Isgalini


 * 1) Isgalini is a made-up language I created. Its words are a mixture of mainly Spanish, Italian, Greek and English.

Pronunciation (IPA in brackets.)

a - [a]

e - [ɛ] and [ei] when followed by a vowel

i - [iː]

o - [o] and [oː]

u - [uː]

Accents on vowels are used to denote stress.

The diaeresis indicates that two adjoining letters that would normally be pronounced as one are instead to be read as separate vowels.

Circumflexes are used to show that a letter used to exist after the circumflexized vowel (like in French) or in the combination oî to indicate the pronunciation is [i:] not [oi]

Consonants (IPA in brackets.)

b - [b]

c - when followed by i or e like [s] Otherwise pronounced like [k]

d - [d]

f - [f]

g - [g] or when followed by i or e like [dʒ]

h - [h]

j - [dʒ] or when followed by i or e like [ʒ]

k - [k]

l - [l]

m - [m]

n - [n]

p - [p]

q - [k] only used when followed by a u and proceeded by i or e

r - [ɾ]

s - [s]

t - [t]

v - [v]

x - [ks]

y - [j] or [iː] as a vowel

z - [z]

Diphthongs (IPA in brackets.)

Oi/oy - [oi]

Ai/ay - [ai]

Ei/ey - [ei]

Au - [au]

Ch - [ç] like in German ich

Sh - [ʃ]

Tsh - [tʃ]

Gu - [gw] when followed by a vowel*

Cu - [kw] *

Hu - [w] *

Dh - [ð] like in that

Th - [θ] like in thing

Oî - [i:] used when writing words of Greek origin with 'οι' like; φοίνιξ, in Isgalini - foînix

Pronouns & possessive pronouns

I- Mi

He- Li

She- Shi

It- Si

They- Ti

We- Ni

You- Dhi

You all/lot- Dhis

My- Ma

Your- Dha

His- La

Her- Sha

Our- Na

You lot's- Dhisa

Their- Ta

Its- Sa

Myself - Mastan

Yourself - Dhastan

Himself - Lastan

Herself - Shastan

Ourself - Nastan

Yourselves - Dhisastan

Themselves - Tastan

Itself - Sastan

(the stan translates as being.)

Connectives

that, than, which - dhei

Those, them - dheis

This, these - dhe, dhes

Who - poî

What - quei

When - huen

Where - huey

There - shey

Why - po' abbreviated from 'porkeí?'

Because - pô' abbreviated from 'pordheí'

But - sed

If - si

not - no

Some common verbs

To be - Sta

To have - Tena

To do/make - Fara

To be able to - Posa

To say - Desa

To go - Ira

To see - Via

To give - Dona

To know - Siensa or abbreviated to 'sa

To want - Thela

To love - Ama

To like - Piasha

To arrive - Ariva

To pass - Pasa

To ought to - Deba

To put - Pona

Verb examples

Mi piasha le músiqui i mi jeoia le quitari.

I like music and I play the guitar.

''No mi thela ira contra quei dhi 'sa. ''

I don't want to go against what you know.

Prepositions

To - A

Infront of, before - Ante

Against - Contra

Toward - Erga

Inside - In

Outside - Contraïn

Below - Infra

Between, among - Inter

Within - Intra

Near - Jeuxta

Far from - Contrajeuxta

Through - Per

Behind, after - Post

Over - Super

Beyond - Ultra

With - Con

Without - Contracón

(Contra is used as a prefix to make the original word have an opposite meaning.)

Adjectives

(Adjectives always end in e, gender or pluralization does not affect this.)

Nouns

(Nouns which are male can end with any vowel (except a) any consonant or an o

Female nouns end with an a or és (péqueno - boy péquenés - girl)

Nouns which are either male or female or do not have a physical gender end in i

Some example text

''Jeon viad la filos, Jeorgo i Jeoiado jeuxta ta topi fávore. Ti aparesad felise i stad jeoian con ta telefonis. Huen Jeon shead ti, ti desad dhei ti siensad de e compratopi nove in le poli principale. Ti piead por e tempi breve i ti evénteme trovad le construi.''

Vocabulary

Much of the vocabulary like nouns derive from the verbs they're related to. For example, dona - to give, doni - gift, jeoia - to play, jeoi - game.

Isgalini also has many words of Greek origin like; foni - φωνή (foní) fosi - φως (fos). Greek influences Isgalini in verbs, adjectives and nouns. Like; telefoni meaning telephone, where tele means 'far' and foni meaning 'voice'.

Phrases

Hello/good day - Venedí

Goodnight - Venenychti

Goodbye - Atheú

How are you - Pose sta dhi?

Dictionary A-Z (Eng - Isg)
a(n) - e(n) [article]

and - i [conjuntion]

all - tole [adjective/adverb]

ascend - asenda [verb]

arrive - ariva [verb]

abort - aborta [verb]

above - supre [adverb]

against - contra [preposition]

baby - ínfansi [noun]

bad - male [adjective]

base - fundamenti [noun]

book - livri [noun]

boy - péqueno [boy]

breathe - respira [breathe]

catalogue - indexi [noun]

castle - casteli [noun]