Aveiläğ

Avaeğon is a fictional constructed language created by Jessie M. Strickland. It is a Semi-agglutinative, Semi-fusional language with a highly complex phonology and morphology.

Phonology :

Avaeğon has a phonemic inventory of 46 sounds. With 13 vowels, and 33 consonants. With the vowels they are further divided into 7 monophthongs and 6 diphthongs.

Consonant charts

Pulmonic consonants

	Bilabial	Labio-dental	Dental	Alveolar	Post-alveolar	Retroflex	Alveolo-palatal	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Pharyngeal	Epiglottal	Glottal
Nasal	m̥ m	ɱ	n̪	n̥ n	n̠	ɳ		ɲ̥ ɲ	ŋ̊ ŋ	ɴ
Plosive	p b	p̪ b̪	t̪ d̪	t d	t̠ d̠	ʈ ɖ		c ɟ	k g	q ɢ		ʡ	ʔ
Affricate	p͡ɸ b͡β	p̪͡f b̪͡v	t̪͡θ d̪͡ð	t͡s d͡z	t͡ʃ d͡ʒ	ʈ͡ʂ ɖ͡ʐ	t͡ɕ d͡ʑ	c͡ç ɟ͡ʝ	k͡x g͡ɣ
Fricative	ɸ β	f v	θ ð	s z θ̠ ð̠	ʃ ʒ	ʂ ʐ	ɕ ʑ	ç ʝ	x ɣ	χ ʁ	ħ ʕ	ʜ ʢ	h ɦ
Approximant	β̞	ʋ		ɹ		ɻ		j	ɰ
Trill	ʙ			r		ɽ͡r				ʀ		я
Flap or tap	ⱱ̟	ⱱ		ɾ		ɽ				ɢ̆		ʡ̯
Lateral fric.				ɬ ɮ		ɭ˔̊		ʎ̥˔	ʟ̝̊ ʟ̝
Lateral app.				l		ɭ		ʎ	ʟ
Lateral flap				ɺ		ɺ̠		ʎ̯

Non-pulmonic consonants

Ejectives

Ejective consonants are marked in the IPA with an apostrophe. Voiced ejectives are thought by many to be impossible for humans to produce.

	Bilabial	Labio-dental	Dental	Alveolar	Post-alveolar	Retroflex	Alveolo-palatal	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Pharyngeal	Epiglottal	Glottal
Plosive	p'			t'		ʈ'		c'	k'	q'
Affricate	p͡ɸ'	p̪͡f'			t͡ʃ'	ʈ͡ʂ'	t͡ɕ'	c͡ç'	k͡x'
Fricative	ɸ'	f'	θ'	s'	ʃ'	ʂ'	ɕ'	ç'	x'	χ'

Vowel chart

	Front	Near-front	Central	Near-back	Back
Close	i y		ɨ ʉ		ɯ u
Near-close		ɪ ʏ	ɪ̈ ʊ̈	ʊ
Close-mid	e ø		ɘ ɵ		ɤ o
Mid	e̞ ø̞		ə		ɤ̞ o̞
Open-mid	ɛ œ		ɜ ɞ		ʌ ɔ
Near-open	æ		ɐ
Open	a ɶ		ä		ɑ ɒ

Here is another version of the vowel chart:

	Front	Near-front	Central	Near-back	Back
Close	i • y ɨ • ʉ ɯ • u ɪ • ʏ ɪ̈ • ʊ̈ • ʊ e • ø ɘ • ɵ ɤ • o e̞ • ø̞ ə ɤ̞ • o̞ ɛ • œ ɜ • ɞ ʌ • ɔ æ • ɐ a • ɶ ä ɑ • ɒ
Near‑close
Close‑mid
Mid
Open‑mid
Near‑open
Open

Morphology :

Nouns -

Nouns in avaeğon decline for gender, case, and number. There are 6 genders, 10 cases, and 5 numbers.

Gender system - The 6 genders are as follows:

1. Common - The common gender encompasses all nouns that have to with people, titles, and occupations. nouns in this gender all end in a vowel (a,ä,e,i,o,u,y).

2. Lunar - The lunar gender encompasses the following categories nocturnal animals, military equipment, and spiritual concepts. nouns in this gender all end in (m).

3. Solar - The solar gender encompasses nouns that are diurnal animals, household items, body parts, and secular concepts. nouns in this gender end in (z).

4. Terrestrial - The terrestrial gender encompasses nouns that are foods, plants, land masses and formations, and earthen elements and minerals. nouns in this gender end in (s).

5. Aquatic - The aquatic gender encompasses bodies of water, liquids, and emotions. nouns in this gender all end in (r).

6. Phenomenal - The phenomenal gender encompasses deities, celestial bodies, weather, natural forces, seasons and direction. All nouns in this gender end in (n).