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{{Infobox language
{{Infobox language
|name=Fylfathic
|name=Fylfathic
|nativename={{lang|fulf|فيُلفاثاتيُنگا}}, {{lang|fulf|Φυλφαθατυγγα}}
|altname=Lojic
|pronunciation=fyl.fa.θa.tyŋ.ɡa, fil.fa.θa.tiŋ.ɡa
|nativename={{lang|fulf|تٖنگَفٖلفَنص، تٖنگَلٓجَا}}
|pronunciation=tyŋ.ga.fyl.fant͡s, tyŋ.ga.lo.d͡ʒaʔ
|ethnicity=[[Fylfans]]
|ethnicity=[[Fylfans]]
|states=[[w:Cyprus|Cyprus]]
|states=[[w:Lebanon|Lebanon]]
|speakers=
|speakers=
|date=2022
|date=2022
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|fam3=[[Chlesamnic]]
|fam3=[[Chlesamnic]]
|script1=Arab
|script1=Arab
|script2=Grek
|ancestor1=[[Proto-Chlesamnic]]
|ancestor1=[[Proto-Chlesamnic]]
|ancestor2=Fylfathic
|ancestor2=[[Old Fylfathic]]
|ancestor3={{PAGENAME}}
|creator=[[User:Melinoë|Melinoë]]
|creator=[[User:Melinoë|Melinoë]]
|created=June 13th, 2026
|created=June 13th, 2026
|familycolor=Indo-European
|familycolor=Indo-European
|minority=Cyprus
|minority=Lebanon
|iso3=fulf
|iso3=fulf
|notice=IPA
|notice=IPA
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Fylfathic (/ˈfʊl.feɪ̯.ðɪk/, /ˈfʌl.feɪ̯.ðɪk/, or /ˈfɪl.feɪ̯.ðɪk/; Autonym: Northern: {{l|fulf|فيُلفاثاتيُنگا|tr=-}} /ˈfyl.fa.θa.ˌtyŋ.ɡa/; Southern: {{l|fulf|Φυλφαθατυγγα|tr=-}} /ˈfil.fa.θa.ˌtiŋ.ɡa/) is a Chlesamnic language spoken in small pockets on both the Greek and the Turkish sides of Cyprus, though the primary population is around the village of Kormakitis, though the Greek side has pockets at Limassol and Larnaca. Despite the very low population, Kormakitis is considered the primary area as it is the oldest area that still has a living speaker population.
Fylfathic (/ˈfʊl.feɪ̯.ðɪk/, /ˈfʌl.feɪ̯.ðɪk/, or (rare) /ˈfɪl.feɪ̯.ðɪk/, also "Lojic" /loʊ̯.d͡ʒɪk/; Autonym: {{l|fulf|تُنگَفٖلفَنص|tr=tüngafülfanṣ}} /tyŋ.ga.fyl.fant͡s/ or {{l|fulf|تٖنگَلٓجَا|tr=tüngalojaʔ}} /tyŋ.ga.lo.d͡ʒaʔ/) is a Chlesamnic language spoken on the northeast side of Mount Lebanon (Native: {{l|fulf|خَفَنَوثَلٓجَا|tr=hafanawṯalojaʔ}}).


==History==
==Etymology==
The Fylfans made their way to Cyprus with the Arab invasions in the mid-7th century, during this period they would maintain a closeness with the Arabs, settling in the same areas as them.
{{l|fulf|تُنگَفٖلفَنص|tr=tüngafülfanṣ}} descends from Old Fylfathic {{l|oflf|تيُنگافيُلفانص|tr=tüngafülfanṣ}}, itself a reformation of the ancient "فيُلفانآثاتيُنگا" ''(fülfanoṯatünga)'', all ultimately compounds of modern {{l|fulf|فٖلفَنص|tr=fülfanṣ|t=Fylfans}} + {{l|fulf|تٖنَگ|tr=tünag|t=tongue}}.


