Changes: Berequan

Revision as of 17:03, 8 July 2020

(Do note this is still W.I.P., and I'm still learning the basics of conlangs.)

Bereaquan is a language spoken by the 45,000,000 people of North and South Bereaqua. This language is written in the Latin alphabet, but it used to have a Cyrillic script, which is unused now.

Phonology

Consonants

	Bilabial	Labio-dental	Dental	Alveolar	Post-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m			n		ɲ	ŋ
Plosive	p b			t d			k
Fricative		f	θ	s	ʃ		x ɣ	h
Affricate					ʧ ʤ
Approximant						j
Trill				r
Flap or tap
Lateral app.				l

Vowels

	Front	Near-front	Central	Back
High	i			u
Near-high
High-mid		ø
Mid
Low-mid		ɛ		ɔ
Near-low
Low			a

Writing System

Letter	IPA
Aa	a
Bb	b
Cc	ʧ
Dd	d
Ee	ɛ
Ff	f
Ǧǧ	ɣ
Hh	h
Ȟȟ	x
Ii	i
Jj	ʤ
Kk	k
Ll	l
Mm	m
Nn	n
Ññ	ɲ
Ŋŋ	ŋ
Oo	ɔ
Öö	ø
Pp	p
Rr	r
Ss	s
ẞß	ʃ
Tt	t
Ţţ	θ
Uu	u
Yy	j
'	ʔ

Diphthongs

The existent diphthongs in Bereaquan are "ai", "ou", and "eu". Y does not count as a vowel in this language.

Grammar

Nouns

Nouns have 5 cases.

Nominative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Locative

Nominative

Accusative

Genitive

Dative

Locative

Singular

No affix

Prefix daʔ-

Suffix -ja

Prefix x-

If start with vowel, prefix θah-

Else, prefix θa-

Plural

Suffix -ɔ

(replace if end with vowel)

