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'''Þaj''' (Þaj: Fāhsāh Þāj), formerly known as Sirenguarded Thai is a dialect of [[w:Thai_language|Standard Thai]] spoken in [[Sirenguard|Sirenguard Autonomous District]].
{{Infobox language
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|era=today
|scripts=Latin, previously Thai
|country=[[Imerchal]]
|demonym=Sirenian
|endonym=Sirenian
|number=idk
|usage=[[Sirenguard]]
|lang-code=SRN
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'''Sirenian''' (Sirenian: Fāhsáh Sajrenian), formerly known as Sirenguarded Thai and Þaj is a dialect of [[w:Thai_language|Standard Siamese]] spoken in [[Sirenguard|Sirenguard Autonomous District]].


== Changes from Standard Thai ==
== History ==
Technically, Þaj is a descendant of Thai, with sound changes being the following (not in order)
Lorewise, no one really know where it's from. The settlers and the first Sirenian speakers spoke [[Occitan]] and [[Mosici]]. With most only remembering that they mysteriously started speaking Sirenian on the ship from [[Chalmosique]] to Sirenguard.
 
Sirenian used to be written with the Thai script, but later adopted Latin due to Thai script being ugly as fuck in Minecraft.
 
== Changes from Standard Siamese ==
Technically, Sirenian is a descendant of Siamese, with sound changes being the following (not in order)


=== Liquid deletion in consonant clusters ===
=== Liquid deletion in consonant clusters ===
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=== Introduction of new codas from loanwords ===
=== Introduction of new codas from loanwords ===
/s/ and /l̪/ used to be merged with /t̚/ and /n/ respectively. But loanwords has made them appear, like in the word บาสเก็ตบอล "basketball", which can both be pronounced as /bàːt̚.kêt̚.bɔ̄n/ or /bàːs.kêt̚.bɔ̄l/
/s/ and /l̪/ was merged with /t̚/ and /n/ respectively. But was reintroduced in loanwords, like in the word บาสเก็ตบอล "basketball", which can both be pronounced as /bàːt̚.kêt̚.bɔ̄n/ or /bàːs.kêt̚.bɔ̄l/
 
=== Centering of dipthongs ===
ia̯, ua̯, and ɯa̯ becomes iə̯, uə̯, and ɯə̯ respectively.
 
=== Labialization before rounded vowels ===
Consonants become labialized before u(ː).


=== Lenition of /kʰ/ ===
/kʰ/ was shifted into /χ/


== Phonology & Orthography ==
== Phonology & Orthography ==
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Sirenguarded Thai's consonants inventory is very similar to Thai. With differences being Sirenguarded Thai merging <l> and <r>.
Only bolded consonants can be a coda. With p, t, k being unreleased as /p̚/, /t̚/, /k̚/. And /k̚/ being written with a <k> instead of a <g>
{| class="wikitable"
!Sirenguarded Thai
!Standard Thai
!Meaning
|-
| rowspan="2" |lâk /lák̚/
|รัก /rák̚/
|to love
|-
|ลัก /lák̚/
|to steal
|-
| rowspan="2" |lòhk /lôːk̚/
|โรค /rôːk̚/
|earth
|-
|โลก /lôːk̚/
|disease
|}
Sirenguarded Thai also disallows -l and -r consonant clusters, the only allowed consonant cluster being Cw.
{| class="wikitable"
!Sirenguarded Thai
!Standard Thai
!Meaning
|-
| rowspan="3" |gāhŋ /kāːŋ/
|กาง /kāːŋ/
|to unfold
|-
|กลาง /klāːŋ/
|middle
|-
|กราง /krāːŋ/
|to rasp
|-
|gwāhŋ /kwāːŋ/
|กวาง /kwāːŋ/
|deer
|}
Sirenguarded Thai vowels are identical to that of Standard Thai
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" |Vowels
! rowspan="2" |Vowels
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|ɔ <œ> ɔː <œh>
|ɔ <œ> ɔː <œh>
|}
|}
/h/, not being a valid coda in Thai, are instead used as a vowel length marker.
== Vocabularies ==
Sirenian vocabularies seems to suggest that the language was under Gwinic and Sanskritic influence, which doesn't line up with history of Sirenian.
 
