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INTRODUCTION
Language spoken by the majority of the inhabitants of the Gelo planet and developed while Israelites and Philistines were taken from Earth and sent to this planet nearly 3000 years ago by some unknown alien race for purposes not yet known (several other people from around the Earth were "collected" and put on different planets that seem to be terraformed previous to their arrival). It's derived from Ancient Hebrew and its alphabet is a cursive abjad ressembling that used by Arabic; differently from the majority of semitical languages, it's written left-to-right.
It's a three-consonant-root-based language, and most of the words are made this form. Verbal construction is quite simple and declines in gender and number, whenever it is in past, present and future tense or imperative. There is also the participle mode, which is used also as adjectives or to change the meaning of the verb with it.
It's a three-consonant-root-based language, and most of the words are made this form. Verbal construction is quite simple and declines in gender and number, whenever it is in past, present and future tense or imperative. There is also the participle mode, which is used also as adjectives or to change the meaning of the verb with it.
Here is the National Song (Hashira shele Meshola Yisrel) as spoken in Yisrelit (standard):
ha.ʃi.'ra ʃe.'lej me.'ʃo.la jis.'rel
'im ne.da.'ħim ʃe.'la.na bi ki.'ksa ha.ʃa.'ma.jim
'bi e.ra.'ksim 'ʃar 'lan 'naħ.na ma.hu.ga.'lim
'it 'er.ksa ʃe.'la.'na 'naħ.na 'la ʃe.ka.'ħim
'li ha.me.lo.'da 'kol 'naħ.na ħi.zo.'rim.
Meshola Yisrel's Song
Even if our remnants are at the end of the skyes
Between the lands where we were exiled to
Our land we did not forget
To our homeland we all shall return
Even if our remnants are at the end of the skyes
Between the lands where we were exiled to
Our land we did not forget
To our homeland we all shall return
WRITING SYSTEM AND PHONETICS (see below for more)
There are 22 letters in Yisrelit abjad, and one joint letter "alamad", which is promounced as "el" or "al", used or at the beginning or at the end of a word - this was originated due to religious prohibition to write G-d's Name. There are also diacritics that mark the sound of vowels, but they were mainly used as means of teaching the children and in reading ancient religious texts, today being used only to avoid double meaning in a phrase when needed. All letters have a inicial, intermediate and final form.
Consonants: Due to the writting system being an abjad, there are no written vowels; however there are letters that are used sometimes to mark a vowel, similar to Hebrew matres lectionis. For almost 500 years after the First Independence War, the alphabet suffered changes and was modified little by little as more and more people gained access to education, until the invention of computer-analogs, and since then the Yisrelit suffered minor changes. All consonantal letters - except for "ksadi" - represent one consonantal phoneme. The consonantal inventory of Yisrelit is (considering the normative language):
There are 22 letters in Yisrelit abjad, and one joint letter "alamad", which is promounced as "el" or "al", used or at the beginning or at the end of a word - this was originated due to religious prohibition to write G-d's Name. There are also diacritics that mark the sound of vowels, but they were mainly used as means of teaching the children and in reading ancient religious texts, today being used only to avoid double meaning in a phrase when needed. All letters have a inicial, intermediate and final form.
Consonants: Due to the writting system being an abjad, there are no written vowels; however there are letters that are used sometimes to mark a vowel, similar to Hebrew matres lectionis. For almost 500 years after the First Independence War, the alphabet suffered changes and was modified little by little as more and more people gained access to education, until the invention of computer-analogs, and since then the Yisrelit suffered minor changes. All consonantal letters - except for "ksadi" - represent one consonantal phoneme. The consonantal inventory of Yisrelit is (considering the normative language):
Pal.
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Sib. fric.
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Non-sib. fric.
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Lat. appr.
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There is also /ks/.
