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Revision as of 23:40, 27 February 2017

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

1-10: ir (m)/mia (f)/eon (n), dwi, trir (m/f)/tria (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/ (γκ γχ = /ŋk ŋkʰ/)
  • π τ κ = /p t k/
  • β δ = /b d/
  • φ θ χ = /pʰ tʰ kʰ/
  • σ γ = /s h/
  • ζ = /z/
  • ϝ ρ λ = /w 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. No articles due to Finnic influence.

Principal parts: nominative, accusative, genitive, vocative singular; nominative, accusative, genitive plural

γλωσσα 'tongue, language' (1st decl.)
Singular Plural
Nominative γλωσσα γλωσσαι
Vocative γλωσσα! γλωσσαι!
Accusative γλωσσαν γλωσσαρ
Genitive γλωσσαρ γλωσσων
Illative γλωσσανιρ γλωσσαριρ
Inessive γλωσσανδο γλωσσωνενδο
Elative γλωσσαρξε γλωσσωνεξε
Adessive γλωσσαρειτ γλωσσωνειτ
Allative γλωσσαρβαι γλωσσωμβαι
Ablative γλωσσαμπο γλωσσαρπο
Instrumental γλωσσαρδω γλωσσωνδω
Essive γλωσσαρπρε γλωσσωμπρε
Translative γλωσσανιν γλωσσαριν
Abessive γλωσσαρχω γλωσσωγχω
Comitative γλωσσαρμε γλωσσωμμε

οικορ 'house' (2nd decl. m.)
Singular Plural
Nominative οικορ οικοι
Vocative οικε! οικοι!
Accusative οικον οικουρ
Genitive οικου οικων
Illative οικονιρ οικουριρ
Inessive οικουνδο οικωνενδο
Elative οικουξε οικοωνεξε
Adessive οικουειτ οικωνειτ
Allative οικουβαι οικωμβαι
Ablative οικομπο οικουρπο
Instrumental οικουδω οικωνδω
Essive οικουπρε οικωμπρε
Translative οικονιν οικουριν
Abessive οικουχω οικωγχω
Comitative οικουμε οικωμμε


Adjectives

3 genders, only nom/voc/acc/gen

Verbs

Simplified to look like Finnic

Syntax

Constituent order

The unmarked word order is SOV, genitive-noun, adjective noun, noun-relative clause, noun-adposition.

Noun phrase

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Example texts

Other resources