==== Native Sirenian ====
Native Sirenian words are usually monosyllabic and used more often than words from other sources.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Example
!IPA
!Meaning
|-
|nâhm
|/náːm/
|water
|-
|kōn
|/χōn/
|person
|-
|pǎh
|/pàː/
|forest
|-
|múh
|/mǔː/
|pig
|-
|pāj
|/pāj/
|to go
|-
|gīn
|/kīn/
|to eat
|-
|háh
|/hǎː/
|to find
|-
|gūh
|/kūː/
|I (vulgar)
|-
|mȳŋ
|/mɯ̄ŋ/
|you (vulgar)
|-
|jǎj
|/jàj/
|big
|-
|lêk
|/lék̚/
|small
|}
 
==== Sanskrit ====
Sirenian appears to have multiple [[Sanskrit]] loanwords, even though Sirenian originated nowhere near [[Oberia]], which speaks Sanskrit.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Example
!IPA
!Meaning
!Etymology
|-
|wîtþǎjāh
|/wít̚.tʰà.jāː/
|science, knowledge, -logy
|विद्या (vidyā) "wisdom"
|-
|pǎtjāh
|/pàt̚.jāː/
|philosophy
|प्रज्ञा (prajñā) "intelligence"
|-
|ǎkkǎnīh
|/àk̚.χà(ʔ).nīː/
|fire
|अग्नि (agni) "fire"
|-
|fāhsáh
|/pʰāː.sǎː/
|language
|भाषा (bhāṣā) "language"
|}


== Vocabularies ==
Many Sanskrit Loanwords are related to religion/spirituality.
Sirenguarded Thai shares most of its lexicons with Thai. With differences being that Sirenguarded Thai has more [[Nguhcraft|Nguhcraftian]] influences. Some words changed their meanings to fit more in-line with Sirenguarded culture.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Example
!IPA
!Meaning
!Etymology
|-
|gāhj, gāhjāh
|/kāːj/, /kāː.jāː/
|body
|काय (kāya) "body"
|-
|zǐt
|/t͡ɕìt̚/
|mind, heart, soul
|चित्त (citta) "mind"
|-
|sǎtþāh
|/sàt̚.tʰāː/
|trust, faith
|श्रद्धा (śraddhā) “faith"
|-
|sǎtsǎnáh
|/sàt.sà(ʔ).nǎː/
|religion
|शासन (śāsana) "command"
|-
|būn
|/būn/
|merit
|पुण्य (puṇya) "good, holy"
|-
|bǎhp
|/bàːp̚/
|sin
|पाप (pāpa) "sin"
|}
Many Sanskrit Loanwords are related to society and politics.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Example
!IPA
!Meaning
!Etymology
|-
|gǎsǎt
|/kà(ʔ).sàt̚/
|king
|क्षत्रिय (kṣatriya) "ruling class"
|-
|nâkœ̄hn
|/ná(ʔ),χɔ̄ːn/
|city, domain
|नगर (nagara) "city, town"
|-
|sáŋkōm
|/sǎŋ.χōm/
|society
|संगम (saṃgama) "association"
|-
|pǎcāh
|/pà(ʔ).t͡ɕʰaː/
|people
|प्रजा (prajā́) "people"
|-
|ŋǎþèht
|/ŋà.tʰêt̚/
|ŋation
|''प्रदेश'' (pradeśa) "ŋation"
|}
 
Some word appears to be a doublet of a Sanskrit loanword. Perhaps from a language related to Sanskrit which is now extinct.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Example (Sanskrit)
!Meaning
!Example (Unknown)
!Meaning
|-
|wîtþǎjāh
|science, knowledge, -logy
|wîcāh
|knowledge, subject (of study)
|-
|pǎtjāh
|philosophy
|pānjāh
|wisdom, ability
|-
|ǎkkǎnīh
|fire
|ǎkkīh
|fire
|}
 
==== Gwinic ====
Many Sirenian words appears to be of Gwinic origin. In this article we will compare it with Middle Chinese, Mandarin, and Japanese which has Gwinic loanwords but is not Gwinic. Scholars agree that Sirenians got the words from other Gwinic languages.
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Sirenguarded Thai
|+
!Example
!IPA
!Meaning
!Meaning
!Origin
!Language of Origin
!Thai Equivalent
!Etymology
|-
|gàw'ìh
|/kâw.îː/
|chair
|Unknown Gwinic
|交椅 "wooden folding chair"
|-
|zêh
|/t͡ɕéː/
|older woman
|Unknown Gwinic
|姐 "elder sister"
|-
|þǔa
|/tʰùə̯/
|bean
|Middle Chinese
|豆 (dəu<sup>H</sup>) "bean"
|-
|-
|Āhgûhp /āː.kúːp̚/
|gāhw
|Aguv (general)
|/kāːw/
|[[Arodjun]] "Akuv"
|glue
|นายพล "general"
|Middle Chinese
|膠 (kˠau) "glue"
|}
 
