This language was created for the Ozymandias Challenge on Discord. It was the winner of this challenge (possibly because it was the only entry).
Orthographical Summary[]
There are two register tones, the lower of which is represented by underlining the vowel (a vs a).
Long vowels are represented by colons after the vowel (a vs a:).
Stress (solely consisting of syllable loudness) is represented by an acute over the vowel (a → á). These are combined with umlauts to form “double acute accents” on stressed vowels with umlauts (ö → ő).
Grammatical Summary[]
The language is SOV. However, adjectives appear after nouns and adverbs come after verbs.
There is a zero copula, so the present-tense word analogous to "is" is omitted.
Verbs conjugate for mood (indicative or imperative).
Nouns conjugate for definiteness and case (genitive, locative, vocative).
The language has many instances of non-concatenative morphology, both derivational and inflectional, with possession by oneself indicated using an entirely different root (suppletion).
Notably, “(most important, notable) x of x’s”, is directly derived from the word x (so “king of kings” is a single word derived from “king”).
Ozymandias Text[]
And on the pedestal these words appear:
'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!'
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
Reit sü:k vzas gvor
'Mälléi Ozymándias, grózu.
Zö:ré: gzülűn, bëbé:s, reit ö:ba̋:n!''
Nű:zö:t. Mo:rá:
mutávö sup, tözík zö:rgű reit dë,
tö:r reit dvön görp svo:.
Vocabulary[]
This is in order of appearance in the Ozymandias text, with related words and inflections included. Words within the Ozymandias text are in bold.
reit = and
su:k = a pedestal
swigi = this or that pedestal
swik = on a pedestal
sü:k = on this or that pedestal
bas = word
bäs = this or that word
bózus = words
vzas = these or those words
gépär = write(s)
gu:g = write!
gvor = is/are written
mälléi = my name
mölléi = my names (the things people call me)
égüt = name
göft = this or that name
mágu = names
gëlá = these or those names
grózu = king of kings
grëző = kings of kings
grádu = a king
gëlő = kings
gálö = this or that king
rëdú = these or those kings
műgüs = see(s)/look(s) upon
gzülűn = look upon (it/them)!
zügú: = is/are seen
zárë = my creation
zö:ré: = my creations
vü:n = creation
vínü = creations
bias = mighty (one)
beviás = mighty ones
be:s = o mighty one
bëbé:s = o mighty ones
nébev = despair(s)
ö:ba̋:n = despair!
őböhü = cause someone to despair
zri:t = there is something
re:n = there is nothing
zrëgé:t = there is still something; something remains
dövőt = there is nothing (now); nothing remains
dü:gí:s = something beside remains
nű:zö:t = nothing beside remains
tó:rk = flat area of sand
tő:zik = this/that flat area of sand
tő:zerk = flat areas of sand
tözík = these/those flat areas of sand
mort = a wreck
brat = this/that wreck
brádu = wrecks
mudór = these/those wrecks
bráza = around a wreck
mo:rá: = around this/that wreck
brávu = of a wreck
mutávö = of this/that wreck
sup = colossal
sü:rk = boundary
së:rgű = having bounds
zö:rgű = boundless
dë: = bare
slë: = more bare
tö:r = alone/lone
da:r = more alone
dvön = level
zin = more level
ke:p = stretch something
gä:vn = strech!
görp = is/are stretched
svo: = far away
zva: = farther away