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Alisian Alişiano | |||
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Type | |||
Indo-European | |||
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: