Kardii Styles

Kardiifa

Kardiifa is ceremonial Kardii. It is used in official/formal settings and for religious ceremonies.

Songs and Poetry

Songs and poetry tend to use a mixture of common Kardii and Kardiifa. It is not uncommon to find, for example, a Kardiifa word with a common suffix, or Kardiifa grammatical structure around common words.

Particularly common is the use of the Kardiifa ‘e’ marker to replace the ‘-che’ suffix on a common Kardii word:

ecii'nas
san'iiche - (promises (common Kardii))
Vs. 
ii'natise
e sitan'ii - (promises (Kardiifa))
Vs. 
ii'nase
e san'ii - (promises (poetic))

When Kardii is sung, and two vowels of the same value are adjacent, they tend to be separated with an ‘h’ sound, rather than the glottal stop used in careful speech.

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