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Revision as of 02:19, 9 January 2017

Kwenya hlusa (Κοινη γλωσσα) is a Finnic-influenced Hellenic language.

1-10: il (m)/maa (f)/eon (n), dwi, tril (m/f)/traa (n), teottareol, peonta, eosta, eowta, ohta, eonnaa, deoka 11-20: eondyutru, dwidyutru, tridyutru, tettareodyutru, peontadyutru, eostadyutru, ... ikori (< hen deuterou, dyo deuterou, ... "one of the second, two of the second, ..." cf. Estonian üks·teist, kaks·teist, ...) 100: eokaton 1000: khilaa


Introduction

Phonology

Orthography

Consonants

  • μ ν γγ = /m n ŋ/
  • π τ κ = /p t k/
  • β δ = /b d/
  • φ θ χ = /pʰ tʰ kʰ/
  • σ γ = /s h/
  • ζ = /z/
  • ρ λ = /r l/

Vowels

α ε ι ο υ η ω αι ει οι ου = /a ə i o wi ja u e i we u/

Prosody

Stress

Always initial stress

Intonation

Phonotactics

Morphophonology

Morphology

Nouns

nom/acc/gen/voc + Finnic-style cases from genitive + postposition/noun. No articles due to Finnic influence.

Verbs

Also simplified to look like Finnic

Syntax

Constituent order

Noun phrase

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Example texts

Other resources