| Weženyól | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Isolating-Agglutinative | ||
| Alignment | Nominative-Accusative | ||
| Head direction | Initial | ||
| Tonal | No | ||
| Declensions | Yes | ||
| Conjugations | Yes | ||
| Genders | No | ||
| Nouns decline according to... | |||
| Case | Number | ||
| Definiteness | Gender | ||
| Verbs conjugate according to... | |||
| Voice | Mood | ||
| Person | Number | ||
| Tense | Aspect | ||
| Meta-information | |||
| Creator | MinersHavenM43 | ||
Weženyól (/weʒenjɵl/ [ɰeˈʒenjɵl]) is a language used in Wežen, a country in Yanizz, and its various colonies. It is descended from Old Lapizyol. It is CCVVC and head-initial. It is one of the official languages in Yanizz's interstellar empires, spoken by about ¼ of Yanizzians. The dialect shown here is spoken in the capital of Wežen, Lenbrati.
Phonology[]
| Bilabial | Postalveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | /m/ | /n/ | |||
| Plosive | /p/ /b/ | /t/ /d/ | /k/ /g/ | ||
| Affricate | /t͡ʃ/ | ||||
| Sibilant Fric. | /s/ /z/ | /ʃ/ /ʒ/ | |||
| Fricative | /ɸ/ /β/ | /x/ | |||
| Approximant | /ɹ/ | /j/ | /w/ | ||
| Trill | /ɾ/ | ||||
| Tap | /r/ | ||||
| Lateral Approximant | /l/ |
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| High | /i/ /y/ | /u/ |
| High-mid | /e/ /ø/ | /o/ |
| Low-mid | /ɛ/ | |
| Low | /a/ | /ɒ/ |
| Letter | Sound |
|---|---|
| Vowels | |
| A | /a/ |
| E | /e/ |
| I | /i/ |
| O | /o/ |
| Ω | /ɒ/ |
| U | /u/ |
| Á | /ɛ/ |
| Ó | /ø/ |
| Ú | /y/ |
| Consonants | |
| B | /b/ |
| C | /t͡ʃ/ |
| D | /d/ |
| F | /f/ |
| G | /g/ |
| Ġ | /x/ |
| H | |
| K | /k/ |
| L | /l/ |
| M | /m/ |
| N | /n/ |
| P | /p/ |
| R | /ɾ/
/ɹ/ in coda |
| Ř/Ŕ | /r/ |
| S | /s/ |
| Š/Ś | /ʃ/ |
| T | /t/ |
| V | /v/ |
| W | /w/ |
| Y | /j/ |
| Z | /z/ |
| Ž/Ź | /ʒ/ |
Accented letters occurs as a result of the loss of pitch accent from Old Lapizyol. Now, Weženyol has a separate stress system which usually occurs on the penultimate syllable of a word.
Grammar[]
The word order is usually VISOD (verb, instrument, subject, object, dative), although it can be changed.
Nouns[]
See cases for examples
| sing. | plur. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| v. end. | c. end. | v. end. | c. end. | |
| Nominative | -no | -on | -onu | -nu |
| Accusative | -ka | -eš | -kau | -ωš |
| Dative | -de | -es | -deu | -eus |
| Instrumental | -ui | -iu | ||
| Genitive | -že | -gauže | ||
Verbs[]
| non-imperative | imperative | superimperative
(need) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| past | -ři | -řo | -řel |
| close past | rei [verb] | ||
| present | -řa | -řω | -řol |
| future | -řus |
Cases[]
Weženyol has five cases:
Nominative (-no)[]
Used at the end of a word to mark the subject.
Yef Ŝunon hika.
DEF Sun-NOM star-ACC
Accusative (-ka)[]
Used at the end of a word to mark the object.
Yef Ŝunon hika.
DEF Sun-NOM star-ACC
Genitive (-že)[]
Used at the end of a word to mark possession.
Kanže kanošon katoka.
3sg-GEN house-NOM large-ACC
Dative (-de)[]
Used at the end of a word to mark the dative case.
Diferi kan kangeš kenřode nunei kai.
give-PAST 3sg.NOM 3pl.ACC weapon destroy-ADJ big-ADJ
Instrumental (-ui)[]
Used at the end of a word to mark the instrumental case.
Nuniri kiameusafui ŵeženon p̂okařaka
destroy-PAST weapon-atom-INS Wežen-NOM Pokařa-ACC
Pronouns[]
| Uncased | Nominative | Accusative | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | sing. | di | den | deš |
| plur. | dogau | dogon | dugeš | |
| 2nd | sing. | tos | toson | toseš |
| plur. | tosogau | tosgon | tosgeš | |
| 3rd | sing. | kan | kaneš | |
| plur. | kangau | kangon | kangeš | |
Copula[]
Present tense copulas are not marked.
| non-imp. | imp. | |
|---|---|---|
| past | ři | řω |
| short past | rei | |
| future | řus | řusω |