Lingua Rhodensis
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| Lingua Rhodensis | |
|---|---|
| Límbá Rhodjesí | |
| Pronunciation | [lɨm.bə r̥ɔ.ðʲe.sɨ] |
| Created by | Melinoë |
| Date | February 12th, 2026 |
| Setting | Alt history Greece |
| Ethnicity | Rhodians |
Latin
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| Official status | |
Official language in | Rhodes, Greece |
Recognised minority language in | Greece |
Lingua Rhodensis is a Latinate language spoken on the Greek island of Rhodes, its speakers are called the Rhodians (natively "Rhodjakájá", /r̥ɔ.ðʲa.kə.jə/). These Rhodians are believed to descend from Greco-Romans of late Classical Antiquity (around 400AD), it is believed their language began diverging significantly around 900AD, though this is difficult to determine as the Latin authors of Rhodes retained an incredibly accurate written Latin, with most errors attributed to children who were still learning to spell, removing those from the data brings the general error rate within >1%, with the most common confusions being S vs Z and nasal vowels (both of which had been lost by 650AD), this led to spellings like "Seus" and "-esis" for "Zeus" and "-ensis" ("-ēnsis") respectively, outside of these, however, very few errors were ever made.
Starting in the 1200's we start seeing significant errors taking root, and in the 1300's we see these errors overtake the proper Latin forms, at around ~62% by 1350AD. By 1500 we see it definitively diverge into its own language, modern scholars noting that around this time we see authors beginning to use grammar that would be deemed improper for Latin, especially regarding the use of a new suffix "-ji" as a definite article, from a reduced form of "illi" (Latin "ille").
Etymology
The native name "Límbá Rhodjesí" derives from "Límbá" and "Rhodïesí".
- "Límbá" descends from Latin "Lingua".
- "Rhodjesí" is a compound of "Rhodo" and "-esí", "Rhodo" is from Latin "Rhodos", and "-esí" is from Latin "-ēnsis".
Status
Lingua Rhodensis is spoken on the island of Rhodes and is recognized as one of Greece's minority languages.
Morphology
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | límbă | límbē |
| Vocative | ||
| Accusative | límbvă | límba |
| Genitive | límbē | límbarro |
| Dative | límbī |