Jorvanian

Jorvanian
Created by	–
Date	2009
Setting	Southern Phrazea
Native to	Jorvania
Language family	Indo-Phrazean Jorvano-Clawmic Jorvanian
Early form	Pre-Jorvanian
Standard form	Northern Jorvanian dialect
Writing system	Latin

Jorvanian is a Jorvano-Clawmic language belonging to the Indo-Phrazean family, which evolved from Vulgar Latin. It is the official language of both Jorvania and Genovia, and holds official minority status in Prillovania. While many Jorvanian terms trace their origins to Latin, the language also incorporates significant influences from Semitic, Germanic, Turkic, and Slavic languages. Notable sources include Daburjo-Hetherian (Arabic), Mikalandese, Genovian, Lavenderian, and a considerable number of English-based terms.

Jorvanian has always used the Latin script, with the earliest known writings dating back to the late Middle Ages.

Grammar

Articles

The article system in Jorvanian is quite straightforward and simple. The definite articles are "il" in the singular and "i" in the plural. Indefinite articles are "en" in the singular and "ene" in the plural.

Examples of nouns:

• il angulo - (the angle)
• il animosità - (the animosity)
• il ližko - (the bed)
• il ǧaras - (the bell)
• il detalj - (the detail)

Personal pronouns

Jorvanian personal pronouns

			personal pronouns		possessive pronoun
			subjective	objective
first person	singular		ij	moj
	plural		nos	nostru
second person	singular	default	tu	toj
		formal	usted		sujo
	plural		vos	vostru
third person	singular	masculine	él	su	sije
		feminine	éla
		neuter	és
	plural		loro

• The subject always precedes the verb. In many cases, the subject can be implied and left out, especially when the meaning is clear. The subject cannot appear in relative clauses when it remains the same as the one in the main clause.

(Ij) Parlo Jorvani. "I speak Jorvanian."

Il kane insegwiba il gato perké (él) čerkaba su kolar. "The dog was chasing the cat because he was looking for his collar."

• Objective pronouns function as direct objects. If the verb is in the infinitive or imperative form, the pronoun is attached to the verb with a hyphen. In other cases, the pronoun precedes the verb.

Él me dedo en penna. "He gave me a pen."

Envija-me en léttera. "Send me a letter."

• Possessive pronouns can function as determiners and pronouns. The possessive pronouns must appear like this: [article] + [pronoun] + [noun]. However, the article isn't always needed.

Moj matita. "My pencil."

Ašpjetta, este son loro exami! (Wait, these are their exams!)