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(Created page with "{{Infobox language |name = Svojan |nativename = Švojln |pronunciation = ʃvɔjl̩n |creator = user:Aenil2 |created = 2024 |familycolor = Constructed language |script1 = Latn }} '''Svojan''' (autoglossonym: Švojln; <small>Svojan :</small> [ʃvɔjl̩n]) is a personal language I started working on in late 2024, as an attempt to use a Slavic-like phonology, while maintaining an unique grammar and vocabulary, unalike to the phonology's source lan...") |
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==Grammar== | |||
===Nouns=== | |||
Svojan nouns are gendered, and can inflect for case, number and definiteness | |||
====Noun genders==== | |||
Nouns can take 1 of 3 genders : Masculine, Feminine and Neuter | |||
The gender of a noun is highly predictable, and can be deducted from the following criterias: | |||
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! Masculine | |||
! Feminine | |||
! Neuter | |||
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* Nouns ending in a "hard" consonant (n, t, d and l) or <br /> | |||
* Nouns ending in a nasal vowel | |||
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* Nouns ending in a "soft" consonant (ň, ť, ď and ľ) <br /> | |||
* Nouns ending in a back vowel (a, o and u) | |||
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* Nouns ending in another consonant <br /> | |||
* Nouns ending in a front vowel (e, i and y) | |||
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* "leden" -> lead (metal)<br /> | |||
* "savę" -> male child | |||
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* "kataď" -> competition<br /> | |||
* "avu" -> bird | |||
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* "silaž" -> stone<br /> | |||
* "koný" -> meal | |||
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