Isgalini

'''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]

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.

Consonants (IPA in brackets.)

b - [b]

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

ç - [ç] like in the German ich

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 - [tʃ]

Sh - [ʃ]

Gu - [gw] when followed by a vowel*

Cu - [kw] *

Hu - [w] *

Dh - [ð] like in that

Th - [θ] like in thing

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 - key

What - kei

When - huen

Where - huer

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 - Vua

To give - Dara

To know - Siensa or abbreviated to 'sa

To want - Thela

To love - Ama

To arrive - Ariva

To pass - Pasa

To ought to - Deba

To put - Pona

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

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

Some example text

''Jeon vuad 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 - Venenyçti

Goodbye - Atheú

How are you - Pose sta dhi?