Cvsoyseng

Ignore anything that seems wrong; the language is under construction. Cvsoyseng, (CVSOY - Cvsoy +SENG - language), pronounced [is an International Auxiliary Language. It is aimed at having a simple, straightforward grammar that will not give any one group of people an unfair advantage when learning. It was devised in 2010 by Robert Xun, former Esperantist and then Gurcajist.

The vocabulary is mainly based on Indo-European, Austronesian, and Sino-Tibetan languages, but there are many words from other languages and autochthonous words. The grammar is similar to that of Tagalog, but in reality they are not related. The phonology is essentially Manchu with slightly more flexibility.

The language can be written in three different ways: with the Latin orthography, with the Manchu orthography, and with the Cvsoyseng orthography, the latter two only used in artistic and formal context. Furthermore, it is possible to adapt Cyrillic to fit the language.

Phonotactics
Consonants can be arranged as such:


 * All consonants can appear at the beginning of a syllable.


 * Consonants in the first, third, and fifth columns can appear at the end of a syllable.


 * Consonants in the fifth row can appear between consonants in the first or second row and a vowel in a single syllable, but sixth-row consonants can only be after first-row consonants in a single syllable.


 * Affricates are allowed for labial, alveolar, and velar consonants, aspirated and non-aspirated.


 * When a first-row consonant and h appear together, they are written as p-h, t-h, c-h, and k-h. Second row consonants and fricatives are written as phh, thh, chh, and khh.


 * Allowed diphthongs are in the form vowel+fifth-row consonant, not including uw and iy.

Sentence Structure
Normally, a Cvsoy root is in the form VSO, Verb Subject Object. One can remember because it is in the name of the language (Cvsoy).

Inflections
Below are inflections of a root seng.

SENG: to speak, say

* S stands for ergative case, O for absolutive, and I for dative. OO signifies an intransitive verb or reciprocal action.

ACT or STATE: sengaw ADJECTIVE: senghay Approximate English translations:

Example text
(c) Robert Xun 2010