Fén Ghír

General information
This is my first attempt at a conlang, originally concieved as a part of a larger game that never took off. It is the only language from the game that reached anything nearing completion. Inspiration and influence were drawn from Irish [Alphabet style and Head First Order], English [Lack of Genders, Conjugation Method] and some French [Particularly the G/W was taken from the Norman shift]. Also, the Copula, while originally inspired by Irish, mirror from Symbolic logic. However word roots and grammar are original.

This being my first conlang, made a few months before stumbling on this, my linguistic vocabularly may be lacking at certain points, however I've done my best and would be open to suggestions on how to either better clarify my meaning, represent phonetic sounds [should it seem inconsistant], remove ambiguities and generally make a more natural sounding language on my next go around. However for now, here's my first serious effort;

Note: Presently incomplete, Text Sample may be out of date.

Alphabet
Broad/Slender sounds are determined by the vowel that follows; if a, o or u it is broad, if i or e, it is slender. Aspiration and Long vowel may be marked with an accent or by an "h" preceeding the letter [Other letters which don't occur in alphabet are also acceptable, such as "x"], the accent or preceeding letter may very so long as it is consistant.

Phonotactics
Smallest Syllables Possible, Diaphongs are avoided even in the construction of compound words.

In larger words, the consonant of root words will be; In some cases shorter additions will consist of a two letter consonants. Single vowel consonants however, do not occur.

Word Order
Main Clause Subclause Verb Phrase Noun Phrase
 * These can be dropped depending on the context:

If Adjectives or Adverbs are not used, the Noun/Verb in the phrase goes unaspirated.

If the noun is singular or no specific quantity is given, then Quantity can be ignored.

Subcopula "na" should only be used to mark either lists or if an emphasis is necessary to split the object from the verb.


 * Prepositions do not preceed the object in the sentance.

Pronouns;
In addition to its seven basic pronouns, Fén has a much more detailed list of impersonal pronouns; Relative pronouns precede subclauses, as in English. ex. "I will give my word to whoever merits it."

Ígelá and Ígel see much less use than the simpler pronouns, such as "lo" but in written word, they might follow in the sentance after a relative pronoun, though "lo" in that case is also acceptable.

Copula:
A Sentance begins with a Copula, this gives the context of whether the sentance is positive, negative or comparative. The only exception to this is when a noun is placed in front in order to put conditions on the sentance, an example of this would be a date or location where this happens exclusively;

"(On) September 12th, we drink water" or "(In) Fén Ír, we speak Fén". These serve as basic contrasts and correlatives, In and On are often used to imply causality between two sentances though technically only state the correlation of two clauses. It can become complicated should the listener be uncertain of whether either of the main clauses are true in the sentance, but this is easily clarified.

Subcopula:
If followed by a verb, it marks a subclause in the sentance. If followed by a noun/adjective, it marks either a list or a negative. If followed by a Relative Pronoun, it is in introducing a new subclause. In the case of Contrasting Subcoupla marking a list, they are placed in the middle of two NP and used to compare all NP on the list prior and after since the last contrasting subcoupla.

Prepositions
In Fén Prepositions are used not only to connect a noun with another word, but also as a means to divide the sentance up between the object, subject and indirect objects. The most notable difference in Fén is that prepositions tend refer back to the object in the sentance. Exceptions include prepositions such as "with" which refer back to the subject.

Thus;

"Jim went to Bill"

Becomes

"An bhé lé Bil del Dhim."

Tenses;
Verbs are given tenses in a fashion similar to English; Have, Is or Go precede the verb in various orders to give it a tense.
 * This form of Future Simple is used when there is less certainty in the matter. Something that may later change, ie. 'It looks like it will'

Adjectives and Adverbs
Adjectives precede the noun and verb respectively.

Pluralization;
-a is added to a verb to pluralize it if it ends in a consonant, if it ends with a vowel, bh (v) is used. If an uncountable quantifier is used before it (Many, Few, Some), it is not pluralized.

Noun-Adjective/Verb-Adverb;
If a noun or verb is preceded by adjectives or an adverb, the first consonsant that can be aspiration in the word, should become aspirated. In the case of words where the first consonant is already aspirated, the aspiration on the consonant should no longer be aspirated.

Verb-Noun Distinction;
If a verb is being used as the basis for a noun [ex. kicker, a kick], it becomes an adjective to a generic word [person, thing or doing] [ex. kick-person, kick-thing]. This can be omitted, if the distinction is already made by the syntax or subcoupla comfortably.

-Fhén is used to mark someone who performs the verb. The most direct translation being "Man" [ex. Fireman] but also fills the context of -er [Kicker]

-Con is used to mark an object which relates to the verb, similar to -er in English.

