ADLMA Newsletter (CLOSED)

[Jumnia]

Aquilonian Djang un Lemang Amaninang

Aquilonian Language & Culture Association

(ADLMA)

WHO ARE WE

The Aquilonian Djang un Lemang Amaninang, or Aquilonian Language & Culture Association in Common, or abbreviated to ADLMA, is a Non Governmental Organisation which aims to revive and promote the Aquilonian language and culture around the world.

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OUR AIMS

As mentioned, the primary aim of the ADLMA is to revive and promote the Aquilonian language and culture around the world. This is a partial, ever growing list of how we plan to achieve that:

- Use the ADLMA Newsletter to educate the world on Ancient Aquilonian History.
- Use the ADLMA Newsletter to educate the world on Ancient Aquilonian Culture; Beliefs: Morals; Values and Spirituality.
- Use the ADLMA Newsletter to educate the world to relearn the Aquilonian Language.
- Promote the Aquilonian Language by obtaining various levels of recognition by various governments and learning organizations.
- Promote the Aquilonian Language by hosting various events and competitions.
- Promote Aquilonian Culture by hosting several international events.

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SHORT HISTORY OF THE AQUILONIAN PEOPLES

The ancient Aquilonian people were a large collection of Proto-Northern-Ocean peoples, who inhabited a large island chain in the extreme north of the [region]Northern Ocean[/nation], known today as the Jumne Island Chain, from as early as 2000 BC.

These Ancient Aquilonian people developed a rich culture, religion and civilization over the next two thousand years, gaining renown for their rich culture, their skills as farmers, fishermen, artisans, traders and maritime explorers, and struck fear into the hearts of men as proficient raiders.

From around the year 410, the Ancient Aquilonians commenced a period of mass migration, lasting 670 years, where they settled new lands in massive numbers, most notably Port Ember in the Northern Ocean geographical region, Stugia, in the Multania geographical region, and Jumnia in the Teremara geographical region.

In 1080, a volcanic eruption of epic proportions laid waste to the entire Jumnia Island Chain, destroying the entire home land, alongside the remaining civilization and their history, marking the end of the Ancient Aquilonian period of history.

The millions of migrated Aquilonians lived on in their newly founded nations however, where they continued to evolve their cultures and civilisations, making a tremendous impact on their three corners of the world. Unfortunately however, the ancient Aquilonian language and culture to an extent, was a casualty in this expansion, as the new communities began to identify themselves with their new regions, leaving behind their Aquilonian roots to an extent. New languages were adapted and new cultures and religions were integrated into their daily lives.

Today, the ancient Aquilonian language and culture survives, albeit barely, as it is not classified as a recognised language in any nation, and is thus not taught in any official institution, or used in any official capacity. That is the reason why the ADLMA has been established, for we firmly believe that this ancient language and culture is worthy to survive - nay - to thrive in the modern world.

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Aquilonian Djang un Lemang Amaninang

Aquilonian Language & Culture Association

(ADLMA)

Newsletter

Aquilonian Language Lessons

Lesson: Honorific Titles

Greetings! This issue of the ADLMA Newsletter will provide an informal lesson to our readers on how to speak and write the Aquilonian language, slowly - but surely!

Today's lesson will cover Honorific Titles.

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Honorific Titles

The Aquilonian Language adheres to a strict system of honorific titles given to each individual person when in conversation, relating to a Class System. There are 12 different titles which may be assigned to an individual according to their class, age and gender - in relation to the speaker. Here follows a list of the honorific titles:

Lower Class Male - Gen
Lower Class Female - Gef
Lower Class Boy - Genni
Lower Class Girl - Geffi

Equal Class Male - Sen
Equal Class Female - Sef
Equal Class Boy - Senni
Equal Class Girl - Seffi

Higher Class Male - Hen
Higher Class Female - Hef
Higher Class Boy - Henni
Higher Class Girl - Heffi


It is important to note that the Lower Class titles are archaic and it is considered to be grossly insulting to refer to any individual with such a title.

The Equal Class titles, whilst archaicly used between free citizens of equal wealth or social standing, is now the most common form of address in modern times. These forms would be assigned to a person of almost equal age to the speaker. A good rule to guide the speaker is to think of this titles in relation to Mister/Sir/Misses/Miss in English.

The Upper Class titles were used when addressing one's social superior. In modern times, it is respectful to use this title to a person of respect (a Manager or Politician for example), or more commonly, a person of advanced age.

