Lapizyol

Lapizyol (/lápyzjɔl/) is a language used in Lapiz, a country in Yanizz. It was the base for Yolon. It uses SVO and is head-final.

Letters are capitalized like in german, where they are capitalized if they are nouns or names. U NCAPITALIZED L ETTERS ARE ABOUT 3/4 THE L ETTER'S SIZE, LIKE THIS.

Stress
Stress doesn't actually exist in Lapizyol. Vowels on a "stressed" syllable are marked with a high tone.

Voicing
If a consonant is followed by another consonant, the first consonant receives the (de)voicing of the other consonant. If a consonant is at the end of a word, it is devoiced.

Cases
-(n)on = Nominative

-(w)ek = Accusative

-(n)izz- = Genitive

-dy- = Dative

-ki- = Instrumental

Prefixes
win- = COMP

won- = SUP

aw- = AUG, ew- = DIM

pe- = POT (able to/can)

Quantity
vi- = all

ze- = some

zi- = any

vy- = none

Suffixes
-ha = noun to adjective

-he = noun to verb

-gaw = plural, -xo = (very rarely used) singular

-(n)el = stative ajective (the thing is good, yev keron ye dalel)

Time
-ŕi = far past, -ri = short past, -ra = present, -ru = future

-n = imperfective

Basic Words
Di = 1sg, Do = 2sg, Da = 3sg Deg = 1pl, Dogu = 2pl, Dage = 3pl

Zu = no, Zi = yes

Zeden = greeting

Yev = the, e = a/an

Ye = is (singular), Yem = are (dual), Yege = are (plural)

Ve = and, Vo = or

Vat = this, Vyat = that

Az = that (like in the sentence "thing that moves" (keron az yes dexoral))

Lin = in/inside

Nayan = other

Tałko = why, Talen = because

Kal = what/question, Ŕezkal = where, Zyłkal = when, Yokal = who

Ir = if

Nouns
Keron = thing

Rez = place

Zyłko = time

Zil = age

Keyen = distance

Non = size

Ŕi = path, Taŕi = road, Rinaw = highway

Yow = yanizzian, Yozu = alien, Neyo = creature

Ŕoz = god, Zwoz = devil

Rodez = heaven, Zworez = hell

Zul = order/simplicity, Ziel = chaos/complex

Kal = question

Tiv = light

Nyen = difficulty

Pyte = name

Zoŕy = knowledge, Zorayo = memory

Texne = movement, Łowez = rotation

Wonlowe = orbit

Hewe = wrong, Hoxno = error

Kyanok = house/shelter

Pekare = action

Yamew = tool

Kavek = measurement

Nuyeli = mass

Zitan = power

Nature
Ŕan = green/nature

Piŕyin = grass, Powŕan = tree

Oy = stone

Tivoy = ore

Ner = water/river

Wev = cloud

Cosmos-related
Wo = star

Nag = sky

Won = cosmos

Yan = planet

Woŕi = galaxy

Owev = nebula

Language-related
Yol = language, Nuyol = dialect

Wogek = word, Zyevek = sentence, Porek = text

Verbs
Kyew = attack/fight, Ket = defend

Kaz = like, Zukaz = dislike

Ny = create, Nu = destroy

Mex = use

Nuko = want

Henyo = learn

Yenu = mine

Dex = walk, Tadex = run, Dezo = move

Nekaw = fix/repair, Zukaw = break

Leno = enter, Lemaw = leave/exit

Gonepex = contact, Kalex = hit/collide

Adjectives
Dal = good, Zul = bad

Nekex = good, Gexez = evil

Zuki = safe, Zule = dangerous

Penye = easy, Zunye = hard

Takeyen = far, Tukeyen = near

Other
Tazil = old, Tuzil = new

Doyuŕe = swear word, originates from you're stupid (do ye zuzoŕyel)

Example Text
English: Yolon is a language that was created by a Yanizzian in Lapiz. Some of its words were taken from Lapizyol.

Lapizyol: Ŷołon ye e Yol ve e Yo lin L̂apiz. Lev Ŷolonizz Wogekaw zudyewŕi lev Lapizyolizz Wogekaw.

IPA: /jɔ́ʟon jé é yɔ́l vé é jɔ́ lín lápyz˥˩ lév jɔ́ʟonyʑ ʍɔ́gäː zudjɛ́ʍrʲy lév lápyzjɔlyʑ ʍɔ́gäː˥˩/

Gloss: Yolon COP UNDEF language and UNDEF Yanizzian in Lapiz. some Yolon-POS word-PL NEG-give-PST some Lapizuyol-POS word-PL.