During the late 12th century many Fylfans would travel to the south, participating in the Cypriot revolt and thus the Kingdom of Cyprus was established. Following this, many of the Fylfans would settle in Limassol and make it their home.
The {{l|fulf|لٓجَا|ـلٓجَا|tr=-lojaʔ}} of {{l|fulf|تٖنگَلٓجَا|tr=tüngalojaʔ}} is from {{lang|fulf|لٓجَا}} ({{lang|fulf|lojaʔ}}), the word for a blinding white, though it is taken as a shortening of the name of Mount Lebanon.
==Morphology==
Fylfathic is among the most divergent of all the Chlesamnic languages, and this shows in its strongly nonconcatenative morphology that works off roots as in the Semitic languages.
===Nouns===
Nouns have, at most, four patterns, all of these work on the root pattern "(CV)CVC", the first vowel can be anything, but the second vowel is limited to the small set of /a, i, aj, aw/ in the singular, and /aw, aj, a, a.wa/ in the plural. These different patterns recieve the names "-a- root", "-i- root", -ay- root", and "-aw- root", an example of each is {{l|fulf|فٖلَف|tr=fülaf}}, {{l|fulf|عَفِا|tr=ʕafiʔ}}, {{l|fulf|فٔذَير|tr=feḏayr}}, and {{l|fulf|مَينَوص|tr=maynawṣ}}.


In the modern age, many Fylfans have made their way to Larnaca, with the population made of both Northern and Southern Fylfans, their language would form a mixed dialect that now serves as an intermediate between the Northern and Southern dialects.
 
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! colspan=2 class=outer | {{l|fulf|فٖلَف|tr=-}} (fülaf)
! colspan=2 class=outer | {{l|fulf||tr=-}} ()
! colspan=2 class=outer | {{l|fulf||tr=-}} ()
|-
! singular
! plural
! singular
! plural
! singular
! plural
|-
! indefinite
| {{lang|fulf|فٖلَف}}<br/><span style="color:grey">{{lang|fulf|fülaf}}</span>
| {{lang|fulf|فٖلَوف}}<br/><span style="color:grey">{{lang|fulf|fülawf}}</span>
| {{lang|fulf|}}<br/><span style="color:grey">{{lang|fulf|}}</span>
| {{lang|fulf|}}<br/><span style="color:grey">{{lang|fulf|}}</span>
| {{lang|fulf|}}<br/><span style="color:grey">{{lang|fulf|}}</span>
| {{lang|fulf|}}<br/><span style="color:grey">{{lang|fulf|}}</span>
|-
! definite
| {{lang|fulf|اَلـفٖلَف}}<br/><span style="color:grey">{{lang|fulf|al-fülaf}}</span>
| {{lang|fulf|اَلـفٖلَوف}}<br/><span style="color:grey">{{lang|fulf|al-fülawf}}</span>
| {{lang|fulf|}}<br/><span style="color:grey">{{lang|fulf|}}</span>
| {{lang|fulf|}}<br/><span style="color:grey">{{lang|fulf|}}</span>
| {{lang|fulf|}}<br/><span style="color:grey">{{lang|fulf|}}</span>
| {{lang|fulf|}}<br/><span style="color:grey">{{lang|fulf|}}</span>
|-
! construct
| {{lang|fulf|فٖلفَـ}}<br/><span style="color:grey">{{lang|fulf|fülfa-}}</span>
| {{lang|fulf|فٖلفَوـ}}<br/><span style="color:grey">{{lang|fulf|fülfaw-}}</span>
| {{lang|fulf|}}<br/><span style="color:grey">{{lang|fulf|}}</span>
| {{lang|fulf|}}<br/><span style="color:grey">{{lang|fulf|}}</span>
| {{lang|fulf|}}<br/><span style="color:grey">{{lang|fulf|}}</span>
| {{lang|fulf|}}<br/><span style="color:grey">{{lang|fulf|}}</span>
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As can be seen, Fylfathic borrows "al-" from Arabic but writes it differently, with an obligatory kashida (eg. "اَلـ"), the origonal purpose was not recorded, but it is likely to make the division clearer. You will also notice a construct form, this descends from the "short genitive" (the form used in compounding), and this shift had been happening since at least the early 12th century and can be seen in the clear shift in how compounds are formed, for example, we will take "mountain", which is literally "that which carves the sky" in Fylfathic. Before the shift, such a compound would be formed as "sky's carver", with "sky" in the short genitive, thus the ancient "{{lang|fulf|ammaskafanṣ}}", but after the shift we see the form {{l|oflf|سکافانآثاامّاس|tr=skafanōṯaammas}} (modern: {{l|fulf|خَفَنَوثَمَم|tr=hafanawṯamam}})
 
