Here's a language I'm working on for the Gems. What do you think?
Gemtongue is the ancient language used on Homeworld. There are two main types: Written and Spoken. Written language is much stricter when it comes to word-order and uses more archaic words, while Spoken language is much looser. I’ll focus first on Spoken language, then move on to Written.
Here is a basic conversation in English:
“Hello. My name is Pearl. Who are you?”
“I am Rose Quartz.”
And here it is in Gemtongue:
“Sakkha. Nom-emma Gyrrabytso jamekh. Cakh-vos kva?”
“E-iya Jyan-no-Danna.”
Let’s analyze the vocabulary in this conversation:
Sakkha: Hello or Salute!
Nom: name.
Emma: feminine 1st person possessive ending
Gyrrabytso: Pearl, meaning literally, “Circle/Globe of Paradise.”
Cakh: Called, in the sense of “How are you called/Who are you?”
Vos: Plural 2nd person possessive ending
Kva: Turns sentence into a question.
E: I
Iya: Feminine “am.”
Jyan-no-Danna: Rose Quartz, literally, “Pink of the dawn/Sunrise Pink.”