Created page with "{{Infobox language |name=Rokadong<br>{{rkdg|}} |family=Nentan |early-forms=Classical Nenta, Old Rokadong |scripts=Telajang<br>Latin script |country=Rauratoshan |regulator=Rauratoshan Royal Academy |demonym=Rokaselan |lang-code=RKD }} '''Rokadong''' ({{ipa|[ˈɾokadoŋ]}}), also known as '''Rokaselan''', is a Nentan language spoken in Rauratoshan. ==Etymology== "Rokadong" is short for ''Rokaselad..." |
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{{Infobox language | {{Infobox language | ||
|name=Rokadong<br>{{rkdg|}} | |name=Rokadong<br>{{rkdg|}} | ||
|familycolor=Conlang | |||
|pronunciation={{ipa|[ˈɾokadoŋ]}} | |||
|family=[[Nentan languages|Nentan]] | |family=[[Nentan languages|Nentan]] | ||
|early-forms=Classical Nenta, Old Rokadong | |early-forms=Classical Nenta, Old Rokadong | ||
| | |script={{unbulleted list|[[Telajang]]|Latin (English alphabet)}} | ||
| | |nation=[[Quill Kingdom]] | ||
| | |ethnicity=[[Rauratoshanian people|Rauratoshanian]] | ||
|dia1=Pahang Rokadong | |||
|dia2=Puram Rokadong | |||
|dia3=Karítatana Rokadong | |||
|dia4=Kihiteláh Rokadong | |||
|dia5=Lerabteláh Rokadong | |||
|agency=[[Rauratoshan Royal Academy]] | |||
|demonym=Rokaselan | |demonym=Rokaselan | ||
| | |iso3=RKD | ||
|speakers=Several million | |||
|setting=[[Spectradom]] | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''Rokadong''' ({{ipa|[ˈɾokadoŋ]}}), also known as '''Rokaselan''', is a [[Nentan languages|Nentan language]] spoken in [[Rauratoshan]]. | '''Rokadong''' ({{ipa|[ˈɾokadoŋ]}}), also known as '''Rokaselan''', is a [[Nentan languages|Nentan language]] spoken in western Quillan. It is historically the language of [[Rauratoshan]], and by extension, the language of the [[Quill Kingdom]]. | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
''Rokadong'' is a contraction of "dong to rokasela," meaning "Rokasela's language." ''Rokasela'' refers to the six major islands of the [[Acrylla Archipelago]], where Rokadong originated, and apocryphally, may also refer to the six extensions from the core of a [[kanva]]'s body: two arms, two legs, a head, and a tail. | |||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
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Verbs often are the longest words in Rokadong, owing to the large numebr of agglutinative affixes that can be applied simultaneously. Often, nouns and adjectives can be formed from these affixes by removing the final {{rkdg|}} ''r(a)'' in the word. For example, {{rkdg|}} ''matar'' ("to scare"), like most emotion words in general, can be turned into {{rkdg|}} ''tenamata'' ("scary") and {{rkdg|}} ''anmata'' ("scared") using the causative and continuous aspect affixes respectively. | Verbs often are the longest words in Rokadong, owing to the large numebr of agglutinative affixes that can be applied simultaneously. Often, nouns and adjectives can be formed from these affixes by removing the final {{rkdg|}} ''r(a)'' in the word. For example, {{rkdg|}} ''matar'' ("to scare"), like most emotion words in general, can be turned into {{rkdg|}} ''tenamata'' ("scary") and {{rkdg|}} ''anmata'' ("scared") using the causative and continuous aspect affixes respectively. | ||
For verbs, reduplication does not pluralize the verb, but it does intensify the action the verb represents. In the extreme case, {{rkdg| | For verbs, reduplication does not pluralize the verb, but it does intensify the action the verb represents. In the extreme case, {{rkdg|}} ''rulurukr'' ("to sprint, to move at top speed") is a reduplication of {{rkdg|}} ''lurukr'' ("to run"), which is a reduplication of {{rkdg|}} ''rukr'' ("to walk"). | ||
===Syntax=== | ===Syntax=== | ||
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