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5. '''Ablative''' (-tan) : The ablative case shows motion of an object. Either towards or from, it signifies bestowement and reliquishment. Example: I gave the flowers to Sally. | 5. '''Ablative''' (-tan) : The ablative case shows motion of an object. Either towards or from, it signifies bestowement and reliquishment. Example: I gave the flowers to Sally. | ||
6. '''Essive''' (-val) : The essive case shows a state of being whether its temporary or not. | |||
Example: I am happy. | |||
The wizard turned me into a rabbit. | |||
=Orthography= | =Orthography= |
Revision as of 23:00, 19 August 2017
Avaeğon Avaeğon | |
Spoken in: | |
Conworld: | |
Total Speakers: | |
Genealogical classification: | |
Basic word order: | Object-Subject-Verb |
Morphological Type: | Fusional-Agglutinating |
Morphosyntactic Alignment: | Nominative-Accusative |
Created by: | |
Jessie M. Strickland | 2017 |
Avaeğon is a fictional constructed language created by Jessie M Strickland. It is phonologically and grammatically based on High Valyrian and Quenya. It has since become more phonologically and morphologically diverse.
Introduction
Phonology
Consonant inventory
Pulmonic | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Bilabial | Labiodental | Dental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Pharangeal | Glottal | ||||||||||||
Plosives | p | b | t | d | k | g | q | |||||||||||||||
Nasal | m | n | ñ | |||||||||||||||||||
Trill | r | |||||||||||||||||||||
Tap or Flap | rh | |||||||||||||||||||||
Fricative | f | v | þ | đ | s | z | ş | x | ğ | h | ||||||||||||
Lateral Fricative | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Approximant | w | j | ||||||||||||||||||||
Lateral Approximant | l | lj | ||||||||||||||||||||
Affricates | ps bz | tş | dž | |||||||||||||||||||
Non-Pulmonic | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Ejectives | p' | t' | ts' | k' | q' |
Vowel Inventory
Font | Near-Front | Central | Near-Back | Back | |
Close | i | y | u | ||
Near-Close | ʊ | ||||
Close-Mid | ɤ | o | |||
Mid | ə | ||||
Open-Mid | e | ||||
Near-Open | ä | ||||
Open | a |
Diphthongs
There are 6 diphthongs in Avaeğon :
- ai [aɪ]
- ao [aʊ]
- ei [eɪ]
- oi [ɔɪ]
- ue
- uo
Grammar
Nominals
Nouns
Grammatical Gender
Avaeğon has six genders. These genders are classified by special relationships. The genders are identified inherently and are formed during lexical construction.
- Common (-V): The common gender is the only gender which ends in a vowel. This gender is assigned to people, places, titles, and occupations.
- Lunar (-m): The lunar gender is assigned to nocturnal animals, military equipment, and spiritual things.
- Solar (-z): The solar gender is assigned to diurnal animals, household equipment, body parts, and secular things.
- Terrestrial (-s): The terrestrial gender is assigned to foods, plants, land masses and formations, earthen elements and minerals
- Aquatic (-r): The aquatic gender is assigned to bodies of water, liquids, and emotions
- Phenomenal (-n): The phenomenal gender is assigned to deities, celestial bodies, weather, and seasons
Case
Avaeğon nouns have ten cases which identify a different part of speech a noun can be found in.
1. Nominative (-no form) : The nominative case denotes the subject of a a sentence. This is the dictionary form and is inherent.
2. Accusative (-o) : The Accusative case denotes the direct object. the ending is formed by adding a final (o) if it ends in a consonant, oor by changing the final vowel to (o) oif it ends in a vowel.
3. Dative (-n) : The dative case denotes the indirect object.
4. Genitive (-ga) : The genitive case shows possession or origin.
5. Ablative (-tan) : The ablative case shows motion of an object. Either towards or from, it signifies bestowement and reliquishment. Example: I gave the flowers to Sally.
6. Essive (-val) : The essive case shows a state of being whether its temporary or not. Example: I am happy. The wizard turned me into a rabbit.