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Isu Language
“When the destruction and death threatens before us
And the solar flare is reaching
To the calculator of futures we run”
- Inscription on the Saga Stone, Isu Era
The Isu Language is a system of communication devised and employed by the Isu. It was used for different purposes like formal communications to the populace, poetry, passwording, inventory management and many other purposes, making it an important window on the culture of the Isu civilization.
As many other idioms, the Isu Language is not a fixed and standardized language but one that has evolved and changed over time. Because of this, the form of the language currently studied by the Assassins and Antony Henry, actually contains some archaic words that are remnants of an even older form of the language.
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History
According to Antony Henry, the Isu Language is an ancestor to the ancient human languages from the Indo-European family and potentially other languages, but it is not the only writing system used by the Isu. The First Civilization actually used several different and seemingly unrelated types of writings that can be found in different Precursor sites, making it a multifaceted civilization.
[Expand with the current existing History section of the Isu script?]
Structure
The Isu Language is an actual language system with its own dedicated vocabulary and set of grammar rules that are akin to the rules of several other rules used in modern languages. It has its own alphabet, a set of pronouns, a number of grammatical cases, verbs, nouns, adjectives, adverbs, postpositions, conjunctions and also a dedicated numbering system.
Alphabet [Confirmed, as in, we don’t know of any more phonemes]
The Isu Language alphabet is made up of 41 phonemes, each with its own sound and pronunciation, which are used to create words and numbers.
[Add Table of the 41 phonemes]
Personal Pronouns [Partially Confirmed]
The set of personal pronouns is similar to that of the English language, and are mostly used at the beginning of sentences
| First Person Singular | hṃ |
| Second Person Singular | dű [not confirmed] |
| Third Person Singular | ? |
| First Person Plural | ṇsṃ |
| Second Person Plural | æű |
| Third Person Plural | toæ |
Grammatical Cases [Confirmed]
The language features several grammar cases that indicate how to interpret the meaning or function of the various words within the context that they are used in. Grammar cases in the Isu Language are usually indicated by the final letter of the word. The confirmed grammar cases are as follows:
| Case | Suffix |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Stem word (no suffix) |
| Nominative (animate words) | -s |
| Genitive | -às |
| Dative | -àæ |
| Accusative (inanimate, tangible words) | -ch |
| Accusative (inanimate, intangible words) | -á |
| Accusitave (animate words) | -m |
| Locative | -æ |
| Ablative | -os |
| Causal / Purpose | -ôd |
| Instrumental | -h |
Verbs [Partially Confirmed]
Verbs are usually placed at the end of the sentence they are referred to and are defined by four qualities, each corresponding to specific letters of suffixes of the verbs themselves: person, tense, mood and voice
Person
There are six verb persons in the Isu language and they represent the subject of the verb
| First Person Singular | om |
| Second Person Singular | às [not confirmed] |
| Third Person Singular | ôd |
| First Person Plural | oms |
| Second Person Plural | àd |
| Third Person Plural | ṇd |
Tense
As in many Proto-Indo-European languages, the Isu Language seems to feature only two tenses, the present / future tense, indicated by the suffix -i and the past tense, indicated by the suffix -a. The Isu were able to infer whether the present / future tense used in a sentence had to be interpreted with a present meaning or with a future meaning, thanks to their Sixth Sense.
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Mood
The verb to be is always placed as a suffix at the end of its predicative complement which can be a noun or an adjective.Released Texts
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