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== Vocabulary ==

[[File:Vethariscript.jpg|~~125px~~|thumb|The Vethari script written in a notebook.]] ~~The language's lexicon~~ is ~~closely linked to~~ the ~~natural world~~ and ~~tangible experiences~~. ~~The land~~, ~~the body~~, ~~the weather~~, and ~~movement~~ are ~~all associated with many of the oldest~~ words. ~~The short~~, ~~strong~~ words for ~~mountains~~, ~~rivers~~, ~~sky~~, ~~and earth frequently occur in compounds~~ to ~~create place names~~ or ~~evocative expressions~~. ~~Terms pertaining to~~ the ~~body are equally well-developed, with distinct differences between internal~~ and ~~external characteristics~~, ~~bodily functions~~, and ~~sensations~~. ~~With distinct words~~ for ~~walking~~, ~~running~~, ~~creeping~~, ~~falling, and climbing—often with subtle distinctions based on direction, effort~~, or ~~purpose—the vocabulary for daily movement is rich~~. ~~Loan words~~ are ~~adapted~~ for the ~~language’s phonotactics and phonemes~~. ~~While writing in~~ the ~~native script~~, ~~loanwords or when something is about that word~~, ~~it might be written in~~ the ~~Latin alphabet~~.

[[File:Vethariscript.jpg|205px|thumb|The Vethari script written on a notebook.]] From a 2022 study from the Royal Vethari Language Academy, it is shown that Vethari has around 412,000 words, however, if also counting the obsolete and archaic terms, Vethari has approximately 563,000 lemmas(This without even counting toponyms, hydronyms, …, Proper Nouns, affixes and Compound Nouns). Although having a great lexicon, only about 9,280 words are used on daily conversations, based on colloquial speech from a young person. That number just gets bigger and bigger when on special occasions, jobs and technical and scientific terms.

Because of being an advanced civilization, lots of techniques and scientific terms are native words. For example, from the 118 periodic elements, 37 have native words for it, since they were discovered before other words being borrowed for them. Basically, the other remaining elements are adapted borrowings from French and English, to fit into the phonotactics. Other recent technologies are usually borrowed from Telugu, Bengali, Burmese or Thai. The calendary is the Gregorian calendary and each month has its name based on things that happen on that time, for example the time to harvest, the month that is cold and more.

Names for flora and fauna are sometimes native, but the majority of times not. Flora and Fauna native to the Vetharin Peninsula have native words, however, anything outside it, is an adapted borrowing from close languages or Latin. There are exceptions for animals like turkey: Wuropa, because they were brought by Europeans to there and cat: Myau, because of the noise made by cats.

The language uses the short scale for numbers, like English: Million(1.000.000), Billion(1.000.000.000), Trillion(1.000.000.000.000), instead of the long scale: Million(1.000.000), Milliard(1.000.000.000), Billion (1.000.000.000.000), and more. Numbers are simple and after 10, they are only compounds.

=== Idiomatic Phrases ===

== Dialects ==

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 == Vocabulary ==
-[[File:Vethariscript.jpg|125px|thumb|The Vethari script written in a notebook.]] The language's lexicon is closely linked to the natural world and tangible experiences. The land, the body, the weather, and movement are all associated with many of the oldest words. The short, strong words for mountains, rivers, sky, and earth frequently occur in compounds to create place names or evocative expressions. Terms pertaining to the body are equally well-developed, with distinct differences between internal and external characteristics, bodily functions, and sensations. With distinct words for walking, running, creeping, falling, and climbing—often with subtle distinctions based on direction, effort, or purpose—the vocabulary for daily movement is rich. Loan words are adapted for the language’s phonotactics and phonemes. While writing in the native script, loanwords or when something is about that word, it might be written in the Latin alphabet.
+[[File:Vethariscript.jpg|205px|thumb|The Vethari script written on a notebook.]] From a 2022 study from the Royal Vethari Language Academy, it is shown that Vethari has around 412,000 words, however, if also counting the obsolete and archaic terms, Vethari has approximately 563,000 lemmas(This without even counting toponyms, hydronyms, …, Proper Nouns, affixes and Compound Nouns). Although having a great lexicon, only about 9,280 words are used on daily conversations, based on colloquial speech from a young person. That number just gets bigger and bigger when on special occasions, jobs and technical and scientific terms.
+Because of being an advanced civilization, lots of techniques and scientific terms are native words. For example, from the 118 periodic elements, 37 have native words for it, since they were discovered before other words being borrowed for them. Basically, the other remaining elements are adapted borrowings from French and English, to fit into the phonotactics. Other recent technologies are usually borrowed from Telugu, Bengali, Burmese or Thai. The calendary is the Gregorian calendary and each month has its name based on things that happen on that time, for example the time to harvest, the month that is cold and more.
+Names for flora and fauna are sometimes native, but the majority of times not. Flora and Fauna native to the Vetharin Peninsula have native words, however, anything outside it, is an adapted borrowing from close languages or Latin. There are exceptions for animals like turkey: Wuropa, because they were brought by Europeans to there and cat: Myau, because of the noise made by cats.
+The language uses the short scale for numbers, like English: Million(1.000.000), Billion(1.000.000.000), Trillion(1.000.000.000.000), instead of the long scale: Million(1.000.000), Milliard(1.000.000.000), Billion (1.000.000.000.000), and more. Numbers are simple and after 10, they are only compounds.
+=== Idiomatic Phrases ===
 == Dialects ==