Qlenziêr

Qlenziêr (verappamil hwenta /veɾappamil hwenta/) is a language inspired by *t a m i l* and Quenya.

Todo

• Capital of Verapamil = Tiruttazhai; some other place names are Tiruvastalyë, Tiruccómayarnë, Tiruppelvarai, Tiruffárimenwë, Ainulindalë
• herwassallu = oak tree
• vezhailesta = library
• Esalienna (or esalínna) vailíyar teriyum vinívanwë. = We are speaking about love and hate.
• Vunen pizhívalya? = Are you saving it for me?
• Silar esanwenen, silai yezhittor quatanwë. = We love him, therefore we celebrate his inauguration.
• quézhë = foot
• nómazh = face
• eccazh = grass
• teri- = touch
• yezhi- = to enter
• hwenta = language
• -mai = agentive

Phonology

Consonants

Qlenziêr consonants

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Labiovelar	Glottal
Nasal		m /m/	n /n/	ny /ɲ/	[ŋ]
Plosive		p /p~b/	t /t~d/	ty /t͡ɕ~dʑ/	c /k~g~x/	qu /kʷ~gʷ/
Fricative	plain	f /f/	s /s/	hy /ç/		hw /xʷ/	h /h/
	voiced	v /v/	zh /ʒ/
Trill/Flap			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
	Singular	Plural
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

nómazh - face
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	nómazh	nómazhnë
Accusative	nómazhar
Genitive	nómazhai
Dative	nómazhen
Locative	nómazhet
Ablative	nómazhál
Equative	nómazhello
Translative	nómazhcal

e-nouns

colvë - fruit
	Singular	Plural
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
	Singular	Plural
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
	Singular	Plural
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
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sallu	sallunë
Accusative	sallor	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 (inc, dual): var
• we (exc): vunnë
• we (inc, >2): varnë
• you: palnë
• these/those: velnë / silnë / nolnë

Possessive suffixes

Possessive suffixes are placed after the plural suffix and before the case suffix.

• 1ex.sg: -(i)nyë, 1ex.pl: -rmë
• 1in: -(v/y)óm
• 2.sg: -(i)llë, 2.pl: -lmë
• 3: -(i)nna

Verbs

There is a negative suffix, -li-.

Verbal nouns use the suffix -ttu.

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"
• -ssë: "if"
• -lassë or -lasset: "when"
• -nen: "because"
• -(y)án: but

Discourse

• -ya: interrogative

Numbers

1: i / ír / íres 2: cai / cais 3: min / mínes 4: tan / tánes 5: mar / máres 6: si / sís 7: atu / átus 8: son / sonno / sónnos 9: ostya / óstyas 10: mun / múnyë / múnyes 11: hal / haltë / haltes 12: iruccu 13: iruccíres 14: iruccuvéres 15: iruccumínes ... 24: caiccu 36: minuccu 48: tanuccu 60: maruccu 72: siyuccu 84: atuccu 96: sonnuccu 108: ostyaccu 120: múnyeccu 132: halteccu 144: rúya

Syntax

Verapamil is completely head-final.

Tower of Babel

1. Sillassë, quésil lailet ír hwentar ónyariyum írappál viniritai.

At that time, people in the whole world used the same language and spoke in the same way.

Babel = Pavel or Pavil