Isgalini

'''Isgalini is a made-up language I created. It is a mixture of mainly Spanish, Italian, Greek and English. '''

Pronunciation (IPA in brackets.)

a - [a]

e - [ɛ]

i - [iː]

o - [o] and [oː]

u - [uː]

Accents on vowels are used to denote stress.

The diaeresis indicates that two adjoining letters that would normally be pronounced as one are instead to be read as separate vowels.

Consonants (IPA in brackets.)

b - [b]

c - when followed by i or e like [s] Otherwise pronounced like [k]

ç - [ç] For example; araçni from Greek αράχνη - spider

d - [d]

f - [f]

g - [g] or when followed by i or e like [dʒ]

h - [h]

j - [dʒ] or when followed by i or e like [ʒ]

k - [k]

l - [l]

m - [m]

n - [n]

p - [p]

r - [ɾ]

s - [s]

t - [t]

v - [v]

x - [ks]

y - [j] or [iː] as a vowel

z - [z]

Diphthongs (IPA in brackets.)

Oi - [oi]

Ai - [ai]

Au - [au]

Ch - [tʃ]

Sh - [ʃ]

Gu - [gw] when followed by a vowel*

Cu - [kw] *

Hu - [w] *

Dh - [ð]

Th - [θ]

Pronouns & possessive pronouns

I- Mi

He- Li

She- Shi

It- Si

They- Ti

We- Ni

You- Dhi

You all/lot- Dhis

My- Ma

Your- Dha

His- La

Her- Sha

Our- Na

You lot's- Dhisa

Their- Ta

Its- Sa

Myself - Mastan

Yourself - Dhastan

Himself - Lastan

Herself - Shastan

Ourself - Nastan

Yourselves - Dhisastan

Themselves - Tastan

Itself - Sastan

(the stan translates as being.)

Connectives

that, than, which - dhei

Those, them - dheis

This, these - dhe, dhes

Who - kei

What - kei

When - huen

Where - huer

Why - po' abbreviated from 'porkeí?'

Because - pôdh' abbreviated from 'pordheí'

But - sed

If - si

not - no

Some common verbs

To be - Sta

To have - Tena

To do/make - Fara

To be able to - Posa

To say - Desa

To go - Ira

To see - Vua

To give - Dara

To know - Siensa or abbreviated to 'sa

To want - Thela

To love - Ama

To arrive - Ariva

To pass - Pasa

To ought to - Deba

To put - Pona

Prepositions

To - A

Infront of, before - Ante

Against - Contra

Toward - Erga

Inside - In

Outside - Noïn

Below - Infra

Between, among - Inter

Within - Intra

Near - Jeuxta

Through - Per

Behind, after - Post

Over - Super

Beyond - Ultra

With - Com

Adjectives

(Adjectives always end in e, gender or pluralization does not affect this.)

Some example sentences containing adjectives;

L'araçni mavre asendad la teli. - The black spider climbed his web.

L'omo sta grande pôdh' li viva jeuxta e 'fast-food' restauranti. - The man is big/fat because he lives near a fast-food restaurant.

Some example sentences

Mi sa vua dhi noïn le compratopi a mesenyçti, mi sa sta jeuxta ma auti.

I'll see you outside the shop at midnight, I'll be near my car.