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|name = Valian
|name = Valian
|nativename = Välyatalle
|nativename = Välyatalle
|pronunciation = /ˈvæljɑˌd̥ɑlle/
|pronunciation = ˈvæljɑˌd̥ɑlle
|region = [[w:Eurasia|Eurasia]]
|setting = [[w:Eurasia|Eurasia]]
|speakers = 3 190
|speakers = 3 190
|date = 2012
|date = 2012
|familycolor=Isolate
|familycolor=Isolate
|family = [[w:Language isolate|Language isolate]]<br>([[Tenarian languages]])
|fam2 = [[Tenarian languages]]
|ancestor = [[Valian#Old Valian|Old Valian]]
|ancestor = [[Valian#Old Valian|Old Valian]]
|dia1 = Standard Valian
|stand1 = Standard Valian
|dia2 = Sanahta
|dia1 = Sanahta
|iso3 = qav
|clcr = qav
|script = [[w:Latin script|Latin]]
|script1 = Latn
|creator = User:Chrysophylax
|notice = IPA
|notice = IPA
}}
}}
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'''Välyatalle''', [ˈvæl.jɑˌtɑl.le], (a compound of {{term|välya}} 'good, noble' and {{term|talle}} 'speech'), also known as '''Valian''' is an a priori [[artistic language|artlang]] strongly inspired by Estonian phonology. Estonian is a very elegant language and Valian aims to at least capture a percentage of that phonaestetic vibe. A language rich in cellar doors! It belongs in-universe to a small isolate family called the Tenarian languages (my take on pseudo-Uralo-Finnic type languages), which includes such languages such as [[Elasian]] [[Valian/Etymologies|[2013]]].  
'''Välyatalle''', [ˈvæl.jɑˌtɑl.le], (a compound of {{c|välya}} 'good, noble' and {{c|talle}} 'speech'), also known as '''Valian''' is an a priori artlang strongly inspired by Estonian phonology. The grammar is a mash up between agglutinative trends, weird case retention, a half-broken gender system (inspired by Swedish debates about forcing the use of a gender neutral pronoun to not 'offend' anyone), and appositional genitive constructions (with trends to state differences for nouns) and Spanish-style object/subject marking on verbs (e.g. entregandotelo 'giving it to you'). As a bonus, there's a lot of sandhi going on at morpheme boundaries to spice up the mix and a seeming Ablaut-style system in effect for many of the verb stems. It is currently being quickly codified as I spend more and more sleepless nights running different sounds through my head and deciding on morphological and syntactic features.


But "Why so much Eesti?" you may ask. Well, the truth is that I have come to realise Estonian is a language rich in "cellar doors" i.e. rich in sounds I find extremely pleasing, e.g. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=BNHZce1TCa8 Greip - Vihma Loits (YouTube)] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtM_jG_llDU Sandra Nurmsalu - Velvetiin (YouTube)].
To sum it up: Pretty much broken pseudo-Estonian if it were spoken by a sleep-deprived conlanger, high on insane morphosyntax.
Recently, it was successfully demonstrated to be related to [[Elasian]] [[Valian/Etymologies|[2013]]].
==Phonology==
==Phonology==
===Vowels===
===Vowels===
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====Possession====
====Possession====


Nouns can be marked directly for possession, absorbing the role possessive adjectives have in many European languages. The markers are -itä, -ikä, -inä corresponding to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd singular and follow the number marker. Thus ''siidinä'' 'his hope' and ''siiditän'' 'our (excl.) hope'. Although they are written with "unweakened" consonants they are to be pronounced as if written with the weakened set.
Nouns can be marked directly for possession, absorbing the role possessive adjectives have in many European languages. The markers are -tä, -kä, -nä corresponding to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd singular and follow the number marker. Thus ''siidinä'' 'his hope' and ''siiditän'' 'our (excl.) hope'. Although they are written with "unweakened" consonants they are to be pronounced as if written with the weakened set.


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! style="background:#63ADD0" colspan="2" rowspan="3" | singular
! style="background:#63ADD0" colspan="2" rowspan="3" | singular
! style="background:#63ADD0" colspan="2" | first
! style="background:#63ADD0" colspan="2" | first
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;background:#93C9E1" | {{c|tee}}
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;background:#93C9E1" | {{term|tee}}
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;background:#93C9E1" | {{c|tu}}
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;background:#93C9E1" | {{term|tu}}
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;background:#93C9E1" | {{c|tä}}
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;background:#93C9E1" | {{term|tä}}
|-
|-
! style="background:#63ADD0" colspan="2" | second
! style="background:#63ADD0" colspan="2" | second
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;background:#93C9E1" | {{c|kee}}
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;background:#93C9E1" | {{term|kee}}
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;background:#93C9E1" | {{c|ku}}
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;background:#93C9E1" | {{term|ku}}
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;background:#93C9E1" | {{c|kä}}
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;background:#93C9E1" | {{term|kä}}
|-
|-
! style="background:#63ADD0" colspan="2" | third
! style="background:#63ADD0" colspan="2" | third
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;background:#93C9E1" | {{c|nee}}
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;background:#93C9E1" | {{term|nee}}
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;background:#93C9E1" | {{c|nu}}
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;background:#93C9E1" | {{term|nu}}
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;background:#93C9E1" | {{c|nä}}
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;background:#93C9E1" | {{term|nä}}
|-
|-
! style="background:#63ADD0" colspan="2" rowspan="3" | plural
! style="background:#63ADD0" colspan="2" rowspan="3" | plural
! style="background:#63ADD0" colspan="2" | first
! style="background:#63ADD0" colspan="2" | first
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;background:#93C9E1" | {{c|teen}}
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;background:#93C9E1" | {{term|teen}}
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;background:#93C9E1" | {{c|tun}}
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;background:#93C9E1" | {{term|tun}}
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;background:#93C9E1" | {{c|tän}}
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;background:#93C9E1" | {{term|tän}}
|-
|-
! style="background:#63ADD0" colspan="2" | second
! style="background:#63ADD0" colspan="2" | second
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;background:#93C9E1" | {{c|keen}}
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;background:#93C9E1" | {{term|keen}}
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;background:#93C9E1" | {{c|kun}}
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;background:#93C9E1" | {{term|kun}}
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;background:#93C9E1" | {{c|kän}}
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;background:#93C9E1" | {{term|kän}}
|-
|-
! style="background:#63ADD0" colspan="2" | third
! style="background:#63ADD0" colspan="2" | third
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;background:#93C9E1" | {{c|neen}}
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;background:#93C9E1" | {{term|neen}}
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;background:#93C9E1" | {{c|nun}}
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;background:#93C9E1" | {{term|nun}}
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;background:#93C9E1" | {{c|nän}}
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;background:#93C9E1" | {{term|nän}}
|-
|-
|}
|}
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