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(Created page with "{{Infobox language |name = Svojan |nativename = Švojln |pronunciation = ʃvɔjl̩n |creator = user:Aenil2 |created = 2024 |familycolor = Constructed language |script1 = Latn }} '''Svojan''' (autoglossonym: Švojln; <small>Svojan :</small> [ʃvɔjl̩n]) is a personal language I started working on in late 2024, as an attempt to use a Slavic-like phonology, while maintaining an unique grammar and vocabulary, unalike to the phonology's source lan...") |
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==Grammar== | |||
===Nouns=== | |||
Svojan nouns are gendered, and can inflect for case, number and definiteness | |||
====Noun genders==== | |||
Nouns can take 1 of 3 genders : Masculine, Feminine and Neuter | |||
The gender of a noun is highly predictable, and can be deducted from the following criterias: | |||
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! Masculine | |||
! Feminine | |||
! Neuter | |||
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* Nouns ending in a "hard" consonant (n, t, d and l) or <br /> | |||
* Nouns ending in a nasal vowel | |||
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* Nouns ending in a "soft" consonant (ň, ť, ď and ľ) <br /> | |||
* Nouns ending in a back vowel (a, o and u) | |||
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* Nouns ending in another consonant <br /> | |||
* Nouns ending in a front vowel (e, i and y) | |||
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* "leden" -> lead (metal)<br /> | |||
* "savę" -> male child | |||
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* "kataď" -> competition<br /> | |||
* "avu" -> bird | |||
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* "silaž" -> stone<br /> | |||
* "koný" -> meal | |||
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Revision as of 22:39, 29 December 2024
| Svojan | |
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| Švojln | |
| Pronunciation | [ʃvɔjl̩n] |
| Created by | user:Aenil2 |
| Date | 2024 |
Svojan (autoglossonym: Švojln; Svojan : [ʃvɔjl̩n]) is a personal language I started working on in late 2024, as an attempt to use a Slavic-like phonology, while maintaining an unique grammar and vocabulary, unalike to the phonology's source languages.
Phonology
Consonants
Svojan has 27 consonants, which are quite similar to the ones of Slovak
| Labials | Alveolars | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | |
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| Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | ň/n /ɲ/ | ||
| Plosive | p /p/, b /b/ | t /t/, d /d/ | ť/t /c/, ď/d /ɟ/ | k /k/, g /g/ | |
| Fricative | f /f/, v /v/ | s /s/, z /z/ | š /ʂ/, ž /ʐ/ | ch /x/, h /ɣ~ɦ/ | |
| Affricate | ts /ts/, dz /dz/ | č /tʂ/, dž /dʐ/ | |||
| Approximants | j /j/ | v /w/ | |||
| Rhotics | r /r/,l /l/ | ľ/l /ʎ/ |
Notes :
- Palatal sounds /ɲ/, /c/, /ɟ/ and /ʎ/ are written without carons if they are followed by a front vowel
- /w/ is either the labio-velar approximant /w/, the labio-dental approximant /ʋ/, the voiced labio-dental fricative /v/ or the voiced bilabial fricative /β/
- Retroflex sounds /tʂ/, /dʐ/, /ʂ/ and /ʐ/ can also be pronounced as palato-alveolar /tʃ/, /dʒ/, /ʃ/ and /ʒ/
Vowels
Svojan has 6 oral vowels and 3 nasal vowels. Oral vowels have length distinction.
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Notes :
- To mark length, the acute accent is used over the vowel. It sometimes can change the vowel :
- /e/ becomes /ɛ/ when long
- /o/ becomes /ɔ/ when long
Grammar
Nouns
Svojan nouns are gendered, and can inflect for case, number and definiteness
Noun genders
Nouns can take 1 of 3 genders : Masculine, Feminine and Neuter
The gender of a noun is highly predictable, and can be deducted from the following criterias:
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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