==== English ====
Being the interŋational language, there are many English loanwords in Sirenian. Many being Nguhcraftian terms.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Example
!IPA
!Meaning
!Etymology
|-
|-
|Bēhsûhp /bēː.súːp̚/
|æpfyl
|[[Bezuv]]
|/ɛp̚.pʰɯl/
|Arodjun "Bezuv"
|apple
|จ้าว "lord"
|apple
|-
|-
|Ēmfājh
|bæŋ
|Empire
|/baŋ/
|English "Empire"
|banknote
|มหาอาณาจักร "empire"
|bank
|-
|-
|Kwīŋ /kʰwīŋ/
|kwiŋ
|[[Quing]]
|/kʰwiŋ/
|[[English]] "Quing"
|quing
| -
|quing
|-
|-
|lîgǎcōn /lí.kà.t͡ɕʰōn/
|gehmmiŋ
|[[Kyawcenni people|Kyawcenni]], Foreigner
|/keːm.miŋ/
|[[Kyawcenni language|Kyawcenni]] "lika" + Thai "cōn"
|[[Gaming]]
| -
|gaming
|-
|-
|œ́ŋ /ɔ̌ŋ/
|fiklin
|I (informal)
|/pʰik̚.lin/
|Kyawcenni "aung"
|piglin
|กู "I (informal)"
|piglin
|}
 
==== Occitan ====
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Example
!IPA
!Meaning
!Etymology
|-
|-
|sēn /sēn/
|gahvæh
|sand
|/kāː.fɛː/
|Kyawcenni "cen"
|coffee
|ทราย "sand"
| rowspan="2" |cafè
|-
|-
|Ťwān /tà.wān/
|gahveh
|(exclusively) [[Kyawcenni vexillology|Kyawcenni Sun]]
|/kāː.feː/
|Thai "ตะวัน"
|cafè
|ตะวัน "sun"
|-
|-
|wŷtgœ̌ /wɯ́t̚.kɔ̀/
|gonsul
|to fall from high place
|/kon.sul/
|Maileng "wuchiqo"
|consul
|ร่วง "to fall"
|cònsol
|}
|}
== Grammar ==
Sirenian's grammar is exactly the same as that of Siamese.
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Sirenian
Language familyYetchian
Ŋarchipelagic[disputed]
Eratoday
Writing systemLatin, previously Thai
Official status
Spoken inImerchal
Speaker
DemonymSirenian
EndonymSirenian
Number of speakersidk
Technical information
UsageSirenguard
Language codeSRN

Sirenian (Sirenian: Fāhsáh Sajrenian), formerly known as Sirenguarded Thai and Þaj is a dialect of Standard Siamese spoken in Sirenguard Autonomous District.

History

Lorewise, no one really know where it's from. The settlers and the first Sirenian speakers spoke Occitan and Mosici. With most only remembering that they mysteriously started speaking Sirenian on the ship from Chalmosique to Sirenguard.

Sirenian used to be written with the Thai script, but later adopted Latin due to Thai script being ugly as fuck in Minecraft.

Changes from Standard Siamese

Technically, Sirenian is a descendant of Siamese, with sound changes being the following (not in order)

Liquid deletion in consonant clusters

/l/ and /r/ disappeared after a consonant, though /w/ stayed. So กลาง /klāːŋ/ "middle" and กราง /krāːŋ/ "to rasp" merged with กาง /kāːŋ/ "to unfold", but กวาง /kwāːŋ/ remained.

Dentalization of liquids

/l/ and /r/ merged into /l̪/. So รัก /rák̚/ "to love" and ลัก /lák̚/ "to steal" merged into ลัก /l̪àk̚/.

Introduction of new codas from loanwords

/s/ and /l̪/ was merged with /t̚/ and /n/ respectively. But was reintroduced in loanwords, like in the word บาสเก็ตบอล "basketball", which can both be pronounced as /bàːt̚.kêt̚.bɔ̄n/ or /bàːs.kêt̚.bɔ̄l/

Centering of dipthongs

ia̯, ua̯, and ɯa̯ becomes iə̯, uə̯, and ɯə̯ respectively.

Labialization before rounded vowels

Consonants become labialized before u(ː).

Lenition of /kʰ/

/kʰ/ was shifted into /χ/

Phonology & Orthography

Consonants Bilabial Labiodental Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ŋ
Plosive p pʰ <f> b t tʰ <þ> d k <g> ʔ <'>
Affricates t͡ɕ <z> t͡ɕʰ <c>
Fricative f <v> s x~ɣ <k> h
Approximant w j (w)
Lateral l

Only bolded consonants can be a coda. With p, t, k being unreleased as /p̚/, /t̚/, /k̚/. And /k̚/ being written with a <k> instead of a <g>

Vowels Front Back
Unrounded Rounded
Close i iː <ih> ɯ <y> ɯː <yh> u uː <uh>
Middle e eː <eh> ɤ <x> ɤː <xh> o oː <oh>
Open ɛ <æ> ɛː <æh> a aː <ah> ɔ <œ> ɔː <œh>

Vocabularies

Sirenian vocabularies seems to suggest that the language was under Gwinic and Sanskritic influence, which doesn't line up with history of Sirenian.

