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=Preamble=

Fyrk is a language of measure and reserve. It transcribes the way of life of the people of the Desert accustomed to surviving in a harsh and inhospitable environment. The Fyros language transcribed below was commonly spoken in the alleys, academies and palaces of the flamboyant capital of the Old Lands: Fyre.

Sounds

Vowels

The u is pronounced ou (as in mood). The e is pronounced é. The ü is pronounced u (as in new). The ï is pronounced aye (as in pie).

As a general rule, all vowels are pronounced, so pyrae is said pyr-a-é. Accented vowels are long (èch, ùch...). When there are more than two vowels to be pronounced in a row, the last one prevails. pyraeùch -> pyrùch Exception: pyraeen became pyrae

Consonants

The r is guttural as in French, except when it is preceded by an accented vowel (ûr, nûr). In this case it is rolled (as in Italian).

The t and the k are very marked.

The “sh” at the end of a word tends to fall in favor of the “k” when the idea conveyed should be imbued with force or power. Thus orash becomes orak (discipline) or fyrash became fyrak then fyrk (dragon).

Two recordings, on the fyros pronunciation: (thanks to Skarn and Horion!) [1] et [2].

General Language Info

Marks of plural, gender, or deference are absent. Fyros don't bother with these kinds of subtleties. The context is generally sufficient to define the number, rank, and sex of beings and things.

Verbs and Conjugations

The verb is the main vector of context, being the one who transcribes the action. It is always located at the end of a sentence. (Except in official documents and speeches where it immediately follows the subject)

The verb is conjugated in 4 cases: Present, past, future, imperative.

The declensions of the verbs 'being' and 'having' are used to decline all the other verbs.

Being

Past		Present		Future
I was	àch	I am	èch	I will be	och
You were	às	You are	ès	You will be	os
He was	àt / àr	He is	èt / èr	He will be	ot / òr
We were	san	We are	sun / sen	We will be	son
You were	sat	You are	sut / set	You will be	sot
They were	sam	They are	sum / sem	They will be	som

Having

Pass		Present		Future
I had	nùk	I have	ùch	I will have	mùk
You had	nùs	You have	ùs	You will have	mùs
He had	nùr	He has	ùr	He will have	mùr
We had	nùn	We have	hùn	We will have	mùn
You had	nùt	You have	hùt	You will have	mùt
They had	nùm	They have	hùm	They will have	mùm

So to conjugate a verb you just need to add the cases of being or having following its root. Example: I drink -> pyrùch (pyraeùch, cf. Les vowels)

The choice of the case of being or having depends on the type of action described. We speak of passive or active form.

A verb is said to be active when its subject does the action. The cases of the verb having are then used. (see the example above.)

A verb is said to be passive when its subject undergoes the action without having any power over it. The cases of the verb to be are then used. Example: I live -> pyrèch I receive -> lekèch

Past, Present and Probable Future

3 descriptive tenses for verbs in èch: past (àch), present (èch), future (och)

3 descriptive tenses for verbs in ùch: past (nùk/nùch), present (ùch), future ( mùk/mùch)

(mnemonic: AEOn NUMerical => àch-èch-och nùk-ùch-mùk)

Special Case:

• èt (he is) is to be distinguished from èr (he is at) which denotes belonging and is most of the time translated as of

Example:

fyros èt -> He is Fyros, he is a Fyros. èr fyros -> He is in the Fyros, he belongs to him. èr sel ! -> It's mine!

This form does not exist for verbs other than to be.

• Some clans use the forms sen, set, sem instead of sun, sut, sum (we are, you are, they are)

Command Tone

Imperative Mode: èkud -> sois, soyez ùkùd -> aie, ayez

Example:

kifyrèkud -> Be happy! gladùkud -> Fight! (to assault)

Pronouns

Fyrk allows the usage of personal pronouns :

Les pronoms

I	sel
you (single)	el
he	kel
we	zel
you (plural)	bel
they	nel

However, these pronouns are almost always eluded. They are used to emphasize the subject. (Me, I am ...) and in conjunction with the article ûr (see the possessive). Official texts and sententious speeches also use personal pronouns.

