Weženyól

Weženyol (/weʒenjɵl/ [ɰeˈʒenjɵl]) is a language used in Wežen, a country in Yanizz descended from Old Lapizyol. It is CCVVC and head-initial. It is one of the official languages in Yanizz's interstellar empires, spoken by about ¼ of Yanizzians.

Phonology
Tonalization occurs as a result of the loss of pitch accent from Old Lapizyol, which existed on the penultimate* syllable of the roots of a word. Now, Weženyol has a separate stress system which occurs on the penultimate* syllable of a word.

* unless it's a borrow from a currently unnamed language spoken to the west of Lapiz.

Grammar
The word order is usually VISOD (verb, instrument, subject, object, dative), although it can be changed.

Nouns
See cases for examples

Cases
Weženyol has five cases:

Nominative (-no)
Used at the end of a word to mark the subject. The Sun is a star. Yef Ŝunon hika. DEF Sun-NOM star-ACC

Accusative (-ka)
Used at the end of a word to mark the object. The Sun is a star. Yef Ŝunon hika. DEF Sun-NOM star-ACC

Genitive (-že)
Used at the end of a word to mark possession. His house is large. Kanže kanošon katoka. 3sg-GEN house-NOM large-ACC

Dative (-de)
Used at the end of a word to mark the dative case. He gave them a highly destructive weapon. Diferi kan kangeš kiameude nunei kai. give-PAST 3sg.NOM 3pl.ACC weapon destroy-ADJ big-ADJ

Instrumental (-ui)
Used at the end of a word to mark the instrumental case. Wežen destroyed Pokařa using nuclear weapons. Nuniri kiameusafui ŵeženon p̂okařaka destroy-PAST weapon-atom-INS Wežen-NOM Pokařa-ACC

Copula
Present tense copulas are not marked.

Lexicon
Weženyol/Lexicon

Example Text
English: Lapizyol is the most spoken language in the Yanizzian civilization, but it isn't in Yanizz.

Weženyol: Lapisyolon yoka ongoisei li Yanžekari, Nano kan oungoisei li Yanže.

Gloss: Lapiz-language-NOM language-ACC SUP-speak-ADJ in Yanizz-civilization, but 3sg.NOM SUP-speak-ADJ in Yanizz.