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==Introduction==
==Introduction==
Gnomish as a language was developed by Deider (vocabulary) and Vergilius (grammar). Others have added their thoughts to the language, but the language itself has not yet been approved. Those who study and use gnomish should be aware of its status as an unofficial language.  
Ganoom as a language was developed by Deider (vocabulary) and Vergilius (grammar). Others have added their thoughts to the language, but the language itself has not yet been approved. Those who study and use ganoom should be aware of its status as an unofficial language.  


Currently, [[User:Gurky_Bogglewig|Gurky]] is the one to talk to if you want to suggest a word or grammar rule.  
Currently, [[User:Gurky_Bogglewig|Gurky]] is the one to talk to if you want to suggest a word or grammar rule.  


==The Basics of the Gnomish Language==
==The Basics of the Ganoom Language==


===Gnomish style===
===Ganoom Style===
Gnomish is derived from [[Dwergan|dwarvish]], and it should be sort of 'German-esque' in sound. The grammar is Indo-European in nature and verbs are fully inflected to represent changes in time, aspect, voice, mood, person and number.
Gnomish is derived from [[Dwergan|dwarvish]], and it should be sort of 'German-esque' in sound. The grammar is Indo-European in nature and verbs are fully inflected to represent changes in time, aspect, voice, mood, person and number.


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====Verbs====
====Verbs====


All gnomish verbs end with the suffix -och. The infinitive form of a verb can be used as a noun : to die, or ''jersaak'', could also mean the action of dying, or ''death''. To use a verb only the primitive part of the verb should be inflected, the infinitive complement (''-och'') should be removed, or it will be the noun and not the verb.
All ganoom verbs end with the suffix ''-och''. The infinitive form of a verb can be used as a noun : to die, or ''jersaak'', could also mean the action of dying, or ''death''. To use a verb only the primitive part of the verb should be inflected, the infinitive complement (''-och'') should be removed, or it will be the noun and not the verb.


=====Inflecting verbs=====
=====Inflecting Verbs=====


Inflecting a gnomish verb means adding the complement pronouns of the verb to the primitive part of the verb. Additional suffixes modify the tense of the verb.  
Inflecting a ganoom verb means adding the complement pronouns of the verb to the primitive part of the verb. Additional suffixes modify the tense of the verb.  


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====Vocations, or "doer" of a noun or a verb====
====Vocations====
: ''Doer of a noun or a verb''


When someone becomes a doer of noun or a verb, such as a "warrior" or a "wizard", usually the suffix ''-otik'' is added to the base verb or noun If the base verb or noun ends with a vowel, that vowel is removed. '''Example''': To fight, stikkoch, a warrior -> stikkotik. Magic - zata, magician -> zatotik , since ''-och'' is the ending for all gnomish verbs and zata ends with a vowel.
When someone becomes a doer of noun or a verb, such as a "warrior" or a "wizard", usually the suffix ''-otik'' is added to the base verb or noun If the base verb or noun ends with a vowel, that vowel is removed.
 
'''Examples:'''
* To fight: '''stikkoch'''
** Warrior: '''stikkotik'''.
 
* Magic: '''zata'''
** Magician: '''zatotik'''.
 
Since ''-och'' is the ending for all ganoom verbs and zata ends with a vowel.


====Negation====
====Negation====


Firstly, "no" in gnomish is simply "ne".  
Firstly, "no" in ganoom is simply "ne".  
"Schnauzenweil?" (Is your nose clean?)
* "Schnauzenweil?" (Is your nose clean?)
"Ne." (No.)
* "Ne." (No.)


When "no" is exclaimed, as in a shout or any strong expression, it is "neen!".  
When "no" is exclaimed, as in a shout or any strong expression, it is "neen!".  
"Schnauzenweil?" (Is your nose clean?)
* "Schnauzenweil?" (Is your nose clean?)
"Neen!" (No!)
* "Neen!" (No!)


