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Creator | UnfazedEveryman |
This language is not part of UE's Lab.
Classification and Dialects
There are no dialects of Cavinese. The language is based on English, and is similar to Tharfish. Dutch influences are common.
Phonology
Consonants
Bilabial | Labio-dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post-alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Epiglottal | Glottal | |
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Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||||||||
Plosive | p b | t d | k g | q | ʔ | |||||||
Fricative | f v | θ ð | x | |||||||||
Affricate | ts | |||||||||||
Approximant | j | w | h | |||||||||
Trill | r | |||||||||||
Flap or tap | ||||||||||||
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Lateral app. | l | ʎ | ||||||||||
Lateral flap |
Vowels
Front | Near-front | Central | Near-back | Back | |
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Close | i y | u | |||
Near-close | ɪ | ||||
Close-mid | |||||
Mid | |||||
Open-mid | |||||
Near-open | |||||
Open |
Phonotactics
Like English.
Writing System
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Grammar
the grammar is quite similar to English.
Nouns
Verbs
Syntax
Lexicon
Cavinese has a lot of unusual words, many Dutchisms, and influences. Some example words:
:o - nothing, used in writing chats and talk pages after any statement
admijn - admin (registered trademark of Pierlot)
è - nothing, used to amplify the preceding statement (That's from Limburgish è.)
dijålekt (pl. dijålektaq - dialect
klýxef - you/they are/he is right
takavíhki/takaviki - weird, strange (see also)
to have right, <insert other dutchisms here> - to be right, <insert translations of other dutchisms here>
go your hallway, go ahead (Dutchism)
trademark, means very little compared to it's meaning IRL
naranja, positive greeting but now discredited (Lovian coinage)
Svarje (spelled in many different ways), Greeting employing Swedish in Burenian.
cavy, any person or thing, a guinea pig
sadify, to depress or to sadden (Lovian coinage)
shute, to shoot (someone) (Lovian coinage)
Example text
The Article 1 of UDHR: All cavies ra bornen frie an samin in th' dignity an th' have rightins è. They a've given rightin an forthowten an shide act 'ward n'other in spirit of fraten è. :o
Some phrases:
- Have you brought the beer? - Brait j'beer?
- I have no more money. - Ich ha' nu mar monie.
- That was for me. - Wate for ich.
- That is an interesting item you have given me. - Wate is t' interestin maar j'ha givit ich.
- Everyone is takaviki. - Ail mens'e getakaviki.
- You were right after all. - J'have right af t'ail.
Numbers:
- one - un
- two - tei
- three - dre
- four - fir
- five - veif
- six - siks
- seven - sivan
- eight - aght
- nine - nuen
- ten - dien
- eleven - eleifen
- twelve - dvalfen
- thirteen - drejdien
- fourteen - firdien
- fifteen - veifdien
- sixteen - siksdien
- seventeen - sivandien
- eighteen - aghtien
- nineteen - neundien
- twenty - tvandie
- thirty - traidie
- forty - findie
- fifty - veiftedie
- sixty - sikstedie
- seventy - sivantedie
- eighty - aghtedie
- ninety - neuntedie
- hundred - hondeirt