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, 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.

Orthography