Envuntian | |||||||||||||
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Type | Analytic | ||||||||||||
Alignment | Nominative–Accusative | ||||||||||||
Head direction | Head-initial | ||||||||||||
Tonal | No | ||||||||||||
Declensions | Yes | ||||||||||||
Conjugations | Yes | ||||||||||||
Genders | Three | ||||||||||||
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 | Arcros Ofi |
Envuntian (Envunstút) is a north germanic conlang spoken by 9 million people in the fictional country of Envun.
Classification and Dialects[]
Envuntian is a North Germanic language, heavly influenced by English, Icelandic and Norweigan.
Phonology[]
Consonants[]
Bilabial | Labio-dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post-alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Epiglottal | Glottal | |
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Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||
Plosive | p b | t d | k | |||||||||
Fricative | β | f v | θ ð | s z | ʃ | ʝ | ɣ | ʁ χ | h | |||
Affricate | t͡ʃ | |||||||||||
Approximant | ɹ | j | ||||||||||
Trill | ||||||||||||
Flap or tap | ɾ | |||||||||||
Lateral fric. | ||||||||||||
Lateral app. | l | ʎ | ||||||||||
Lateral flap |
Vowels[]
Front | Back | |
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Close |
i y ɪ |
u ʊ |
Close-mid | e ə ɛ œ | o ɤ |
Open | a æ | ɑ |
Phonotactics[]
Writing System[]
Alphabet:[]
- A Á Ä Æ Ǽ B C D Ð Þ E É Ë F G H I Í Ï J K L M N O Ó Ö Ø Ǿ P Q R S T U Ú Ü V W X Y Z
- a á ä æ ǽ b c d ð þ e é ë f g h i í ï j k l m n o ó ö ø ǿ p q r s t u ú ü v w x y z
Accents mark a long pitch vowel.
Grammar[]
Pronouns[]
Personal:
- Ék - I
- Þú - You (singular)
- Et - It
- Ví - We
- Þúr - You (plural)
- Þeser - They
- Hes - He
- Sjei - She
Possessives:
- Ékent - Mine
- Þúent - Your (singular)
- Etent - Its
- Víent - Our
- Þúrent - Your (plural)
- Þeserent - Their
- Hesent - His
- Sjeint - Her
Nouns[]
Nouns and adjetives have 3 genders, Masculine, Femenine and Neutral.
Masculine nouns use the article Þan for singular and Þanen for plural, and the determinant án.
Femenine nouns use the article Þau for singular and Þaunen for plural, and the determinant áni.
Neutral nouns use the article Þet for singular and Þeten for plural, and the determinant áne.
Verbs[]
Verbs decline with person and number:
1st person: -i. 2nd person: -a. 3rd person: -e. Plural: -n
Example: að Skler (to eat)
- Ék sklir - I eat
- Þú sklar - You eat (singular)
- Hes skler - He eats
- Sjei skler - She eats
- Ví sklirin - We eat
- Þúr sklaran - You eat (plural)
- Þeser skleren - They eat
- Et skler - It eats
Verb tenses are conjugated by adding a word in front of the verb:
- Present: No word
- Past Imperfect: hel
- Past Perfect: helje
- Near Future: vil
- Far Future: vilte
- Conditional: jil
- Gerund: tute
- Particple: ju
Example:
- Ék vil sklir - I'm going to eat
- Ék vilte sklir - I will eat
- Ék helje sklir - I have eaten/I ate
- Ék hel sklir - I was eating
- Ék tute sklir - I'm eating
- Ék jil vil sklir - I may eat (later)
- Ék jil sklir - I may eat (now)
Syntax[]
Lexicon[]
Example text[]
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1[]
Allen humanberegen helje fødeten fräen en liketen íe vädet en rëcht. Þeser helje ændewen mëch æshte en vandishek en sulken akten émot án áneþe íe áne gæst uf braderskí.
English: All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
Noweigan: Alle mennesker er født frie og like i verdighet og rettigheter. De er utstyrt med fornuft og samvittighet og bør handle mot hverandre i en ånd av brorskap.
Icelandic: Allar manneskjur eru fæddar frjálsar og jafnar að reisn og réttindum. Þeir eru gæddir skynsemi og samvisku og ættu að starfa hver gagnvart öðrum í anda bræðralags.