Norelian

Overview

=Setting= Norelian is a Romance language spoken on the island of Noreliand (English)-or Norelîa (Norelian) off the coast of Western Europe. Norelîa is the child of ancient Atlantis, as Italy is of Rome. Noreliand is not far away from France, so there are many cognates with French. They also have a few dreaded silent letters, the most obvious one is that many words have a silent 'e' on the end. If an 'e' at the end of a word isn't accented- é - then it simply isn't pronounced. Norelîenne, as native speakers call it, is based of Latin, French, English, Spanish, and some Italian. I'm hoping to make to make Norelian into a fully functional, modern language full of words that are aesthetically pleasing to both the eyes, and the ears. I also want to make the fictional island of Noreliand have a unique culture, and mindset which the language will reflect. Norelîenne isn't nessecarily meant to be an international language, but if anyone ever wanted to learn it or spread the language, they wouldn't start out without a base culture. Norelian isn't trying to be the next Esperanto or Volapük, though I definately wouldn't mind!


 * Note that my conlang is still in its infancy, and that I will probably continue to develop and change it.

I also ask that no one edit my article in a drastic way, and to please ask for my permission before editing.

=Basic Grammar= Here is a basic grammar:

l'Alphesse- the Alphabet
Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Îî Jj Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Xx Yy Zz
 * Norelîenne also uses the following letters :

á é ï í ó ú

vowels
a as is saw

e as in lay; e as in let

i as in him

î as in sleep

o as in low

u as in fun

ou as in you

ai as in my

au as in cow

oy as in soy

eau as in go

consonants
b, d, f, h, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, v, x, y, z, similar to English; the rest:

c can sound hard- cat-, or soft- century-

g can also sound hard- grass-, or soft like 'j'
 * for both c and g, it really just depends on the word (I wanted it to be like many natural languages in this).*

j has a sound a sound similar to the 'z' in azure

q has the sound of 'cw' as in queen, though 'que' sounds like a hard 'c' at the end of words-musîque, or republîque.

Articles
Nouns do not have gender (masculine, feminine, or neuter) in Norelîenne, although there is evidence that they did at one time. There is one definite article:

la which corresponds to the English the

When la comes before a vowel sound, it condenses to the front of the word, and it is slurred together when pronounced: la + Alphesse = l'Alphesse

la + anîmale = l'anîmale

When la comes before a plural nouns such as chattes, it turns into les:

la + chattes = les chattes

la + messones = les messones

There is also one indefinite article, that takes two forms depending upon the following sound of the noun:

un or una which correspond to the English a

The form of a, un is used before vowel sounds:

un anîmale, never una anîmale

un apis, never una apis

The form of a, una is used before all consonant sounds:

una chîen, never un chîen

una boullen, never un boullen

Pronouns
Ja- I

moi- me

vou- you (informal)

anou- you (polite)

il- he

elle- she

zam- it

aullîe- we

vou'alles- you all

lemme- they

Possessive pronouns
Possessive pronouns in the present tense are:

mon- my

vour- your (informal)

anour- your (polite)

ilour- his

ellour- her, hers

aullîne- our, ours

vou'allemes- you all's

lemmure- their, theirs

=Dictionary= (really more of an index of words)

Greetings
Felicîtachánne- greetings, or congratulations; considered polite and friendly.

Anjoure- hello, greetings; can be used in a formal or informal situation.

Jourre- hi, hey; informal.

Bonne'ouîe- welcome!

bonne azré- good morning

bonne aré- good day

bonne adune- good evening

bonne nuît- good night

Goodbyes
Arvoir- goodbye; both polite and friendly

reprîs- goodbye; the most formal

adîu- bye

chîanne- goodbye; interchangable with arvoir

thinan azré- have a good morning

thinan aré- have a good day

thinan adune- have a good evening

thinan nuît- have a good night

bonne chance- good luck

Foods
A section of common foods and meals:

Juvandé- breakfast

Almersé- lunch

Dîsnerre- dinner

noitrîure- food

comîrre- meal

Vegetables
legúme- vegetable

concombre- cucumber

tomatté- tomato

abolaza- pumpkin

brocalle- broccoli

choufleur- cauliflower

celsau- celery

aubergîne- eggplant

onîane- onion

Fruits
fruita- fruit

pomme- apple

cherîse- cherry

fraise- strawberry

péche- peach

pereau- pear

susîne- plum

pomme d'amour- pomegranate

cîtrone- lemon

cîtrone-vert- lime

graupte- grape

melón- melon

melón-saffîre- watermelon

Meal Courses
The meal courses are listed in the order traditionally served in Norelîa.

soux et salade- soup and salad

entrée- main course

chalevón- dessert

frommage et vînne- lastly, the cheese and wine course

Days, Months, & Seasons
Even though the Norelians use the Western Gregorian calendar, they have retained their own unique names for the months of the year and the days of week.

Days of the Week
Elaré- Monday

Anaré- Tuesday

Île'aré- Wednesday

Aldaré- Thursday

Fraré- Friday

Venîaré- Saturday

Minelle'aré- Sunday

aré- day

Months
Narvinîyé- January

Lárquella- February

Vîressé- March

Arquessé- April

Fleuressé- May Belorné- June

Thermîe- July

Urîmé- August

Yavé- September

Tuavré- October

Novasarré- November

Uîcharré- December

boullen- month

The Seasons
Prîmavera- spring

Aistharé- summer

Yavaré- autumn

Hiver- winter

ou'îan- season

Colours
blanque- white

noir- black

ruber- red

cairule- blue

amariss- yellow

vert- green

ajurre- purple

saffîre- pink

grîs- gray

brun- brown

tîlle- turqoise

argent- silver

mallorne- gold

corella- colour

Numbers
0- voiché 1- una 2- dua 3- tré 4- quatra 5- quînqua 6- saïse 7- septîa 8- ellîe 9- nover 10- desse 11- undanesse 12- duanîs 13- tredesse 14- quatradesse 15- quînquadesse 16- sadesse 17- septadesse 18- elîdesse 19- noveradesse 20- vigintîe 21- vigintîe-una 22- vigintîe-dua 30- tragentîe 40- quatragentîe 50- quagentîe 60- saigentîe 70- septegentîe 80- ellagentîe 90- novagentîe 100- sîenna

noumra- number

Animals
Here is a very short list of some common animals:

chat- cat

chîen- dog

abris- bird

apis- bee

papilîo- butterfly

pîscarre- fish

ursra- bear

gallîna- chicken

vaca- cow

balerge- rabbit

froppe- frog

quasana- swan

anîmale- animal

=Example text= " La Torre de Babélle " or The Tower of Babel text will go here soon...

Chat-noir178 21:38, 14 March 2009 (UTC)