All titles are written/spoken after the addressee's name, for example "Jack Sen". If the speaker does not know the addressee's name, the title only may be used. Let us test these titles in a small test:

Speaker: Man, 25 Years old.
Addressee: Man, Roughly same age, named John.
Address Style: John Sen

Speaker: Man, 25 Years old.
Addressee: Female, Roughly same age, named Jolene.
Address Style: Jolene Sef

Speaker: Man, 25 Years old.
Addressee: Child boy, named John.
Address Style: John Senni

Speaker: Man, 25 Years old.
Addressee: Child girl, named Jolene.
Address Style: Jolene Seffi

Speaker: Man, 25 Years old.
Addressee: Man, Old, named John.
Address Style: John Hen

Speaker: Man, 25 Years old.
Addressee: Female, Old, named Jolene.
Address Style: Jolene Hef

Speaker: Man, 25 Years old.
Addressee: Man, 25, named John, but boss of Speaker.
Address Style: John Hen

Speaker: Man, 25 Years old.
Addressee: Female, 18 named Jolene, but boss of Speaker.
Address Style: Jolene Hef

Speaker: Man, 25 Years old.
Addressee: Female, 18 named Jolene, Owner of a company but not boss of Speaker.
Address Style: Jolene Hef or Jolene Sef acceptable.

Speaker: Man, 25 Years old.
Addressee: Female girl, 08, named Jolene, daughter of the Mayor.
Address Style: Jolene Heffi

As you may notice, the honorific titles may change/vary depending on the class/age of the speaker in comparison to the addressee. If for example I am 20 years old and speaking to my 30 year old male boss, I will use the "Hen" title. Whilst a client of 30 years of age will refer to him as "Sen", as they are of equal age and not on the same social hierarchy, although he may still address him as "Hen", out of respect.

As a fun ending note, although it is extremely rude to assign a lower class title to any person in the modern age, it is still socially acceptable to do so when referring to a criminal or someone who has committed a serious offense in relation to social norms, for example a cheating spouse, a swindler, thief or other sorts of criminals. Or just as a very deep insult…

OOC: Feel free to Telegram me of you have questions about today's lesson!

[Jumnia]

Aquilonian Djang un Lemang Amaninang

Aquilonian Language & Culture Association

(ADLMA)

Newsletter

Aquilonian Language Lessons

Lesson: Greetings

Greetings! This issue of the ADLMA Newsletter will provide an informal lesson to our readers on how to speak and write the Aquilonian language, slowly - but surely!

Today's lesson will cover Greetings.

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Various Greetings.

Informal Greeting

Despite "Hello" being an English (Common) word, it has become relevant and in use as a form of greeting in a legion of various languages all across the multiverse. It is due to this universality that this term has been included in both the Aquilonian language, and as an standard and acceptable cultural method of greeting within the Aquilonian culture.

Formal Morning Greeting

"Ffee lhemnahlhom"

This translates to "Blessed morning!".

The Aquilonian word for "morning" is thus "lhemnahlom", which is in fact a combination of three separate words, lhem, nah and lhom (light after dark).

Thus, a direct yet grammatically incorrect translation would thus be "Blessed light after dark!"

Once the speaker greets a person in this manner, the other speaker will normally respond in the same manner.

Formal Afternoon Greeting

"Ffee Jeegsoona"

This translates to "blessed day/afternoon!".

The Aquilonian word for "day" is thus "jeegsoona", which is in fact a combination of two separate words, jeeg, and soona (high; sun).

Thus, a direct yet grammatically incorrect translation would thus be "Blessed high sun!"

Once the speaker greets a person in this manner, the other speaker will normally respond in the same manner.

Formal Evening Greeting

"Ffee soonashween"

This translates to "Blessed evening/night!".

The Aquilonian word for "night/evening" is thus "soonashween", which is in fact a combination of two separate words, soonah, and shween (sun; sleeping).

Thus, a direct yet grammatically incorrect translation would thus be "Blessed sun which is sleeping!"

Once the speaker greets a person in this manner, the other speaker will normally respond in the same manner.

Formal universal greeting

"A grat ye"

This directly translates to "I greet you". This is considered to be a general formal greeting, applicable to any day period. This form of greeting is considered to be very formal, usually utilized in formal or ceremonial situations.

Saying goodbye

"Ffeshu"

This translates to "Farewell!".

The Aquilonian word for "farewell/goodbye" is thus "ffeshu", which is in fact a combination of two separate words, ffee, and shu (bless(ed); wind(s)).

Thus, a direct yet grammatically incorrect translation would thus be "Blessed winds!"

Once the speaker greets a person in this manner, the other speaker will normally respond in the same manner.

