives; negative prefix positioned before tense prefix for verbs
I am not: fasafreshé
I was not: fahasafreshé
I will not be: flusafreshé
no: fé (yes: sa)
happy: juthuo
unhappy: frajuthuo
Questions: add prefix ja- or j- to verbs, except when question word already in sentence; verb “to be” often unsaid if implied
What: jufé
Who: jamyes
Where: juoflé
When: jesran
Why: judrela
How: Jasha
Which: juples
How many: jerwa
Are you here? Jasafrepla shapl?
Were you here? Jahasafrepla shapl?
Where were you? Juoflé hasafrepla?
What (is) your name? Jufé thapla myena?
Why are you here? Judrela safrepla shapl?
How did you come here? Jasha hamyulethpla shapl?
Which one do you like? Juples uo shasuopla?
How many would you like? Jerwa susashasuopla?
Plurals: nouns are pluralized by adding the suffix –w to words ending in “a” or –aw to all other words
Person: shanera
People: shaneraw
Place: uoflé
Places: uofléaw
Tree: senth
Trees: senthaw
Punctuation:
End of sentence: single line ǀ
Question: double line ǀǀ
Comma: short curved line ɩ
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