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|colspan="2"|''καλ(ο)-'' | |colspan="2"|''καλ(ο)-''<br/>''kal(o)-'' | ||
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|''καλορ''||''καλοι'' | |''καλορ''<br/>''kalor''||''καλοι''<br/>''kalwe'' | ||
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|''καλη''||''καλαι'' | |''καλη''<br/>''kalya''||''καλαι''<br/>''kale'' | ||
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|''καλον''||''καλα'' | |''καλον''<br/>''kalon''||''καλα''<br/>''kala'' | ||
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|colspan="2"|''ευγεν(ο)-'' | |colspan="2"|''ευγεν(ο)-''<br/>''yugën(o)-'' | ||
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|''ευγενηρ''||''ευγενειρ'' | |''ευγενηρ''<br/>''yugënyar''||''ευγενειρ''<br/>''yugënir'' | ||
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|''ευγενηρ''||''ευγενειρ'' | |''ευγενηρ''<br/>''yugënyar''||''ευγενειρ''<br/>''yugënir'' | ||
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|''ευγενερ''||''ευγενη'' | |''ευγενερ''<br/>''yugënër''||''ευγενη''<br/>''yugënya'' | ||
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Revision as of 15:29, 28 February 2017
Kwenya (Κοινη) is a Finnic-influenced Hellenic language.
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 ɾ l/
Vowels
α ε ι ο υ η ω αι ει οι ου = /a ə i o wi ja u e i we ɨ/
Prosody
Stress
Stress is always initial.
Intonation
Phonotactics
Morphophonology
Morphology
Nouns
nom/acc/gen/voc + Finnic-style cases. No articles or gender due to Finnic influence.
Principal parts: nominative, accusative, genitive, vocative singular; nominative, accusative, genitive plural.
Direct objects of a negated verb are in the genitive.
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Adjectives
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Verbs
Uses just participles.
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| active | φαγε! | φαγετε! |
| passive | φαγου! | φαγεσθε! |
Numbers
All numbers are indeclinable:
1-10: ën, dwi, trya, tëttar, pënta, ësta, ëpta, ohta, ënnya, dëka
11-20: ëndyutru, dwidyutru, tridyutru, tëttardyutru, pëntadyutru, ëstadyutru, ... ikori (< hen deuterou, dyo deuterou, ... "one of the second [ten], two of the second [ten], ..." cf. Estonian üks·teist, kaks·teist, ...)
100: ëkaton
1000: khilya
Syntax
Constituent order
Kwenya is completely head-final.