Pleasantries

In Common (English), pleasantries is an accepted form of an extended greeting, for example, "Good morning, how are you?" And this could either be the start of a long conversation or more commonly, signal the end of the conversation, as the pleasantry is considered to be a part of the greeting.

In the Aquilonian custom, this is different. It is normal and considered polite to only exchange a formal greeting, as listed above, when greeting one another in passing, or when the speakers do not know each other intimately. The Aquilonian equivalent of "how are you", is considered to be a deep, sympathetic and very personal question, which will invoke a deep and lengthy response, if the speaker wishes to reply to this deep request. The phrase is:

"Fortoonas de shu ye?"

The direct translation to this phrase is "Fortune the wind you?"

The grammatically correct translation is "Does the wind(s) favor you?"

As mentioned, this invokes inquiry into the personal life of the enquiry, including matters of marriage, spiritual, job, family etc.

Written Correspondence

Written correspondence, for example a letter (or email), has two greeting components, namely a formal greeting and a conclusion in good faith.

Due to the fact that a written correspondence is timeless (can be read at any time of day), the formal generic greeting is used, namely "A grat ye", which directly translates to "I greet you".

A correspondence will always end with "Mah de shu bin yer fortoonas gha", which translates directly to "May the wind in your favor blow", or translated grammatically correct to "may the winds blow in your favor".

OOC: Feel free to telegram me if there are any questions, or importantly - if you have any suggestions for the next lesson

[Jumnia]

Aquilonian Djang un Lemang Amaninang

Aquilonian Language & Culture Association

(ADLMA)

Newsletter

Aquilonian Language Lessons

Lesson: Greetings

Greetings! This issue of the ADLMA Newsletter will provide an informal lesson to our readers on how to speak and write the Aquilonian language, slowly - but surely!

Today's lesson will cover Numbers.

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Writing/Saying Numbers.

Today's lesson will be how to say and write numbers in Aquilonian. Let us dive right in with the numbers 0 - 10:

0 - zil
1 - sol
2 - duo
3 - tri
4 - quad
5 - pent
6 - hex
7 - hep
8 - oct
9 - nona
10 - deci

It is important to master these basic numbers between 0 - 10, as they form the very foundation for the larger numbers. For saying/writing the numbers above 10, as a rule, each series of numbers above ten will use the larger base as the root, with the second base as foundation. That is a mouthful yes, but here follows an example: How to say 15? We first use the fact that this number is comprised of 10+5 - thus we start with deci (10) and continue to add the 5 (pent). Thus the word for 15 is decisol. Simple! Some more examples:

11 - decisol
12 - deciduo
13 - decitri
14 - deciquad
15 - decipent
16 - decihex
17 - decihep
18 - decioct
19 - decinona

Now that you understand the pattern, we continue in larger increments:

20 - duozil
30 - trizil
40 - quadzil
50 - pentzil
60 - hexzil
70 - hepzil
80 - octzil
90 - nonazil

The new word to learn now will be the word for hundred, which is hunda. The same foundation rule applies:

100 - Hunda
101 - hundasol
102 - hundaduo
103 - hundatri
104 - hundaquad
105 - hundapent
106 - hundahex
107 - hundahep
108 - hundaoct
109 - hundanona
110 - hundadeci
111 - hundadecisol

Now that you understand the pattern, we continue in larger increments:

200 - duohunda
300 - trihunda
400 - quadhunda
500 - penthunda
600 - hexhunda
700 - hephunda
800 - octhunda
900 - nonahunda

The new word to learn now will be the word for thousand, which is Tau. The same foundation rule applies:

1000 - Tau
1001 - Tausol
1002 - Tauduo
1003 - Tautri
1004 - Tauquad
1005 - Taupent
1006 - Tauhex
1007 - Tauhep
1008 - Tauoct
1009 - Taunona
1010 - Taudeci
1011 - Taudecisol

Now that you understand the pattern, we continue in larger increments:

1100 - Tauhunda
1200 - Tauduohunda
1300 - Tautrihunda
1400 - Tauquadhunda
1500 - Taupenthunda
1600 - Tauhexhunda
1700 - Tauhephunda
1800 - Tauocthunda
1900 - Taunonahunda

Now that you understand the pattern, we continue in larger increments:

2000 - Duotau
3000 - Tritau
4000 - Quadtau
5000 - Penttau
6000 - Hextau
7000 - Heptau
8000 - Octtau
9000 - Nonarau
10 000 - Decitau

That concludes our lesson for today.

"Mah de shu bin yer fortoonas gha!" - (You should understand this by now)

OOC: Feel free to telegram me if there are any questions, or importantly - if you have any suggestions for the next lesson