Aveiläğ
| Avaeğon Avaeğon | |
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| 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 | tş | dž | |||||||||||||||||||
| 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.
- Common (-V): The common gender is the only gender which ends in a vowel. This gender is assigned to people, places, titles, and occupations.
- Lunar (-m): The lunar gender is assigned to nocturnal animals, military equipment, and spiritual things.
- Solar (-z): The solar gender is assigned to diurnal animals, household equipment, body parts, and secular things.
- Terrestrial (-s): The terrestrial gender is assigned to foods, plants, land masses and formations, earthen elements and minerals
- Aquatic (-r): The aquatic gender is assigned to bodies of water, liquids, and emotions
- 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 (-ga) : The genitive case shows possession or origin.
5. Ablative (-tan) : 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 (-val) : 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 (-kes) : 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).