Royal Mand
Royal Mand, sometimes known simply as Royal, is a semi-secret language spoken almost exclusively by the high nobility of the Federated Queendoms of Feldea. Whereas Wahêru is designed to be interoperable with the most common language groups of Feldea and to be easier to learn than these groups for diplomatic and trade contacts (i.e. representatives of the Cobalt Protectorate), Royal Mand is almost exclusively spoken within the royal courts as a means of both reinforcing the perception of the noble class as alien and more poetic than the common classes and as a means of partially obscuring the intents of the nobility from potential adversaries. Mid-level functionaries translate decrees from Royal Mand to Wahêru as necessary for public understanding, but otherwise, most common folk have little understanding of the language.
Phonology
Royal Mand has the same phonetic and tonal inventory of Wahêru:
Consonants:
m, mj, n, nj, ŋ
b (p alt), d (t alt), g (k alt), qw (kh alt)
ʋ (f alt)
ɾ, ɫ (second syllable or later only)
w, h (x alt)
s, z, ʃ, ʒ, ð
Vowels:
a, e, ə, j, i, o, u Tones (per word):
꜔ (flat), ꜔꜒ (rising), ꜔꜖ (falling), ꜒꜔꜒ (dip), ꜖꜔꜖ (peak)
Certain consonants in Wahêru have allophones (marked with 'alt' in the Phonology section) which are used to put a word in the emphatic or imperative mood. "biting off" the last vowel sound of a word 'doubles' the effect of this mood, and is used to establish a hierarchy of importance and specificity to one's statements. Indeed, it is common for Wahêru speakers to not so much use question words as imperatives of varying strength to request (or demand) a piece of information.
Morphology
All syllables in Royal Mand take the CV construction and obey all the rules of Wahêru, but, because it has a stricter construction (see Sentence Structure), royal not need to differentiate the parts of speech through the number of syllables.
Syntax
Royal Mand is notable for the fact that it has verb phrases which almost completely lack verbs as independent words, instead implying the action to be taken through a system of ascribing actors (one who undertakes a verb, i.e. "swimmer" as "one who swims") and applying pure concepts as adjectives and adverbs (see Sentence Structure). This construction a cultural, rather than practical, consideration, as it lends the statements of a noble a feeling of finality - as though the speaker were almost supernaturally willing a thing to be true by simply declaring it to be so. For example, if a queen were commanding her general Thadeus to seize the village of Greymont, her statement in Royal might be glossed as "Thadeus, the future conqueror, at the subjugatee Greymont with authority." In this case, the verbs "conquer" and "surrender" exist in the construction as actors in "(one who) conquers" and "(one who) is subjugated," the verb tense is implied by the adjectival "future" as applied to the subject actor, and the adjective phrase "with (the pure concept of) authority" implies that he will have authority (whether over the village or the operation). The actor construction can itself be omitted if necessary; in the gloss "I, to the meeting with alacrity," the listener can infer that the speaker is going, or will be going, to the meeting with all possible haste. Pure verbs do exist for the occasions where other constructions will not do, but these are highly uncommon, as a noble is expected to surround herself with experts and allies to take care of situations requiring such nuance in her name.
Vocabulary
Royal features similar phonetic rules to Wahêru, including the tendency to 'bite off' consonants to put words in the emphatic mood, but allows for variance in word length and has adopted slang idiosyncratic to the ruling class in lieu of common terms and phrases. To a commoner, a given word in Royal might sound like it is related to its equivalent in Wahêru, but come from the wrong part of speech due to the number of syllables or have a meaning just different enough that the two languages are not mutually intelligible.
Tenses
Royal Mand features the past, present, present ongoing, and future tenses. These tenses are applied to actor statements (see Syntax) rather than a pure verb to clarify which noun is doing what at what time.
Sentence Structure
Clauses in Royal Mand take the following structure: subject preposition, subject, subject tense, subject actor statement, subject adjective statement, verb (if required), object preposition, object tense, object, object actor statement, object adjective statement. Not all elements of this construction are required in every sentence, but the word order is strict. Multiple clauses can be strung together with logic (and, or, etc.), temporal (before, after, etc.), or ordinal (first, last, etc.) statements to form more complex sentences.
Adjective Order
Royal Mand has little in the way of a set adjective order, but, because adjective statements play an important role in the unique structure of Royal verb phrases (see Syntax), generally no more than two adjectives joined with an "and" may be applied to any one subject or object.
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