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CataclysmPig (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Telnan''' /teɫnən/, endonym: '''Telná''' /telnaː/ is a Romance language spoken in the nation of Telna in the center of the Black Sea. ==Introduction== Telnan is an Indo-European Romance conlang, most similar to Romanian and Italian. However, some features do come from the earlier languages spoken on the island, and there are some loanwords from Slavic languages, Turkish and Romanian. <!-- ***Phonology*** --> <!-- What sounds does your language use? --> <!-- Here a...") |
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There are also two diphthongs: | There are also two diphthongs: | ||
[ʊ̯ɔ] | [ʊ̯ɔ] and [i̯e] | ||
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====Syllable structure==== | ====Syllable structure==== | ||
Syllable structure in Telnan is always either CV or CVC, where C represents either one or two consonants and V represents a vowel. | Syllable structure in Telnan is always either CV or CVC, where C represents either one or two consonants and V represents a vowel. | ||
===Orthography=== | ===Orthography=== | ||
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| Žž | | Žž | ||
| [ʒ] | | [ʒ] | ||
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|+ Consonant digraphs | |||
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| ni || [ɲ] | |||
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| li || [ʎ] | |||
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| gj || [ç] | |||
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In Telnan, the penultimate (second-to-last) syllable is stressed, although this can differ in certain words or loanwords. | In Telnan, the penultimate (second-to-last) syllable is stressed, although this can differ in certain words or loanwords. | ||
== | ==Morphology== | ||
There are four types of base words in Telnan (plus interjections and articles). | |||
They are: | |||
* Nouns | |||
* Verbs | |||
* Adjectivals | |||
* Seperate case | |||
Each root word can be one of these four (peš {fish}, mer {go}, roš {red}, ru {near}). However, usually the root word is a noun. | |||
'Seperate case' is classified seperately from adjectivals in Telnan and describes nouns' location, time or motion. Adjectivals go after the noun/verb, whilst seperate cases go before. | |||
Seperate cases are unmodifiable, except to verbs (by adding -ar) | |||
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! Verb !! Noun !! Adjectival | |||
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| -ar (infinitive) || -o (masc.), -a (fem.) || -an | |||
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=== | ====Morphosynactic alignment==== | ||
== | Telnan is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative%E2%80%93accusative_alignment nominative-accusative] language. | ||
====Nouns==== | |||
The | |||
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==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||
=== | ===Word order=== | ||
The SVO (subject-verb-object) word order is used | |||
===Noun phrase=== | ===Noun phrase=== | ||
===Verb phrase=== | ===Verb phrase=== | ||
===Sentence phrase=== | ===Sentence phrase=== | ||
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==Example texts== | ==Example texts== | ||
The apple was red near the river = Il mar rošer ru li rio (the apple red.be-PST near the river) | |||
The mouse ran up the clock = Il maš lergad surpi li čaš (the mouse run-PST up.on the clock) | |||
==Other resources== | ==Other resources== | ||
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