===Adjectives===
===Pronouns===
===Verbs===
==Syntax==
==Texts==
==Vocabulary==

Latest revision as of 05:35, 21 June 2026


Fylfathic
Lojic
تٖنگَفٖلفَنص، تٖنگَلٓجَا
Pronunciation[tyŋ.ga.fyl.fant͡s, tyŋ.ga.lo.d͡ʒaʔ]
Created byMelinoë
DateJune 13th, 2026
Native toLebanon
EthnicityFylfans
Indo-European
Early forms
Official status
Recognised minority
language in
Lebanon
Language codes
ISO 639-3fulf
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Fylfathic (/ˈfʊl.feɪ̯.ðɪk/, /ˈfʌl.feɪ̯.ðɪk/, or (rare) /ˈfɪl.feɪ̯.ðɪk/, also "Lojic" /loʊ̯.d͡ʒɪk/; Autonym: تُنگَفٖلفَنص (tüngafülfanṣ) /tyŋ.ga.fyl.fant͡s/ or تٖنگَلٓجَا (tüngalojaʔ) /tyŋ.ga.lo.d͡ʒaʔ/) is a Chlesamnic language spoken on the northeast side of Mount Lebanon (Native: خَفَنَوثَلٓجَا (hafanawṯalojaʔ)).

Etymology

تُنگَفٖلفَنص (tüngafülfanṣ) descends from Old Fylfathic تيُنگافيُلفانص (tüngafülfanṣ), itself a reformation of the ancient "فيُلفانآثاتيُنگا" (fülfanoṯatünga), all ultimately compounds of modern فٖلفَنص (fülfanṣ, “Fylfans”) + تٖنَگ (tünag, “tongue”).

The ـلٓجَا (-lojaʔ) of تٖنگَلٓجَا (tüngalojaʔ) is from لٓجَا (lojaʔ), the word for a blinding white, though it is taken as a shortening of the name of Mount Lebanon.

Morphology

Fylfathic is among the most divergent of all the Chlesamnic languages, and this shows in its strongly nonconcatenative morphology that works off roots as in the Semitic languages.

Nouns

Nouns have, at most, four patterns, all of these work on the root pattern "(CV)CVC", the first vowel can be anything, but the second vowel is limited to the small set of /a, i, aj, aw/ in the singular, and /aw, aj, a, a.wa/ in the plural. These different patterns recieve the names "-a- root", "-i- root", -ay- root", and "-aw- root", an example of each is فٖلَف (fülaf), عَفِا (ʕafiʔ), فٔذَير (feḏayr), and مَينَوص (maynawṣ).


a-stem, masc
فٖلَف (fülaf) [Term?] () [Term?] ()
singular plural singular plural singular plural
indefinite فٖلَف
fülaf 		فٖلَوف
fülawf



definite اَلـفٖلَف
al-fülaf 		اَلـفٖلَوف
al-fülawf



construct فٖلفَـ
fülfa- 		فٖلفَوـ
fülfaw-



As can be seen, Fylfathic borrows "al-" from Arabic but writes it differently, with an obligatory kashida (eg. "اَلـ"), the origonal purpose was not recorded, but it is likely to make the division clearer. You will also notice a construct form, this descends from the "short genitive" (the form used in compounding), and this shift had been happening since at least the early 12th century and can be seen in the clear shift in how compounds are formed, for example, we will take "mountain", which is literally "that which carves the sky" in Fylfathic. Before the shift, such a compound would be formed as "sky's carver", with "sky" in the short genitive, thus the ancient "ammaskafanṣ", but after the shift we see the form سکافانآثاامّاس (skafanōṯaammas) (modern: خَفَنَوثَمَم (hafanawṯamam))

Adjectives

Pronouns

Verbs

Syntax

Texts

Vocabulary

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