Weženyól

Weženyol (/weʒɛnjol/ [ɰeˈʒe̞njol]) is a language used in Wežen, a country in Yanizz descendant 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.

Cases
Weženyol has five cases:

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

Nominative (-ka)
Used at the end of a word to mark the object. Example: The Sun is a star. Yef Ŝuno wonoka. DEF Sun-NOM star-ACC.

Genitive (-že-)
Used between two words to mark possession (like English's "'s"). Example: His house is large. Dožekeinokano seterka. 3sg-GEN-house-NOM large-ACC.

Dative (-de-)
Used between two words to mark an indirect object. Example: He gave them a rock. Dono defiri dageudenoika. 3sg-NOM give-PAST 3pl-DAT-rock-ACC.

Instrumental (-ke-)
Used to mark the "with" preposition. Example: I mined iron with a pickaxe. Dino noiniazuri hesarkenonitameuka. 1sg-NOM mine-PAST iron-INS-pickaxe-ACC.

Pronouns
Pronouns are very regular, even among cases and number.

Copula
Present tense copulas are not marked.

Lexicon
Extended lexicon: Weženyol/Lexicon

zeten = greeting

yef = the

feu = and

fo = or

šelas = back indexical

šenom = central indexical

žinar = frontal indexical

Example text
Weženyol: Âwefno ri kari li yef kaukewonoka. dagauženeikasno (yef lepimo) zeve lastřeri dagos. Yef zeve lastřežeseinigauno neiri kari peiteri Ẑgazlka.

English: Awef was a civilization in the Pencilcosmos. Their creation (The Seer) nearly killed them. The survivors of the near-exinction created another civilization called Zgazl.

IPA: [aˈɰe̞fnɤ ɾɨ ˈka̞ɾɨ lɨ je̞f ka͜ʊkewoˈnɔkɐ. daga͜ʊʒene͜ɪˈka̞snɤ (je̞f leˈpimɤ) ˈze̞və ˈla̞streɾɨ ˈda̞gos. je̞f ˈze̞və lastaɹ̠ʒese͜ɪniˈga͜unɤ ˈne͜iɾɨ ˈka̞ɾɨ pe͜ɪˈte̞ɾɨ ˈzga̞lska.]

Gloss: Awef-NOM PAST civilization in DEF pencil-cosmos-ACC. 3pl-GEN-creation-NOM (DEF see-AGT.ANIM) near extinct-PAST DEF near extinction-GEN-survivor-PL-NOM create-PAST civilization name-PAST Zgazl-ACC.