Kwenya Greek
Kwenya (Κοινη) is a Finnic-influenced Hellenic language.
1-10: ir (m)/mia (f)/eon (n), dwi, trir (m/f)/tria (n), teottareol, peonta, eosta, eowta, ohta, eonnaa, deoka 11-20: eondyutru, dwidyutru, tridyutru, tettareodyutru, peontadyutru, eostadyutru, ... ikori (< hen deuterou, dyo deuterou, ... "one of the second, two of the second, ..." cf. Estonian üks·teist, kaks·teist, ...) 100: eokaton 1000: khilaa
Introduction
Phonology
Orthography
Consonants
- μ ν γγ = /m n ŋ/ (γκ γχ = /ŋk ŋkʰ/)
- π τ κ = /p t k/
- β δ = /b d/
- φ θ χ = /pʰ tʰ kʰ/
- σ γ = /s h/
- ζ = /z/
- ϝ ρ λ = /w r l/
Vowels
α ε ι ο υ η ω αι ει οι ου = /a ə i o wi ja u e i we u/
Prosody
Stress
Always initial stress
Intonation
Phonotactics
Morphophonology
Morphology
Nouns
nom/acc/gen/voc + Finnic-style cases. No articles or gender due to Finnic influence.
Principal parts: nominative, accusative, genitive, vocative singular; nominative, accusative, genitive plural
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Adjectives
3 genders, only nom/voc/acc/gen
Verbs
Simplified to look like Finnic
Syntax
Constituent order
The unmarked word order is SOV, genitive-noun, adjective noun, noun-relative clause, noun-adposition.