| Polijole | |||||||||||||
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| Type | Agglutinative (fairly) | ||||||||||||
| Alignment | Nominative-Accusative | ||||||||||||
| Head direction | Final | ||||||||||||
| Tonal | No | ||||||||||||
| Declensions | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Conjugations | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Genders | Masculine, Feminine | ||||||||||||
| Nouns decline according to... | |||||||||||||
| Case | Number | ||||||||||||
| Definiteness | Gender | ||||||||||||
| Verbs conjugate according to... | |||||||||||||
| Voice | Mood | ||||||||||||
| Person | Number | ||||||||||||
| Tense | Aspect | ||||||||||||
| Meta-information | |||||||||||||
| Progress | Expression error: Unexpected < operator.% | ||||||||||||
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| Creator | Glitchy999 | ||||||||||||
Polijole (/pɒliɟɒlə/) is the language spoken by the Polidians, a race of humans with magical powers, they existed on earth for around ~7820bc to 692bc, but now live on another planet called Polidia, or Poligathe /pɒligatʰə/, and have erased all evidence of their Earth presence
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Classification and Dialects[edit | edit source]
The version of Polijole shown in this article was spoken at around 692bc, but the language has changed and has altered into 6 different dialects.
Phonology[edit | edit source]
Consonants[edit | edit source]
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Post-alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ||||
| Plosive | p pʰ b | t tʰ d | ɟ | k kʰ g | ʔ | |
| Fricative | s z | ʃ | x | |||
| Affricate | t͡s | t͡ʃ | ||||
| Lateral app. | l |
Vowels[edit | edit source]
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | u | |
| Mid | ə | ||
| Low | a | ɒ |
Phonotactics[edit | edit source]
Has a CV syllable structure
an aspirated consonant cannot be on the first syllable of a word or before sa se si su tsa tse tsi or tsu.
Writing System[edit | edit source]
The modern writing system derived from the Phoenician alphabet, the older writing system is unknown.
Grammar[edit | edit source]
Nouns[edit | edit source]
-ga = Nominative
-ne = Accusative
-'i = Vocative
-te = Locative
-ba/-be = Genitive (-be when after a e.g katconabe)
-sa = Dative
-saka = Ablative
-(Previous consonant) = Reflexive (e.g jata > jatata)
-ke = Nom Dual
-kone = Acc Dual
-'a = Voc Dual
-kete = Loc Dual
-keba = Gen Dual
-kesa = Dat Dual
-ka = Abl Dual
-su = Nom Plural
-sune = Acc Plural
-'a = Voc Plural
-cuda = Loc Plural
-suba = Gen Plural
-cuna = Dat Plural
-cusa = Dat Plural
-suka = Abl Plural
Verbs[edit | edit source]
Tenses/Perfective
-the = Present (rare)
-tsu = Imperfect
-tsi = Perfect
-mu = Past tense
-tu = Future tense
-mutsu = Past tense imperfect
-mutsi = Past tense perfect
-tutsu = Future tense imperfect
-tutsi = Future tense perfect
Gender
-na = masc
-ma = fem
Syntax[edit | edit source]
VSO word order
Lexicon[edit | edit source]
Example text[edit | edit source]
Romanisation:
su gisa naga xa titosone, ni xaga su gina
IPA:
/su gisa naga xa titɒsɒnə, ni xaga su gina/
Gloss:
PL like 1sg-NOM DEM food-ACC, COP DEM-NOM PL good
Translation:
I like this food a lot, it is very good.
Romanisation[edit | edit source]
| Consonants | Vowels | |
|---|---|---|
| IPA | b g d z x ɟ k l m n s p t͡s t͡ʃ ʃ t ʔ (pʰ) (tʰ) (kʰ)
|
a ə i ɒ u
|
| Romanisation | b g d z x j k l m n s p ts tc c t ' (ph) (th) (kh)
|
a e i o u
|