More on negation later.
More on negation later.
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=== Gnomish Vocabulary Creation Guidelines ===
=== Ganoom Vocabulary Creation Guidelines ===


Remember that gnomish is '''germanesque''' in sound and based on dwergen. Do the following when making gnomish vocabulary: <br/>
Remember that ganoom is '''germanesque''' in sound and based on dwergen. Do the following when making ganoom vocabulary:
 
* Look for an existing dwergen term.
* Look for an existing dwergen term. </li>
* If a term exists, use the rules Deider and co. specified to convert it to gnomish.
* If a term exists, use the rules Deider and co. specified to convert it to gnomish.
* If such word exists, use German, Dutch, a Scandanavian language or Afrikaans and make something up, still keeping to the language conversion guidelines.
* If such word exists, use German, Dutch, a Scandanavian language or Afrikaans and make something up, still keeping to the language conversion guidelines.


==== Gnomish Vocabulary ====
=== Ganoom Alphabet and Phonetics ===
* Vowels
 
: Gnomish has ten vowels, five short and five long, as written below:<br/>
==== Vowels ====
:: Short vowels: a, e, i, o, u<br/>
Ganoom has ten vowels, five short and five long, as written below:
:: Long vowels: aa, au, ei, ie, oo
: Short vowels: a, e, i, o, u<br/>
* Consonants
: Long vowels: aa, au, ei, ie, oo
: A few gnomish consonants can are expressed in Common as letter combinations.
 
:: They are: sch, spl, chz, kn, tz, znt
==== Consonants ====
* Miscellaneous Rules
A few ganoom consonants can are expressed in Common as letter combinations.
** There are no ‘th’ sounds in gnomish.
: They are: sch, spl, chz, kn, tz, znt
 
==== Miscellaneous Rules ====
There are no ‘''th''’ sounds in ganoom.
 
==See Also==
* [[Gnome]]s
* [[Deglos]]
* [[Galdos]]

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Nouns
Common Gnome
ability urkn
acolyte fogllotik
adamantium aschasple
adult jolwa
advisor rhathi
ale aale
alloy meira
ally jerba
altar chaaga
anger, wrath woowa
anvil asple
archpriest bischosti
armor paanchi
arrow ple
axe tukn
back (of torso) hinti
balance eve
bandit raubi
bartender spluftaande
battle schle
beard fauspla
beer leikn
bellows splaula
boulder glosplige
bow splevergukn
boy laadi
cascade splutechm
castle spla
child splindi
city staustzuzom
coal guli
copper chupsple
Council raadi
deacon  
death tirda
desire, want wofe
dew dage
drum troola
dwarf, dwarven deirge
Elf (sing.), Elven fi
elven (language) fingle
end zul
experience irfa
Fall, autumn sche
father jada
field je
fighter stikkotik
fire jusple
fish jishi
forest splosfi
forge meidla
friend jurude
friendly furudenfi
fruit frukn
gate gaznauzom
girl laasi
gnome ganoom
god, deity digom
gold ga
goodbye jorscht
gratitude, thanks aalta
grove ha
guard grimni
guild, clan traukn
hair haala
half lekn
half-elf leknfi
halfling beirynki
hall fuuli
hammer faachze
haven, safe place zehesple
heart herzode
here hi
high atspla
high council atspla raadi
high priest atspla digosti
hole looli
house hauli
human mune
janitor hauliweilganoom
image bielt
ingot caage
inn gesta
intruder haulijure
iron irse
journey reise
keep (small castle) reiki
leaf splauli
leather leda
light lizchei
life schaakn
knowledge kaatna


