Archive:Haridic language

Haridic
Region	Roquto, Central Boroso
Ethnicity	Harids
Language family	Mherdic unclassified Haridic
Early forms:	Proto-Mherdic language Haridic
CWS code	–

The Haridic language (Haralic: Oxarid; Hereed: Wibitikokorwio) is a proposed and hypothesised member of the Mherdic language family that was spoken on the Roquto peninsula until c. 100AD, that does not belong to any of the previously known branches of the family. It is unknown whether it would have been a monophyletic branch or if it was part of a group of languages of close relation. Haridic is unattested save for a number of undeciphered personal names in the contemporaneous writings of Boorian scholars.

The main piece of evidence in support of the Haridic language is the indeterminate etymology of many words in the Corelian Hereed language (extinct after c. 600AD), that cannot comfortably be derived from Proto-Corelian, but that are nevertheless most likely Mherdic. These words have a tendency to decline in a relatively regular manner, contrary to large parts of Hereed's (presumed) native lexicon, further hinting at the possibility that they are loans. Hereed is the only Corelian language that employs prefixes to indicate certain relations whereas other Corelian languages use postpositions for the same end, and as these prefixes cannot be linked to any cognates in the other Corelian languages, it is thought to be a feature adopted from Haridic as well.

While it is unknown whether Haridic was definitively either a substrate or superstrate language for Hereed, Boorian historical records note that the Hereeds were under Haridic reign for a substantial period of time, leading to the assumption that Haridic was largely the superstrate. The opposite had been assumed up until the 1950's stemming from the fact that the Haridic language became extinct much earlier than Hereed, but this sequence has recently been attributed to be more likely a consequence of Upper Borosan expansion into the Roquto peninsula.

Examples of some words in Hereed that are thought to be of Haridic origin are listed below, next to their counterparts in the other Corelian languages.

English	Hereed	Haralic	Pelsic	Salbür
day	ngar	gowž	gowxš	goxuž
to speak	paxal	pug	bog	box
gold	bab	wog	buj	bugi
finger	böša	ro	ru	ru
dead	wikilati	gewt	gurd	guwad
old	widuwin	ped	pej	paj
seven	parah	worg	bru	bru
four	naxöt	nug	no	no

For comparison, a set of commonly accepted cognates between Hereed and the other Corelian languages.

English	PCorelian	Hereed	Haralic	Pelsic	Salbür
sun	gogor	kokor	kogr	guru	gur
feather	gibag	kiwong	kiwg	gib	gibe
daughter	no:d	nud	nut	non	nod
fish	o:b	uwap	wap	ob	ob
mountain	go:jnor	kožmur	kuwro	gunur	gujnur
stone	gigago:	gigongo	kikáku	gigew	gigax
thing	ndoge	ndoki	-ñage*	ñaj	ñoja

* Only retains use as an object nominaliser affix.

In the example below are first the declensions of three nouns presumably loaned from Haridic, and then three native nouns.

English	SG	PL	SG ACC	PL ACC
day	ngar	ngargu	womangar	womangargu
king	awañi	awañigu	womawañi	womawañigu
tree	mit	mitgu	womamit	womamitgu
fish	uwap	wabugu	wumawap	wumawabugu
daughter	nud	nogu	wumunud	wumonogu
tooth	möto	mödugu	wamöto	wamödugu

Some examples of the prefixing nature of Hereed in comparison to other Corelian languages are given below.

English	Hereed	Haralic	Pelsic	Salbür
with	ro-	ži	ži	ži
in, into	jö-	otik	ojh	ojdx
behind	biti-	okato	ongzo	ogzo
before	hiti-	ow*	ojb	ojb
for	or-	xir	hir	hir
again	wör-	wg	beng	bag

* Now defunct, only remains in use in compounds.

Name

An endonym for the Haridic language or its speakers has not been uncovered. The commonly used name "Haridic" is derived from Haralic Xarid, which it likely loaned from early Hereed. The Haralic name was transferred into Boorian as Ghoarid which found its way into Thaaft as Foreey, and Fáknir as Huris.

In Hereed, the Haridic language is called Wibitikokorwio, translating to "Northerners' language".