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Nouns have 8 inflectional cases (nominative, accusative, genitive, dative, locative, ablative, equative, translative), and have several declensions as in Quenya. The accusative is only used for definite objects, as in Tamil. | Nouns have 8 inflectional cases (nominative, accusative, genitive, dative, locative, ablative, equative, translative), and have several declensions as in Quenya. The accusative is only used for definite objects, as in Tamil. | ||
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Nouns ending in ''-ai'' also belong to this declension class: ''-y-'' is added to the stem when adding a suffix beginning with a vowel, e.g. ''vezhai'' 'book' > ''vezhaiyai'' ' | Nouns ending in ''-ai'' also belong to this declension class: ''-y-'' is added to the stem when adding a suffix beginning with a vowel, e.g. ''vezhai'' 'book (nom.)' > ''vezhaiyai'' 'book (gen.)'. | ||
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Revision as of 21:26, 11 June 2016
Qlenziêr (verappamil /veɾappamil/) is a language inspired by Tamil and Quenya.
Numbers:
1: i / ír / íres 2: cai / cais 3: min / mínes 4: tan / tánes 5: mar / máres 6: si / sís 7: atu / átus 8: sonno / sónnos ... 9: ostya / óstyas 10: iruccu 11: iruccíres 12: iruccuvéres 13: iruccumínes ... 20: caiccu 30: minuccu 40: tanuccu 50: maruccu 60: siyuccu 70: atuccu 80: sonnuccu 90: ostyaccu 100: rúya
Todo
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labiovelar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | ny /ɲ/ | [ŋ] | |||
| Plosive | plain | p /p/ | t /t~d/ | ty /t͡ɕ~dʑ/ | c /k~g~x/ | qu /kʷ~gʷ/ | |
| voiced | (b /b/) | ||||||
| Fricative | plain | f /f/ | s /s/ | hy /ç/ | hw /xʷ/ | h /h/ | |
| voiced | v /v/ | zh /ʒ/ | |||||
| Trill | r /ɾ~r/ | ||||||
| Approximant | w /w/ | l /l/ | y /j/ | ||||
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| short | long | short | long | short | long | |
| Close | i /i/ | í /iː/ | u /u~ɯᵝ/ | ú /uː/ | ||
| Mid | e /e/ | é /eː/ | [ə] | o /o/ | ó /oː/ | |
| Open | a /a/ | á /aː/ | ||||
Diphthongs: ai au /ai au/
- Notes
- /u~ɯᵝ/ is [u] in the first syllable, and [ɯᵝ] otherwise.
Morphology
Nouns
Nouns have 8 inflectional cases (nominative, accusative, genitive, dative, locative, ablative, equative, translative), and have several declensions as in Quenya. The accusative is only used for definite objects, as in Tamil.
Consonant nouns
Nouns ending in -ai also belong to this declension class: -y- is added to the stem when adding a suffix beginning with a vowel, e.g. vezhai 'book (nom.)' > vezhaiyai 'book (gen.)'.
| sain - human | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sain | sainnë |
| Accusative | sainar | sainnëar, sainneyar |
| Genitive | sainai | sainneyai |
| Dative | sainen | sainnen |
| Locative | sainet | sainnet |
| Ablative | sainál | sainneyál |
| Equative | sainello | sainnello |
| Translative | saincal | sainneccal |
e-nouns
| colvë - fruit | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | colvë | colvenë |
| Accusative | colvëar, colveyar | colvenëar, colveneyar |
| Genitive | colveyai | colveneyai |
| Dative | colven | colvenen |
| Locative | colvet | colvenet |
| Ablative | colveyál | colveneyál |
| Equative | colvello | colvenello |
| Translative | colveccal | colveneccal |
i-nouns
| érwi - pot | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | érwi | érwinë |
| Accusative | érwier, érwiyar | érwinëar, érwineyar |
| Genitive | érwiyai | érwineyai |
| Dative | érwien | érwinen |
| Locative | érwiet | érwinet |
| Ablative | érwiyál | érwineyál |
| Equative | érwillo | érwinello |
| Translative | érwiccal | érwineccal |
a-nouns
| lesta - house | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | lesta | lestanë |
| Accusative | lestar | lestanëar, lestaneyar |
| Genitive | lestai | lestaneyai |
| Dative | lestan | lestanen |
| Locative | lestat | lestanet |
| Ablative | lestál | lestaneyál |
| Equative | lestallo | lestanello |
| Translative | lestaccal | lestaneccal |
u/o-nouns
| sallu - tree | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sallu | sallunë |
| Accusative | salluvar | sallunëar, salluneyar |
| Genitive | salluvai | salluneyai |
| Dative | sallon | sallunen |
| Locative | sallut | sallunet |
| Ablative | salluvál | salluneyál |
| Equative | sallullo | sallunello |
| Translative | salluccal | salluneccal |
Pronouns
Qlenziêr is pro-drop.
- I: vun
- you: pal
- this / that / yon: vel / sil / nol (animates: veles / siles / noles)
- we: vunnë
- you: palnë
- these/those: velnë / silnë / nolnë
Verbs
There is a negative suffix, -li-.
Tense suffixes
- -0: timeless
- -ːva-: present
- -ri-: past
- -tti-: future
Personal suffixes
| Personal suffixes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | ||
| 1 | -n | -nwë | |
| 2 | -l | -lwë | |
| 3.an | -tu | -tai | |
| 3.inan | -r | ||
Clausal suffixes
- -um: "and"
- -issë: "if"
- -lassë or -lasset: "when"
Discourse
- -ya: interrogative