| Azgovian Azgorin | |||||||||||||
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| Type | Fusional | ||||||||||||
| Alignment | Accusative | ||||||||||||
| Head direction | |||||||||||||
| Tonal | No | ||||||||||||
| Declensions | No | ||||||||||||
| Conjugations | No | ||||||||||||
| Genders | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Nouns decline according to... | |||||||||||||
| Case | Number | ||||||||||||
| Definiteness | Gender | ||||||||||||
| Verbs conjugate according to... | |||||||||||||
| Voice | Mood | ||||||||||||
| Person | Number | ||||||||||||
| Tense | Aspect | ||||||||||||
| Meta-information | |||||||||||||
| Progress | 0% | ||||||||||||
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| Creator | HorsesDrivingVans | ||||||||||||
Classification and Dialects[]
In-universe history[]
Azgovian (Vonnai Azgorin) is the standard dialect of the modern Eastern Vozonid languages. Azgovian was derived from the noble register of the Sarmelonid language, hence its refusal to use "e" in native Vozonid words.
Related languages include Arantarese, Josolchir, Mirkuzian, and Wannaenid.
External history[]
HorsesDrivingVans created Azgovian in 2015, as he mixed Valarin and Black Speech (from Tolkien's works) with Arabic and Persian. It was the earliest (if not the first) conlang for his Rabydosverse stories, which were then-nascent when it was created.
Phonology[]
Consonants[]
| Bilabial | Labio-dental | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Guttural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | |||||||
| Plosive | Voiceless | p /p/ | t /t/ | k /k~q/ | |||||
| Voiced | b /b/ | v /v/ | d /ɖ/ | g /g/ | |||||
| Affricate | Voiceless | th /θ/ | ź /t͡s/ | ||||||
| Fricative | Voiceless | s /s/ | sh /ʂ/ | gh /ɣ~x/ | h /h/ | ||||
| Voiced | z /z/ | kh /x/ | |||||||
| Approximant | u /w/ | l /l~ɭ/ | j /j/ | ||||||
| Trill | r /r/ |
Vowels[]
| Front | Central | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unrounded | Rounded | Rounded | ||
| High | i /i/ | y /y~ɯ/ | u /u/ | |
| Mid | (e) /e/ | o /o~ɔ/ | ||
| Low | a /a/ | a /ä/ | a /ɒ~ʌ/ |
Pronunciation notes[]
- a - [ä], [ɒ, ʌ] when short and unstressed, [a] in diphthongs
- d - [ɖ]
- gh - [ɣ~x], [ʝ] before i
- j - [j]
- k - [k~q]
- kh - [x]
- l - [l], [ɭ(ː)~lː] when doubled
- õ - [oː]
- s - [s], [ʂ] before [l], [m], [n], [r]
- sh - [ʂ]
- th - [θ]; [ɕ] in dialects
- u - [u], [w-] in diphthongs
- y - [ɯ~y]
- z - [z], [-s̪]
Phonotactics[]
Syllable structure: (C)(C)(V)(C), (C)(C)(V)(C)(C) in foreign words
Diphthongs: ai, au, oi, ua, ui, uo, yo
Consonant clusters: bj, bl, br, dj, dr, gj, gl, gn, gr, hj, kj, kk, kl, kn, kr, lb, ld, lg, lk, ll, lp, ls, lsh, lt, lth, lv, lz, mj, mm, nj, nn, pj, pl, pp, pr, rb, rd, rg, rj, rk, rm, rn, rp, rr, rs, rt, rth, rv, rz, sj, sk, sl, sm, sn, sp, sr, ss, st, sv, shj, shk, shl, shm, shn, shp, shr, ssh, sht, shv, tj, tr, ts, tt, vj, zj, zl, zm, zn, zr, zz
Writing System[]
| Cyrillic | А | Б | В | Г | Ґ | Д | З | З́ | І | Ј | К | Л |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Letter | A | B | V | G | Gh | D | Z | Ź | I | J | K | L |
| Sound | /ä/, /ɒ/ | /b/ | /v/ | /g/ | /ɣ/ | /ɖ/ | /z/ | /t͡s/ | /i/ | /j/ | /k/ | /l/ |
| Cyrillic | М | Н | О | П | Р | С | Ш | Т | Ѳ | У | Х | Һ |
| Letter | M | N | O | P | R | S | Sh | T | Th | U | Kh | H |
| Sound | /m/ | /n/ | /o/ | /p/ | /r/ | /s/ | /ʂ/ | /t/ | /θ/ | /u/ | /x/ | /h/ |
| Cyrillic | Ѵ | Е | Л̧ | Ѡ | Ҁ | Р̧ | ||||||
| Letter | Y | E | Lh | Ô | Q | Rh | ||||||
| Sound | /ɯ~y/ | /e/ | /l/ | /o/ | /k/ | /r~dr/ |
- ź and e are only used in Gauvajut and foreign words.
