Laefêvëši

Laefêvëši
Celestial or Ascended Laefêvëši
Laefêvëši
Pronunciation	[laeˈfɛːʋəʃi]
Created by	Andrej Schütz (aka Ashucky)
Date	2003, 2012
Setting	Olilonian (conworld)
Native speakers	? (2013)
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
CLCR	qlf

Laefêvëši (also known as Celestial Laefêvëši or Ascended Laefêvëši) is an a priori highly agglutinative language. It features extensive nominal and verbal systems, with a rather large phonology as well. It is supposed to be spoken in a conworld called Olilónien. The language is written in its own script, an alphabet (which is akin to the Latin script on Earth).

Background

The origins of the language date back to 2003, with major changes in grammar and vocabulary in 2012 - the version of the language used prior to the changes is now known as Classical Laefêvëši and it is an obsolete form. The version of the language that arose from the changes is now called Celestial Laefêvëši and it is the only version used. Initially intended to be a descendant language from the old version, it has since then taken an almost entirely new form. Most of the vocabulary has been changed, as well as several changes in phonology and orthography, altered nominal and adverbial systems, and the verbal system having been nearly completely overhauled.

Phonology

Consonants

		Bilabial	Labio- dental	Dental	Alveolar	Palato- alveolar	Alveo- palatal	Palatal	Palato- velar	Velar
Nasal	Plain	m			n			ɲ		ŋ
	Geminate	m:			n:
Plosive	Plain	p b			t d					k ɡ
	Geminate	p: b:			t: d:					k: ɡ:
Fricative	Plain		f v	θ ð	s z	ʃ ʒ			ɧ	x ɣ
	Geminate		f: v:	θ: ð:	s: z:					x:
Affricate					t͡s d͡z	t͡ʃ	d͡ʑ
Approximant								j		w
Trill					r
Flap or tap					ɾ
Lateral approximant	Plain				l			ʎ
	Geminate				l:

Vowels

	Front				Central		Back
	Unrounded		Rounded		Unrounded		Rounded
	Short	Long	Short	Long	Short	Long	Short	Long
Close	i	i:	y	y:			u	u:
Close-mid	e	e:	ø	ø:			o	o:
Mid					ə	ə:
Open-mid	ɛ	ɛ:					ɔ	ɔ:
Open					a	a:

Grammar

Morphology

Nouns

Main article: Laefêvëši/Nouns

Adjectives

Main article: Laefêvëši/Adjectives

Numerals

Main article: Laefêvëši/Numerals

Pronouns

Main article: Laefêvëši/Pronouns

Verbs

Main article: Laefêvëši/Verbs

Adverbs

Main article: Laefêvëši/Adverbs