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| Alisian Alişiano | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | |||
| Indo-European | |||
| Word origins | |||
| Alignment | |||
| Nominative-Accusative | |||
| Head direction | |||
| Initial | |||
| Tonal | |||
| No | |||
| Declensions | |||
| Yes | |||
| Conjugations | |||
| Yes | |||
| Genders | |||
| No | |||
| Nouns decline according to... | |||
| Case | Number | ||
| Definiteness | Gender | ||
| Verbs conjugate according to... | |||
| Voice | Mood | ||
| Person | Number | ||
| Tense | Aspect | ||
General information[]
The Alisian language bus a Romance language spoken by over 100 million people worldwide
Phonology[]
Consonants[]
| Bilabial | Labio-dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post-alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||||
| Plosive | p b | t d | k g | |||||
| Fricative | f v | θ ð | s z | ʃ ʒ | h | |||
| Affricate | t͡ʃ d͡ʒ | |||||||
| Approximant | ɹ | j | w | |||||
| Lateral app. | l |
Vowels[]
| Front | Near-front | Central | Near-back | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |||
| Near-close | ɪ | ʊ | |||
| Close-mid | e ø | o | |||
| Mid | ə | ||||
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɜ ɞ | ʌ ɔ | ||
| Near-open | æ | ɐ | |||
| Open | a | ɑ ɒ |
Orthography[]
Alphabet[]
| Letter | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | a | be | ce | de | e | èf | ge | haç | i | ji | ka | èl | èm |
| Pronunciation | [a] | [be] | [t͡ʃe] | [de] | [e] | [ɛf] | [d͡ʒe] | [hat͡ʃ] | [ʒi] | [ka] | [ɛl] | [ɛm] | |
| IPA | [a] | [b] | [k], [t͡ʃ] | [d] | [e] | [f] | [ɡ], [d͡ʒ] | [h] | [ʒ] | [k] | [l] | [m] | |
| Letter | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z |
| Name | èn | o | pe | qu | er | es | te | u | ve | we | ix | yod | zèt |
| Pronunciation | [ɛn] | [o] | [pe] | [ku] | [eɹ] | [es] | [te] | [u] | [ve] | [we] | [iks] | [jod] | [ðɛt] |
| IPA | [n] | [o] | [p] | [k] | [ɹ] | [s] | [t] | [u],[w] | [v] | [w] | [ks], [gz] | [j], [i] | [z][ð] |
Notes:
- C: [t͡ʃ] before e,i, or y, [k] elswhere
- G: [dʒ] before e,i, or y, [g] elswhere
- U: [w] before vowels(except e), [u] elsewhere
- Z: [ð] before e,i, or y, [z] elswhere
Pronunciations:
- H, unlike in other Romance languages such as French, Spanish, and Italian, is not silent but represents the phoneme /h/, except in the digraph ch /ʃ/ or /ʒ/ gh /g/, ph /f/, th /θ/, and zh /z/
- Every letter in the alphabet is natively used, unlike other Romance languages where certain letters(like K, W, and Y) are used in loanwords.
