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Alisian
Alişiano
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[]

IPA chart Alisian 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
Alisian vowel chart

Orthography[]

Alphabet[]

Alisian 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[]

  • represents [a.e] Isrl
  • ai, ay represents [aj] p​​ile, French ail
  • 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
  • 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
  • represents [ui] Finnish uida
  • uo represents [wo] won't
  • 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[]

Main article: /Dictionary



No. English Alisian
1Ija
2you (singular)tou
3heile
4wenoy
5you (plural)voy
6theylorei
7thisesse
8thatesse
9hereisi
10there
11whoQui
12whatQued
13whereUdi
14whenQuande
15howComme
16notne
17allto
18manymulto
19somequalqe
20few
21otherautra
22oneum
23twodu
24threetre
25fourquatre
26fivecinq
27biggran
28longlong
29wide
30thickgros
31heavygrose
32smallpitit
33shortpitit
34narrow
35thinmins
36womanfemme
37man (adult male)hommio
38man (human being)
39childinfant
40wife
41husband
42mothermara
43fatherpare
44animal
45fishpeş
46bird
47dogcien
48louse
49snakeserpant
50worm
51treearber
52forestforeste
53stickbatan
54fruitfrut
55seed
56leaffeui
57root
58bark
59flowerflore
60grass
61ropecourd
62skin
63meat
64blood
65boneosseo
66fat
67eggœf
68horncorno
69tailqueu
70feather
71hair
72head
73earoïe
74eye
75nosene
76mouthbou
77toothdento
78tongue
79fingernail
80footpierd
81legjamba
82knee
83handmanu
84wing
85bellyflanşe
86guts
87neck
88back
89breast
90heartcœuro
91liverhapato
92drinkbior
93eatmangier
94bite
95suck
96spit
97vomit
98blow
99breatherespire
100laugh
101seewior
102hearentendier
103knowswivire
104thinkpondier
105smell
106fearcrandiar
107sleepdormire
108livevivare
109diemorire
110killtuier
111fightcombattior
112hunt
113hitbattier
114cutcupire
115split
116stab
117scratch
118dig
119swimnegier
120fly
121walkallegier
122comevenire
123lie
124sit
125stand
126turnretornire
127falltombier
128givedonnior
129hold
130squeeze
131rub
132washlaviar
133wipe
134pull
135push
136throwlancier
137tie
138sew
139count
140saydire
141singchanter
142playjuier
143float
144flow
145freeze
146swell
147sunsolei
148moonluni
149starstello
150waterago
151rainpleu
152riverriu
153lakelak
154seamir
155salt
156stonepirra
157sandsabel
158dust
159earthterre
160cloudnuve
161fog
162skycil
163windvente
164snownège
165iceglaş
166smoke
167firefo
168ash
169burn
170roadroute
171mountainmontan
172redruj
173greenverd
174yellowjaun
175whiteblanco
176blacknor
177nightnuid
178daysoleihuêr
179yearano
180warmcaulto
181coldfrod
182full
183newnouvo
184oldviec
185goodben
186badmal
187rotten
188dirtysælle
189straight
190roundcircleq
191sharp
192dull
193smooth
194wet
195drysec
196correct
197near
198far
199rightdrotto
200leftquerda
201atâ
202inin
203withkon
204andè
205if
206becausepars ke
207namenom


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:

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