Baireku Language

Lar! Savernaps shilerbanas dus barisolas armether Huruforbs kordhebs, is maseridhar her Ago komjurs varmjurhiks jo. Dada avrass, javo ver.   Ko endas sur virver masormas varkashokads, Orperbs vorosjumarvods: Kagarhivo barrodaks vororle Osurkas masorda!

Hark! There goes a valiant King Swift on his mount, he who unites Such disparate peoples. Surely he is my Lord.   No gods can save his enemies, From his gleaming edge: Conquest forged into metal By the ancestors!

'The Song of the Noble Conqueror', a traditional Baireki song, unknown author (ca. 850BU). This version is a modern Baireku rendering of the piece; the original is written in Vulgar Iasi or Early Baireku.

Use

Baireku, natively called "barrek" /ˈbɑːrek/, is the official and most common language of Bairek. It is also spoken in eastern Tosek and Mirjiin. The Mirjiini and Toseki languages are closely related and exist on a linguistic continuum.   The dialects of North Bairek, South Bairek and the cities of Tuluekaan and Bairok are somewhat distinct in vocabulary and pronunciation but are all mutually intelligible. The Bairok form is most often considered the standard form.

Examples

The standard greeting in Baireki is "masorsur masorbire/masorba orle" which is sometimes shortened to "masorsur masor" or even "sorsur".   masorsur masorbire orle
/mɑˈsoːɾˌsʊɾ mɑˈsoːɾbiɾə oːɾlə/
"may the ancestors watch over you (sg.)"   masorsur masorba orle
/mɑˈsoːɾˌsʊɾ mɑˈsoːɾbɑ oːɾlə/
"may the ancestors watch over you (pl.)"   masorsur masor
/mɑˈsoːɾˌsʊɾ mɑˈsoːɾ/
"may they watch over"   sorsur
/ˈsoːɾˌsʊɾ/
"watch over"