Vocabulary
Verbs;

Phrasebook
An té Úlana cór re/Úla cór re/Téna Úlana bha re/An té ló córe/Antélór/Téló, “Hello” [Formal/Informal/Highlands/Southerner/Southern Slag/Genibhír Slang]

Ach té ét cór re/Tét cór re/étasa té cór re/As té éth córe/Ecéthóre, “How are you?” [Formal/Informal/Highlands/Southern/Genibhír Slang]

An té bér cór di/Té bér cór di/Bhéna bér córi di/An té bhér códi/Béredi, “I am well.” [Formal/Informal/Highlands/Southern/Genibhír Slang]

Ach té fémoc cór re/Téné re ba fémoce/As té fhémoc córe, “What is your name?” [Common/Highlands/Southern]

An té me _____/Téna _____, It is ______ [Common/ Highland]

An bér rén ba cím ba re cór di/Bérana réni cími ba re córi di/An bér réncím ba re cór di A pleasure to meet you. [Common/Highlands/Southern]

Och bér re cór di.../Béraso di córi re/Och bér dhi córe, Please... [Common/Highlands/Southern]

An tel thé bér cór re/Telana bére córi re/An tel thé bhér córe/An áríl ra, Thank you [Common/Highlands/Southern/Northern]

An tel thé lú bér cór re/Tel téna félú ba bhéla córi re/An tel thé lú bér cór re/En té col You’re welcome, [Common/Highlands/Southern/Northern]

<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">An té sénan cór [re/dí]/Téna írin bha dí/An tel ghar Ulána córe <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Good bye. [Common/Highlands/Southern]

<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">En tel gír di bhé lú féna ba mhoca/Gírane di cu lú fénumocu/En lú cím lú gír fhén códi <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">I don’t speak Fayn well [Central/Highland/Southern]

<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Ach té re bhé _____ ba moca/Técha ____ tégíre cu re/En lú cím gír ____ códi <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Do you speak _______’s language [Central/Highlands/Genibhír]

<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Ach té ____ ba gír fhén bha ló/Técha _____ tégíre bhé ló/As té ____ ba gír én fhén bhaló <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Is there a speaker of _____ with us? [Genibhír, Central, Highlands]

Example text
<span id="internal-source-marker_0.48033640208815886" style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Fehn Ghihr
 * 1) <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Bh <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">éci <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"> an bhé én ghír na cun mhóca cór tol ír.
 * 2) <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">On bhé bhoc anan dó <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">l <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">ó, bhoc na Cinar cu phalir cór <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">l <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">ó, bhé té íci ce <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">l <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">ó.
 * 3) <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">On <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">bhé ghír <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">l <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">ó cór <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">l <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">ó; “Bhoc. On tel dén tolic me dí, bér fhér <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">l <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">ó ce dí.” An bhé na pilán cun tolic na <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">én dén cun <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">nén ce <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">l <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">ó <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">.
 * 4) <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">On <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"> <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">bhé ghír ítá me <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">l <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">ó; “Bhoc. An tel dén labhen ce dí. An tel dén na férír ced ce ét malun ce dí. In tel dhén én fhémoc pon dí, lé té tol ír ce <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">l <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">ó.”
 * 5) <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">On bhoc l <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">ór ce Úlan, cím na labhen na malun ét dén <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">l <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">ó ce Adem ba ína.
 * 6) <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">On <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">bhé ghír ítá me Úlan, “Cím. Oc té én gél me ló, bhé én ghír ce <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">l <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">ó, té ét lé dhir lo ce <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">l <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">ó ag bhoc én.
 * 7) <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Bhoc. An tel <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">lé <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"> l <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">ór ce Úlan. In dén lú ba lú me ló ba mhóca, lú cím ló ba ghír ce ló.”
 * 8) <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">In <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"> <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">bhé lúr tol ír ce <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">l <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">ó me Úlan, críné dén labhen ce ló.
 * 9) <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Och <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"> <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">bhé dén lú ba lú me mhóca ce Úlan, <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"> <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">lúr tol ír ce <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">l <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">ó me Úlan, bhé fémoc Babel cór labhen ítá.

<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">English
 * 1) <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Now the whole earth had one language and the same words.
 * 2) <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">And as people migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
 * 3) <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">And they said to one another, "Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly." And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar.
 * 4) <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Then they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth."
 * 5) <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of man had built.
 * 6) <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">And the Lord said, "Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is only the beginning of what they will do. And nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them.
 * 7) <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Come, let us go down and there confuse their language, so that they may not understand one another's speech."
 * 8) <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">So the Lord dispersed them from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city.
 * 9) <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth. And from there the Lord dispersed them over the face of all the earth.