HUMISH - LANGUAGE OF THE HUMA

Meaning and etymology of language bites in The Dwarven Prince and Other Tales

 

Sounds

• Most of the letters and digraphs or two-letter combinations sound like English

• ae sounds like long A in English "take".

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Noun Gender and singular/plural forms​

• A root concept such as Alf, ends in a consonant

• The bare un-suffixed root is also singular and gender-neutral. To make it plural, add -a, so Alf becomes Alfa.

• To make a personal noun masculine, add -er, so Alf becomes Alfer. to make that plural, add -n for Alfern.

• Toe make a personal noun feminine, add -in, so Alf becomes Alfin. To make that plural, eliminate the i in the suffix, and add -ae, for Alfnae

• in Summary, here are some examples, along with adjective form and native-language form:

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​Vocabulary List​

• horse

N: Faird - Fairda​

M: Fairder - Fairdern

F: Fairdin - Fairdnae

• Land​

the ground - N: Aral - Arla 

plain or desert - N: Waith - Waitha 

verdant mead - N: Veld - Velda

realm - N: Rig -Riga

• Mountain - N: Bur - Bura​

• Hill - N: Hilg - Hilga