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This page is dedicated to comprohensively documenting (to the best of my abilites) the fictional constructed language (conlang) of High Maetian which I am creating for my novel Your Heart Is Forged From Bronze/Tavo Širdis Nukaldinta Iš Bronzos. But perhaps you can learn something about languages overall!

Šis puslapis yra skirtas sudokumentuoti (mano didžiausiomis pastangomis) dirbtinę majetiečių aukštaičių kalbą (conlang'ą), kurią kuriu savo romanui Tavo Širdis Nukaldinta Iš Bronzos. Bet, galbūt, galėsi kažką tiesiog išmokti apie kalbas! [Šis puslapis kol kas bus tik angliškai, atleiskit!]

In fa kemne vosekes asalög malamasha (vrig ënam nakromontha) fwer maëter cwerög narä (konlangä), fe vin vei nakromine malungoros In Kü Cot Ganas Matranant/Tavo Širdis Nukaldinta Iš Bronzos. Mö ka aune nakromine hwatereha naranti! [Fi atraraha aune ig fwer/This translation may be incorrect/Šis vertimas galimai klaidingas]

Introduction

High Maetian, or Maëter Cwerög Nar, is a language spoken mainly by the inhabitants of the island of Maete (Maëte) and usually by the elite and wealthy in the Eastern world, ruled by the Confederation. It has a vernacular version: Low Maetian, which is a highly simplified version (which has not been created yet). It is closely related to the Komoran language, but they are not mutually intelligible. However, they share a common ancestor: the Ancient Denevi Language.

Its core grammar uses a Subject-Verb-Object (SVO) word order (which is free to some extent), a tripartite allignment system (meaning, the patient, the agent of a transitive verb, and the agent of an intransitive verb use different conjugation). Adjectives go before nouns, as do adverbs with verbs. The language has 11 noun cases: Ergative, Intransative, Accusative, Genitive, Dative, Instrumental, Locative, Adessive, Ablative, Lative, and Vocative, but 9 in its personal pronouns. The language, unlike Denevi and Komoran, has no gendered conjugation, and, unlike those two languages, has lost vowel harmony.