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It uses the Greek alphabet, which I personally consider the zestiest script of all time. | It uses the Greek alphabet, which I personally consider the zestiest script of all time. | ||
A signed version of Zēsti also exists, called Unspoken Rizz('' | A signed version of Zēsti also exists, called Unspoken Rizz(''ρίζις τασίτε''). | ||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
===Orthography=== | ===Orthography=== | ||
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! IPA | ! IPA | ||
| a || bʱ || gʱ || dʱ || ε || z || e || θ || i || k || l || m || n || t͡s || ɔ || p || r || s || tʰ || | | a || bʱ || gʱ || dʱ || ε || z || e || θ || i || k || l || m || n || t͡s || ɔ || p || r || s || tʰ || u || t͡ʃ || fʰ || ps || o | ||
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====Stress==== | ====Stress==== | ||
Like in Greek, the ''tonos''(´) is used to indicate where stress is placed, although by default stress is paroxytonic, meaning stress is placed on the penultimate syllable of a word. | Like in Greek, the ''tonos''(´) is used to indicate where stress is placed, although by default stress is paroxytonic, meaning stress is placed on the penultimate syllable of a word. | ||
=== | ===Phonotactics=== | ||
Most consonant clusters in Zēsti are identical to those in Greek, such as 〈γγ〉(transliterated as 〈gg〉in Latin) would be pronounced [ˈŋg], as well as 〈σς〉(transliterated as 〈ss〉) being pronounced /ʃ/. An example of this would be ''τέγγο''(teggo), meaning "I have". | |||
Vowel clusters are more unique, for example 〈αο〉or 〈αω〉(transliterated as 〈ao〉and 〈aõ〉respectively) are both pronounced [ə]. | |||
===Morphophonology=== | ===Morphophonology=== | ||
==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
< | ===Nouns=== | ||
====Grammatical gender==== | |||
All nouns in Zēsti have a grammatical gender - either masculine or feminine<ref>sorry guys, but this is a romance language. gotta have grammatical gender ¯\_(ツ)_/¯</ref>. Masculine nouns tend to end in ''-o''/''-ω'', while feminine nouns tend to end in ''-α'', although they can be concretely identified by the article behind it, as seen in this table: | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|+ Articles | |||
|- | |||
! !! Masculine !! Feminine | |||
|- | |||
! Definite | |||
| ''ελ''(''λη'') || ''λα'' | |||
|- | |||
! Indefinite | |||
| ''υν'' || ''ύνα'' | |||
|} | |||
The alternate masculine definite article ''λη''(''lē'') is used only as a direct object pronoun.<br> | |||
'''Example:'''<br> | |||
''Τέγγο ασσέτερο ύν τελέ.''(''Téggo assétero úna telé'', I bought a TV.)<br> | |||
''Τέγγο '''λη''' ασσέτερο.''(''Téggo lē assétero'', I bought '''it'''.) | |||
==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||
===Constituent order=== | ===Constituent order=== | ||