Delang

Delang is an artistic language with its main word base from English, Russian, Latin and French, while other words are other languages or created.

=Phonology=

Consonants
N is soft before s, t and z, while m is hard after a, e and o.


 * Words ending on a consonant has to end on a hard consonant
 * Words starting with s- has to be followed by another consonant
 * Words starting with ce- becomes ze- when the word is paired after another word
 * Words starting with c- can only be followed by e
 * Words starting with z- cannot be followed by e
 * In the combination wh, the h is silent (i.e. The water - daqwh /daqw/)
 * q cannot be followed by u

Vowels

 * a cannot be followed by a, e, i or y
 * e cannot be followed by a, i, or y
 * j cannot follow or be followed by i
 * y can only follow a soft consonant or a vowel

=Syntax and Grammar=

Syntax
The basic syntax of Delang is Subject-Verb-Object, but as long as the meaning of the sentence is clear, other word orders are acceptable. Some words take precedence and are always placed in the same position in any sentence while other words always changes the word order.

Fre and gro
The verb tense indicator fre (in-past) and gro (in-future) are universal words used to indicate a natural action or that the following words are to happen or has happened. While indicating a natural action the verb is usually omitted. The indicators are often used in polite questions. In polite questions and natural action, the indicator always starts the sentence, while when indicating that a part of the sentence is to happen or has happened, the indicator is placed before the words to be modified in tense.

Examples:

(in-future if I definite-high, I in-future-better the athlete) If I became higher, I would become a better athlete. (Difficult saying if he-or-her equal in-past he-or-she) Difficult to say if he or she equals the one from before. (in-future the king/kingdom belonging-to-you in-future-come) May your kingdom come. (in-future you to me the tea) Would you please get/send me the tea? (in-past sending you to me that-tea) Would you send me the tea? (in-future-send you to me that-tea) You, send me the tea!
 * Gro ip az delef, az groomeli despaurtin. (natural action)
 * Nefazill langi ip hami eqwall fre hami. (indicating former person)
 * Gro dexauj aunvy groaunjeni. (polite)
 * Gro vy aunj az detee? (polite natural action)
 * Fre miteri vy aunj az cetee? (familiar natural action)
 * Gromiteri vy aunj az cetee! (rude)

Grammar
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