Sgevla

=Setting= Sgevla was originally a grammar outline of language I created in Study Hall. Since then (2 weeks ago), it has become a language with about 300 words, and a complete grammar.

=Phonology= Sgevla has a 24 letter alphabet, using all the letters in English except Q and W.

Words are formed by CCV, or VCC, not including compound words

=Basic Grammar=

Structure
'negation'tense'preposition'verb'adverb

Tense
Verbs have no tense by default. Tense is designated by particles.

ax' - present tense

ex' – past tense

ox' – future tense

Verb Prepositions
Verb prepositions designate where the verb was taken place, in relation to the noun. Not using these would result in ambiguity. For example;

"I talk to the left of John."

Are you talking to the left side of John, or are you at the left side of John talking to him?

Sgevla has a way of preventing this. Verb Prepositions and Noun Prepositions. The same prepositions are used for each. do ex'cle'tva zhe John

I [past] [left]-talk [name] John

I talked from the left side of John

as opposed to do ex'tva zhe zle'John

I [past] talk [name] left-John

I talked to the left side of John.

You can also make conjunctions of prepositions.

do ax'mlezle zhe John

I talk towards and to the left of John.

Negation
Verbs can be negated by placing 'pu' at the beginning of the verb.

do pu'ex'tva zhe John

I talked not to John.

Structure
plural particle'preposition'root'adjective

dol flikjo'scavla

[possessive me] ball-red

My red ball

dol flikjo'scavla kje cvalko

My red and green ball.

'kje' is an adjective conjunction, meaning it states the ball is both red and green, not red-green. If you were to say 'scavla cvalko' or 'scavlasvalko', that would mean the latter.

To list multiple nouns, put 'kja' inbetween each noun.

To make a plural add the 'po' particle

To negate a noun, as in 'It was the cake, not the bagel, that tasted good to him', use 'pu' as an adjective.

dol po'ble'mkelj

The right of my foods.

Relative Clauses
To form a relative clause, place the particle 'je' before the clause.

zga elme je ex'tva ax'tva

The man who talked, talks.

Articles
zge John ex'bru

A certain John ate.

zga elme ex'bru

The man ate.

zgu John ex'bru

Any John ate.

Word Separation
Components of a word are separated with a '. This is not necessary, but makes it easier to read for large words.

Numbers


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Pronouns
To turn these nouns into posessives, add an 'l' to the end of the word.

to ax'ujki dol vkolj'kli.

This is my car.

Sentences
Sentence construction is SVO.

do ax'cjo zhe ook ujke bgicvo

I present-think [name] Ook [adjective is] good [adjective intensifier]

I think Ook is very good.

Ujki versus Ujke
Ujke is used to assign an adjective to a noun. Ujki is used to assign a noun to another noun, and Ujku is used to assign a noun to a verb.

zhe ook ujke bgi.

Ook is good

zhe ook ujki zgu sge'edlo

Ook is a programming language.

Example Text
zga zhit ujke gkal'pri kju nki zga nle'plokj kja zga po'nle'ygfi. ax'asvi zga po'ple'vo kjoi zga adsevlo kja zga treplu kjai ax'fre ax'nle'edsi zga zhit kji zga upkli de zga frejka.

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit

of brotherhood.

Dictionary
I currently have a dictionary of ~300 words, with English, Sgevla Romanization, and Sgevla Script (nbigsgevla) in spreadsheet form. If anyone decides to take an interest in the language I will post it.