Voþken

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Voþken
Voþken
Pronunciation[[Help:IPA|ˈvɔθ.kɛn]]
Created byiancgil
  • Voþken
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Introduction

Phonology

Consonants

Bilabial Labiodental Dental Alveolar Post Alveolar Palatal Velar
Plosive voiceless p /p/ t /t/ k /k/
voiced b /b/ d /d/ g /g/
Nasal m /m/ n /n/
Fricative voiceless f /f/ þ /θ/ s /s/ c /ʃ/ h /x/
voiced v /v/ ð /ð/ s [z]*
Approximant r /ɹ/ y /j/
Lateral Approximant l /l/

*allophone

Vowels

Front Central Back Diphthongs
Close i /i/ u /u/
Near-Close i/y /ɪ/ o /ʊ/
Close-Mid ei/ey /ej/
Mid e [ə]*
Open-Mid e /ɛ/ oi/oy /ɔɪ/
Near-Open a [æ]*
Open a /a/ ai/ay /aj/

*allophone

Grammar

Word Order

OVS, V2

Morphosyntactic Alignment

Ergative-Absolutive

Morphology

Analytic with a touch of Oligosynthetic. Lots of particles and adpositions used for aspect, mood, mode, and cases but verbs conjugate for tense (mostly) and nouns decline for a few basic cases.

Nouns

Pronouns

Absolutive Ergative Genitive
Singular Plural Singular Plural Singular Plural
First Person on onne onest onnest onyr onneyr
Second Person uððe uðest uððest uðyr uððeyr
Third Person ta itta test ittest tayr ittayr
Zeroth Person suþ suþþe suþest suþþest suþyr suþþeyr

Verbs

eþas - to sleep venis - to have hados - to want wanes - to do ays - to be
Singular Plural Singular Plural Singular Plural Singular Plural Singular Plural
Present eþa ven veni had hado wan wane ay aye
Perfect eþad eþada venid venidi hadod hadodo waned wanede ayd aydi
Imperfect ay eþad ay eþada ay venid ay venidi ay hadod ay hadodo ay waned ay wanede ay ayd ay aydi
Pluperfect ayd eþad aydi eþada ayd venid aydi venidi ayd hadod aydi hadodo ayd waned aydi wanede ayd ayd aydi aydi
Future eþwað eþwaða venwið venwiði hadoð hadoðo waneð waneðe ayð ayði