Fejãto

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Fejanese
Fejãto
Pronunciation[[Help:IPA|fɛ'ʒʲɐ̃,tu:]]
Created by
Native to?
Native speakers? (2012)
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  • ?
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      • ?
        • Fejanese
Official status
Official language in
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Language codes
ISO 639-2fej
ISO 639-3fej


Fejãto is a little-documented language whose speakers live somewhere west of the Asgejerssø. As more and more study of the language and its grammar is done, this page will be updated accordingly. For now, only a rudimentary profile of the language has been compiled by explorers who dare to cross the treacherous seas.


Phonology

Letters Letter Name Pronunciation Further information
a ame [ɐ] reduced to [ɛ] in vernacular speech when unstressed
ã ãme [ɐ̃] syllables containing (ã) always take primary stress
b beme [b] often silenced when appearing after (m) except for formal speech
d dome [d] when followed by a vowel, (d) represents [d͡ʒ]
e eme [e]/[ɛ] [ɛ] when unstressed except for when word-final when it represents [e]
f efe [f] -
g gome [ɣ]/[g] often reduced to [ɣ] unless word-initial, then it becomes [g]
h home [x] [x] unless used in a consonant cluster, then adds palatilization
i ibe [i] -
j jome [ʒ] often palatalized in vernacular speech
k kame [k] -
l lobe [l] (ll) represents [lʲ]
m ime [m] often silenced when word-final
n ene [n] -
o obe [o]/[ɔ] [ɔ] when unstressed, often pronounced [u:] when word-final
p pame [p] -
r reme [r] tapped; can be trilled if one wants to emphasize the (r)
s ese [ɕ] when (ss) occurs and in very formal speech (s) is pronouced [s]
t ete [t] when followed by a vowel, (t) represents [t͡ɕ]
u ume [u] -
v veme [v] -
ç eçe [s] always pronounced [s] regardless of placement

Grammar

Verbs

Verbs in Fejãto fall under three Classes: Class I (Strong Verbs), Class II (Weak Verbs), and Class III (Irregular Verbs). By far the largest group is Class I. The only difference between Class I and Class II is simply that they conjugate differently. Class III consists of verbs that fall under neither I nor II.

All verbs can be conjugated for 6 persons (including he/she/it as one person) in all tenses.

Class I

Class I verbs generally end with -or in the infinitive, but this by itself does not make a verb a Class I verb. Forming other tenses in Fejãto is usually very simple and standard, but tends to lead to long words.

Here is a conjugation table for the verb dantror (to speak)

Person Present Past Perfect
I (jue) dantro dantros dantroça
you (nosa) dantrej dantrejes danntrejeça
you (pl.) (nossaç) dantresar dantreses dantreseça
he/she/it (laç/leç/ã) dantrej dantrejes dantrejeça
they (lusa) dantren dantrenes dantrença
we (ossé) dantrossa dantrosses dantrosseça

In the perfect case, when there is a frictave consonant ([ɕ/ʒ/d͡ʒ/s]) as a verb's final sound, a 'glider e' is inserted so that ç stands alone. This makes the word easier to pronounce because the frictaves are not doubled up.

Class II

Class II verbs end with -ar in the infinitive and generally undergo an ablaut sound change int he past tense

While the ablaut can be confusing to some, even these sound changes are all regular (that is, one vowel quality always shifts to another). Those that do not conform with the normal sound shifts are classified under Class III.

Here is a conjugation table for the verb ponar (to create)

Person Present Past Perfect
I (jue) ponare panare çapanare
you (nosa) ponares panares çapanares
you (pl.) (nossaç) ponaresa panaresa çapanaresa
he/she/it (laç/leç/ã) ponares panares çapanares
they (lusa) ponaru panaru çapanaru
we (ossé) ponari panari çapanari

In the perfect tense, the prefix ça- is added to the ablauted form of the noun to distinguish it from the simple past version.

The sound changes for each vowel are as follows:


Vowel Past
a ã
e i
i u
o a
u e
ã a

(I will probably rework this later with a more general raising/lowering of vowels)

Adjectives/Adverbs

Sentence Structure

Examples

Fejãto IPA English
No fejãto ç'es ké ra de jolla dosso norasto /'nu: fɛ'ʒʲã,tu: 'sʔeɕ 'ke 'ra 'd͡ʒe 'ʒʲo,lʲɛ 'd͡ʒo,su: nɔ'raɕ,tu:/ Fejãto is the language of the Fejanese people (lit. The Fejãto is of what the tongue of the people[s])
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