Native Sirenian

Native Sirenian words are usually monosyllabic and used more often than words from other sources.

Example IPA Meaning
nâhm /náːm/ water
kōn /χōn/ person
pǎh /pàː/ forest
múh /mǔː/ pig
pāj /pāj/ to go
gīn /kīn/ to eat
háh /hǎː/ to find
gūh /kūː/ I (vulgar)
mȳŋ /mɯ̄ŋ/ you (vulgar)
jǎj /jàj/ big
lêk /lék̚/ small

Sanskrit

Sirenian appears to have multiple Sanskrit loanwords, even though Sirenian originated nowhere near Oberia, which speaks Sanskrit.

Example IPA Meaning Etymology
wîtþǎjāh /wít̚.tʰà.jāː/ science, knowledge, -logy विद्या (vidyā) "wisdom"
pǎtjāh /pàt̚.jāː/ philosophy प्रज्ञा (prajñā) "intelligence"
ǎkkǎnīh /àk̚.χà(ʔ).nīː/ fire अग्नि (agni) "fire"
fāhsáh /pʰāː.sǎː/ language भाषा (bhāṣā) "language"

Many Sanskrit Loanwords are related to religion/spirituality.

Example IPA Meaning Etymology
gāhj, gāhjāh /kāːj/, /kāː.jāː/ body काय (kāya) "body"
zǐt /t͡ɕìt̚/ mind, heart, soul चित्त (citta) "mind"
sǎtþāh /sàt̚.tʰāː/ trust, faith श्रद्धा (śraddhā) “faith"
sǎtsǎnáh /sàt.sà(ʔ).nǎː/ religion शासन (śāsana) "command"
būn /būn/ merit पुण्य (puṇya) "good, holy"
bǎhp /bàːp̚/ sin पाप (pāpa) "sin"

Many Sanskrit Loanwords are related to society and politics.

Example IPA Meaning Etymology
gǎsǎt /kà(ʔ).sàt̚/ king क्षत्रिय (kṣatriya) "ruling class"
nâkœ̄hn /ná(ʔ),χɔ̄ːn/ city, domain नगर (nagara) "city, town"
sáŋkōm /sǎŋ.χōm/ society संगम (saṃgama) "association"
pǎcāh /pà(ʔ).t͡ɕʰaː/ people प्रजा (prajā́) "people"
ŋǎþèht /ŋà.tʰêt̚/ ŋation प्रदेश (pradeśa) "ŋation"

Some word appears to be a doublet of a Sanskrit loanword. Perhaps from a language related to Sanskrit which is now extinct.

Example (Sanskrit) Meaning Example (Unknown) Meaning
wîtþǎjāh science, knowledge, -logy wîcāh knowledge, subject (of study)
pǎtjāh philosophy pānjāh wisdom, ability
ǎkkǎnīh fire ǎkkīh fire

Gwinic

Many Sirenian words appears to be of Gwinic origin. In this article we will compare it with Middle Chinese, Mandarin, and Japanese which has Gwinic loanwords but is not Gwinic. Scholars agree that Sirenians got the words from other Gwinic languages.

Example IPA Meaning Language of Origin Etymology
gàw'ìh /kâw.îː/ chair Unknown Gwinic 交椅 "wooden folding chair"
zêh /t͡ɕéː/ older woman Unknown Gwinic 姐 "elder sister"
þǔa /tʰùə̯/ bean Middle Chinese 豆 (dəuH) "bean"
gāhw /kāːw/ glue Middle Chinese 膠 (kˠau) "glue"

English

Being the interŋational language, there are many English loanwords in Sirenian. Many being Nguhcraftian terms.

Example IPA Meaning Etymology
æpfyl /ɛp̚.pʰɯl/ apple apple
bæŋ /baŋ/ banknote bank
kwiŋ /kʰwiŋ/ quing quing
gehmmiŋ /keːm.miŋ/ Gaming gaming
fiklin /pʰik̚.lin/ piglin piglin

Occitan

Example IPA Meaning Etymology
gahvæh /kāː.fɛː/ coffee cafè
gahveh /kāː.feː/ cafè
gonsul /kon.sul/ consul cònsol

Grammar

Sirenian's grammar is exactly the same as that of Siamese.

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