Accents[]
Uppercase letters À Â Ä Ã Æ Ç È Ê Ë Ģ Ì Î Ï Ń Ò Ô Ö Õ Œ Ş Ù Û Ü Ź Lowercase letters à â ä ã æ ç è ê ë ģ ì î ï ń ò ô ö õ œ ş ù û ü ź Phoneme [ɑ] [ɒ] [aː] [ɐ] [æ] [t͡ʃ] [ɛ] [ɜ] [eː] [d͡ʒ] [ɪ] [ɨ] [iː] [ɲ] [ɔ] [ɞ] [oː] [ɵ] [œ] [ʃ] [ʊ] [ə][ø] [uː] [ð]
Digraph[]
- aë represents [a.e] Israël
- ai, ay represents [aj] pile, French ail
- aï represnts [aiː] pie
- ao represents [ao] allow
- au represents [au] couch
- ch represents [ʃ] show or [ʒ] vision
- ei, ey represents [ej] pay, French reveille
- eï represents [eiː] pain
- ue, iu, yu represent [ju] you
- eu represents [ju] you or [eu] Romanian eu
- gh represents [g] gear
- gu represents [gw] guerra (when e or i follows), [gu] goo (elsewhere)
- nc, ng(before back vowels), ngh, nk, nq, represents [ŋ] sink; sing
- ou represents [u] moose
- œu represents [œu] French bœuf
- ph represents [f] phone
- qu represents [kw] quest (when e or i follows), [ku] coup (elsewhere)
- sc represents [ʃ] ascendiar (before e,i, or y); [sk] elsewhere scope
- th represents [θ] think
- ua represent [wa] quad
- ui, uy represents [wi] queen
- uï represents [ui] Finnish uida
- uo represents [wo] won't
- uö represnts [uo]
- zh represents [z] zinc (before e, i, or y)
NOTE: this list include all of the most common digraphs in the Alisian language
Phonotactics[]
Grammar[]
| Gender | Cases | Numbers | Tenses | Persons | Moods | Voices | Aspects | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verb | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Nouns | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Adjectives | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Numbers | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Participles | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Adverb | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Pronouns | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| Adpositions | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Article | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Particle | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Nouns[]
| Number | Gender | Endings | Examples |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | all consonants, -e, and -i | wour, garade, aprèmidi |
| Feminine | -a | samana | |
| Neuter | -o and -u | juo, riu | |
| Plural | - | -s, -y | montańas, ilay |
Vocabulary[]
| No. | English | Alisian |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | ja |
| 2 | you (singular) | tou |
| 3 | he | ile |
| 4 | we | noy |
| 5 | you (plural) | voy |
| 6 | they | lorei |
| 7 | this | esse |
| 8 | that | esse |
| 9 | here | isi |
| 10 | there | lã |
| 11 | who | Qui |
| 12 | what | Qued |
| 13 | where | Udi |
| 14 | when | Quande |
| 15 | how | Comme |
| 16 | not | ne |
| 17 | all | to |
| 18 | many | multo |
| 19 | some | qualqe |
| 20 | few | — |
| 21 | other | autra |
| 22 | one | um |
| 23 | two | du |
| 24 | three | tre |
| 25 | four | quatre |
| 26 | five | cinq |
| 27 | big | gran |
| 28 | long | long |
| 29 | wide | — |
| 30 | thick | gros |
| 31 | heavy | grose |
| 32 | small | pitit |
| 33 | short | pitit |
| 34 | narrow | — |
| 35 | thin | mins |
| 36 | woman | femme |
| 37 | man (adult male) | hommio |
| 38 | man (human being) | — |
| 39 | child | infant |
| 40 | wife | — |
| 41 | husband | — |
| 42 | mother | mara |
| 43 | father | pare |
| 44 | animal | — |
| 45 | fish | peş |
| 46 | bird | — |
| 47 | dog | cien |
| 48 | louse | — |
| 49 | snake | serpant |
| 50 | worm | — |
| 51 | tree | arber |
| 52 | forest | foreste |
| 53 | stick | batan |
| 54 | fruit | frut |
| 55 | seed | — |
| 56 | leaf | feui |
| 57 | root | — |
| 58 | bark | — |
| 59 | flower | flore |
| 60 | grass | — |
| 61 | rope | courd |
| 62 | skin | — |
| 63 | meat | — |
| 64 | blood | — |
| 65 | bone | osseo |
| 66 | fat | — |
| 67 | egg | œf |
