Aveiläğ

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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
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.

  1. Common (-V): The common gender is the only gender which ends in a vowel. This gender is assigned to people, places, titles, and occupations.
  2. Lunar (-m): The lunar gender is assigned to nocturnal animals, military equipment, and spiritual things.
  3. Solar (-z): The solar gender is assigned to diurnal animals, household equipment, body parts, and secular things.
  4. Terrestrial (-s): The terrestrial gender is assigned to foods, plants, land masses and formations, earthen elements and minerals
  5. Aquatic (-r): The aquatic gender is assigned to bodies of water, liquids, and emotions
  6. 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, or by changing the final vowel to (o) if it ends in a vowel.

3. Dative (-n) : The dative case denotes the indirect object.

4. Genitive (-ğal) : The genitive case shows possession or origin.

5. Ablative (-tän) : 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 (-ve) : The essive case shows a state of being whether its temporary or not. Example: I am happy. The wizard turned me into a rabbit.

7. Locative (-tsa) : The locative case shows location. Example: I am in the house. I am outside of town. I am beside the woods.

8. Instrumental (-ljo) : The instrumental case shows how an action was performed, like the object which was used to perform the action. Example: I cut the meat with the knife.

9. Comitative (-ma) : The comitative case shows accompaniment. It shows who was with the subject when the action was performed and sometimes goes hand in hand with the instrumental. Example: Cheryl went to the movies with me.

10. Vocative (-keş) : The vocative case shows direct address. Example: O' great and beautiful goddess.

Number

1. Singular : designates one of something.

2. Dual : designates two of something. The dual is formed by adding a (-t) to a vowel stem and a (-ä) to a consonant stem.

3. Plural : designates three or more of something. The plural is formed by adding a (-s) to a vowel stem and a (-i) to a consonant stem.

4. Paucal : designates some of or a few of something. The paucal is formed by adding a (-u) to a consonant stem and a (-ñ) to a vowel stem.

5. Collective : designates a whole of something. The collective is formed by adding a (-r) to a vowel stem and a (-y) to a consonant stem.


Declensions

. Avaeğon has six declensions:

1. First Declension : a-stems . The Sea declension- There are Four genders that make up this declension. Common - ends in (a), Lunar - (am) , Solar - (az), Aquatic- (ar).

2. Second Declension : o-stems . The Universal declension- This category encompasses all six genders. Common - ends in (o), Lunar- (om), Solar- (oz), Terrestrial- (os), Aquatic - (or), Phenomenal- (on).

3. Third Declension : y-stems . The Sky declension- This category encompasses three genders. Lunar - (ym), Solar - (yz), Phenomenal- (yn).

4. Fourth Declension : i-stems . The Day declension- This category encompasses five genders. Commom - (i), Solar- (iz), Terrestrial- (is), Aquatic- (ir), Phenomenal- (in).

5. Fifth Declension : e-stems . The Night declension- This category encompasses five genders. Common - (e), Lunar - (em), Terrestrial- (es), Aquatic - (er), Phenomenal- (en).

6. Sixth Declension : u-stems . The Earth declension- This category encompasses three genders. Common - (u), Terrestrial- (us), Aquatic- (ur).

Orthography