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{{Infobox language
{{Infobox language
|image            = Jovlish Flag.png
|image            = Jovlish Flag.png
|imagesize        = 185px
|imagesize        = 185px
|imagecaption      = Ethnic flag used by most Jovlers
|imagecaption      = Flag of the Kingdom of Jovaia
|name              = Jovlish
|name              = Jovlish
|nativename        = {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Jóvleş}}
|nativename        = {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Öggeş}}
|pronunciation    = ˈʒoːvlɛʃ
|pronunciation    = ˈʒoːvlɛʃ
|states            = [[w:Turkey|Türkiye]]
|states            = Jovaia
|setting          = Earth
|setting          = Earth
|created          = 2024
|created          = 2024
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|fam5              = [[w:Anglo-Frisian_languages#Anglic_languages|Anglic]]
|fam5              = [[w:Anglo-Frisian_languages#Anglic_languages|Anglic]]
|creator          = User:Vrianne
|creator          = User:Vrianne
|dia1              = Turkish Jovlish ({{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Türkjóvleş}} (Türkjóvleş))
|stand1            = Royal Jovlish ({{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Künöggeş}} (Künöggeş))
|dia2              = Georgian Jovlish ({{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Kortuljóvleş}} (Kortuljóvleş))
|dia1              = Turkish Jovlish (Türköggeş)
|dia2              = Georgian Jovlish (ქორთულეუგგეშ (Kortuleuggeş))
|dia3              = Kyutonian (кютонш (kjutonš))
|script1          = Jovl
|script1          = Jovl
|script2          = Geor
|script2          = Geor
|script3          = Latn
|script3          = Latn
|script4          = Cyrl
|nation            = Jovaia
|minority          = [[w:Turkey|Türkiye]], [[w:Georgia|Georgia]]
|minority          = [[w:Turkey|Türkiye]], [[w:Georgia|Georgia]]
|agency            = Jovlish Royal Academy ({{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Öxkünakademya}} (Öxkünakademya))
|map              = Jovlish Speakers.png
|map              = Jovlish Speakers.png
|mapsize          = 280px
|mapsize          = 280px
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{{legend|#0080FE|...as a majority language}}
{{legend|#0080FE|...as a majority language}}
{{legend|#88C4FE|...as a minority language}}
{{legend|#88C4FE|...as a minority language}}
|map2              = Lang Status 80-VU.svg
|mapcaption2      = {{center|{{small|Jovlish is classified as Definitely Endangered by the [[w:UNESCO|UNESCO]] ''[[w:Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger|Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger]]''}}}}
|notice            = IPA
|notice            = IPA
|ethnicity        = Jovler
|ethnicity        = Jovler
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{{contains Jovlish}}
{{contains Jovlish}}
Jovlish ({{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Jóvleş}}, Jóvleş [ˈʒoːvlɛʃ]) is an [[w:Anglo-Frisian_languages#Anglic_languages|Anglic]] [[w:Germanic languages|Germanic]] language whose speakers mainly reside in the [[w:Pontus_(region)|Pontus]] region (Jovlish: {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Troψ}}, Trops [tɾɔps]) in the [[w:Turkey|Republic of Türkiye]]. It is descended from the [[w:Old English|Old English]] spoken by the [[w:Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] refugees [[w:New England (medieval)|fleeing from the Norman invasion of England to the Black Sea]], thus making it related to other Anglic languages such as [[w:English language|English]] and [[w:Scots language|Scots]], and to other [[w:Anglo-Frisian languages|Anglo-Frisian]] languages such as the [[w:Frisian languages|Frisian]] languages.
'''Jovlish''' ('''{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Öggeş}}''', '''''Öggeş''''' [ˈʔœɡɡɛʃ], formally '''{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|itÖxsψış}}''', '''''itÖxspsış''''' [ʔɪˈtœks(ː)ˌpsωʃ] or '''{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|iJóvalsψış}}''', '''''iJóvalspsış''''' [ʔɪˈʒo(ː)vɐlsˌpsωʃ]) is an [[w:Anglo-Frisian_languages#Anglic_languages|Anglic]] [[w:Germanic languages|Germanic]] language whose speakers mainly reside in the [[w:Pontus_(region)|Pontus]] region (Jovlish: {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Pont}}, ''Pont'' [pʰɔ̃ntʰ]) split between the [[w:Turkey|Republic of Türkiye]], the Kingdom of Jovaia, and the [[w:Georgia (country)|Republic of Georgia]]. It is descended from the [[w:Old English|Old English]] spoken by the [[w:Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] refugees [[w:New England (medieval)|fleeing from the Norman invasion of England to the Black Sea]], thus making it related to other Anglic languages such as [[w:English language|English]] and [[w:Scots language|Scots]], and to other [[w:Anglo-Frisian languages|Anglo-Frisian]] languages such as the [[w:Frisian languages|Frisian]] languages.
==Classification==
==Classification==
Jovlish is an [[w:Indo-European languages|Indo-European]] language that belongs to the [[w:Anglo-Frisian_languages|Anglo-Frisian]] branch of the [[w:West Germanic languages|West Germanic]] languages, which in-turn is also a branch of the [[w:Germanic languages|Germanic]] languages. It is specifically an [[w:Anglo-Frisian_languages#Anglic_languages|Anglic]] language descending from the [[w:West Saxon dialect|West Saxon]] dialect of [[w:Old English|Old English]].
Jovlish is an [[w:Indo-European languages|Indo-European]] language that belongs to the [[w:Anglo-Frisian_languages|Anglo-Frisian]] branch of the [[w:West Germanic languages|West Germanic]] languages, which in-turn is also a branch of the [[w:Germanic languages|Germanic]] languages. It is specifically an [[w:Anglo-Frisian_languages#Anglic_languages|Anglic]] language descending from the [[w:West Saxon dialect|West Saxon]] dialect of [[w:Old English|Old English]].
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| [[wikt:Ierde|Ierde]]
| [[wikt:Ierde|Ierde]]
|-
|-
| [https://lexiconga.com/86838032/25 {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|grīt}}] (grīt)
| [https://lexiconga.com/86838032/171 {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|şīd}}] (şīd)
| [[wikt:great|great]]
| [[wikt:head|head]]
| [[wikt:great|great]]
| [[wikt:heid|heid]]
| [[wikt:grut|grut]]
| [[wikt:haad|haad]]
|-
|-
| [https://lexiconga.com/86838032/15 {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|mēqk}}] (mēqk)
| [https://lexiconga.com/86838032/15 {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|mēqk}}] (mēqk)
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| [[wikt:jaan|jaan]]
| [[wikt:jaan|jaan]]
|}
|}
==History==
==History==
===Old Jovlish (12th–15th century)===
===Old Jovlish (12th–15th century)===
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===Modern Jovlish (17th century–present)===
===Modern Jovlish (17th century–present)===
The 17th century marked the definitive split of Jovlish into two primary dialects:
The 17th century marked the definitive split of Jovlish into two primary dialects:
* '''Turkish Jovlish''' ('''{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Türkjóvleş}}''', Türkjóvleş), spoken primarily in modern-day Turkey, especially in former Greek-populated areas along the Black Sea coast.
* '''Turkish Jovlish''', spoken primarily in modern-day Turkey, especially in former Greek-populated areas along the Black Sea coast.
* '''Georgian Jovlish''' ('''{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Kortuljóvleş}}''', Kortuljóvleş), concentrated in western Georgia.
* '''Georgian Jovlish''', concentrated in western Georgia.
In the 20th century, the Turkish Republican government initiated policies that suppressed minority languages, including Jovlish, leading to a sharp decline in its usage.
 
Following the [[w:Dissolution of the Ottoman Empire|dissolution of the Ottoman Empire]] and during the [[w:Turkish War of Independence|Turkish War of Independence]], efforts were made to standardize and preserve the Jovlish language. During this period, a standardized script was created, grammar and pronunciation were codified, and educational and linguistic institutions were established, though these efforts were geographically limited to within the borders of Jovaia.
 
Despite these efforts, the varieties spoken in Turkey and Georgia remained poorly documented and unstandardized, leading to an ongoing decline in speakers.
 
==Etymology==
==Etymology==
Throughout their history, Jovlers were referred to by names such as "(east) English", "(west) Saxon", "Dutch", etc. The endonym {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|"öggeş"}} (öggeş) and its derivatives come from Middle Jovlish "elggisć" /ˈɛu̯ɡɡɛʃ/, a common metathesized form of "egglisć" /ˈɛɡ(ː)lɛʃ/ ("English") which was one of the terms used by Jovlers to refer to themselves colloquially, aside from "seaxisć" /ˈsiɐ̯ksɛʃ/, "éaæ̈lisć" /ˈjɔu̯wælɛʃ/, "teutonisć" /ˈtɛu̯tɔnɛʃ/, and "łormánisć" /ʁɔrˈmɔu̯nɛʃ/. Both "elggisć" and "egglisć" ultimately are from Old English "[[wikt:Englisc#Old_English|englisċ]]", thus making {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|"öggeş"}} (öggeş, "Jovlish") and {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|"egleş"}} (egleş, "English") doublets.
The exonym "jovlish" used in English and many other languages such as German "jovalisch", French "jovalais", Arabic "{{lang|ar|sc=ar|ياولي}}" (yāwiliyy), Greek "{{lang|el|sc=el|γεβαλικός}}" (gevalikós), and Russian "ювалский" (juvalskij) all trace to either Modern Jovlish {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|"jóvleş"}} (jóvleş, "Jovlish (nationally)"), Early Modern Jovlish "''*jóvaleş''", or Middle Jovlish "éaæ̈lisć" /ˈjɔu̯wælɛʃ/. This endonym eventually fell out of use in favor of {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|"öggeş"}} (öggeş) linguistically, but it is still used gentilicly such as in {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|"Jóvaya"}} (Jóvaya, "Jovaia"). It comes from Early Middle Jovlish "éasægglisć" /ˈjɑːstˌæɡɡliʃ/, literally meaning "east english", in reference to their location relative to England and the English.
==Phonology==
==Phonology==
===Old Jovlish===
===Old Jovlish===
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! style="font-weight:bold; font-size:small;" | [[w:voicing (phonetics)|voiced]]
! style="font-weight:bold; font-size:small;" | [[w:voicing (phonetics)|voiced]]
| v ⟨f, ƀ⟩
| v ⟨f, ƀ⟩
| (ð)
| ð ⟨þ⟩
| z ⟨s⟩
| z ⟨s⟩
|  
|  
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* /ç ʝ/ are allophones of /x~χ ʁ/ near /i(ː) y(ː) e(ː) ø/.
* /ç ʝ/ are allophones of /x~χ ʁ/ near /i(ː) y(ː) e(ː) ø/.
* /h/ is an allophone of /x~χ/ morpheme-initially.
* /h/ is an allophone of /x~χ/ morpheme-initially.
====Phonological shifts from Old English====
====Phonological shifts from Old English====
* Homorganic lengthening and Pre-cluster shortening were carried over from the [[w:Phonological_history_of_English#Changes_by_time_period_from_Middle_English_to_American-British_split|transition from Old English to Middle English]].
* Homorganic lengthening and Pre-cluster shortening were carried over from the [[w:Phonological_history_of_English#Changes_by_time_period_from_Middle_English_to_American-British_split|transition from Old English to Middle English]].
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* /m/ > /n/ morpheme-finally, though some words were unaffected.
* /m/ > /n/ morpheme-finally, though some words were unaffected.
* /kn, kl/ > /kʃn, kʃl/, though not orthographically represented.
* /kn, kl/ > /kʃn, kʃl/, though not orthographically represented.
* /wr-/ > /wyrˠ-/ before a syllable containing a front vowel and /wurˠ-/ before a syllable containing a back vowel.
* Voiceless sonorants become geminate fricatives.
* Voiceless sonorants become geminate fricatives.
** /n̥/ > /xx/.
** /n̥/ > /xx/.
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** /i͜y/ > /iʊ̯/ before either /ʁ/ or a syllable containing a back vowel.
** /i͜y/ > /iʊ̯/ before either /ʁ/ or a syllable containing a back vowel.
* /æ͜ɑː, e͜oː, i͜yː/ > /jɑː, joː, jyː/ word-initially and /iːɐ̯, iːɔ̯, iːœ̯/ elsewhere.
* /æ͜ɑː, e͜oː, i͜yː/ > /jɑː, joː, jyː/ word-initially and /iːɐ̯, iːɔ̯, iːœ̯/ elsewhere.
* /x, ʁ/ palatalize to /ç ʝ/ near front vowels /i(ː), e(ː)/.
** the /i͜y(ː)/ monophthongization typically found in late West Saxon English seems to not have occurred in the specific varieties of West Saxon from which Old Jovlish evolved. That said, a few words do appear to display said monophthongization, such as /ˈjyvɑn/ instead of the expected /*ˈjiʊ̯vɑn/
* /x, ʁ/ palatalize to /ç ʝ/ near front vowels /i(ː), y(ː), e(ː), ø/.
** /ʁ/ > /ʝ/ in particular is blocked if /ʁ/ is preceded by a front vowel and followed by a consonant, yielding forms such as /wyʁd/ instead of /*wyʝd/.
* Glides after the diphthongs /iɐ̯, iɔ̯, iœ̯, iʊ̯, iːɐ̯, iːɔ̯, iːœ̯/ are dropped.
* Glides after the diphthongs /iɐ̯, iɔ̯, iœ̯, iʊ̯, iːɐ̯, iːɔ̯, iːœ̯/ are dropped.


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! style="font-weight:bold; font-size:small;" | [[w:voicing (phonetics)|voiced]]
! style="font-weight:bold; font-size:small;" | [[w:voicing (phonetics)|voiced]]
| v ⟨f, ƀ⟩
| v ⟨f, ƀ⟩
| (ð)
| ð ⟨þ⟩
| z ⟨s⟩
| z ⟨s⟩
|  
|  
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Notes:
Notes:
* although Old Jovlish /t͡ʃ/ merges with /ʃ/, /t͡ʃ/ is re-introduced into Middle Jovlish through laonwords.
* although Old Jovlish /t͡ʃ/ merges with /ʃ/, /t͡ʃ/ is re-introduced into Middle Jovlish through laonwords.
====Phonological shifts from Old Jovlish====
====Phonological shifts from Old Jovlish====
* /h/-dropping.
* /h/-dropping.
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Notes:
Notes:
* /aː/ is realized as true central [äː].
* /aː/ is realized as true central [äː].
* vowels before nasal consonants are allophonically nasalized.
* the distinction between /eː oː/ and other mid vowels is more reliant on quality than length, and thus /eː oː/ are not always lengthened.
* the distinction between /eː oː/ and other mid vowels is more reliant on quality than length, and thus /eː oː/ are not always lengthened.
* in the case of consecutive long vowels, the second long vowel is held for a shorter period of time, such as in [https://lexiconga.com/86838032/79 {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|fēşēver}}] (fēşēver) /ˈf'''ɛː'''ˌʃ'''ɛː'''vər/ [ˈf'''ɛː'''ˌʃ'''ɛˑ'''v(ə)ɾ].
* in the case of consecutive long vowels, the second long vowel is held for a shorter period of time, such as in [https://lexiconga.com/86838032/79 {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|fēşēver}}] (fēşēver) /ˈf'''ɛː'''ˌʃ'''ɛː'''vər/ [ˈf'''ɛː'''ˌʃ'''ɛˑ'''v(ə)ɾ].
====Consonants====
====Consonants====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
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! colspan="2" style="font-weight:bold;" | [[w:Approximant consonant|Approximant]]
! colspan="2" style="font-weight:bold;" | [[w:Approximant consonant|Approximant]]
|  
|  
| l
| ɫ
|  
|  
| j
| j
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|  
|  
|}
|}
Notes:
* /p t k/ are aspirated [pʰ tʰ kʰ].
* /r/ is most commonly a tap [ɾ].
* /ʁ/ is an approximant [ʁ̞].
* /ɫ/ is currently undergoing vocalization to /◌ˠː/ in coda positions before back vowels and /w/ in coda positions otherwise, with the shift of full vocalization in non-coda positions even becoming apparent in some communities.
====Phonological shifts from Middle Jovlish====
====Phonological shifts from Middle Jovlish====
* /ʊ/ > /ɔ/
* /ʊ/ > /ɔ/
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** /ljə, lɥə, lwə/ > /jɯ, vɯ, vɯ/.
** /ljə, lɥə, lwə/ > /jɯ, vɯ, vɯ/.
* /ɑ, æ/ > /ɔ, ɐ/.
* /ɑ, æ/ > /ɔ, ɐ/.
* /l/ velarizes to /ɫ/
==Orthographies==
==Orthographies==
===Old and Middle Jovlish Latin===
===Old and Middle Jovlish Latin===
The Old Jovlish writing standard was a direct continuation of the Late West Saxon standard used for the writing of Old English in the period prior to the [[w:Norman Conquest|Norman Conquest]]. [[w:Acute accent|Acutes]] were added and standardized on consonants ⟨ć, cǵ, ǵ, sć⟩ in order to distinguish /t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ, j, ʃ/, and on vowels to mark length. /ʁ/ was spelled etymologically by adding a stroke to ⟨g, r, l⟩, thus /jɑːʁ, çiɔ̯ʁt, jɑʁd/ were spelled ⟨éaǥ, heoɍt, eałd⟩ (< OE ⟨[[wikt:eage|eage]], [[wikt:heorte|heorte]], [[wikt:eald|eald]]⟩) respectively. [[w:Eth|Edh]] ⟨ð⟩ and [[w:Wynn|wynn]] ⟨ƿ⟩ were also fully fell out of use in favor of ⟨[[w:thorn (letter)|þ]]⟩ and ⟨uu⟩, and word-initial/-final instances of /v/ were spelled as ⟨ƀ⟩.
The Old Jovlish writing standard was a direct continuation of the Late West Saxon standard used for the writing of Old English in the period prior to the [[w:Norman Conquest|Norman Conquest]]. [[w:Acute accent|Acutes]] were added and standardized on consonants ⟨ć, cǵ, ǵ, sć⟩ in order to distinguish /t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ, j, ʃ/, and on vowels to mark length. /ʁ/ was spelled etymologically by adding a stroke to ⟨g, r, l⟩, thus /jɑːʁ, çiɔ̯ʁt, jɑʁd/ were spelled ⟨éaǥ, heoɍt, eałd⟩ (< OE ⟨[[wikt:eage|eage]], [[wikt:heorte|heorte]], [[wikt:eald|eald]]⟩) respectively. [[w:Eth|Edh]] ⟨ð⟩ and [[w:Wynn|wynn]] ⟨ƿ⟩ also fully fell out of use in favor of ⟨[[w:thorn (letter)|þ]]⟩ and ⟨uu⟩, and word-initial/-final instances of /v/ were spelled as ⟨ƀ⟩.


Spelling was mostly not standardized and left etymological during the Middle Jovlish period. The only two changes seen regularly occurring in Middle Jovlish period were ⟨ł⟩ fully supplanting ⟨ǥ, ɍ⟩ in all instances (⟨éał, heoł, eał⟩) and ⟨t, d⟩ dropping after ⟨ł⟩.
Spelling was mostly not standardized and left etymological during the Middle Jovlish period. The only two changes seen regularly occurring in Middle Jovlish period were ⟨ł⟩ fully supplanting ⟨ǥ, ɍ⟩ in all instances (⟨éał, heoł, eał⟩) and ⟨t, d⟩ dropping after ⟨ł⟩.
===Modern Script===
 
The modern '''Jovlish script''' (Jovlish: '''{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|jóvalhomhott}}''', jóvalhomhott), also known as the '''[https://lexiconga.com/86838032/92 Jelkyn] Script''' ('''{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|jöqkünhomhott}}''', jöqkünhomhott) or the '''Royal Script''' ('''{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|künhomhott}}''', künhomhott), was commissioned by Jelkyn Aşşīş II in order to increase literacy and accessibly of the Jovlish language, as part of a wider response to suppression efforts of the Jovlish language. Most of its letters are direct derivations of the common Jovlish Latin lettering convention, alongside some derivations from [[w:Cyrillic script|Cyrillic]], and newly-created letters. The wide adoption of the script effectively reformed Jovlish spelling to be much more phonemic.
===Modern script===
[[File:Jovlish handwritten.jpeg|thumb|right|handwritten sample of the Jovlish Script]]
The modern '''Jovlish script''' (Jovlish: '''{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|öxhomhott}}''', öxhomhott), also known as the '''[https://lexiconga.com/86838032/92 Jelkyn] Script''' ('''{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|jöqkünhomhott}}''', jöqkünhomhott) or the '''Royal Script''' ('''{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|künhomhott}}''', künhomhott), was commissioned by Jelkyn Aşşīş II in order to increase literacy and accessibly of the Jovlish language, as part of a wider response to suppression efforts of the Jovlish language outside of Jovaia's borders. It was commisioned a couple decades before the Soviet invasion of Jovaia, and it would persist throughout the duration of [[w:World War II|Second World War]] and the [[w:Cold War|Cold War]], still seeing official and widespread common use throughout Jovaia. Most of its letters are direct derivations of the common Jovlish Latin lettering convention, or the common lettering style throughout Jovaia. This lettering convention was a collage of multiple different styles and sources, with some being continuations of the [[w:Insular script|Insular Style]] (such as ⟨[[File:T old jovlish 2.png|16px|frameless]]⟩ ← ⟨[[wikt:ꞇ#Old_English|ꞇ]]⟩ and ⟨[[File:R old jovlish 2.png|16px|frameless]]⟩ ← ⟨[[wikt:ꞃ#Old_English|ꞃ]]⟩), some being later adaptations (compare the insular-derived ⟨[[File:J old jovlish 2.png|16px|frameless]]⟩ ← ⟨[[wikt:ᵹ#Old_English|ᵹ]]⟩ with the later ⟨[[File:G old jovlish 2.png|16px|frameless]]⟩ ← ⟨ɢ⟩), and others being influenced by their [[w:Greek alphabet|Greek Script]] equivalents (such as ⟨[[File:B old jovlish 2.png|16px|frameless]]⟩ ← ⟨b, [[w:beta|β]]⟩). This writing style would be the main source for the letters of the new script (⟨{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|b, j, g, r, t, . . .}}⟩), alongside derivations from [[w:Cyrillic script|Cyrillic]] (⟨{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ş}}⟩ ← ⟨[[w:sha (cyrillic)|ш]]⟩) and [[w:Greek alphabet|Greek]] (⟨{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ψ}}⟩ ← ⟨[[w:psi (greek)|ψ]]⟩), blends (⟨{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ŋ}}⟩ ← ⟨{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|n + g}}⟩), and artificial, newly-created letters (⟨{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ı}}⟩).The wide adoption of the script effectively reformed Jovlish spelling to be much more phonemic.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|- style="font-weight:bold;"
|- style="font-weight:bold;"
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! IPA
! IPA
! Romanization
! Romanization
! Origin
! Origin (Old–Middle Jovlish)
! rowspan="19" style="font-weight:normal;" |  
! rowspan="19" style="font-weight:normal;" |  
! Letter
! Letter
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! IPA
! IPA
! Romanization
! Romanization
! Origin
! Origin (Old–Middle Jovlish)
|-
|-
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Aa}}
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Aa}}
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ākhom}}<br>[ˈʔäːkʰˌχɔm]
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ā}}<br>[ʔäː]
| [ɐ]
| [ɐ]
| a
| a
| Jovlish Latin ⟨a⟩
| Jovlish Latin ⟨a⟩ [[File:A old jovlish.png|60px|frameless]]
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Ņņ}}
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Ņņ}}
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|iņhom}}<br>[ˈʔɪɲˌχɔm]
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|}}<br>[ʔɪɲ]
| [ɲ]
| [ɲ]
| ņ
| ņ
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|-
|-
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Bb}}
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Bb}}
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|bjohhom}}<br>[ˈbʒɔχˌχɔm]
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|}}<br>[be(ː)]
| [b]
| [b]
| b
| b
| Jovlish Latin ⟨b⟩
| Jovlish Latin ⟨b⟩ [[File:B old jovlish.png|60px|frameless]]
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Ŋŋ}}
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Ŋŋ}}
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|aŋhom}}<br>[ˈʔɐŋˌχɔm]
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|}}<br>[ʔɐŋ]
| [ŋ]
| [ŋ]
| ŋ
| ŋ
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|-
|-
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Vv}}
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Vv}}
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|vűnhom}}<br>[ˈvyːnˌχɔm]
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|}}<br>[ve(ː)]
| [v]
| [v]
| v
| v
| ⟨{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|b}}⟩ with a top stroke
| ⟨{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|b}}⟩ with a top stroke
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Oo}}
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Oo}}
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|óshom}}<br>[ˈʔo(ː)sˌχɔm]
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ó}}<br>[ʔo(ː)]
| [ɔ]
| [ɔ]
| o
| o
| Jovlish Latin ⟨o⟩
| Jovlish Latin ⟨o⟩ [[File:O old jovlish.png|60px|frameless]]
|-
|-
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Kk}}
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Kk}}
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|kéhom}}<br>[ˈkʰe(ː)ˌχɔm]
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|}}<br>[kʰe(ː)]
| [kʰ]
| [kʰ]
| k
| k
| Jovlish Latin ⟨c⟩
| Jovlish Latin ⟨c⟩ [[File:C old jovlish.png|50px|frameless]]
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Öö}}
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Öö}}
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|övhom}}<br>[ˈʔœv̥ˌχɔm]
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ő}}<br>[ʔœː]
| [œ]
| [œ]
| ö
| ö
| Jovlish Latin ⟨œ⟩
| Jovlish Latin ⟨œ⟩  
[[File:Œ old jovlish.png|60px|frameless]]
|-
|-
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Çç}}
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Çç}}
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|çéhom}}<br>[ˈt͡ʃe(ː)ˌχɔm]
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|çé}}<br>[t͡ʃe(ː)]
| [t͡ʃ]
| [t͡ʃ]
| ç
| ç
| artificial invention, likely drawn from Jovlish Latin ⟨ć⟩
| artificial invention, likely drawn from Jovlish Latin ⟨ć⟩
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Pp}}
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Pp}}
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|pşohhom}}<br>[ˈpʃɔχˌχɔm]
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|}}<br>[pe(ː)]
| [pʰ]
| [pʰ]
| p
| p
| Jovlish Latin ⟨p⟩
| Jovlish Latin ⟨p⟩ [[File:P old jovlish.png|60px|frameless]]
|-
|-
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Dd}}
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Dd}}
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|dēhom}}<br>[ˈdɛːˌχɔm]
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|}}<br>[de(ː)]
| [d]
| [d]
| d
| d
| Jovlish Latin ⟨d⟩
| Jovlish Latin ⟨d⟩ [[File:D old jovlish.png|60px|frameless]]
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Rr}}
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Rr}}
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|róhom}}<br>[ˈɾo(ː)ˌχɔm]
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|}}<br>[ɾe(ː)]
| [ɾ]
| [ɾ]
| r
| r
| Jovlish Latin ⟨r⟩
| Jovlish Latin ⟨r⟩ [[File:R old jovlish.png|60px|frameless]]
|-
|-
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Ee}}
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Ee}}
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|eşhom}}<br>[ˈʔɛʃˌχɔm]
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|é}}<br>[ʔe(ː)]
| [ɛ]
| [ɛ]
| e
| e
| Jovlish Latin ⟨e⟩
| Jovlish Latin ⟨e⟩ [[File:E old jovlish.png|60px|frameless]]
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Ss}}
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Ss}}
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|sijhom}}<br>[ˈsɪʒ̊ˌχɔm]
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|}}<br>[se(ː)]
| [s]
| [s]
| s
| s
| Jovlish Latin ⟨s⟩
| Jovlish Latin ⟨s⟩ [[File:S old jovlish.png|60px|frameless]]
|-
|-
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Ff}}
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Ff}}
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|fēhhom}}<br>[ˈfɛːə̯χˌχɔm]
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|}}<br>[fe(ː)]
| [f]
| [f]
| f
| f
| Jovlish Latin ⟨f⟩
| Jovlish Latin ⟨f⟩ [[File:F old jovlish.png|60px|frameless]]
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Şş}}
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Şş}}
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|şéhom}}<br>[ˈʃe(ː)ˌχɔm]
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|şé}}<br>[ʃe(ː)]
| [ʃ]
| [ʃ]
| ş
| ş
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|-
|-
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Jj}}
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Jj}}
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|jűfhom}}<br>[ˈʒyːfˌχɔm]
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|}}<br>[ʒe(ː)]
| [ʒ]
| [ʒ]
| j
| j
| Jovlish Latin ⟨ᵹ⟩, a variant of ⟨g⟩
| Jovlish Latin ⟨ᵹ⟩, a variant of ⟨g⟩ [[File:J old jovlish.png|60px|frameless]]
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Tt}}
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Tt}}
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|tıvhom}}<br>[ˈtʰωv̥ˌχɔm]
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|}}<br>[tʰe(ː)]
| [tʰ]
| [tʰ]
| t
| t
| Jovlish Latin ⟨t⟩
| Jovlish Latin ⟨t⟩ [[File:T old jovlish.png|60px|frameless]]
|-
|-
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Gg}}
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Gg}}
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|gűfhom}}<br>[ˈɡyːfˌχɔm]
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|}}<br>[ɡe(ː)]
| [ɡ]
| [ɡ]
| g
| g
| Jovlish Latin ⟨g⟩
| Jovlish Latin ⟨g⟩ [[File:G old jovlish.png|60px|frameless]]
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Cc}}
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Cc}}
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|cıvhom}}<br>[ˈd͡ʒωv̥ˌχɔm]
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|}}<br>[d͡ʒe(ː)]
| [d͡ʒ]
| [d͡ʒ]
| c
| c
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|-
|-
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Hh}}
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Hh}}
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|hēvhom}}<br>[ˈχɛːv̥ˌχɔm]
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|}}<br>[χe(ː)]
| [χ]
| [χ]
| h
| h
| Jovlish Latin ⟨h⟩
| Jovlish Latin ⟨h⟩ [[File:H old jovlish.png|60px|frameless]]
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Uu}}
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Uu}}
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ūhom}}<br>[ˈʔuːə̯ˌχɔm]
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ū}}<br>[ʔuː]
| [ʊ]
| [ʊ]
| u
| u
| Jovlish Latin ⟨u⟩
| Jovlish Latin ⟨u⟩ [[File:U old jovlish.png|60px|frameless]]
|-
|-
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Iı}}
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Iı}}
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ïhom}}<br>[ˈʔɯːˌχɔm]
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ï}}<br>[ʔɯː]
| [ω]
| [ω]
| ı
| ı
| artificial invention
| artificial invention
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Ww}}
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Ww}}
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|wūhom}}<br>[ˈvuːə̯ˌχɔm]
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|}}<br>[vuː]
| [v]
| [v]
| w
| w
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|-
|-
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|İi}}
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|İi}}
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|īshom}}<br>[ˈʔiːsˌχɔm]
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ī}}<br>[ʔiː]
| [ɪ]
| [ɪ]
| i
| i
| Jovlish Latin ⟨i⟩
| Jovlish Latin ⟨i⟩ [[File:I old jovlish.png|60px|frameless]]
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Xx}}
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Xx}}
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|xihom}}<br>[ˈksɪˌχɔm]
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|}}<br>[kse(ː)]
| [ks]
| [ks]
| x
| x
| Jovlish Latin ⟨x⟩
| Jovlish Latin ⟨x⟩ [[File:X old jovlish.png|60px|frameless]]
|-
|-
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Yy}}
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Yy}}
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|yēshom}}<br>[ˈjɛːsˌχɔm]
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|}}<br>[jɛː]
| [j]
| [j]
| y
| y
| ⟨{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|i}}⟩ with a breve, likely drawing inspiration from Cyrillic ⟨[[w:Short I (Cyrillic)|й]]⟩
| ⟨{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|i}}⟩ with a breve, likely drawing inspiration from Cyrillic ⟨[[w:Short I (Cyrillic)|й]]⟩
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Üü}}
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Üü}}
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|űrhom}}<br>[ˈʔyːɾˌχɔm]
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ű}}<br>[ʔyː]
| [ʏ]
| [ʏ]
| ü
| ü
| Jovlish Latin ⟨y⟩
| Jovlish Latin ⟨y⟩ [[File:Y old jovlish.png|60px|frameless]]
|-
|-
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Ll}}
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Ll}}
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|lohhom}}<br>[ˈlɔχˌχɔm]
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|}}<br>[ɫe(ː)]
| [l]
| [ɫ]
| l
| l
| Jovlish Latin ⟨l⟩
| Jovlish Latin ⟨l⟩ [[File:L old jovlish.png|60px|frameless]]
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Zz}}
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Zz}}
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|zetthom}}<br>[ˈzɛttʰˌχɔm]
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|}}<br>[ze(ː)]
| [z]
| [z]
| z
| z
| Jovlish Latin ⟨z⟩
| Jovlish Latin ⟨z⟩ [[File:Z old jovlish.png|60px|frameless]]
|-
|-
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Qq}}
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Qq}}
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|qēnhom}}<br>[ˈʁ̞ɛːnˌχɔm]
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|}}<br>[ʁ̞e(ː)]
| [ʁ̞], [Ø]
| [ʁ̞], [Ø]
| q
| q
| Jovlish Latin ⟨ł⟩
| Jovlish Latin ⟨ł⟩ [[File:Ł old jovlish.png|60px|frameless]]
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Ξξ}}
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Ξξ}}
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ξihom}}<br>[ˈbzɪˌχɔm]
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ξé}}<br>[bze(ː)]
| [bz]
| [bz]
| bz
| bz
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|-
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Mm}}
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Mm}}
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|monhom}}<br>[ˈmɔnˌχɔm]
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|}}<br>[me(ː)]
| [m]
| [m]
| m
| m
| Jovlish Latin ⟨m⟩
| Jovlish Latin ⟨m⟩ [[File:M old jovlish.png|60px|frameless]]
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Ψψ}}
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Ψψ}}
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ψihom}}<br>[ˈpsɪˌχɔm]
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ψé}}<br>[pse(ː)]
| [ps]
| [ps]
| ps
| ps
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|-
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Nn}}
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Nn}}
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|nīdhom}}<br>[ˈniːd̥ˌχɔm]
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|}}<br>[ne(ː)]
| [n]
| [n]
| n
| n
| Jovlish Latin ⟨n⟩
| Jovlish Latin ⟨n⟩ [[File:N old jovlish.png|60px|frameless]]
|  
|  
|  
|  
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|-
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Āā}}
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Āā}}
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|loŋ ākhom}}<br>[lɔŋ ˈʔäːkʰˌχɔm]
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|loŋ ā}}<br>[lɔŋ ʔäː]
| [äː]
| [äː]
| ā
| ā
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Ōō}}
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Ōō}}
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|loŋ óshom}}<br>[lɔŋ ˈʔo(ː)sˌχɔm]
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|loŋ ó}}<br>[lɔŋ ʔo(ː)]
| [ɔː]
| [ɔː]
| ō
| ō
|-
|-
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Ēē}}
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Ēē}}
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|loŋ eşhom}}<br>[lɔŋ ˈʔɛʃˌχɔm]
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|loŋ é}}<br>[lɔŋ ˈʔe(ː)]
| [ɛː]
| [ɛː]
| ē
| ē
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Óó}}
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Óó}}
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|frenşeş óshom}}<br>[ˈfɾɛnʃɛʃ ˈʔo(ː)sˌχɔm]
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|frenşeş ó}}<br>[ˈfɾɛnʃɛʃ ʔo(ː)]
| [oː]
| [oː]
| ó
| ó
|-
|-
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Éé}}
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Éé}}
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl| frenşeş eşhom}}<br>[ˈfɾɛnʃɛʃ ˈʔɛʃˌχɔm]
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl| frenşeş é}}<br>[ˈfɾɛnʃɛʃ ˈʔe(ː)]
| [e(ː)]
| [e(ː)]
| é
| é
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Őő}}
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Őő}}
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|loŋ övhom}}<br>[lɔŋ ˈʔœv̥ˌχɔm]
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|loŋ ő}}<br>[lɔŋ ʔœː]
| [œː]
| [œː]
| ő, ȫ
| ő, ȫ
|-
|-
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Ïï}}
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Ïï}}
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|loŋ ïhom}}<br>[lɔŋ ˈʔɯːˌχɔm]
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|loŋ ï}}<br>[lɔŋ ʔɯː]
| [ɯː]
| [ɯː]
| ï
| ï
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Ūū}}
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Ūū}}
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|loŋ ūhom}}<br>[lɔŋ ˈʔuːə̯ˌχɔm]
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|loŋ ū}}<br>[lɔŋ ʔu]
| [uː]
| [uː]
| ū
| ū
|-
|-
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Īī}}
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Īī}}
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|loŋ īshom}}<br>[lɔŋ ˈʔiːsˌχɔm]
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|loŋ ī}}<br>[lɔŋ ʔiː]
| [iː]
| [iː]
| ī
| ī
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Űű}}
| style="font-size:large;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Űű}}
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|loŋ űrhom}}<br>[lɔŋ ˈʔyːɾˌχɔm]
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|loŋ ű}}<br>[lɔŋ ʔyː]
| [yː]
| [yː]
| ű, ǖ
| ű, ǖ
|}
|}


==Grammar==
===Failed proposals===
===Syntax===
====Greek script====
Jovlish exhibits [[w:Subject–object–verb word order|subject–object–verb]] (SOV) word order by default, though in practice its word order is relatively flexible:
During the Old Jovlish period, there were many proposals and attempts at writing Old Jovlish in the [[w:Greek alphabet|Greek script]] to further bring ties closer between [[w:Byzantine Empire under the Komnenos dynasty|Byzantium]] and Jovaia, among other reasons. These proposals never picked up significant speed due to the fact that most of them were either tied to bigger movements such as an official conversion to [[w:Eastern Orthodoxy|orthodoxy]] and/or further [[w:hellenization|hellenization]] of the kingdom or were simply popular with neither the common folk nor the aristocracy.
* in declarative clauses, SOV is by far the most common word order.
** <span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Onton}}</span> <span style="background-color:#a6aeff">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|es}}</span> <span style="background-color:#adffa6">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|bók}}</span> <span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|eza}}</span> — ''<span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">Onton</span> <span style="background-color:#a6aeff">es</span> <span style="background-color:#adffa6">bók</span> <span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">eza</span>'' — "<span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">Anton</span> <span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">read</span> <span style="background-color:#a6aeff">his</span> <span style="background-color:#adffa6">book</span>"
* negation tends to shift the word order to VSO.
** <span style="background-color:#a6f6ff">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|n}}</span><span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|eza}}</span> <span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Onton}}</span> <span style="background-color:#a6aeff">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|es}}</span> <span style="background-color:#adffa6">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|bók}}</span> — ''<span style="background-color:#a6f6ff">n</span><span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">eza</span> <span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">Onton</span> <span style="background-color:#a6aeff">es</span> <span style="background-color:#adffa6">bók</span>'' — "<span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">Anton</span> <span style="background-color:#a6f6ff">did not</span> <span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">read</span> <span style="background-color:#a6aeff">his</span> <span style="background-color:#adffa6">book</span>"
* interrogative clauses also do the same.
** <span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|eza}}</span> <span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Onton}}</span> <span style="background-color:#a6aeff">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|es}}</span> <span style="background-color:#adffa6">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|bók}}</span>{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|?}} — ''<span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">eza</span> <span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">Onton</span> <span style="background-color:#a6aeff">es</span> <span style="background-color:#adffa6">bók</span>?'' — "<span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">did</span> <span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">Anton</span> <span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">read</span> <span style="background-color:#a6aeff">his</span> <span style="background-color:#adffa6">book</span>?"
*... though interrogative clauses using SOV is of generally equal distribution.
** <span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Onton}}</span> <span style="background-color:#a6aeff">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|es}}</span> <span style="background-color:#adffa6">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|bók}}</span> <span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|eza}}</span>{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|?}} — ''<span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">Onton</span> <span style="background-color:#a6aeff">es</span> <span style="background-color:#adffa6">bók</span> <span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">eza</span>?'' — "<span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">did</span> <span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">Anton</span> <span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">read</span> <span style="background-color:#a6aeff">his</span> <span style="background-color:#adffa6">book</span>?"
* interrogative pronouns are placed clause-initially but do not interfere with verb placement.
** <span style="background-color:#a6aeff">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|fat}}</span> <span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|eza}}</span> <span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Onton}}</span>{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|?}} — ''<span style="background-color:#a6aeff">fat</span> <span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">eza</span> <span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">Onton</span>?'' — "<span style="background-color:#a6aeff">what</span> <span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">did</span> <span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">Anton</span> <span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">read</span>?"
** <span style="background-color:#a6aeff">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|fat}}</span> <span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Onton}}</span> <span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|eza}}</span>{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|?}} — ''<span style="background-color:#a6aeff">fat</span> <span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">Onton</span> <span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">eza</span>?'' — "<span style="background-color:#a6aeff">what</span> <span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">did</span> <span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">Anton</span> <span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">read</span>?"


===Nominals===
These proposals were not standardized and differed in representing sounds not present in Byzantine Greek. Sounds such as [t͡ʃ], for example, were represented in a plethora of different ways, which varied by proposal. One common feature across these proposals however is the lack of apparent representation of vowel length, leaving it inferred in a given word.
====Pronouns====
<div style=display:inline-grid>
=====Personal pronouns=====
{| class="wikitable"  
Jovlish pronouns decline for person, number, and gender. The old accusative and dative forms reduced and merged into [[w:Clitic#Enclitic|enclitics]] that attach to a given verb. It is also important to note that Jovlish is [[w:Pro-drop language|pro-drop]], meaning that its subject pronouns are omitted, and they are only used emphatically or [[w:Disjunctive pronoun|disjunctively]].
|-
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+ '''Vowels'''
|- style="font-weight:bold;"
! Phoneme
! rowspan="3" |  
! Glyph(s)
! colspan="4" | Singular
|-
! colspan="3" | Plural
| [i(ː)]
|- style="font-weight:bold;"
| ι, ει, η
! rowspan="2" | 1st person
|-
! rowspan="2" | 2nd person
| [y(ː)]
! colspan="2" | 3rd person
| υ
! rowspan="2" | 1st person
! rowspan="2" | 2nd person
! rowspan="2" | 3rd person
|-
|-
! style="font-weight:bold;" | Masculine
| [u(ː)]
! style="font-weight:bold;" | Feminine
| ου
|-
|-
! style="font-weight:bold;" | Nominative
| [e(ː)]
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|eş}}<br />''eş''
| ε, αι
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|hō}}<br />''hō''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|et}}<br />''et''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|jó}}<br />''jó''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|vé}}<br />''vé''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|hō}}<br />''hō''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ű}}<br />''ű''
|-
|-
! style="font-weight:bold;" | Genitive
| [ø]
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|me}}<br />''me''
| οε
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|he}}<br />''he''
|-
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|es}}<br />''es''
| [o(ː)]
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|er}}<br />''er''
| ο, ω
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ar}}<br />''ar''
|-
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|jor}}<br />''jor''
| [æ(ː)]
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|űr}}<br />''űr''
| αε
|-
| [ɑ(ː)]
| α
|-
| [iʊ̯]
| ευ, εϋ, ιυ, ιϋ
|-
| [i(ː)ɔ̯]
| εο, ιο
|-
|-
! style="font-weight:bold;" | Reflexive
| [i(ː)œ̯]
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|māz}}<br />''māz''
| εοε, ιοε
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|hāz}}<br />''hāz''
| colspan="2" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ens}}<br />''ens''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|űs}}<br />''űs''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|józ}}<br />''józ''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|űz}}<br />''űz''
|-
|-
! style="font-weight:bold;" | Oblique clitic
| [i(ː)ɐ̯]
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|-em}}<br />''-em''
| εα, ια
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|-eh}}<br />''-eh''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|-en}}<br />''-en''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|-ej}}<br />''-ej''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|-es}}<br />''-es''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|-eh}}<br />''-eh''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|-ev}}<br />''-ev''
|}
|}
=====Demonstrative pronouns=====
</div>
Demonstratives decline similarly to pronouns, except they retain full accusative and dative forms alongside the enclitics.
<div style=display:inline-grid>
<div style=display:inline-grid>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
{| class="wikitable"  
|+ '''Proximal demonstratives (''this, these'')'''
|- style="font-weight:bold;"
! rowspan="2" style="font-weight:normal; text-align:left;" |
! colspan="2" | Singular
! rowspan="2" style="width:70px;" | Plural
|- style="font-weight:bold;"
|- style="font-weight:bold;"
! Masculine
|+ '''Consonants'''
! Feminine
! Phoneme
! Glyph(s)
! rowspan="13" style="font-weight:normal;" |
! style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;" | Phoneme
! style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;" | Glyph(s)
|-
|-
! style="font-weight:bold;" | Nominative
| [m]
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|hes}}<br />''hes''
| μ
| rowspan="2" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|hīs}}<br />''hīs''
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | [θ]
| rowspan="2" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|hós}}<br />''hós''
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | θ, ρ<sup>[1]</sup>, ρρ<sup>[1]</sup>
|-
|-
! style="font-weight:bold;" | Accusative
| [n]
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|hezn}}<br />''hezn''
| ν
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | [s]
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | ς
|-
|-
! style="font-weight:bold;" | Genitive
| [ŋ]
| colspan="3" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|hes}}<br />''hes''
| γγ
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | [ʃ]
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | σι, ς, ς́
|-
|-
! style="font-weight:bold;" | Dative
| [pʰ]
| colspan="3" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|hős}}<br />''hős''
| π
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | [ç, x~χ, h]
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | χ
|-
|-
! style="font-weight:bold;" | Oblique clitic
| [tʰ]
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|-ehe}}<br />''-ehe''
| τ
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|-ehi}}<br />''-ehi''
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | [v]
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|-eho}}<br />''-eho''
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | β
|-
| [t͡ʃ]
| τσι, τς, τς́
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | [ð]
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | δ
|-
| [kʰ]
| κ
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | [z]
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | ζ
|-
| [b]
| μπ, ββ, πβ
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | [ʝ, ʁ]
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | γ, ρ, λ
|-
| [d]
| ντ, δδ, τδ
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | [r]
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | ρ
|-
| [d͡ʒ]
| τζι, τζ, τζ́
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | [l]
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | λ
|-
| [ɡ]
| γκ, κγ
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | [j]
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | ι
|-
| [f]
| φ
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | [w]
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | ου
|}
|}
</div>
</div>
# only used in loanwords with historical Greek /r̥(ː)/
====Cyrillic script====
Although diplomatic relations with the Russians were mostly sour, proposals to shift Middle and Early Modern Jovlish into being written in Eastern Cyrillic were nonetheless constantly springing up, well into and after the Soviet invasion of Jovaia. These reforms, although reforming an orthography with much bigger and more common disparities between it and the spoken language, suffered from much of the same pitfalls as the Greek proposals that came before it, such as being tied to pro-russian or pro-[[w:russification|russification]] agendas.
<div style=display:inline-grid>
<div style=display:inline-grid>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
{| class="wikitable"  
|+ '''Distal demonstratives (''that, those'')'''
|- style="font-weight:bold;"
|- style="font-weight:bold;"
! rowspan="2" style="font-weight:normal; text-align:left;" |  
|+ '''Vowels'''
! colspan="2" | Singular
! Phoneme
! rowspan="2" style="width:70px;" | Plural
! Glyph(s)
|- style="font-weight:bold;"
! rowspan="11" style="font-weight:normal;" |  
! Masculine
! style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;" | Phoneme
 
! style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;" | Glyph(s)
! Feminine
|-
|-
! style="font-weight:bold;" | Nominative
| [iː]
| colspan="2" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|jon}}<br />''jon''
| і, ї, ий
| rowspan="2" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|jön}}<br />''jön''
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | [ɔ]
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | о
|-
| [yː]
| ѵ, оуэ, ү
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | [ɐ]
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | а, аэ, ә
|-
| [uː]
| оу
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | [æ]
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | аэ, а, ә
|-
| [ɪ]
| и
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | [ɑ]
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | а, о
|-
| [ʏ]
| ы, уэ
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | [iɐ̯]
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | эа, иа, я
|-
| [ʊ]
| у
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | [yɐ̯]
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | эѵ, эу, эо, иѵ, иу, ю
|-
|-
! style="font-weight:bold;" | Accusative
| [eː]
| colspan="2" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|jön}}<br />''jön''
| ѣ, эй
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | [ɯʊ̯]
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | иу, уу, эу, ю
|-
|-
! style="font-weight:bold;" | Genitive
| [ɛ]
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|jons}}<br />''jons''
| э
| rowspan="2" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|jor}}<br />''jor''
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | [jə]
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|jor}}<br />''jor''
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | е, ё, ъя, ъе, ъё
|-
|-
! style="font-weight:bold;" | Dative
| [œ]
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|jone}}<br />''jone''
| оэ, ө
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|jone}}<br />''jone''
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | [ɥə]
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | ъѵ, ъоуэ, ъю
|-
|-
! style="font-weight:bold;" | Oblique clitic
| [ə]
| colspan="2" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|-ejo}}<br />''-ejo''
| а, э, о
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|-ejö}}<br />''-ejö''
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | [wə]
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | ъу, ъоу
|}
|}
</div>
</div>
=====Interrogative pronouns=====
=====Article=====
====Nouns====
Jovlish nouns have lost distinct forms for most of the noun cases and currently decline only for two case groupings: '''Direct''' (nominative, accusative) and '''Oblique''' (dative, genitive), themselves being only distinguished in the singular. Nouns are grouped into one of four declensions, regardless of gender:
* '''<span style="color:red">1st declension</span> nouns''', oblique by root ablaut or {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|-(e)s}} (-(e)s), equivalent to Old English a-, i-, ō-, and u-stem nouns.
* '''<span style="color:blue">2nd declension</span> nouns''', oblique by {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|-(e)n}} (-(e)n), equivalent to Old English n-stem nouns.
* '''<span style="color:green">3rd declension</span> nouns''', plural by {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|-re}} (-re), oblique by {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|-s}} (-s), equivalent to Old English r- and z-stem nouns.
* '''<span style="color:purple">4th declension</span> nouns''', plural and oblique irregular, equivalent to Old English ablauting consonant stem nouns and nouns with irregular forms.
<div style=display:inline-grid>
<div style=display:inline-grid>
{| class="wikitable" style="font-weight:bold; text-align:center;"
{| class="wikitable"  
|+ '''1st Declension'''
|- style="font-weight:bold;"
! rowspan="2" style="font-weight:normal; text-align:left;" |  
|+ '''Consonants'''
! colspan="2" | [https://lexiconga.com/86838032/5 {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ōn}}] ''ōn'' ("dog")
! Phoneme
! colspan="2" | [https://lexiconga.com/86838032/11 {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|köşt}}] ''köşt'' ("house")
! Glyph(s)
! rowspan="13" style="font-weight:normal;" |
! style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;" | Phoneme
! style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;" | Glyph(s)
|-
| [m]
| м
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | [θ]
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | ѳ, þ
|-
| [n]
| н
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | [s]
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | с
|-
| [ŋ]
| нг
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | ]
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | ш
|-
|-
! Singular
| [pʰ]
! Plural
| п
! Singular
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | [ç, χ]
! Plural
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | х
|- style="font-weight:normal;"
|-
! style="font-weight:bold;" | Direct
| [tʰ]
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ōn}}<br />''ōn''
| т
| rowspan="2" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ōn}}<span style="color:red">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|e}}</span><br />''ōn<span style="color:red">e</span>''
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | [v]
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|köşt}}<br />''köşt''
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | в
| rowspan="2" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|köşt}}<span style="color:red">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|e}}</span><br />''köşt<span style="color:red">e</span>''
|-
|- style="font-weight:normal;"
| [t͡ʃ]
! style="font-weight:bold;" | Oblique
| ч
| <span style="color:red">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ő}}</span>{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|n}}<br />''<span style="color:red">ő</span>n''
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | [ð]
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|köşt}}<span style="color:red">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|s}}</span><br />''köşt<span style="color:red">s</span>''
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | ѳ, þ
|-
| [kʰ]
| к
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | [z]
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | з
|-
| [b]
| б
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | [ʝ, ʁ]
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | г, л, ԯ, ӆ
|-
| [d]
| д
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | [r]
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | р
|-
| [d͡ʒ]
| (д)ж
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | [l]
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | л, ль
|-
| [ɡ]
| ґ, г
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | [j]
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | й
|-
| [f]
| ф
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | [w]
| style="vertical-align:middle;" | ў, в
|}
|}
</div>
</div>
<div style=display:inline-grid>
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-weight:bold; text-align:center;"
==Grammar==
|+ '''2nd Declension'''
===Syntax===
! rowspan="2" style="font-weight:normal; text-align:left;" |
Jovlish exhibits [[w:Subject–object–verb word order|subject–object–verb]] (SOV) word order by default, though in practice its word order is relatively flexible:
! colspan="2" | [https://lexiconga.com/86838032/54 {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|veş}}] ''veş'' ("week")
* in declarative clauses, SOV is by far the most common word order.
! colspan="2" | [https://lexiconga.com/86838032/85 {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|vón}}] ''vón'' ("flag")
** <span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Mişal}}</span> <span style="background-color:#a6aeff">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|s}}</span><span style="background-color:#adffa6">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|bók}}</span> <span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|}}</span> — ''<span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">Mişal</span> <span style="background-color:#a6aeff">s</span><span style="background-color:#adffa6">bók</span> <span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">zē</span>'' "<span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">Mişal</span> <span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">read</span> <span style="background-color:#a6aeff">his</span> <span style="background-color:#adffa6">book</span>"
|-
* negation tends to shift the word order to VSO.
! Singular
** <span style="background-color:#a6f6ff">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|n}}</span><span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|}}</span> <span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Mişal}}</span> <span style="background-color:#a6aeff">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|s}}</span><span style="background-color:#adffa6">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|bók}}</span> — ''<span style="background-color:#a6f6ff">n</span><span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">zē</span> <span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">Mişal</span> <span style="background-color:#a6aeff">s</span><span style="background-color:#adffa6">bók</span>'' "<span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">Mişal</span> <span style="background-color:#a6f6ff">did not</span> <span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">read</span> <span style="background-color:#a6aeff">his</span> <span style="background-color:#adffa6">book</span>"
! Plural
* interrogative clauses also do the same.
! Singular
** <span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|zē}}</span> <span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Mişal}}</span> <span style="background-color:#a6aeff">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|s}}</span><span style="background-color:#adffa6">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|bók}}</span>{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|?}} — ''<span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">zē</span> <span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">Mişal</span> <span style="background-color:#a6aeff">s</span><span style="background-color:#adffa6">bók</span>?'' — "<span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">did</span> <span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">Mişal</span> <span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">read</span> <span style="background-color:#a6aeff">his</span> <span style="background-color:#adffa6">book</span>?"
! Plural
*... though interrogative clauses using SOV is of generally equal distribution.
|- style="font-weight:normal;"
** <span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Mişal}}</span> <span style="background-color:#a6aeff">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|s}}</span><span style="background-color:#adffa6">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|bók}}</span> <span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|zē}}</span>{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|?}} — ''<span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">Mişal</span> <span style="background-color:#a6aeff">s</span><span style="background-color:#adffa6">bók</span> <span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">zē</span>?'' — "<span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">did</span> <span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">Mişal</span> <span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">read</span> <span style="background-color:#a6aeff">his</span> <span style="background-color:#adffa6">book</span>?"
! style="font-weight:bold;" | Direct
* interrogative pronouns are placed clause-initially but do not interfere with verb placement.
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|veş}}<br />''veş''
** <span style="background-color:#a6aeff">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|fat}}</span> <span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|zē}}</span> <span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Mişal}}</span>{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|?}} — ''<span style="background-color:#a6aeff">fat</span> <span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">zē</span> <span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">Mişal</span>?'' — "<span style="background-color:#a6aeff">what</span> <span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">did</span> <span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">Mişal</span> <span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">read</span>?"
| rowspan="2" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|veş}}<span style="color:blue">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|e}}</span><br />''veş<span style="color:blue">e</span>''
** <span style="background-color:#a6aeff">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|fat}}</span> <span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Mişal}}</span> <span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|zē}}</span>{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|?}} — ''<span style="background-color:#a6aeff">fat</span> <span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">Mişal</span> <span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">zē</span>?'' — "<span style="background-color:#a6aeff">what</span> <span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">did</span> <span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">Mişal</span> <span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">read</span>?"
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|vón}}<br />''vón''
 
| rowspan="2" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|vón}}<span style="color:blue">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|e}}</span><br />''vón<span style="color:blue">e</span>''
===Clitics===
|- style="font-weight:normal;"
Some pronouns, postpositions, and adjectives get affixed onto nouns or verbs.
! style="font-weight:bold;" | Oblique
* Oblique pronouns suffix onto their relevant verb and follow.
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|veş}}<span style="color:blue">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|n}}</span><br />''veş<span style="color:blue">n</span>''
** <span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|düd}}</span><span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|eş}}</span><span style="background-color:#a6aeff">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ejo}}</span> — ''<span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">düd</span><span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">eş</span><span style="background-color:#a6aeff">ejo</span>'' — "<span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">I</span> <span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">did</span> <span style="background-color:#a6aeff">that</span>"
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|vón}}<span style="color:blue">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|en}}</span><br />''vón<span style="color:blue">en</span>''
** <span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|luv}}</span><span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ī}}</span><span style="background-color:#a6aeff">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|eh}}</span> — ''<span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">luv</span><span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">ī</span><span style="background-color:#a6aeff">eh</span>'' — "<span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">she</span> <span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">loves</span> <span style="background-color:#a6aeff">you</span>"
|}
** <span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|zomerz}}</span><span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ű}}</span><span style="background-color:#a6aeff">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|en}}</span> — ''<span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">zomerz</span><span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">ű</span><span style="background-color:#a6aeff">en</span>'' — "<span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">he may</span> <span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">freeze</span> <span style="background-color:#a6aeff">it</span>"
</div>
* Postpositions directly suffix onto nouns.
 
** <span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|yarsçıts}}</span><span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|noŋ}}</span> — ''<span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">yarsçıts</span><span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">noŋ</span>'' — "<span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">along</span> <span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">the street</span>"
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** <span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|űst}}</span><span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|hoh}}</span> — ''<span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">űst</span><span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">hoh</span>'' — "<span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">in</span> <span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">a language</span>"
{| class="wikitable" style="font-weight:bold; text-align:center;"
** <span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|üradār}}</span><span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|em}}</span> — ''<span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">üradār</span><span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">em</span>'' — "<span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">using</span> <span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">the radar</span>"
|+ '''3rd Declension'''
* In the case of a pronoun being the object of a preposition, the Jovlish Royal Academy prescribes suffixing postpositions onto the pronominal clitics.
! rowspan="2" style="font-weight:normal; text-align:left;" |
** <span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|nbéŋ}}</span><span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ş}}</span><span style="background-color:#a6aeff">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ehe}}</span><span style="background-color:#adffa6">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|on}}</span> — ''<span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">nbéŋ</span><span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">ş</span><span style="background-color:#a6aeff">ehe</span><span style="background-color:#adffa6">on</span>'' — "<span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">I</span> <span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">did not agree</span> <span style="background-color:#adffa6">to</span> <span style="background-color:#a6aeff">this</span>"
! colspan="2" | [https://lexiconga.com/86838032/1 {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|brıh}}] ''brıh'' ("brother")
* ...though most colloquial Jovaian varieties perfer to instead suffix the postposition onto an independent pronoun.
! colspan="2" | [https://lexiconga.com/86838032/8 {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|vēd}}] ''vēd'' ("winter")
** <span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|nbéŋ}}</span><span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ş}}</span> <span style="background-color:#a6aeff">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|hős}}</span><span style="background-color:#adffa6">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|on}}</span> — ''<span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">nbéŋ</span><span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">ş</span> <span style="background-color:#a6aeff">hős</span><span style="background-color:#adffa6">on</span>'' — "<span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">I</span> <span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">did not agree</span> <span style="background-color:#adffa6">to</span> <span style="background-color:#a6aeff">this</span>"
* Color adjectives, cardinal adjectives, gentilic/linguistic adjectives, and Old English prefixes that got re-appropriated as adjectives in Jovlish act not as regular adjectives, but as prefixes when not predicative.
** <span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|blak}}</span><span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|güq}}</span> — ''<span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">blak</span><span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">güq</span>'' — "<span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">black</span> <span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">gold</span>"
** <span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|Jóst}}</span><span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|öröpşa}}</span> — ''<span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">Jóst</span><span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">öröpşa</span>'' — "<span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">Eastern</span> <span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">Europe</span>"
** <span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ross}}</span><span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|üniversite}}</span> — ''<span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">ross</span><span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">üniversite</span>'' — "<span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">russian</span> <span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">universities</span>"
** <span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|sün}}</span><span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|vüq}}</span> — ''<span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">sün</span><span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">vüq</span>'' — "<span style="background-color:#ffa5a5">private</span> <span style="background-color:#ffd9a6">event</span>"
===Nominals===
====Pronouns====
=====Personal pronouns=====
Jovlish pronouns decline for person, number, and gender. The old accusative and dative forms reduced and merged into [[w:Clitic#Enclitic|enclitics]] that attach to a given verb. It is also important to note that Jovlish is [[w:Pro-drop language|pro-drop]], meaning that its subject pronouns are omitted, and they are only used emphatically or [[w:Disjunctive pronoun|disjunctively]].
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|- style="font-weight:bold;"
! rowspan="3" |
! colspan="4" | Singular
! colspan="3" | Plural
|- style="font-weight:bold;"
! rowspan="2" | 1st person
! rowspan="2" | 2nd person
! colspan="2" | 3rd person
! rowspan="2" | 1st person
! rowspan="2" | 2nd person
! rowspan="2" | 3rd person
|-
|-
! Singular
! style="font-weight:bold;" | Masculine
! Plural
! style="font-weight:bold;" | Feminine
! Singular
! Plural
|- style="font-weight:normal;"
! style="font-weight:bold;" | Direct
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|brıh}}<br />''brıh''
| rowspan="2" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|brıh}}<span style="color:green">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|re}}</span><br />''brıh<span style="color:green">re</span>''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|vēd}}<br />''vēd''
| rowspan="2" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|vēd}}<span style="color:green">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|re}}</span><br />''vēd<span style="color:green">re</span>''
|- style="font-weight:normal;"
! style="font-weight:bold;" | Oblique
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|brıt}}<span style="color:green">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|s}}</span><br />''brıt<span style="color:green">s</span>''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|vēd}}<span style="color:green">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|s}}</span><br />''vēd<span style="color:green">s</span>''
|}
</div>
<div style=display:inline-grid>
{| class="wikitable" style="font-weight:bold; text-align:center;"
|+ '''4th Declension'''
! rowspan="2" style="font-weight:normal; text-align:left;" |
! colspan="2" | [https://lexiconga.com/86838032/93 {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|mon}}] ''mon'' ("man")
! colspan="2" | [https://lexiconga.com/86838032/14 {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|jol}}] ''jol'' ("beer")
|-
|-
! Singular
! style="font-weight:bold;" | Nominative<br>(Disjunctive)
! Plural
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|eş}}<br />''eş''
! Singular
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|hō}}<br />''hō''
! Plural
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|et}}<br />''et''
|- style="font-weight:normal;"
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|jó}}<br />''jó''
! style="font-weight:bold;" | Direct
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|vé}}<br />''vé''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|mon}}<br />''mon''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|hō}}<br />''hō''
| rowspan="2" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|men}}<br />''men''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ű}}<br />''ű''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|jol}}<br />''jol''
|-
| rowspan="2" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|jōh}}<br />''jōh''
! style="font-weight:bold;" | Reflexive
|- style="font-weight:normal;"
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|māz}}<br />''māz''
! style="font-weight:bold;" | Oblique
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|hāz}}<br />''hāz''
| rowspan="2" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|men}}<br />''men''
| colspan="2" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ens}}<br />''ens''
| rowspan="2" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|jōh}}<br />''jōh''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|űs}}<br />''űs''
|}
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|józ}}<br />''józ''
</div>
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|űz}}<br />''űz''
====Adjectives====
|-
===Verbs===
! style="font-weight:bold;" | Standalone genitive
Jovlish verbs conjugate for person, number, gender, tense (past, present), and mood using simple endings, and for tense (future), aspect, and voice using phrasal constructions. A given verb can fall into one of four categories:
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|me}}<br />''me''
* '''<span style="color:green">Weak verbs</span>''' (''see [[w:Germanic weak verb|Germanic weak verb]]'')
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|he}}<br />''he''
* '''<span style="color:purple">Strong verbs</span>''' (''see [[w:Germanic strong verb|Germanic strong verb]]'')
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|es}}<br />''es''
* '''<span style="color:red">Preterite-present verbs</span>''' (''see [[w:Germanic_verbs#Preterite-presents|Preterite presents]]'')
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|er}}<br />''er''
* '''<span style="color:orange">Irregular verbs</span>'''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ar}}<br />''ar''
====Present====
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|jor}}<br />''jor''
The present tense is used for actions/states happening in the present, future actions/states if context is clear, and ''[[w:telicity|atelic]]'' verbs. Weak and strong verbs share the indicative and imperative endings, but differ on the subjunctive endings.
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|űr}}<br />''űr''
|-
! style="font-weight:bold;" | Genitive clitic
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|m-}}<br />''m-''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|h-}}<br />''h-''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|s-}}<br />''s-''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|er-}}<br />''er-''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ar-}}<br />''ar-''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|jor-}}<br />''jor-''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|űr-}}<br />''űr-''
|-
! style="font-weight:bold;" | Oblique clitic
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|-em}}<br />''-em''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|-eh}}<br />''-eh''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|-en}}<br />''-en''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|-ej}}<br />''-ej''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|-es}}<br />''-es''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|-eh}}<br />''-eh''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|-ev}}<br />''-ev''
|}
 
=====Demonstrative pronouns=====
Demonstratives decline similarly to pronouns, except they retain full accusative and dative forms alongside the enclitics.
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+ '''Weak verbs'''
|+ '''Proximal demonstratives (''this, these'')'''
! rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="font-weight:bold;" |
! colspan="3" style="font-weight:bold;" | [https://lexiconga.com/86838032/73 {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|şvızn}}] ''şvızn'' ("to close")
! colspan="3" style="font-weight:bold;" | [https://lexiconga.com/86838032/96 {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|stüqn}}] ''stüqn'' ("to move")
|- style="font-weight:bold;"
|- style="font-weight:bold;"
! Indicative
! rowspan="2" style="font-weight:normal; text-align:left;" |
! Subjunctive
! colspan="2" | Singular
! Imperative
! rowspan="2" style="width:70px;" | Plural
! Indicative
! Subjunctive
! Imperative
|- style="font-weight:bold;"
|- style="font-weight:bold;"
! Masculine
! Feminine
|-
! style="font-weight:bold;" | Nominative
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|hes}}<br />''hes''
| rowspan="2" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|hīs}}<br />''hīs''
| rowspan="2" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|hós}}<br />''hós''
|-
|-
! rowspan="4" style="font-weight:bold;" | Singular
! style="font-weight:bold;" | Accusative
! style="font-weight:bold;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|eş}}
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|hezn}}<br />''hezn''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|şvız}}<span style="color:green">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|eş}}</span><br>''şvız<span style="color:green">eş</span>''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|şvız}}<span style="color:green">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|āş}}</span><br>''şvız<span style="color:green">āş</span>''
| —
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|stüq}}<span style="color:green">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ş}}</span><br>''stüq<span style="color:green">ş</span>''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|stüq}}<span style="color:green">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|āş}}</span><br>''stüq<span style="color:green">āş</span>''
| —
|-
|-
! style="font-weight:bold;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|hō}}
! style="font-weight:bold;" | Genitive
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|şvız}}<span style="color:green">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|est}}</span><br>''şvız<span style="color:green">est</span>''
| colspan="3" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|hes}}<br />''hes''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|şvız}}<span style="color:green">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|āh}}</span><br>''şvız<span style="color:green">āh</span>''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|şvız}}<br>''şvız''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|stüq}}<span style="color:green">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|st}}</span><br>''stüq<span style="color:green">st</span>''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|stüq}}<span style="color:green">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|āh}}</span><br>''stüq<span style="color:green">āh</span>''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|stüq}}<br>''stüq''
|-
|-
! style="font-weight:bold;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|et}}
! style="font-weight:bold;" | Dative
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|şvız}}<span style="color:green">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|h}}</span><br>''şvız<span style="color:green">h</span>''
| colspan="3" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|hős}}<br />''hős''
| rowspan="2" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|şvız}}<span style="color:green">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ā}}</span><br>''şvız<span style="color:green">ā</span>''
| rowspan="3" | —
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|stüq}}<span style="color:green">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|eh}}</span><br>''stüq<span style="color:green">eh</span>''
| rowspan="2" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|stüq}}<span style="color:green">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ā}}</span><br>''stüq<span style="color:green">ā</span>''
| rowspan="3" | —
|-
|-
! style="font-weight:bold;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|jó}}
! style="font-weight:bold;" | Oblique clitic
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|şvız}}<span style="color:green">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ī}}</span><br>''şvız<span style="color:green">ī</span>''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|-ehe}}<br />''-ehe''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|stüq}}<span style="color:green">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ī}}</span><br>''stüq<span style="color:green">ī</span>''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|-ehi}}<br />''-ehi''
|-
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|-eho}}<br />''-eho''
! rowspan="3" style="font-weight:bold;" | Plural
! style="font-weight:bold;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|vé}}
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|şvız}}<span style="color:green">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|é}}</span><br>''şvız<span style="color:green">é</span>''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|şvız}}<span style="color:green">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|né}}</span><br>''şvız<span style="color:green">né</span>''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|stüq}}<span style="color:green">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|é}}</span><br>''stüq<span style="color:green">é</span>''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|stüq}}<span style="color:green">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|né}}</span><br>''stüq<span style="color:green">né</span>''
|-
! style="font-weight:bold;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|hō}}
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|şvız}}<span style="color:green">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|est}}</span><br>''şvız<span style="color:green">est</span>''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|şvız}}<span style="color:green">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|n}}</span><br>''şvız<span style="color:green">n</span>''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|şvız}}<br>''şvız''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|stüq}}<span style="color:green">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|st}}</span><br>''stüq<span style="color:green">st</span>''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|stüq}}<span style="color:green">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|n}}</span><br>''stüq<span style="color:green">n</span>''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|stüq}}<br>''şvız''
|-
! style="font-weight:bold;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ű}}
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|şvız}}<span style="color:green">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ö}}</span><br>''şvız<span style="color:green">ö</span>''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|şvız}}<span style="color:green">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|nö}}</span><br>''şvız<span style="color:green">nö</span>''
| —
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|stüq}}<span style="color:green">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ö}}</span><br>''stüq<span style="color:green">ö</span>''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|stüq}}<span style="color:green">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|nö}}</span><br>''stüq<span style="color:green">nö</span>''
| —
|}
|}
</div>
</div>
<div style=display:inline-grid>
<div style=display:inline-grid>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+ '''Strong verbs'''
|+ '''Distal demonstratives (''that, those'')'''
! rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="font-weight:bold;" |
! colspan="3" style="font-weight:bold;" | [https://lexiconga.com/86838032/98 {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|bőn}}] ''bőn'' ("to yield")
! colspan="3" style="font-weight:bold;" | [https://lexiconga.com/86838032/71 {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|űxn}}] ''űxn'' ("to enlarge")
|- style="font-weight:bold;"
|- style="font-weight:bold;"
! Indicative
! rowspan="2" style="font-weight:normal; text-align:left;" |
! Subjunctive
! colspan="2" | Singular
! Imperative
! rowspan="2" style="width:70px;" | Plural
! Indicative
! Subjunctive
! Imperative
|- style="font-weight:bold;"
|- style="font-weight:bold;"
! Masculine
! Feminine
|-
|-
! rowspan="4" style="font-weight:bold;" | Singular
! style="font-weight:bold;" | Nominative
! style="font-weight:bold;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|eş}}
| colspan="2" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|jon}}<br />''jon''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|bő}}<span style="color:purple">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ş}}</span><br>''bő<span style="color:purple">ş</span>''
| rowspan="2" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|jön}}<br />''jön''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|b}}<span style="color:purple">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ō}}</span><span style="color:purple">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ş}}</span><br>''b<span style="color:purple">ō</span><span style="color:purple">ş</span>''
|
| colspan="2" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|űx}}<span style="color:purple">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|eş}}</span><br>''űx<span style="color:purple">eş</span>''
| —
|-
|-
! style="font-weight:bold;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|hō}}
! style="font-weight:bold;" | Accusative
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|bő}}<span style="color:purple">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|st}}</span><br>''bő<span style="color:purple">st</span>''
| colspan="2" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|jön}}<br />''jön''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|b}}<span style="color:purple">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ō}}</span><span style="color:purple">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|h}}</span><br>''b<span style="color:purple">ō</span><span style="color:purple">h</span>''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|bő}}<br>''bő''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|űx}}<span style="color:purple">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|est}}</span><br>''űx<span style="color:purple">est</span>''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|űx}}<span style="color:purple">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|eh}}</span><br>''űx<span style="color:purple">eh</span>''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|űx}}<br>''űx''
|-
|-
! style="font-weight:bold;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|et}}
! style="font-weight:bold;" | Genitive
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|bő}}<span style="color:purple">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|h}}</span><br>''bő<span style="color:purple">h</span>''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|jons}}<br />''jons''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|b}}<span style="color:purple">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ō}}</span><br>''b<span style="color:purple">ō</span>''
| rowspan="2" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|jor}}<br />''jor''
| rowspan="3" | —
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|jor}}<br />''jor''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|űx}}<span style="color:purple">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|eh}}</span><br>''űx<span style="color:purple">eh</span>''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|űx}}<br>''űx''
| rowspan="3" | —
|-
|-
! style="font-weight:bold;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|jó}}
! style="font-weight:bold;" | Dative
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|bőq}}<span style="color:purple">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ī}}</span><br>''bőq<span style="color:purple">ī</span>''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|jone}}<br />''jone''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|b}}<span style="color:purple">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ō}}</span>{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|q}}<span style="color:purple">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ī}}</span><br>''b<span style="color:purple">ō</span>q<span style="color:purple">ī</span>''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|jone}}<br />''jone''
| colspan="2" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|űx}}<span style="color:purple">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ī}}</span><br>''űx<span style="color:purple">ī</span>''
|-
|-
! rowspan="3" style="font-weight:bold;" | Plural
! style="font-weight:bold;" | Oblique clitic
! style="font-weight:bold;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|vé}}
| colspan="2" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|-ejo}}<br />''-ejo''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|b}}<span style="color:purple">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ō}}</span>{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|q}}<span style="color:purple">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|é}}</span><br>''b<span style="color:purple">ō</span>q<span style="color:purple">é</span>''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|-ejö}}<br />''-ejö''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|b}}<span style="color:purple">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ō}}</span><span style="color:purple">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|né}}</span><br>''b<span style="color:purple">ō</span><span style="color:purple">né</span>''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|űx}}<span style="color:purple">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|é}}</span><br>''űx<span style="color:purple">é</span>''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|űx}}<span style="color:purple">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|né}}</span><br>''űx<span style="color:purple">né</span>''
|-
! style="font-weight:bold;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|hō}}
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|b}}<span style="color:purple">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ō}}</span><span style="color:purple">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|st}}</span><br>''b<span style="color:purple">ō</span><span style="color:purple">st</span>''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|b}}<span style="color:purple">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ō}}</span><span style="color:purple">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|n}}</span><br>''b<span style="color:purple">ō</span><span style="color:purple">n</span>''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|b}}<span style="color:purple">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ō}}</span><br>''b<span style="color:purple">ō</span>''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|űx}}<span style="color:purple">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|est}}</span><br>''űx<span style="color:purple">est</span>''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|űx}}<span style="color:purple">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|n}}</span><br>''űx<span style="color:purple">n</span>''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|űx}}<br>''űx''
|-
! style="font-weight:bold;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ű}}
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|b}}<span style="color:purple">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ō}}</span>{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|q}}<span style="color:purple">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ö}}</span><br>''b<span style="color:purple">ō</span>q<span style="color:purple">ö</span>''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|b}}<span style="color:purple">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ō}}</span><span style="color:purple">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|nö}}</span><br>''b<span style="color:purple">ō</span><span style="color:purple">nö</span>''
| —
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|űx}}<span style="color:purple">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ö}}</span><br>''űx<span style="color:purple">ö</span>''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|űx}}<span style="color:purple">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|nö}}</span><br>''űx<span style="color:purple">nö</span>''
| —
|}
|}
</div>
</div>
====Past====
 
The past tense is used for actions/states which happened in the past, regardless of telicity. Weak verbs have dental-[[w:infix|infixed]] endings in the singular, and both weak and strong verbs share the same nasal-infixed endings in the plural. It is of note that weak verbs do not have a distinct past subjunctive from the past indicative and that strong verbs use the same set of endings for the past indicative, present subjunctive, and past subjunctive.
=====Interrogative pronouns=====
Interrogative pronouns also decline in a similar manner, this time lacking enclitic forms althogether.
<div style=display:inline-grid>
<div style=display:inline-grid>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+ '''Weak verbs'''
! rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="font-weight:bold;" |
! style="font-weight:bold;" | [https://lexiconga.com/86838032/73 {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|şvızn}}] ''şvızn'' ("to close")
! style="font-weight:bold;" | [https://lexiconga.com/86838032/96 {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|stüqn}}] ''stüqn'' ("to move")
|- style="font-weight:bold;"
! Indicative-only
! Indicative-only
|- style="font-weight:bold;"
|- style="font-weight:bold;"
! style="font-weight:normal;" |
! "who"
! "what"
! "which"
|-
|-
! rowspan="4" style="font-weight:bold;" | Singular
! style="font-weight:bold;" | Nominative
! style="font-weight:bold;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|}}
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|}}<br>''fó''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|şvız}}<span style="color:green">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|deş}}</span><br>''şvız<span style="color:green">deş</span>''
| rowspan="2" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|fat}}<br>''fat''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|stüq}}<span style="color:green">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|deş}}</span><br>''stüq<span style="color:green">deş</span>''
| rowspan="2" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|feqş}}<br>''feqş''
|-
|-
! style="font-weight:bold;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|hō}}
! style="font-weight:bold;" | Accusative
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|şvız}}<span style="color:green">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|etst}}</span><br>''şvız<span style="color:green">etst</span>''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|fön}}<br>''fön''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|stüq}}<span style="color:green">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|etst}}</span><br>''stüq<span style="color:green">etst</span>''
|-
|-
! style="font-weight:bold;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|et}}
! style="font-weight:bold;" | Genitive
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|şvız}}<span style="color:green">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|d}}</span><br>''şvız<span style="color:green">d</span>''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|fós}}<br>''fós''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|stüq}}<span style="color:green">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|d}}</span><br>''stüq<span style="color:green">d</span>''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|fās}}<br>''fās''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|feqşes}}<br>''feqşes''
|-
|-
! style="font-weight:bold;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|jó}}
! style="font-weight:bold;" | Dative
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|şvız}}<span style="color:green">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|dī}}</span><br>''şvız<span style="color:green">dī</span>''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|fón}}<br>''fón''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|stüq}}<span style="color:green">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|dī}}</span><br>''stüq<span style="color:green">dī</span>''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|fāy}}<br>''fāy''
|-
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|feqşn}}<br>''feqşn''
! rowspan="3" style="font-weight:bold;" | Plural
! style="font-weight:bold;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|vé}}
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|şvız}}<span style="color:green">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|né}}</span><br>''şvız<span style="color:green">né</span>''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|stüq}}<span style="color:green">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|né}}</span><br>''stüq<span style="color:green">né</span>''
|-
! style="font-weight:bold;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|hō}}
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|şvız}}<span style="color:green">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|n}}</span><br>''şvız<span style="color:green">n</span>''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|stüq}}<span style="color:green">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|n}}</span><br>''stüq<span style="color:green">n</span>''
|-
! style="font-weight:bold;" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ű}}
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|şvız}}<span style="color:green">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|nö}}</span><br>''şvız<span style="color:green">nö</span>''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|stüq}}<span style="color:green">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|nö}}</span><br>''stüq<span style="color:green">nö</span>''
|}
|}
</div>
</div>
<div style=display:inline-grid>
<div style=display:inline-grid>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
* {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|fıd}} (fıd, "when")
|+ '''Strong verbs'''
* {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|fon}} (fon, "where from, whence")
! rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="font-
* {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|for}} (for, "where to, whither")
* {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|fő}} (fő, "how")
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=====Articles and Relative Pronouns=====
Both the definite article {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|i-}} (i-) and the relative pronoun {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|hé}} (hé) are doublets, diverging from Middle Jovlish demonstrative and pronoun "þé", which in-turn is ultimately from Old English "[[wikt:se#Old_English|sē, þē]]". As such ,they both decline in very similar ways.
 
Middle Jovlish "þé" tended to have two pronunciations: an unstressed /ðɛ/ and a stressed /θɛi̯/. Initially, they were used interchangeably, though, over time, the unstressed pronunciation tended to be favored as the article, while the stressed pronunciation tended to be favored as the pronoun.
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+ '''Definite article (''the'')'''
|- style="font-weight:bold;"
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" | Singular
! rowspan="2" | Plural
|- style="font-weight:bold;"
! Masculine
! Feminine
|-
! style="font-weight:bold;" | Nominative
| rowspan="2" colspan="2" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|i-, it-}}<sup>[1]</sup><br>''i-, it-''
| rowspan="2" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|yo-, yot-}}<sup>[1]</sup><br>''yo-, yot-''
|-
! style="font-weight:bold;" | Accusative
|-
! style="font-weight:bold;" | Genitive
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|iz-}}<br>''iz-''
| rowspan="2" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ir-}}<br>''ir-''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|yor-}}<br>''yor-''
|-
! style="font-weight:bold;" | Dative
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ü-, üt-}}<sup>[1]</sup><br>''ü-, üt-''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|yon-}}<br>''yon-''
|}
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+ '''Relative pronouns (''who, whose, which, that'')'''
|- style="font-weight:bold;"
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" | Singular
! rowspan="2" | Plural
|- style="font-weight:bold;"
! Masculine
! Feminine
|-
! style="font-weight:bold;" | Nominative
| rowspan="2" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|hé}}<br>''hé''
| rowspan="2" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|hī}}<br>''hī''
| rowspan="2" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|hó}}<br>''hó''
|-
! style="font-weight:bold;" | Accusative
|-
! style="font-weight:bold;" | Genitive
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|has}}<br>''has''
| rowspan="2" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|har}}<br>''har''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|hor}}<br>''hor''
|-
! style="font-weight:bold;" | Dative
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|hü}}<br>''hü''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|hón}}<br>''hón''
|}
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# the forms ending in {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|t}} are used before vowels
====Nouns====
Jovlish nouns have lost distinct forms for most of the noun cases and currently decline only for two case groupings: '''Direct''' (nominative, accusative) and '''Oblique''' (dative, genitive), themselves being only distinguished in the singular. Nouns are grouped into one of four declensions, regardless of gender:
* '''<span style="color:red">1st declension</span> nouns''', oblique by root ablaut or {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|-(e)s}} (-(e)s), equivalent to Old English a-, i-, ō-, and u-stem nouns.
* '''<span style="color:blue">2nd declension</span> nouns''', oblique by {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|-(e)n}} (-(e)n), equivalent to Old English n-stem nouns.
* '''<span style="color:green">3rd declension</span> nouns''', plural by {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|-re}} (-re), oblique by {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|-s}} (-s), equivalent to Old English r- and z-stem nouns.
* '''<span style="color:purple">4th declension</span> nouns''', plural and oblique irregular, equivalent to Old English ablauting consonant stem nouns and nouns with irregular forms.
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-weight:bold; text-align:center;"
|+ '''1st Declension'''
! rowspan="2" style="font-weight:normal; text-align:left;" |
! colspan="2" | [https://lexiconga.com/86838032/5 {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ōn}}] ''ōn'' ("dog")
! colspan="2" | [https://lexiconga.com/86838032/11 {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|köşt}}] ''köşt'' ("house")
|-
! Singular
! Plural
! Singular
! Plural
|- style="font-weight:normal;"
! style="font-weight:bold;" | Direct
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ōn}}<br />''ōn''
| rowspan="2" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|ōn}}<span style="color:red">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|e}}</span><br />''ōn<span style="color:red">e</span>''
| {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|köşt}}<br />''köşt''
| rowspan="2" | {{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|köşt}}<span style="color:red">{{lang|jovl|sc=Jovl|e}}</
|}
|}
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====Compound constructions====
==Vocabulary==
==Sample text==