| 68 | horn | corno |
| 69 | tail | queu |
| 70 | feather | — |
| 71 | hair | — |
| 72 | head | — |
| 73 | ear | oïe |
| 74 | eye | — |
| 75 | nose | ne |
| 76 | mouth | bou |
| 77 | tooth | dento |
| 78 | tongue | — |
| 79 | fingernail | — |
| 80 | foot | pierd |
| 81 | leg | jamba |
| 82 | knee | — |
| 83 | hand | manu |
| 84 | wing | — |
| 85 | belly | flanşe |
| 86 | guts | — |
| 87 | neck | — |
| 88 | back | — |
| 89 | breast | — |
| 90 | heart | cœuro |
| 91 | liver | hapato |
| 92 | drink | bior |
| 93 | eat | mangier |
| 94 | bite | — |
| 95 | suck | — |
| 96 | spit | — |
| 97 | vomit | — |
| 98 | blow | — |
| 99 | breathe | respire |
| 100 | laugh | — |
| 101 | see | wior |
| 102 | hear | entendier |
| 103 | know | swivire |
| 104 | think | pondier |
| 105 | smell | — |
| 106 | fear | crandiar |
| 107 | sleep | dormire |
| 108 | live | vivare |
| 109 | die | morire |
| 110 | kill | tuier |
| 111 | fight | combattior |
| 112 | hunt | — |
| 113 | hit | battier |
| 114 | cut | cupire |
| 115 | split | — |
| 116 | stab | — |
| 117 | scratch | — |
| 118 | dig | — |
| 119 | swim | negier |
| 120 | fly | — |
| 121 | walk | allegier |
| 122 | come | venire |
| 123 | lie | — |
| 124 | sit | — |
| 125 | stand | — |
| 126 | turn | retornire |
| 127 | fall | tombier |
| 128 | give | donnior |
| 129 | hold | — |
| 130 | squeeze | — |
| 131 | rub | — |
| 132 | wash | laviar |
| 133 | wipe | — |
| 134 | pull | — |
| 135 | push | — |
| 136 | throw | lancier |
| 137 | tie | — |
| 138 | sew | — |
| 139 | count | — |
| 140 | say | dire |
| 141 | sing | chanter |
| 142 | play | juier |
| 143 | float | — |
| 144 | flow | — |
| 145 | freeze | — |
| 146 | swell | — |
| 147 | sun | solei |
| 148 | moon | luni |
| 149 | star | stello |
| 150 | water | ago |
| 151 | rain | pleu |
| 152 | river | riu |
| 153 | lake | lak |
| 154 | sea | mir |
| 155 | salt | — |
| 156 | stone | pirra |
| 157 | sand | sabel |
| 158 | dust | — |
| 159 | earth | terre |
| 160 | cloud | nuve |
| 161 | fog | — |
| 162 | sky | cil |
| 163 | wind | vente |
| 164 | snow | nège |
| 165 | ice | glaş |
| 166 | smoke | — |
| 167 | fire | fo |
| 168 | ash | — |
| 169 | burn | — |
| 170 | road | route |
| 171 | mountain | montan |
| 172 | red | ruj |
| 173 | green | verd |
| 174 | yellow | jaun |
| 175 | white | blanco |
| 176 | black | nor |
| 177 | night | nuid |
| 178 | day | soleihuêr |
| 179 | year | ano |
| 180 | warm | caulto |
| 181 | cold | frod |
| 182 | full | — |
| 183 | new | nouvo |
| 184 | old | viec |
| 185 | good | ben |
| 186 | bad | mal |
| 187 | rotten | — |
| 188 | dirty | sælle |
| 189 | straight | — |
| 190 | round | circleq |
| 191 | sharp | — |
| 192 | dull | — |
| 193 | smooth | — |
| 194 | wet | — |
| 195 | dry | sec |
| 196 | correct | — |
| 197 | near | — |
| 198 | far | — |
| 199 | right | drotto |
| 200 | left | querda |
| 201 | at | â |
| 202 | in | in |
| 203 | with | kon |
| 204 | and | è |
| 205 | if | — |
| 206 | because | pars ke |
| 207 | name | nom |
Example text[]
Text 1:
- Alisian : Ela opero zempe venestra ante cenar.
- Latin : Illa Claudit semper fenestram antequam cenat.
- Spanish : Ella siempre cierra la ventana antes de cenar.
- Portuguese : Ela Fecha sempre a janela antes de jantar.
- French : Elle ferme toujours la fenêtre avant de dîner/souper.
- Italian : Lei chiude sempre la finestra prima di cenare.
- Romanian : Ea închide totdeauna fereastra înainte de cină.
- Catalan : Ella sempre tanca la finestra abans de sopar.
- English : She always closes the window before dining.
Text 2: Toty humines nascerèt libari ê egual par dignite ê diure. (Lorei) sunt participes rationis et conscientiae devino agire umo verso altera an spirite di frateranz.
Translation:
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.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)
Text 3: