Zēsti

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Zēsti
Rizzish
Ζήστι
Zesti-speaker.jpeg
A native Zēsti speaker.
Pronunciation[ˈzɛːˌsti]
Created byJukethatbox
Native toChad
Indo-European
  • Italic
    • Latino-Faliscan
      • Romance
        • Italo-Western
          • Western Romance
            • Zēsti
Early forms
Proto-Indo-European
  • Proto-Rizzish
Greek alphabet
SourcesSpanish, French, Italian, Greek
Official status
Official language in
Chad
Recognised minority
language in
Rizziconi Municipality in Italy
Regulated byRizzlers International
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Zēsti(Ζήστι, pronounced [ˈzɛːˌsti]), a.k.a Rizzish(Ρίζι) is a Romance jokelang made to be as zesty as possible. It uses the Greek alphabet, which I personally consider the zestiest script of all time.

A signed version of Zēsti also exists, called Unspoken Rizz(ρίζιε τασίτε).

Phonology

Orthography

The Zēsti alphabet is identical to the Greek alphabet, although pronunciation differs. For example, 〈Χχ〉(chi) is pronounced [ˈt͡ʃi], although the modern Greek pronunciation would be [ˈxi].

Zēsti alphabet
Alphabet Ββ Γγ Δδ Εε Ζζ Ηη Θθ Ιι Κκ Λλ Μμ Νν Ξξ Οο Ππ Ρρ Σσς Ττ Υυ Χχ Φφ Ψψ Ωω
Romanisation Aa Bb Gg Dd Ee Zz Ēē Ðð Ii Kk Ll Mm Nn Xx Oo Pp Rr Ss Tt Uu Çç Ff Psps Õõ
IPA a ε z e θ i k l m n t͡s ɔ p r s u t͡ʃ f ps o

Consonants

All plosives in Zēsti are aspirated depending on whether they are voiced or not, e.g. /tʰ/(unvoiced) or /dʱ/(voiced).

Labial Dental Alveolar Post-
alveolar
/
palatal
Velar
Nasal m n (ɲ) (ŋ)
Stop   ɡʱ
Affricate t͡s t͡ʃ
Fricative f θ s z (ʃ)
Lateral l
Trill r

/ʃ/ is only pronounced in the digraph 〈σς〉, /ɲ/ is only pronounced in the digraphs 〈νι〉or 〈νη〉and /ŋ/ is only pronounced in the digraph 〈γγ〉.

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close i u
Close-mid e o
Mid (ə)
Open-mid ε ɔ
Open a

Prosody

Stress

Like in Greek, the tonos(´) is used to indicate where stress is placed, although by default stress is paroxytonic, meaning stress is placed on the penultimate syllable of a word.

Phonotactics

Most consonant clusters in Zēsti are identical to those in Greek, such as 〈γγ〉(transliterated as 〈gg〉in Latin) would be pronounced [ˈŋg], as well as 〈σς〉(transliterated as 〈ss〉) being pronounced /ʃ/. An example of this would be τέγγο(teggo), meaning "I have".

Vowel clusters are more unique, for example 〈αο〉or 〈αω〉(transliterated as 〈ao〉and 〈aõ〉respectively) are both pronounced [ə].

Morphophonology

Zēsti does not have a /h/ or /x/ sound, so often times it gets converted into a /t͡ʃ/(χ). Even basic words, like "man", turns from French homme to Zēsti χώμο(chõmo).

Morphology

Nouns

Grammatical gender

All nouns in Zēsti have a grammatical gender - either masculine or feminine[1]. Masculine nouns tend to end in -o/, while feminine nouns tend to end in , although they can be concretely identified by the article behind it, as seen in this table:

Singular articles
Masculine Feminine
Definite ελ(λη) λα
Indefinite υν ύνα
Plural articles
Masculine Feminine
Definite ελήρ(λήρε) λάζε
Indefinite ύνες ύνας

The alternate masculine definite article λη() is used only as a direct object pronoun.
Examples:
Τέγγο ασσέτερ ύν τελέ.(Téggo asséter ún telé, I bought a TV.)
Τέγγο λη ασσέτερ.(Téggo asséter, I bought it.)
Νω γύστο Λάυρα.(Nõ gústo Láura, I don't like Laura.)
Νω λα γύστο.(la gústo, I don't like her.)

Verbs

Zēsti is a null pronoun language, and instead pronouns are inferred through the inflection of the verb in a sentence, which itself can be deduced by the suffix of the inflected verb. Inflection also varies depending on the ending of the infinitive, e.g. τένερ has a different inflection than φίνιρ.

Verbs ending in -er
Suffix
έχο(I) -o
τυ(you singular) -ες
ιλ/ίλα(he/she singular)
νοσώδο(we) -έσος
φοσώδο(you plural) -έις
ίλες/ιλάες(they(m)/they(f)) -ενς
Verbs ending in -ir
Suffix
έχο(I)
τυ(you singular) -ις
ιλ/ίλα(he/she singular) -ιμ
νοσώδο(we) -ος
φοσώδο(you plural) -έις
ίλες/ιλάες(they(m)/they(f)) -σενς
Verbs ending in -ēr
Suffix
έχο(I)
τυ(you singular) -ης
ιλ/ίλα(he/she singular) -ημ
νοσώδο(we) -ημος
φοσώδο(you plural) -έις
ίλες/ιλάες(they(m)/they(f)) -ενς

Syntax

Constituent order

Noun phrase

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Example texts

Other resources

  1. ^ sorry guys, but this is a romance language. gotta have grammatical gender ¯\_(ツ)_/¯