Nulska Vi Raiken

Nulsaa vi Raiken is the language used by the Raiken and is the national language of the Raiconian Alliance.

The language was originally discovered in Tilye Tril vi Roshya, the sacred grounds of the Roshya, where all of their knowledge was engraved upon six obelisks of onyx. One of these pillars had an entire language engraved upon it. All clans used their own dialects at the time, but with combined study from all the clans, they were able to piece together the language and adopt it as their own. Since discovering the original language, the Raiken have modified and adapted it to fit their needs.

Pronouns are words that are able to take the place of a noun.

Conjunctions links sentences together. All conjunctions start with ' V '.

Prepositions describe the relationship between other words in a sentence. All Prepositions start with ' V '.

Articles are words that precede/modify nouns. All articles start with ' V '.

These words are commonly used to ask a question, though they may be used elsewhere. All question words start with 'B'. If the question results in the verb coming before the noun it is attached to, the verb is still conjugated as if it was linked to that noun. The link between these words is shown with a hyphen, though this does not affect pronunciation. If there are multiple verbs linked to the same noun, conjugate all of them appropriately.

Examples:

• Who are you? - Binor ruissak-raki?
• What is that? - Biral ruisska-veca?
• When? (At what time) - Banuk?
• Where did he go? - Banas a'atasko-ineru celsko?
• How are they? - Bona ruisskir-inras?
• Why did she do that? - Borna a'ataski-inera ataski veca?

(Note - Without a noun list, I cannot form a question with Which)

To make a word plural, add an ' S' ' before the word. If the word begins with a vowel, add ' Sa' ' instead.

• Storm - Aeruz
• Storms - S'aeruz

To indicate that an item is possessed by another, attach the proper noun or pronoun that the item is possessed by.

• Home - Tamia
• My Home - Tamia'raka
• Your Home - Tamia'raki

It is not incorrect to use ‘vi’ instead. This edits pronunciation and technical meaning, but still indicates possessive. This is usually used for decorum, if anything.

• Home - Tamia
• Home of I - Tamia vi Raka
• Home of You - Tamia vi Raki

Raiken use verb conjugation to attach verbs an appropriate noun. Endings for the word may change based on the noun in question. Verbs are conjugated into present tense. To conjugate a verb, remove the ending and replace it with the proper conjugation.

It is important to remember that tense comes before plurality.

• To indicate past tense for a verb or any other applicable word, add an ' A ' before the word.
• To indicate future tense for a verb or any other applicable word, add an ' E ' before the word.

Examples are as follows:

• I defend - Raka sarsk
• I defended - Raka a'sarsk
• I will defend - Raka e'sarsk

All verbs can be modified by simply adding 'Za' before the verb. Add 'Z' if the verb already begins with a vowel. Conjugating the verb that is being modified is not necessary.

Examples

• I am fighting - Raka ruissk zadelsir.
• I am climbing - Raka ruissk zibsa.
• They are drinking - Inras ruisskir zapolsa.

To say someone IS something, when that thing has an appropriate verb, add 'is' to the end of the verb. Add 'sis' if the word ends in a vowel. Conjugation of the modified verb is not necessary.

Examples

• I am a protector - Raka ruissk va sarskis.
• He is a builder - Ineru ruissko va sakrosis.

Verbs are action words. This list is in alphabetical order.

These ten verbs exclude themselves from the normal conjugation.

Numbers 1-10 are pronounced as normal. To say a number that is not listed, use the appropriate denomination of ten, stating the number of tens (or whatever is applicable) then the remainder. Do not forget plurality on the denomination of ten. This can be ignored if there is a number FOLLOWING the denomination of ten.

• Example: 63 - Gasa yara nari (Plurality is ignored because a number follows the ten)
• Example: 60 - Gasa s'yara (Plurality is observed because a number does NOT follow the ten)
• Example: 777 - Tasa yaras tasa yara tasa

Technically, it is not incorrect to use a lower denomination of ten, rather than the closest one to the number. It does make the word longer however. Both of the following examples mean the same thing.

• Example - 50,000 - Garo s'yoris
• Example - 50,000 - Garo yara yori

Raiken identify shapes by how many sides they have. A four-sided object is identified as such. ' S'kel ' is the word for ' sides '. The following pattern continues for all applicable shapes, excluding a circle.

'Perfect' Shapes, or shapes with sides that are all equal, are identified by adding ' Trita ' before the shape.

• Example - A square is a perfect four sided figure - Trita naro s'kel

Raiken see the same color spectrum as humans do. Considering this, they have words for colors in the normal visible light spectrum.

Associated Adjectives with Color.

To say a color is a 'mix' of two colors, combine the two colors with a hyphen.