Weženyól

Weženyól (/weʒenjɵl/ [ɰeˈʒenjɵl]) is a language used in Wežen, a country in Yanizz, and its various colonies. It is descended 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. The dialect shown here is spoken in the capital of Wežen, Lenbrati.

Phonology
Accented letters occurs as a result of the loss of pitch accent from Old Lapizyol. Now, Weženyol has a separate stress system which usually occurs on the penultimate syllable of a word.

Grammar
The word order is usually VISOD (verb, instrument, subject, object, dative), although it can be changed.

Nouns
See cases for examples

Cases
Weženyol has five cases:

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

Accusative (-ka)
Used at the end of a word to mark the object. The Sun is a star. Yef Ŝunon hika. DEF Sun-NOM star-ACC

Genitive (-že)
Used at the end of a word to mark possession. His house is large. Kanže kanošon katoka. 3sg-GEN house-NOM large-ACC

Dative (-de)
Used at the end of a word to mark the dative case. He gave them a highly destructive weapon. Diferi kan kangeš kenřode nunei kai. give-PAST 3sg.NOM 3pl.ACC weapon destroy-ADJ big-ADJ

Instrumental (-ui)
Used at the end of a word to mark the instrumental case. Wežen destroyed Pokařa using nuclear weapons. Nuniri kiameusafui ŵeženon p̂okařaka destroy-PAST weapon-atom-INS Wežen-NOM Pokařa-ACC

Copula
Present tense copulas are not marked.

Lexicon
Weženyol/Lexicon