machine kraft
magic zata
magician zatotik
matriarch grosmade
metal meige
mine gruni
mithril mitsche
moon monani
mother made
night nagi
No ne
now jenu
number (amount) notter
obligation jerpi
orc mukn
ore merkn
passage dura
patriarch grosjada
pickaxe splreke
platinum plasple
potion traankpla
pound pfe
priest/cleric hochmakkotik (lit: high craft-er)
purpose schwo
raven rasplaaga
recommendation moyekn
road straagena
rock, stone gesra
Sea aasple
season jaaroze
shadow schadu
shield waschle
silver aarsple
something ietwa
soul saani
spice spleschu
Spring lentkn
steel staadi
store, merchant tiegma
story wang
stranger jure
stronghold hoschspla
Summer zoome
sun soone
tavern achanke
temple/church digohauli
thank you aalta
there doore
thing dini
time zi
tomb jersahauli
tourist toore
trade (noun) haande
traveler reisgande
tree bemi
tunnel garne
undead jersaana
way wegi
weapon waffekn
Welcome jelka
Winter jinte
wood fila
Yes jaa
Numbers
one aun
two djei
three dri
four jeith
five chonf
six se
seven siecht
eight oht
nine naun
ten deihn
hundred chudert
thousand taumil

Introduction

Ganoom as a language was developed by Deider (vocabulary) and Vergilius (grammar). Others have added their thoughts to the language, but the language itself has not yet been approved. Those who study and use ganoom should be aware of its status as an unofficial language.

Currently, Gurky is the one to talk to if you want to suggest a word or grammar rule.

The Basics of the Ganoom Language

Ganoom Style

Gnomish is derived from dwarvish, and it should be sort of 'German-esque' in sound. The grammar is Indo-European in nature and verbs are fully inflected to represent changes in time, aspect, voice, mood, person and number.

Grammar

Most of these are rules of thumb; grammar is a complex thing to invent, but can serve as an effective way for learners and creators of a language to deduce new vocabulary from existing vocabulary.

Verbs

All ganoom verbs end with the suffix -och. The infinitive form of a verb can be used as a noun : to die, or jersaak, could also mean the action of dying, or death. To use a verb only the primitive part of the verb should be inflected, the infinitive complement (-och) should be removed, or it will be the noun and not the verb.

Inflecting Verbs

Inflecting a ganoom verb means adding the complement pronouns of the verb to the primitive part of the verb. Additional suffixes modify the tense of the verb.

Simple Present

to sing chonnoch
I sing chonnisch
you (1) sing chonnen
he sings chonnum
she sings chonnaam
it sings chonnhe
we sing chonneimer
they sing chonnat
you (> 1) sing chonnotter

Vocations

Doer of a noun or a verb

When someone becomes a doer of noun or a verb, such as a "warrior" or a "wizard", usually the suffix -otik is added to the base verb or noun If the base verb or noun ends with a vowel, that vowel is removed.

Examples:

  • To fight: stikkoch
    • Warrior: stikkotik.
  • Magic: zata
    • Magician: zatotik.

Since -och is the ending for all ganoom verbs and zata ends with a vowel.

Negation

Firstly, "no" in ganoom is simply "ne".

  • "Schnauzenweil?" (Is your nose clean?)
  • "Ne." (No.)

When "no" is exclaimed, as in a shout or any strong expression, it is "neen!".

  • "Schnauzenweil?" (Is your nose clean?)
  • "Neen!" (No!)

More on negation later.

Common Phrases

Ganoom Phrase Common Translation Literal Translation
Fegallishaaven Hello May Fegall be with you!
Jorscht Goodbye
Schnauzenweil? How are you? Is your nose clean?
Weilichzt I am well Clean as a whistle!
Daavensplatz Thank you
Dootishev You're welcome
Makishein Excuse me
Liebnitz Holy smokes
Faknsplchznt Damn
Enkraftunsplunk Bless us all We are all working to build the great machine.
Ganoom Gnome
Tinischnauzen Non-gnome Small nose
Poopenschliemer Rectum
Assentaapen To be screwed over
Tiflaagenbauf Generous person, nice guy, hero
Snachenbost Beaver
M'Chektisnachenbost M'Chekian beaver
HaadtifundM'Chektisnachenbost The elusive M'Chekian beaver
Snachenbost te dosch? Where's the beaver?
Antaschnauzen, ka bludinschekt o faashen che bittenhauzenmauf? Is that your nose, or did a mosquito bite your face?

