Falvic

General information
Fálvic is the language spoken in Fálvaarð, a  fictional region south of Iceland and Geenland and West of the UK. It's spoken by 30 million people and for the most part is heavily inspired by old norse and Greenlandic Inuit languages. The region of  Fálvaarð existed for a long time, but remained isolated for a long time as well. As a result, the language has very few loanwords from other European languages, forcing it to use literal translations like  talsambandi (voice connection) for phone and autobilę (self cariage) for car. Also,  Unlike the other Nordic countries there are no dialects to speak of. It is one of the Nordic languages, which form a branch of the Germanic languages,  in turn a part of the Indo-European family. Fálvic I s  similar to Old Norse, the language of the Vikings, but was heavily inspired by the Inuit languages, which is reflected in their vocabulary, grammar, and Alphabet. ===Consonants C [E ʃ ], Ð [Eð],  J [jøð], Q [Xju], S[Ez], SS[ES],  Þ[ θ orn], x[t ʃ í] ,z[ʑet] ===

===Vowels <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Tahoma,sans;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;">Vowels(sjęrklóðas) A Á( ɑ<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Tahoma,sans;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;">) Æ E( ɛ<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Tahoma,sans;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;">) Ę( ə<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Tahoma,sans;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;">) I ( <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Tahoma,sans;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;">ɪ)Í (i:) O Ó( œʲ <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Tahoma,sans;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;">) Ø( <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;font-size:14px;">ø) <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Tahoma,sans;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;"> U Ú( <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;font-size:14px;">ʉ <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Tahoma,sans;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;">) Y( <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;text-align:center;font-size:14px;">yː <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Tahoma,sans;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;">)Ý( ʊ<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Tahoma,sans;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;">) ===

Alphabet
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Tahoma,sans;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;">A Á Æ C B D Ð E Ę F G H I Í J K L M N O Ó Ø P Q R S SS T U Ú V X Y Ý Z Þ

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Tahoma,sans;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;">a á æ c b d ð e ę f g h i í j k l m n o ó ø p q r s ss t u ú v x y ý z þ

Phonotactics
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;">The vowels have two durations: short and long. A short vowel is written with one letter and a long one with two letters. There are 14 vowels in all. Diphthongs include all 14 vouls ending with [ í], [ <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;">u] or starting with [u] to make a w sound. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;">Consonants have two durations: short and long. A short consonant is written with one letter and a long consonant usually with two similar letters. In native Falvic words, only the phonemes [h], [j], [k], [l], [m], [n], [p], [r], [t], and [v] can occur as long consonants. The single phoneme [j] is only long after a vowel or diphthong. The [ <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;">ŋ] phoneme is always written as [nj] as the letter itself doesn't exist in the language. The stress is always on the first vow <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;">el.

===<span style="font-size:14px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;">Words are spelled exactly the way they are pronounced.There is only one sound for every letter, and one letter for every sound and the phoneme [SS] is considered a separate letter. ===

Grammar
===Nouns<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;font-size:14px;">  <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;font-size:14px;">form the largest word class. There are many common <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;font-size:14px;">  suffixes<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;font-size:14px;">  <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;font-size:14px;">used to form nouns from other nouns or from other types of words, <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;font-size:14px;">although many nouns are base forms not containing any such suffix <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;font-size:14px;">. Nouns are also often created by <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;font-size:14px;">  conversion<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;font-size:14px;">  <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;font-size:14px;">of verbs or adjectives. === ===<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;font-size:14px;">Like English, Falvic nouns do not have <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;font-size:14px;">  grammatical gender<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;font-size:14px;">  <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;font-size:14px;">although many nouns refer specifically to male or female persons or animals, like <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;font-size:14px;">  mother<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;font-size:14px;">, <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;font-size:14px;">  father<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;font-size:14px;">, <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;font-size:14px;">  bull<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;font-size:14px;">, <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;font-size:14px;">  tigress, <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;font-size:14px;">etc. Nouns are sometimes classified semantically by their meanings as <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;font-size:14px;">  proper nouns and common nouns<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;font-size:14px;">  <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;font-size:14px;"> or as <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;font-size:14px;">  con crete nouns and abstract nouns<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;font-size:14px;">. <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;font-size:14px;">  <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;font-size:14px;">A grammatical distinction is often made between <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;font-size:14px;">  count (countable) nouns<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;font-size:14px;">, and <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;font-size:14px;">  non-count (uncountable) nouns<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;font-size:14px;">. <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;font-size:14px;">  <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;font-size:14px;">Some nouns can function both as countable and as uncountable such as the word for wine " lettví ín ę ". <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;font-size:14px;">  <span style="font-size:14px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;">They decline in four cases ( nominative<span style="font-size:14px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;">,  accusative<span style="font-size:14px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;">,  dative<span style="font-size:14px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;"> and  genitive<span style="font-size:14px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;">)  ===