- lh, ô, q, and rh are no longer used in modern Azgovian spelling except in classical or artistic settings.
Grammar[]
Pronouns[]
nominative-accusative-possessive-affiliative
1st person[]
"I, me, my"
- masc: loz, loi, loizy/lozy, loira
- fem: laz, loi/lai, ljāzy, ljāra
- plural: lai, lajau, laizy, laira
"ukh" was used as the word for "I" during the Trimallean/communist rule. Its other forms are ukhzy (possessive) and ukhzoi (affiliative).
2nd person[]
"thou, thee, thy"
- singular: dūz/doi, doi, doizy, doira
- plu: midaz/plo, midai/ploi, midaizy/ploizy, midaira/ploira
3rd person[]
"he, him, his"
- masc: konz, knoi, knoizy, knoir
- fem: kanz, knai, knaizy, knaira
- it: diz, zoi/dī, dizy, dizra/dizar
- plu: tjō(poz), tjō(po)i, tjōpsy/tjōzy, tjōp(s)ar/tjōsar
-zo - plural
-zy - genitive
-luaz - -self
Verbs[]
infinitive-continuous-perfective
The "a" before the suffixes is added if the suffix follows an "incompatible" consonant: "snausmal" (hurry) doesn't need an "a", while "barkhanźamal" (to advance) needs an "a" before its -mal.
- Past: -(ama/ma)ghol - -(ama/ma)gholsa - -(a)māghal
- Present: - -(a)mal - -(ama/ma)lza - -(a)mān
- Imperative - -au!
- Future: - -(aman/man)dil - -(aman/man)dilza - -(a)māndil
-zra - passive (formal)
-(jo)jal, -al, -v(am)al - passive
Syntax[]
Location[]
- mon- - from
- -njo - away from
- (o)tō, dō- - towards
- (o)dar - into
- voi- - within
- (o)nul- - through
- -(a)rad, rad - through, past
- -at - past
- mai - over
- nandāl - beyond
- ozri - against
- irzo - here
- (ja)ryzo - there
Time[]
- mān - now, may it be ...
Amount[]
- oklo - all
- -āma, oshlo - every
- to - a lot of
- -sal - (comparative), ... -er
- bavol, baval - great
- ōr(o)- - great, greater
- vim-, vini- - small, little
Question[]
- ghad - what
- ghoz - who
- ughir(o) - why
- haigoz - which (one)
Others[]
- au - a, an
- -zil - this
- -zal - that
- ja, jan - and
- zy - for
- so - if
- -tar - ness
- -idō - doer of
- ... vo - (quotation)
Basics[]
- zai - yes
- ha - no
- jannodoz - peace to you
- jandoz - hi there
- tūro - hail to you, hurrah, glory to ...
- shōnir - peace to you
- mjan, mjandi - please
- ... joinar - to prefer, to like more
- Loz/Laz doz-aurmal-dar - I love you (I thou-fall in love-into)
Numbers[]
0; 1-10
- non; on, lajo, thany, puzos, bizoz, tīrjoz, mārdoz, kannaz, jortoz, prindoz
11-20
- jarkoz, thoksoz, printhan, primpuz, primbiz, sanuon, primmar, prinkan, prinjor, tivnō
"primpjoz" is used for "14" in religious contexts.
