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Ateivanis (Natively Àtéwanıs [ɪ̯atɛɪ̯vänɨ] ), is a conlang (fictionally) spoken in Taiwan.
Classification and Dialects[]
Phonology[]
Consonants[]
| Bilabial | Labio-dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post-alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||
| Plosive | p | t | ɖ | k | q | |||||
| Fricative | f v | s z | ʃ ʒ | x ɣ | h | |||||
| Flap or tap | ɾ | ɽ | ||||||||
| Lateral fric. | ɬ | |||||||||
| Lateral app. | ʟ | |||||||||
| Clicks | ʘ | ǀ | ! | ǂ |
Vowels[]
| Front | Near-front | Central | Near-back | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | i y | ɨ | ɯ u | ||
| Near-high | ɪ ʏ | ʊ | |||
| High-mid | e ø | o | |||
| Mid | ə | ||||
| Low-mid | ɛ œ | ||||
| Near-low | |||||
| Low | a | ä | ɑ ɒ |
Phonotactics[]
The phonotactics is CV. The syllables should be started with a consonant unless it is the beginning of the sentence. All of the diphthongs counts as a single vowel (so they are written with one alphabet).
Liaison[]
There are no stress system in Ateivanis. However, there's liaison and steps system.
The last alphabet (always consonants) won't be pronounced, but you should pronounce it with the next vowel. Always liaison from the beginning of the sentence to the end.
| Text | Avóq oćèćys a. |
|---|---|
| Separated pronunciation | [aʘʊ̯a ot͡ʃʏ̯œt͡ʃy a] |
| Liaison pronunciation | [aʘʊ̯a!‿ot͡ʃʏ̯œt͡ʃys‿a] |
Writing System[]
| Letter | A a | Á á | À à | B b | C c | Ć ć | D d | Ǝ ə | E e | É é | È è | F f |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | [ä]~[ɑ] | [ɒʊ̯] | [ɪ̯a] | [ɓ] | [ǀ] | [t͡ʃ] | [ɖ] | [ə] | [e] | [ɛɪ̯] | [ʏ̯œ] | [f] |
| Letter | G g | H h | I ı | İ i | Í í | Ì ì | J j | K k | Kʼ ĸ | L l | Ł ł | M m |
| Sound | [ɣ] | [h]~[x] | [ɨ]~[ɯ] | [i] | [ʊ̯i] | [ɑɪ̯] | [ʒ] | [k] | [q] | [ɬ] | [ʟ] | [m] |
| Letter | N n | Ń ń | O o | Ó ó | Ò ò | Ø ø | P p | Q q | R r | Ŕ ŕ | S s | Ś ś |
| Sound | [n] | [ŋ] | [o] | [ʊ̯a] | [œɪ̯] | [ø] | [p] | [!] | [ʀ] | [ɾ]~[ɽ] | [s] | [ʃ] |
| Letter | T t | U u | Ú ú | V v | W w | X x | Y y | Ý ý | Z z | Þ þ | ||
| Sound | [t] | [u] | [ɪ̯u] | [ʘ] | [v] | [ǂ] | [y] | [ʏ̯i] | [z] | [θ] |
Stem Words[]
Pronouns[]
| stem word | |
|---|---|
| 1SG | avó |
| 1PL(excl.) | əvì |
| 1PL(incl.) | əvu |
| 2SG | ate |
| 2PL | ətè |
| 3SG | -ŕı* |
| 3PL | -ŕa* |
*The beginning of the 3rd pronouns depends on their categories.
Nouns[]
| stem word | |
|---|---|
| human | ame |
| cat | oćè |
| dog | óhy |
| tree | ebú |
| flower | úþa |
| car | ımobı |
| pen | icu |
| love | àmu |
| house | uje |
| Taiwan | Ìtìwanı |
| kitty | yćè |
Verbs[]
| stem word | |
|---|---|
| eat | ańımu |
| sleep | izyja |
| give | exìbe |
| go | awò |
Grammar[]
Nouns[]
Category Prefixes[]
In Ateivanis, there are always a prefix at the beginning of a noun to divide them into some groups, but they are not always follow the rule.
| prefix | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | human | a-, ə-, í- |
| 2 | animals, big things | o-, á-, ó- |
| 3 | plants, natural things | e-, ú- |
| 4 | tool, small things | i-, ı-, ý- |
| 5 | abstract things | ø-, à- |
| 6 | place name, old things | u-, ì- |
| 7 | young things | y-, é-, ò- |
Single and Plural[]
Cases[]
There is a lot of grammatical cases in Ateivanis.
| meaning | pre/suffix | sample word | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I(1SG Pron) | cat | car | |||
| Nominative | -q | avóq | oćèq | ımobıq | |
| Accusative | -t | avót | oćèt | ımobıt | |
| Vocative | -k | avók | oćèk | ımobık | |
| Inessive | "in..." | -høt | avóhøt | oćèhøt | ımobıhøt |
| Adessive | "on..." | -sıt | avósıt | oćèsıt | ımobısıt |
| Elative | "out of..." | -raw | avóraw | oćèraw | ımobıraw |
| Ablative | "from..." | -kàŕ | avókàŕ | oćèkàŕ | ımobıkàŕ |
| Illative | "into..." | -śym | avóśym | oćèśym | ımobıśym |
| Allative | "to..." | -láb | avóláb | oćèláb | ımobıláb |
| Absessive | "without..." | -ńək | avóńək | oćèńək | ımobıńək |
| Comitative | "with..." | -wiþ | avówiþ | oćèwiþ | ımobıwiþ |
| Dative | -tòp | avótòp | oćètòp | ımobıtòp | |
| Genetive | "...'s" | -c | avóc | oćèc | ımobıc |
| Instrumental | -fıt | avófıt | oćèfıt | ımobıfıt | |
| Equative | "as..." | -ćys | avóćys | oćèćys | ımobıćys |
Verbs[]
Tense[]
Tense is a category that expresses time reference. There are past tense and non-past tense. Also, aspect is used to describe whether the action is finished, progressing or not. The tense is listed below:
- Non-past simple
- Past simple
- Non-past continuous
- Past continuous
- Non-past perfect
- Past perfect
Category Prefixes[]
There are three verb categories: intransitive(i-), transitive(a-) and ditransitive(e-). Each of them conjugates differently.
| Tense | prefixes and suffixes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| a- verb | e- verb | i- verb | ||
| Non-past | simple | awòt | exìbet | izyjaś |
| continuous | awòþén | exìbelén | izyjawım | |
| perfect | áwòb | éxìbeb | ízyjab | |
| Past | simple | owòt | uxìbet | yzyjat |
| continuous | owòþén | uxìbelén | yzyjawım | |
| perfect | øwòb | úxìbeb | ýzyjav | |
Syntax[]
The word order is SOV, which is Subject-object-verb.