Gnomish Vocabulary

Verbs

to attack anspoch
to arrive anchommoch
to be auch
to bless splehnoch
to buy chaufoch
to come dlommoch
to choose khieloch
to craft makkoch
to decide khuisoch
to die jersaach
to dig, mine rumhoch
to do neitoch
to drink desufoch
to eat esitoch
to feel foschloch
to fight stikkoch
to fly ieloch
to follow foglloch
to give gebboch
to go, to walk famoch
to hate fausoch
to have tuwoch
to hope horboch
to journey roosoch
to kill maspltoch
to know kaatnoch
to learn lernoch
to like, enjoy mesikoch
to live  
to lose jercaloch
to love grisploch
to make ferdoch
to meet schmekoch
to open fosoffoch
to recommend moyempoch
to return  
to run raafoch
to save rasplhoch
to say saaroch
to see faskoch
to sell jerifoch
to sing chonnoch
to smelt leigoch
to speak sprukoch
to stand stehoch
to think smenoch
to tolerate  
to want, to need wofeloch
to watch, to guard faachoch
to win gebuhoch
 

Adjectives

acceptable annedau
agile aglie
all allie
any irgnie
armed splewapnie
bad schletz
big grosplie
black watz
blue blotz
brown dhau
cold  
cool  
deep toto
dull flatz
enduring karau
fast lunie
few splepau
forsaken jerlo
full jollie
good gudie
green grutz
great greeb
hard chatz
hot  
little (not much) waunau
long splau
many vielau
near  
new nutz
old spleddie
pleasant, nice gehau
purple purkau
red rodo
shallow seilau
sharp sploratz
short gorutz
similar to chalie
slow songsatz
small cheitz
soft weotz
warm  
white welie
yellow gebau
young jutz

Adverbs

also auschnzt
Always oznt
maybe foddeznt
most  
never noznt
often triznt
only unziznt
seldom senaznt
sometimes aurmaznt
then manznt
 

Conjunctions

although ospled
and ind
because wegor
but, yet bach
if wem
or nad

Time Indicators

second dakun
minute paagen
hour staur
day laag
week wooch
month moonat
year jaadna
today seslag
yesterday joromlag
tomorrow naarlag
 

Question Words

who chor
what chasch
when chaun
where cho
why chashaspl
how chie
how much, how many chielil
which chesch

Pronouns

I/me/my m(isch)
we/us/our z(eimer)
he/him/his t(un/um)
she/her t(aam)
it/its edh(he)
you / your (singular) d(en)
you / your (plural) y(otter)
they/them sed(at)
this sesch
that aukn
 

Prepositions

above chieb
after naar
against papsch
before jorom
behind hintaach
below fon
by de
despite tratz
during worood
for chal
from splon
in front of chojern
in, inside aun
of oj
on oon
to chau
together schnauzeschmeke
with meit
through durre

Ganoom Vocabulary Creation Guidelines

Remember that ganoom is germanesque in sound and based on dwergen. Do the following when making ganoom vocabulary:

  • Look for an existing dwergen term.
  • If a term exists, use the rules Deider and co. specified to convert it to gnomish.
  • If such word exists, use German, Dutch, a Scandanavian language or Afrikaans and make something up, still keeping to the language conversion guidelines.

Ganoom Alphabet and Phonetics

Vowels

Ganoom has ten vowels, five short and five long, as written below:

Short vowels: a, e, i, o, u
Long vowels: aa, au, ei, ie, oo

Consonants

A few ganoom consonants can are expressed in Common as letter combinations.

They are: sch, spl, chz, kn, tz, znt

Miscellaneous Rules

There are no ‘th’ sounds in ganoom.

See Also

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