-prin - -ty (x10)
akha - 100
jaumo - thousand
dasajōz - 10,000
Lexicon[]
See also: Azgovian glossary
A[]
- adi - lord
- ailoz - cat
- airyz - great rain
- ān(ai) - eyes
- anduoz - friend
- aran - order
- assoz - arrow
- (a)zau - bad, terrible
B[]
- bandi - birth
- bavol, baval - great
- bidulta - coconut
- būboz - horned owl
D[]
- dal - light, bright
- dalatar - city or place of light, brightness
- dalaz - white, light
- didamal - to see
- drova - old
- dūl - dark, black
- duoro - tomb
G[]
- gamma - sea
- ganda(z) - future, tomorrow
- gnōmal - to know
Gh[]
- ghalljoz - fire
- ghimala - home
- ghirzil - today, day
- ghova - fountain, well, spring
- ghutomal - to walk
H[]
- ha - no
- hinu - shame
- hjau - half
- hobbai - monster
- honzoz - sleep
- hotamal - to go
I[]
- igomal - to eat
- ighoz - sky
- īrjo - sun
- imbar - heaven
- indamal - to enter
- irzolan - welcome
- ittaz - ice
- ithataz - tapestry, fabric
- īzja - green
J[]
- ja-dorran - together
- jannodoz - peace to you, greetings
- jantil - reason, common sense
- jauboroz - gryphon
- jōndostar - roadside shrine
- jortoz - nine
- jurvan - wind
K[]
- kā - air
- kannaz - eight
- kanoi - spouse
- karkon - wealth
- karki - spinel
- kassorai - mandala, warding, talisman circle
- kava - same
- kjogal - shoes, sandals
- kravjaz - goddess
- kravjoz - god, deity
- krijon - ancient
- krovi - tree
- kythar(az) - blade
Kh[]
- (kh)akhumal - to hate
- khoroloz - current (of water)
- khotonoz - moon
- khoz - horse
- khurjo - disease, illness
L[]
- laghuraz - land
- lajo - two
- lamboz - cattle, bull
- lauko(z) - wolf
- limaz - box
- lipiz - berry
- ljoviz - flower
- lob - bone
- loppoz - book
- lukkiz - colour
- lummo - night, sleep
- lūzo - farm, field
M[]
- mānotar - universe
- mānoz - sky, outer space
- maudo - blue
- milo - candle
- min - currency, credit
- minathuoz - student
- mirukuz - unicorn
- mjandi - please
- monokhoz - oil
- moroiro - great monster
- murjoz - honour
- muzro - dirt
- mylsadō - hero
- mylso - strength
- mȳthomal - to wait
N[]
- nai - beautiful
- nandāl - beyond
- narkhaz - sword
- nishajoz, nizajoz - wight, fairy, earth-spirit, guardian spirit
- njathai - wheat
- nolban - flower offering, month
- non - zero
- nosjaz - year
- nukli - bread
- nul - wound
O[]
- oklo - all
- olli - river
- on - one
- onōr - king
- onōronōr - emperor
- ontoz - human
- oron - mountain
- (ot)tadi - village
P[]
- pan - part
- polkuz - bowl
- porul - soup
- prindoz, prindaz - ten
- puri - offering
R[]
- rakhan(oz) - eagle
- ranai - sound
- ranzan - new
- rimaz - road, path, way
- roijaz - people, race
- rukhon - enemy
- rūmo - red
S[]
- saila(z) - flower
- sanuon - sixteen, blessed
- sīla(z) - sword
- sulkha - shield
- suōrai - shrine
- sūriz - drinking water, water
- suvan, suvon - holy, sacred
- symoi - sad, mournful
Sh[]
- shaunir - peace, greetings
- shika - white
- shilga - health
- shōnir - peace
- shorai - rice
T[]
- taghon(noz) - thank you
- -tar - -ness, state of being
- tōvaz - world
- tukroz - dog
- tuomaz - destiny
- tūro - victory, hail to ...
Th[]
- thakoz - mind
- thakyz - lightning strike
- tham - bed
- thany - three
- thomil - pen
- thyroz - lightning
U[]
- uazol - cycle
- ukhoz - horse
- uloi - liquid, clear water
V[]
- vaira - mace, sceptre, club
- vimmal - to do
- vonjamal - to fly
- vonnaitar - language
- vosjoz - angel
- vjormoz - torment, hell
Z[]
- zai - yes
- zīrad(az) - spear
- zīvjataz, zīvaz - star
- zjōmal - to kill
- znai(ja) - wisdom
- zō - death
- zog - slave
- zomjo, zomi - dream
Example text[]
Tūro Zomjonōr, Adi Lummozy Jauborozzy!
[ˈtuːro ˈzomjonoːr ɒˈdi ˈlumːozɯ ˈjaubɔrozːɯ]
Victory Dream-king, Lord Night-GEN Gryphon-GEN!
Hail Zomjonōr, Lord of the Night and the Gryphons!
See also[]
- Azgovian entry in the Rabydosverse wikia