Friday, July 27, 2012

Color Words

Rijan color words. Now, as anyone who's had experience with a foreign language will tell you, different cultures have their own ideas pertaining to what is its own distinct color and what is not. For example, there are two different shades of what we call "blue" in the basic color spectrum in Italian. Rijan boasts two shades of red, three shades of green, and two shades of blue. There is no separate "pink" color, however, as pink is considered a lighter shade of red.

Tuuro (TOO-roh)

Rokht

Lazar (LAH-zar)

Aleja (ah-LAY-ah)

Eraku (eh-RAH-koo)

Akulu (ah-KOO-loo)

Terak (tay-RAHK)

Kelesh (kel-ESH)

Saafa (SAH-fah)

Esaani (eh-SAH-nee)

Kef

Swaar (SVWHAHR)*


Tuma (TOO-mah)

Valku (FAL-koo)


*If you're still confused about how the w sound is made, go to my "Lord's Prayer" post and listen carefully to how I say the word viwodu (the last word in the introduction).













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