Example : I am -> sel èch is often presented as èch.

Common names

Just like the verb, the noun is declined. Many common Fyrk nouns have an identical origin: the root. The declension of this root will give a new word with a new meaning from a unique ideological base. We speak of a son-noun (or godson-noun).

Example: the word or (light) is a root. Once declined it gives rise to godson words. Thus or + -en gives oren, which means the day. or+-um gives orum which means the Desert.

The rule is always the same. The root being always the lowest common denominator at the level of meaning as at the level of grammar, we obtain an effect of increasing power for each particle:

	Manifestation	Accumulation	Mastery	Ideal notion
Root +	-en	-um	-ash(-ak,-k)	-aï

Example :

fyr(heat)	fyren(fire)	fyrum(blaze)	fyrk(dragon)	fyrai(destiny)
or(light)	oren(day)	orum(Desert)	orak(discipline)	orai(order)
tal(reason)	talen(truth)	talum(knowledge)	talash(wisdom)	talai(experience)

In our example, fire is the manifestation of one of the qualities of the root, the blaze an accumulation of fire, the Dragon controls (or is the source) of fire, destiny is a notion which arises from all the previous cases.

Adjectives

There are no adjectives, strictly speaking, as in French. The same principle applies as for nouns.

Demonstratives

• -ci (near) -> ha
• -là (distant) -> ka
• ha fyren -> these fires, this fire.

Possessives and Comparatives

The article ûr is used to mark possession. It is often omitted. When it is present, the structure is as follows:

fyrek ûr fyrk -> the heat of the fire sel ûr fyren -> my fire ûr is also used in comparisons: ha fyren ûr fyr -> the heat belongs to this fire, in other words this fire is the hottest. The other element compared depends on the context.

Figures and Numbers

Numbers

Numbers are primarily used in combat to give direction of movement (see #Movements and order of battle).

This is why the Fyros numbering system is a base twelve system, more practical than base ten, because it is more easily divisible. There are therefore twelve numbers, including zero, although it is rarely used, except among scholars and Generals. Similarly, the simple soldier generally does not know how to count beyond 2 or 3 dozen.

Numbers

daï	zero, absence, empty, nothing
an	one
lo	two
hus	three, right
on	four
eps	five
la	six, retreat
in	seven
di	eight
sen	nine, left
ix	ten
melo	eleven, last, end

We add:

• -hum for dozens (which correspond to tens^[1] in base 10)
• -ash for dozens of dozens (which correspond to hundreds in base 10)
• -aï for dozens of dozens of dozens (which correspond to thousands in base 10)

Beyond this we use thousands of thousands by adding the ûr:

anaï ûr anaï	"millions" (in base 12, in fact 12^6)
lozhaï ûr anaï	two "millions" (2*12^6 )
anash ûr anaï ûr anaï	12^2(anash) "millions"(12^6)
lozhash anum la	216 (in base 12) or 302 (in base 10)

Composition

As in French, the largest order first (thousands, then hundreds, then tens, then units) example: 158 = 144 + 12 + 6 = anash-anum-la

For millions (thousands of thousands) we put a multiplier in front if necessary: anash ûr anaï ûr anaï = 144 * 1728 * 1728

Only great scholars use this kind of number, ordinary mortals are content with anaï-kün (innumerable)

Rank, Order

Numbers are added as a suffix to indicate a rank, an order:

glados-lo	second [group of] warrior(s)
malos-an	first brother, elder brother

Fraction

Fractions are constructed from the prefix kek (from kekùch, to cut, to slice) followed by the number

kek-lo	half, half
kek-hus	third, one out of three
kek-anaï	infinitesimal fraction, almost nothing

Approximation

The suffix kün (large) is used to mean a few, or more than

anum-kün	a few dozen, more than twelve
anash-kün	a few hundred, more than 144
anaï-kün	many, innumerable

The suffix bem (similar) is used to mean about

lozhum-bem

about 2 dozen

Proper names

All Fyros proper names come from common roots that are actually the names of the first fyros. The variations are due to the added particles that correspond to the numbers representing the position of the fyros in the lineage, family, tribe, or army.

