Stegalic

Classification and Dialects
Stegalic is...well...I'm not really sure what to call it.

It's really just an obscured form of English intended to require more effort to read. Think "Finnigan's Wake".

The language contains many words that represent what would be entire idiomatic expressions in English. For instance, the word casinx means "case in point".

It's really not intended to be a realistic language.

I'm hoping to have some fun with this, so if you have any ideas for this page feel free to add them.

Writing System
It's a bit more regular than normal English. Words ending in -e that don't exhibit an ablaut carry an acute accent on the -e. An example of this is yosemité.

Y can be used as the semivowel /j/ at the beginning of the word, but otherwise is strictly a vowel and represents /ai/. The semivowel /j/ is represented by the letter I everywhere else. The only exception to these rules is the word y, pronounced [ai]. W functions similarly.

Nouns
Nouns follow essentially the same rules as they do in English, with one important addition. A null number can be indicated by dropping the -s from the plural form and adding -sero.

Pronouns
Personal pronouns only exist in the oblique and genitive (posessive) cases.

General Info
Verbs conjugate as if they were in the third person singular. The English verb "to be" does not exist; the Stegalic verb aint, meaning "to not be" is simply inverted to achieve the same effect. However, many times this can be dropped.

Inversion and Negation
Stegalic posesses two types of negation. Simple negation is achieved by prefacing the verb with no, and inversion is achieved by prefacing the verb with dis.
 * Simple Negation:  I don't like her
 * Inversion:  I dislike her

Idiomatic Lexicon

 * Casinx:  "Case in point"
 * Firox:  "The first rule of holes - when you get in one, stop digging"