===Verbs <span style="font-size:14px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;">form the second largest word class after nouns.Verbs are always conjugated with the same ending with no exeptions. <span style="font-size:14px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;">There are four  moods<span style="font-size:14px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;"> in Falvic:  indicative<span style="font-size:14px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;">,  imperative<span style="font-size:14px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;">,  conditional<span style="font-size:14px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;">, and  subjunctive<span style="font-size:14px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;">, the verbs determine (or govern) the case of the subsequent  nouns <span style="font-size:14px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;">and  adjectives<span style="font-size:14px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;"> of a sentence. ===

===Syntax in Falvic <span style="font-size:14px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;">  word order<span style="font-size:14px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;"> is  SVO<span style="font-size:14px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;"> (subject–verb–object), generally speaking, with the subject and verb inverted in questions and when a sentence begins with an adverb. However, the inflectional system allows for considerable freedom in word order. For poetical purposes, every combination is possible, even the rare OSV. Q <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;font-size:14px;">uestions can be easily formed by rearranging the order of the sentence from subject–verb–object to verb–subject–object. Falvic also  <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;font-size:14px;">has a causative grammar system. Falvic <span style="font-size:14px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;"> causative alternation regularly involves the use of a  reflexive pronoun<span style="font-size:14px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;">,  clitic<span style="font-size:14px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;">, or  affix<span style="font-size:14px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;"> in the inchoative use of the verb. ===

Vocabulary
I - Eq

You - Þú

You All - þúnna

He - an

She - on

We - uið

We All - uinna

They - ðau

They All - ðaunna

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Tahoma,sans;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;">Hello:haj

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Tahoma,sans;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;">Yes - ja

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Tahoma,sans;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;">No - næj

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Tahoma,sans;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;">Do you speak English ? :tólaar þú Ænglisic

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Tahoma,sans;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;">I don't speak falvic - Eq tólę íkkę fálvic

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Tahoma,sans;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;">Goodbye: Hejhej

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Tahoma,sans;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;">Thank you: tanký

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Tahoma,sans;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;">Where's the toilet?: kvau jer toaletna

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Tahoma,sans;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;">How are you?: kvina jaun það

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Tahoma,sans;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;">Excuse me: skuzę

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Tahoma,sans;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;">Taxi: lejgæbilę

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Tahoma,sans;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;">Train station: slæðingbilę støtir

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Tahoma,sans;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;">Car: autobilę

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Tahoma,sans;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;">Bus: flutningbilę

Example text
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Tahoma,sans;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;">sem óvinir ans brigssluðú honum eftir því, sem ssíðjar man ssaqt vjerða. þessi ssvein Aleksander var í sskóla settur, sem ssiðvenja jer til ríkra manna útanlands at láta gera við børn ssín. mejsstari var jonum fengin sá, jer Arisstoteles hęt. an var harðla góður klerkur oq in mesti sspekingur at viti. oq jer an var tjaulv vetra gæmęl at aldri, náliga alrosskin at viti, en sstórhugaður umfram alla ssína jafnaldra,