Thus Boello Mekops is the second child of the 5th lineage of Mek.

Colours

Colours actually refer to things, objects of characteristic colour (like orange or turquoise in French which refer to the fruit and the corresponding stone).

To distinguish the thing from its colour we add if necessary the suffix -sk or -chk (if there is no possible ambiguity the suffix is ​​omitted)

To nuance the colour we add the following suffixes:

• or : light
• dir : dark
• fyr' : bright, bright
• og : fade, greyish

The interrogative seka exists and means what colour (is)

Reference	Color	Translation
atalmeyu	atalmeyusk	sawdust/sand (color)
fyren	fyren(sk)	fire (color), orange
	fyrendir	red
kahel	kask	amber
	kaldir	garnet
likan	likan(sk)	vegetable / green
	likadir	dark green
	likafyr	emerald (color)
mektib	mektichk	tawny (mektoub color)
meyu	meyu(sk)	wood color, brown
	meyor (meyu i gold)	light wood, between beige and yellow
	mefyr (meyu i fyr)	bright yellow
odra	odra(sk)	sky / blue
	odrafyr	bright blue
	odradir	bright night
	odrag	Blue-gray
	odralyk	turquoise
og	og(sek)	smoke / gray
	ogor	light gray
gold	orsk	white
	orog	Very light gray (grayed white)
diren	diren(sk)	night / black

Movements

The vocabulary related to movement is quite complete, simple and unambiguous.

Direction

The numbers give the direction like on a clock (see the numbers), the verb geyùsh is used, the conjugation is often omitted for speed.

gey	forward, twelve o'clock
gey-gey	forward (insistent, reinforced)
la, la-gey	rear, retreat, come back, six o'clock
an, angey	overflow slightly on the right, one o'clock
melo, melo-gey	overflow slightly on the left, eleven o'clock
sen, sen-gey	go left, nine o'clock
hus, hus-gey	go right, three o'clock

The verticality information is given by the 2 opposite directions

odra	upwards, sky
didra	downwards, depth

We can also give positions relative to the enemy:

nel ûr sen	on the left flank (of the enemy)
nel ûr la	on their rear guard, take them from behind

Speed

The speed information is given by the suffix -za (fast) or -zakün (very fast); if the suffix is ​​absent it means that there is no particular urgency

gey-za	fast charge
gey-zakün	max speed charge
gey-gey-zakün	charge to the full, move!

Rotation

anum-gey	turn around (clockwise)
de-anum-gey	turn (counterclockwise)
anum-de-gey	stop turning

Deploy or Regroup

bekum[ukud]	regroup
debekum	deploy
glados gey-zakün !	Warriors charge!
kamenos bekum	Magicians regroup / stay grouped!

The different groups are either named (codename) or numbered according to their functions:

glados-(bek)-an	first [group of] warriors
	glados-an also means elite warrior; in case of possible confusion the bek becomes mandatory to remove the ambiguity.
etikamen-(bek)-lo	second [group of] healers

Counter-orders

degey	stop
deza[ush]	slow down, slow down

Enter, exit

oks, oks-gey[ùsh], okùsh	Interior, enter
deok[ùsh]	exit

Derivatives

la-gey-zas	fleeing, cowardly, afraid, cowardly
la-gey-zas urkyan	fearful prey
gey-zas	brave
gey-zaküs	reckless
negey(ney-gey)	freedom, free (I want I go, I go where I want)