Vowels: There are no written vowels, however there are dialects in which the vowel phonemes "e" and "o" may change from closed to open. At the northernmost regions of the country, the "e" phoneme became "æ". Thus, these variations will be shown here as well. There are no written diphtongs in Yisrelit. The sheva na was merged with "e", but sometimes became silent. The vocalic inventory is like below (considering the normative language):
Vowels: There are no written vowels, however there are dialects in which the vowel phonemes "e" and "o" may change from closed to open. At the northernmost regions of the country, the "e" phoneme became "æ". Thus, these variations will be shown here as well. There are no written diphtongs in Yisrelit. The sheva na was merged with "e", but sometimes became silent. The vocalic inventory is like below (considering the normative language):
GRAMMAR
Nouns: There are two genders in Yisrelit, masculine and feminine. Although there are irregularities, most of the feminine nouns end in "-a" (he) or "-at" (ta), while the masculine nouns end up in other forms. The plural form is usually "-im" (yad and mem) for masculine and "-ot" (waw and ta) for feminine nouns - no dual plural exists in Yisrelit, however a few words still show the pronounciation as if there were, as a reminiscent from a period when there was such a feature in the original language.
Adjectives: They always agree with the noun either in gender or in number. In the singular, it is common for a masculine adjective to end in "-i" (yad) and for a feminine adjective to end in "-it" (yad and ta). The plural is done as it is with nouns, with the exception that when a noun has a irregular plural (such as being masculine but its plural form being similar to feminine), the adjectives maintain its regularity.
Personal nouns: The Yisrelit's personal nowns vary in gender and number, except for the first person. See the table below (the masculine form is at the left, and the feminine form is at the right).
Verbs: There are several conjugations patterns for Yisrelit. They are divided into active, passive or reflexive voices, and can have past, present, future and infinitive forms (the last two are lacking in the passive voice).
(still updating)
MORE ON YISRELIT
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Page 2 - Yisrelit News: All the news concerning Yisrelit, download files, and more.
Page 3 - All Posts: All posts written about Yisrelit. All of them in this tag.
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Nouns: There are two genders in Yisrelit, masculine and feminine. Although there are irregularities, most of the feminine nouns end in "-a" (he) or "-at" (ta), while the masculine nouns end up in other forms. The plural form is usually "-im" (yad and mem) for masculine and "-ot" (waw and ta) for feminine nouns - no dual plural exists in Yisrelit, however a few words still show the pronounciation as if there were, as a reminiscent from a period when there was such a feature in the original language.
Singular
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Plural
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Masculine
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-none-
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-'im (const.: -'e)
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Feminine
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-'a, -at
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-'ot
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Adjectives: They always agree with the noun either in gender or in number. In the singular, it is common for a masculine adjective to end in "-i" (yad) and for a feminine adjective to end in "-it" (yad and ta). The plural is done as it is with nouns, with the exception that when a noun has a irregular plural (such as being masculine but its plural form being similar to feminine), the adjectives maintain its regularity.
Singular
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Plural
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Masculine
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-'i
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-'im
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Feminine
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-'a, -'it
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-'ot
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Personal nouns: The Yisrelit's personal nowns vary in gender and number, except for the first person. See the table below (the masculine form is at the left, and the feminine form is at the right).
Singular
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Plural
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1st
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'an
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n'aħ.na
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2nd
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a.t'a
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'at
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a.t'im
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a.t'in
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3rd
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h'u
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h'i
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h'im
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h'in
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Verbs: There are several conjugations patterns for Yisrelit. They are divided into active, passive or reflexive voices, and can have past, present, future and infinitive forms (the last two are lacking in the passive voice).
(still updating)
MORE ON YISRELIT
Here is a list of pages on Yisrelit writting system, grammar, media, and more.
Page 1 - Yisrelit Alphabet: A more detailed page on Yisrelit script.
Page 2 - Yisrelit News: All the news concerning Yisrelit, download files, and more.
Page 3 - All Posts: All posts written about Yisrelit. All of them in this tag.
Page 4 - Texts and short tales in Yisrelit: A list of posts with texts and short tales written in Yisrelit
