Post by Mlle Bienvenu on Apr 14, 2005 21:59:51 GMT -5
There are only three canon words of Ishbalan origen spoken in the show,
Ishbala - the name of the ishbalan god
Ishbalan - the name of the ishbalan people
Shambala - the last one is questionable because it's not definately Ishbalan, but given the 'bala' at the end, i'd say it's a safe bet. Shambala is a place something like a Shangrilah or an earthly paradise (perhaps even a promised land of sorts?) and is in the FMA movie's title FMA: Conquerer of Shambala.
What do these words mean? how are they constructed?
we can break them into several sections.
Ish
sham
bal
a
an
both words have bala in common.
I am reminded of what the older ishbalan said about the world in the episode where Scar is taken in by a camp of Ishbalans. he says something like "All the world is the bosom of the lord our god." this would fit in with what I came up with for the division of Ishbala in the creation of the universe. His body becomes the earth...
If we say that bal equals honorific 'his' and 'a' equals the possesive singular, and 'Ish' means something relating to him (personally I like 'name')then we can say that Ishbala means His Name, and if we look down at the word for body, it's 'geshem' which is really close to 'sham' perhaps 'sham' is bosom or a shortened form of geshem? therefore Shambala, would he His Body or His Bosom or.. the earth or an earthly paradise such as Shangrila?
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S-O-V word order in a normal sentence
Nouns
plural -im
Forming Possessives
Possessives must agree with the number of people possesing the object. The number of possessions is taken care of with whether the noun is plural or not
possesive singular - -a
possesive plural - -an
Word order forming possessives:
possesed(s)-possessor(s)-suffix
Example:
Ishbala'an (or fully amIshbala'an... 'am' which means nation or people is often left out entirely. like saying Ishbala's... the people is implied)
Amestris -
am-esutra'is
nation-thelaw-of'negative (those who aren't of the law [of Ishbalah] Foreigners, infidels, others)
Amestrian -
am-esutura'isan
nation-thelaw-of'not's
Articals -
the - e-
a(n) - en-
Pronouns
Honorific general singuar pronoun - bal
generic all purpose singular pronoun - huwu
I - ane
My- anea
You - ad
Yours- ada
Particles
el - of (pertaining to) suffix
et- at suffix
u - and
-is - negative
Verbs
ya- command marker (do this, go here)
Regular Verb Construction
to be - hav
is - ihav
was - havah
will be - havem
Leading vowel (and uwu) Verb Construction
uwuf - to fly
if - flying
ufa - flew
ufem - will fly
Trailing vowel (and uwu) Verb Construction
hayu - to become
ihayu - becoming
haya - became
hayem - will become
Alphabet
Letters on the same line indicate it is represented by the same character, but with a diacritical mark denoting sound difference.
b, v, w
d
f
g, y, j
h, ch - as in Chanukkah
k, q - no english equivalent, a 'k' but farther back as in Arabic 'qaf' (was kh)
l, r - slightly flipped 'r'
m
n,
p
s, sh, z or ts (represented by the same letter with no distinction, the distinction is only auditory)
t
' - has no sound, is a glottal stop also used as a base for standalone vowels, considered a vowel
a - as in bot
e - as in bet
i - as in bit
o - as in boat
u - as in but. is sometimes silent
au, aw- ow as in bout
ae - as in bat
ay - as in bite
ey - as in bait
iy - as in beet
uu - as in boot
oo - as in book
uwu - doesn't have it's own diacritical, but is generally pronounced like a regular Ishbalan 'u'
Stress usually falls on the second syllable.
Ishbala - the name of the ishbalan god
Ishbalan - the name of the ishbalan people
Shambala - the last one is questionable because it's not definately Ishbalan, but given the 'bala' at the end, i'd say it's a safe bet. Shambala is a place something like a Shangrilah or an earthly paradise (perhaps even a promised land of sorts?) and is in the FMA movie's title FMA: Conquerer of Shambala.
What do these words mean? how are they constructed?
we can break them into several sections.
Ish
sham
bal
a
an
both words have bala in common.
I am reminded of what the older ishbalan said about the world in the episode where Scar is taken in by a camp of Ishbalans. he says something like "All the world is the bosom of the lord our god." this would fit in with what I came up with for the division of Ishbala in the creation of the universe. His body becomes the earth...
If we say that bal equals honorific 'his' and 'a' equals the possesive singular, and 'Ish' means something relating to him (personally I like 'name')then we can say that Ishbala means His Name, and if we look down at the word for body, it's 'geshem' which is really close to 'sham' perhaps 'sham' is bosom or a shortened form of geshem? therefore Shambala, would he His Body or His Bosom or.. the earth or an earthly paradise such as Shangrila?
=============================================
S-O-V word order in a normal sentence
Nouns
plural -im
Forming Possessives
Possessives must agree with the number of people possesing the object. The number of possessions is taken care of with whether the noun is plural or not
possesive singular - -a
possesive plural - -an
Word order forming possessives:
possesed(s)-possessor(s)-suffix
Example:
Ishbala'an (or fully amIshbala'an... 'am' which means nation or people is often left out entirely. like saying Ishbala's... the people is implied)
Amestris -
am-esutra'is
nation-thelaw-of'negative (those who aren't of the law [of Ishbalah] Foreigners, infidels, others)
Amestrian -
am-esutura'isan
nation-thelaw-of'not's
Articals -
the - e-
a(n) - en-
Pronouns
generic all purpose singular pronoun - huwu
I - ane
My- anea
You - ad
Yours- ada
Particles
el - of (pertaining to) suffix
et- at suffix
u - and
-is - negative
Verbs
ya- command marker (do this, go here)
Regular Verb Construction
to be - hav
is - ihav
was - havah
will be - havem
Leading vowel (and uwu) Verb Construction
uwuf - to fly
if - flying
ufa - flew
ufem - will fly
Trailing vowel (and uwu) Verb Construction
hayu - to become
ihayu - becoming
haya - became
hayem - will become
Alphabet
Letters on the same line indicate it is represented by the same character, but with a diacritical mark denoting sound difference.
b, v, w
d
f
g, y, j
h, ch - as in Chanukkah
k, q - no english equivalent, a 'k' but farther back as in Arabic 'qaf' (was kh)
l, r - slightly flipped 'r'
m
n,
p
s, sh, z or ts (represented by the same letter with no distinction, the distinction is only auditory)
t
' - has no sound, is a glottal stop also used as a base for standalone vowels, considered a vowel
a - as in bot
e - as in bet
i - as in bit
o - as in boat
u - as in but. is sometimes silent
au, aw- ow as in bout
ae - as in bat
ay - as in bite
ey - as in bait
iy - as in beet
uu - as in boot
oo - as in book
uwu - doesn't have it's own diacritical, but is generally pronounced like a regular Ishbalan 'u'
Stress usually falls on the second syllable.
