Klyros Language
  
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| The word Klyros written in Klyros ideograms | ||
The Klyros language is very simple and logical in its structure and grammar, yet powerfully flexible and adaptive like the Klyros race itsself when a need for new expressions arises.
It is based on an ideographic writing system, that originates in the artistic traits of its creators, and deals mostly with concrete concepts. Most of the few abstracts that are present in the language are also used with a special grammatical function. For example to express gender or tense.
There's only one sound in Klyros pronunciation that is not available in the Common alphabet. This sound - the shwa - like a short form of the vowel in the common word "her", is transcribed by an apostroph when writing Klyros in the Common writing. This sound vanishes completely when it lies adjacent to another one that is not identical to the preceding. K' combined with lyr becomes thus klyr
Word classes
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| ksinos | ||
Ksinos (process words)
The base of the Klyros language are Ksinos, the process words that roughly correspond to the verbs in Common. Each ideogram refers to a process word. All other words are derived from Ksinos using pre-, post-, or circumfixes.
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| konos | ||
Konos (substantial words)
Substantial words named Konos refer to physical things, or seldomly abstract concepts. They are almost identical to the nouns of Common. The formation of nouns happens through the prefix 'K-', which standing alone means to form, that is added to a Ksin.
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| kzanos | ||
Kzanos (descriptive words)
Kzanos literally translates to the Common word colours. It describes a word class of attributes and descriptive expressions that can be seen as a mixture between Common adjectives and adverbs.
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| kefaos | ||
Kefaos (logic words)
The logic words or Kefaos (lit. thoughts) are used to make logical connections between Klyros phrases. They can be compared to linking words, conjunctions of the Common.