Sdrafyaot

Sdrafyaot (IPA: ˈsdrafyɔt) is an a posteriori constructed language created solely for the independance of the fictional nation of Sdrafya (fully Cundım u Sdrafya). The language was created over a 2 year period, whilst the creator studied natural and artificial languages from around the world. Sdrafyaot and its sister language are the national languages of Sdrafya.

Classification
Sdrafyaot is an a posteriori Indo-European language and part of the Nordic Germanic group, meaning it is heavily influenced by Icelandic and Faroese. The language also shows some influence from English and German.

Alphabet
In everyday writing, di/triphthongs have only the first letter is capitalized in proper nouns and at the start of sentences.

Phonotactics
In Sdrafyaot, any plosive except jj can precede a fricative. Any plosive or fricative except jj can precede r or l. Any of s, sh, ś, z, zh and ź can precede any plosive. Any consonant except s, sh, ś, z, zh and ź can precede any of s, sh, z and zh. Any consonant except n, nj, r or jj can be palatalized (-j), any consonant except chl, r or l can be labialized (-u), and any consonant except chl, n, nj, r, l or jj can be labio-palatalized (-ju). Any vowel can pre/succeed any other vowel or consonant. Vowels are pronounced as seperate syllables except for the letters ai, ao, aúı and úı, plus the Sdrafyaot vowel offglides - vowel clusters ending -ı, -i, -u and -y.

Copulae
Sdrafyaot has only one copula edh (to be) that comes in 7 forms dependant on aspect and tense.

Itś édh - I am

Ech édh - You are

Tjeryt édhuin - You (formal) are

Er/Íre/Te édh - He/She/It is

Vjan/Źu/Thai edh - We/You (plural)/They are

Itś/Ech/Tjeryt/Er/Íre/Te édhu - I/You/You(f)/He/She/It was/were

Vjan/Źu/Thai edhu - We/You(pl)/They were

Itś/Ech/Tjeryt/Er/Íre/Te édhar - I/You/You(f)/He/She/It have/has

Vjan/Źu/Thai edhar - We/You(pl)/They have

Nouns
-es is added to the end of nouns to denote their plural form. In this case no accomadation needs to be made.

hýnt - dog

hýntes - dogs

In cases where the words ends with an e, the duplicated letter is dropped.

mániscje - person

mániscjes - people

Articles
Nouns, and all other words in Sdrafyaot are genderless, and the sole definite article is to.

to fjerı- the fire

The only regular indefinite article is aoi.

aoi huśar - a house

ce(w)- is a negative indefinite article used to denote not having, not being, or there not being something. In most cases a w is added to denote the stress is on the first syllable of the verb. This is only over-ruled by nouns that already show denoted stress.

Itś cewbúc édhar. - I have no book (I no-book have).

Sem ceviwesa édh. - That is not a river (That not-river is).

Dhar cewhjóndhir édh. - There is no snow (There no-snow is).

Adjectives
Adjectives in Sdrafyaot are placed after the noun, and they undergo no change.

aoi éplji dźagua - a red apple

épljies dźagua - red apples

Verbs
Verbs in Sdrafyaot function similarly to those in English and German. In Sdrafyaot, the verb always cames last in the sentence, and if a copula is needed it then follows the verb.

Infinitive

tálid - to talk

Progressive

tálid - talking

Present Simple

Itś/Ech/Tjeryt/Er/Íre/Te/Vjan/Źu/Thai tálid. - I/You/You(f)/He/She/It/We/You(pl)/They talk/talks.

Present Progressive

Itś/Ech/Er/Íre/Te tálid édh. - I/You/He/She/It am/are/is talking.

Tjeryt tálid édhuin. - You(f) are talking.

Vjan/Źu/Thai tálid edh. - We/You(pl)/They are talking.

Past Simple

Itś/Ech/Tjeryt/Er/Íre/Te/Vjan/Źu/Thai cántálid. - I/You/You(f)/He/She/It/We/You(pl)/They talked.

Past Progressive

Itś/Ech/Tjeryt/Er/Íre/Te tálid édhu. - I/You/You(f)/He/She/It was/were talking.

Vjan/Źu/Thai tálid edhu. - We/You(pl)/They were talking.

Present Perfect

Itś/Ech/Tjeryt/Er/Íre/Te cántálid édhar. - I/You/You(f)/He/She/It have/has talked.

Vjan/Źu/Thai cántálid edhar. - We/You(pl)/They have talked.

Past Perfect

Itś/Ech/Tjeryt/Er/Íre/Te hádh cántálid. - I/You/You(f)/He/She/It had talked.

Vjan/Źu/Thai hadh cántálid. - We/You(pl)/They had talked.

Future Perfect

Itś/Ech/Tjeryt/Er/Íre/Te tame cántálid édhar. - I/You/You(f)/He/She/It will have talked.

Vjan/Źu/Thai tame cántálid edhar. - We/You(pl)/They will have talked.

Future

Itś/Ech/Tjeryt/Er/Íre/Te/Vjan/Źu/Thai tame tálid. - I/You/You(f)/He/She/It/We/You(pl)/They will talk.

Near Future

Itś/Ech/Er/Íre/Te fara adh tálid édh. - I/You/He/She/It am/are/is going to talk.

Tjeryt fara adh tálid édhuin. - You(f) are going to talk.

Vjan/Źu/Thai fara adh tálid edh. - We/You(pl)/They are going to talk.

Present Passive

Itś/Ech/Er/Íre/Te cel cántálid édh. - I/You/He/She/It am/are/is talked to.

Tjeryt cel cántálid édhuin. - You(f)are talked to.

Vjan/Źu/Thai cel cántálid edh. - We/You(pl)/They are talked to.

Past Progressive

Itś/Ech/Tjeryt/Er/Íre/Te cel cántálid édhu. - I/You/You(f)/He/She/It was/were talked to.

Vjan/Źu/Thai cel cántálid edhu. - We/You(pl)/They were talked to.

Conditional Active

Itś/Ech/Tjeryt/Er/Íre/Te/Vjan/Źu/Thai iach tálid. - I/You/You(f)/He/She/It/We/You(pl)/They could talk.

Conditional Perfect Active

Itś/Ech/Tjeryt/Er/Íre/Te iach cántálid édhar. - I/You/You(f)/He/She/It could have talked.

Vjan/Źu/Thai iach cántálid edhar. - We/You(pl)/They could have talked.

Conditional Passive

Itś/Ech/Tjeryt/Er/Íre/Te/Vjan/Źu/Thai iach cántálid. - I/You/You(f)/He/She/It/We/You(pl)/They could be talked to.

Conditional Perfect Passive

Itś/Ech/Tjeryt/Er/Íre/Te iach cel cántálid édhar. - I/You/You(f)/He/She/It could have been talked to.

Vjan/Źu/Thai iach cel cántálid edhar. - We/You(pl)/They could have been talked to.

Affirmative Imperative

Tálid! - Talk!

Negative Imperative

Cewtálid! - Don't talk! (lit. No-Talk!)