The body

Anything related to the body can be followed by the suffix -tem (of the body), which is often omitted.

bavul	The mouth
bam	the tongue
deku	the fingers (the small ones)
dies	the foot(didra eps)
eps(deku)	the hand (the 5 fingers)
fazul	the nose
fyrtem, tem ùr fyren	heart (fire of the body)
hus-lodid	the right leg
koltem	elbow (odra koltem), knee (didra koltem), major joint
kolum	facial wrinkles
krak, krok	teeth, fangs
kri	nails, claws
ladi	buttock, posterior
lodid	legs (lo-didra-tem, the 2 of the lower body)
lodra	arms (lo-odra-tem, the 2 of the upper body)
odratem	torso, upper body
odraktem	chest
orul	eyes
pak	sex (organ)
paya	belly (of the homine, literally the nest)
sen-lodra	left arm
talan	face
taltem	head, brain (spirit of the body)
tem	body (whole)
trazul	ears

Blows, Bites and Scratches

It is impossible to end this part on the body without mentioning the subtleties on blows, bites and scratches. The Fyros soul is wild and warlike, and if the Fyros prefer to attack with daggers, swords, firearms, they do not disdain to use their natural weapons should the opportunity present.

Blows

The blows are constructed in a fairly simple way on the root kar (blow) preceded by the part of the body used, with an elision most of the time:

kar	blow (without precision)
takar	headbutt (tal-kar)
ekar	punch (eps-kar)
dikar	kick (dies-kar)
kokar	elbow/knee strike (kolem-kar)
kartal	fight to the face, insult of defiance (on an opponent that one otherwise respects)
karùch	strike

Bites and Scratches

What is disconcerting to a non-Fyros is the number of different words for 'bites' (kroken) and 'scratches' (krin); there are in fact many variations, with the words sometimes changing from one clan or tribe to another.

krokùch, kroken	bite, bite
krinùch, krin	scratch, scratch
krokiùch, krokien	bite, nibble
krakiùch, krakien	bite "friendly", bite lightly; used for a playful or stimulating purpose (like a pinch among other peoples)
krokün	the big bite, ritual bite in certain tribes, by which a homin and a homin mark each other. The usage tends to be lost in large cities
krokarùch, krokarn	to bite deeply with the aim of injuring, "combat" bite
krodakùch, krodaken	to finish, to slit the throat with a bite (especially used for predators)
krokaï	the art of biting
kriniùch, krini	to scratch "tenderly", lightly scratched with the aim of stimulating
krikarùch, krikarn	to scratch deeply with the aim of injuring
kridakùch, kridaken	to scratch viciously, to lacerate with the aim of killing
kritalùch, krital	to scratch in the face, to insult, to mortal insult (on a sworn enemy)

Exotic Expressions

Expressions found only in a few savage tribes:

el makèch i krakiùch	I love you and I (want to) bite you (lovingly)
el makùch, sel krakiùd	I love you, bite me

Not to be confused with el makùch i krokùch (I love you and I bite you) rather used in the figurative sense of he who loves well, bites (punishes) well

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Words and Phrases

(A few from the French link below. Please read the French for correct conjugations and larger variety.)

Fyrk	Basic Meaning
Oren pyr	Hello ("Days of honor and death.")
Oren fyraï	Goodbye
Oren fyraï sel bek	Goodbye my friends
Ney	Yes
Dai	No
Cal i akash!	Strength and honor!
Akep	Thank you ("honorable death")
Oràch	It was my duty (in response to akep)
Deney	No need (in response to akep)
Denen	Anything (in response to akep)
Selum	Thank you

See also

• Language of the Matis
• Language of the Tryker
• Language of the Zoraï

Resources

• Spoken Fyros (male)
• Spoken Fyros (female)

References

• Kervala's guide to the Fyros Language
• Guide to the Fyros Language

• the lexicon enriched by Vanila

Notes