Prefix deʔ-

Suffix -ɔ

Suffix -jɔ

Suffix -xɔ

If start with vowel, prefix θah-

Else, prefix θa-

Suffix -jɔ

Wordlist

*wip*

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 '''(Do note this is still W.I.P., and I'm still learning the basics of conlangs.)'''
-Bereaquan '''(Barökañi)''' is a language spoken by the 45,000,000 people of North and South Bereaqua. This language is written in the Latin alphabet, but it used to have a Cyrillic script, which is unused now.
+Bereaquan is a language spoken by the 45,000,000 people of North and South Bereaqua. This language is written in the Latin alphabet, but it used to have a Cyrillic script, which is unused now.
 == Phonology ==
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 |'''Yy'''
 |j
-|}
-== Grammar ==
-=== '''<u>Nouns</u>''' ===
-==== Singular and Plural ====
-There are 6 ways to make nouns plural. By adding just -u, doubling the last letter before adding -u, removing the last letter before adding -u, and more.
-{| class="wikitable article-table" border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="width: 660px; text-align:center;"
-! colspan="3" style="width: 68px; " |
-Ending with -m or -n
-| colspan="8" style="width: 68px; " |Add -u
-|-
-! colspan="3" |Ending with -s
-| colspan="8" |Double it then add -u
-|-
-! colspan="3" |Ending with vowels
-| colspan="8" |Remove them then add -u
-|-
-! colspan="3" |Ending with -'''ţ'''
-| colspan="8" |Add -ou
-|-
-! colspan="3" |Ending with -'''ŋ'''
-| colspan="8" |Add -eu
 |-
+|'''<nowiki/>''''
-! colspan="3" |Ending with -c
+|ʔ
-| colspan="8" |Remove it then add -nu
 |}
+== Diphthongs ==
-==== Male and Female ====
+The existent diphthongs in Bereaquan are "ai", "ou", and "eu". Y does not count as a vowel in this language.
-As you know, there are 2 genders. Male and Female.
-{| class="wikitable article-table" border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="width: 660px; text-align:center;"
-! style="width: 68px; " |
-!Male
-!Female
-|-
-!Before consonant/After consonant
-|Do nothing
-|Add sa-ina
-|-
-!Before consonant/After vowel
-|Do nothing
-|Add sa-na
-|-
-!Before vowel/After consonant
-|Do nothing
-|Add b-ina
-|-
-!Before vowel/After vowel
-|Do nothing
-|Add bib-na
-|}
-=== '''<u>Verbs</u>''' ===
+== Grammar ==
-==== Tenses ====
+=== Nouns ===
+Nouns have 5 cases.
-Like in English, there are 4 tenses. Past, present, future.
+* Nominative
-{| class="wikitable article-table" border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="width: 660px; text-align:center;"
+* Accusative
-! style="width: 68px; " |
+* Genitive
-!Present
+* Dative
-!Past
+* Locative
-!Future
+{| class="article-table"
+!
+!Nominative
+!Accusative
+!Genitive
+!Dative
+!Locative
 |-
+!Singular
-!Simple
+|No affix
-|Do nothing
+|Prefix daʔ-
-|Add -imo after consonants, -mo after vowels
+|Suffix -ja
-|Add -aru after vowels, -yar after vowels
+|Prefix x-
+|If start with vowel, prefix θah-
+Else, prefix θa-
 |-
+!Plural
-!Continuous
-|Add on-
+|Suffix -ɔ
+(replace if end with vowel)
-|Add on- then -imo after consonants, -mo after vowels
+|Prefix deʔ-
-|Add an- then -aru after consonants, -ya after vowels
+Suffix -ɔ
-|-
+|Suffix -jɔ
-!Perfect
+|Suffix -xɔ
-|Add kam-u
+|If start with vowel, prefix θah-
-|Add kam- then -imu after consonants, -mu after vowels
-|Add kam- then -uru after consonants, -yu after vowels
-|}
+Else, prefix θa-
-=== '''<u>Fixes</u>''' ===
+Suffix -jɔ
-==== Prefixes ====
-In English, there are more than 35 prefixes from what I know. These are all the prefixes in this language.
-{| class="wikitable article-table" border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="width: 660px; text-align:center;"
-! style="width: 68px; " |
-Prefix before Consonant
-!Prefix before vowel
-!English
-!Meaning
-|-
-|ñu-
-|ñum-
-|''anti-''
-|against
-|-
-|ñö'''-'''
-|niyött-
-|''dis-''
-|opposite of
-|-
-|ña-
-|ñagi- (remove the beginning vowel)
-|in-, un-
-|not
-|-
-|ka-
-|kay-
-|co-
-|with
-|-
-|ico-
-|icom-
-|extra-
-|more than
-|-
-|ye-
-|yeß-
-|fore-, pre-
-|before
-|-
-|ra-
-|rak-
-|mis-
-|wrongly
-|-
-|ana-
-|an-
-|mono-
-|singular
 |}
 == Wordlist ==
+<nowiki>*</nowiki>wip*
-Total Words: 30
-{| class="article-table"
-! colspan="3" |Num.
-!Word
-!Meaning
-|-
-| colspan="3" |''1''
-|'''ţam'''
-|cat
-|-
-| colspan="3" |''2''
-|'''ßon'''
-|dog
-|-
-| colspan="3" |''3''
-|'''fus'''
-|fish
-|-
-| colspan="3" |4
-|'''noţ'''
-|table
-|-
-| colspan="3" |5
-|'''loŋ'''
-|cup
-|-
-| colspan="3" |6
-|'''fulla'''
-|fish
-|-
-| colspan="3" |7
-|'''laß'''
-|sing
-|-
-| colspan="3" |8
-|'''oßoŋ'''
-|dance
-|-
-| colspan="3" |9
-|'''arite'''
-|eat
-|-
-| colspan="3" |10
-|'''ñuŋ'''
-|no
-|-
-| colspan="3" |11
-|'''mye'''
-|yes
-|-
-| colspan="3" |12.
-|'''ñuje'''
-|maybe
-|-
-| colspan="3" |13.
-|'''ici'''
-|extra
-|-
-| colspan="3" |14.
-|'''yejam'''
-|before
-|-
-| colspan="3" |15.
-|'''yojam'''
-|after
-|-
-| colspan="3" |16.
-|'''rakiţo'''
-|wrong
-|-
-| colspan="3" |17.
-|'''yapiţo'''
-|right
-|-
-| colspan="3" |18.
-|'''anji'''
-|one
-|-
-| colspan="3" |19.
-|'''ȟundi'''
-|two
-|-
-| colspan="3" |20.
-|'''gyucö'''
-|three
-|-
-| colspan="3" |21.
-|'''saŋji'''
-|four
-|-
-| colspan="3" |22.
-|'''fifi'''
-|five
-|-
-| colspan="3" |23.
-|'''ßiki'''
-|six
-|-
-| colspan="3" |24.
-|'''daljön'''
-|seven
-|-
-| colspan="3" |25.
-|'''ǧußu'''
-|eight
-|-
-| colspan="3" |26.
-|'''ñunai'''
-|nine
-|-
-| colspan="3" |27.
-|'''jeppe'''
-|ten
-|-
-| colspan="3" |28.
-|''''''ßmiyta''''''
-|hundred
-|-
-| colspan="3" |29.
-|'''maß'''
-|male
-|-
-| colspan="3" |30.
-|'''klima'''ß''''''
-|female
-|}
 [[Category:Languages]]