Flewtish
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| Flewtish | |
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| Flũtwa / Флӯтѡа | |
| Pronunciation | [ˈɸluːtwa] |
| Created by | Aggelos Tselios |
| Date | 2023 |
| Native to | Russia, Finland |
| Native speakers | approx. 1 million (2023) |
Language Isolate
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Official language in | Karelian Republic |
| Regulated by | Institutgog Standardzabirokid Flutvas Glung (Institute of Standardization of the Flewtish Language) |
Flewtish (endonym: Флӯтѡа [ˈɸluːtwa] or Флӯтѡас глӯн [ˈɸluːtwas ɡluːŋ]) is a language spoken by the majority of the population in much of Northwest Russia and the Karelia region. Flewtish is a language isolate, meaning it does not genetically relate to any other known language on the planet.
Flewtish is typologically agglutinative, using almost exclusively suffixal affixation to indicate number, tense, person and case. Flewtish is partially a null-subject language, depending on whether the subject can be implicitly indicated with certainty or not. Due to the sprachbund effect, Flewtish is an SVO language, but more archaic dialects are actually SOV ones. It is a biscriptal language, using both the Latin and Cyrillic scripts to be written. An important aspect of the language is differentiating between labialized and non-labialized consonants (Referred in Flewtish as "rounded" and "unrounded") see eg. [ˈkʷáɣ.ok] "Warmth" and [ˈkáɣ.ok] "Deer".
While standardized, the language spans over a massive geographical area and as a result, forms a dialect continuum with the most extreme corners (from east Finland to w:Ukhta being completely unintelligible to each other. One example could be the simple sentence "My favorite pets are cats". Following are the two examples in the dialects spoken in Ukhta and Arkhangelsk respectively:
- Мўлъ гԝoшў чуннoк мау (Favorite-NOM me-CAU pet-PL cat)
- Ӻакныгԝoдон цўнъук маук (Favorite-me-GEN pet-PL cat-PL)
Etymology and history
Flũtṽa is an evolution of Proto-Flewtish *ɸlydʰa, meaning "Blooming" or "Saturated". The reason for this name is that the regions that Flewtish speakers settled were far more greener and developed than their previous homeland. Flewtish is possibly a Paleo-siberian language that through migration reached it's current territory. This can be further supported by similarities with the Yeniseian languages, like having a pitch accent, vowel harmony and vowel length distinction.
Orthography
Flewtish is officially written with the Cyrillic script as law enforces it in Russia. However, up until the Soviet Union's dissolution in 1991, the language was actually written with the Latin script, which was brought over by Viking sailors. The Latin script is used mostly online and education is done almost exclusively in the Cyrillic-based alphabet instead.
| Cyrillic Script for Flewtish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Аа /a/ | Бб /b/ | Вв /v/ | Гг /g/ | Ғғ /ɣ/ | Дд /d/ | Ðð /ð/ | Ее /e/ | Зз /z/ | Ии /i/ | Ыы /ɨ/ | Ўў /y/ | Кк /k/ | Лл /l/ | Мм /m/ | Нн /n/ | Оо /o/ | Пп /p/ | Рр /ʁ/ | Тт /t/ | Сс /s/ | Уу /u/ | Фф /ɸ/ | Ъъ (ʷ) | Хх /ç/ | Цц /t͡s/ | Чч /t͡ʃ/ | Шш /ʃ/ | Ѡѡ /w/ |
| Latin Script for Flewtish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Aa /a/ | Bb /b/ | Cc /t͡s/ | Dd /d/ | Đð /ð/ | Ee /e/ | Ff /ɸ/ | Gg /g/ | Hh /ç/ | Ii /i/ | Yy /ɨ/ | Jj /ɣ/ | Kk /k/ | Ll /l/ | Mm /m/ | Nn /n/ | Oo /o/ | Pp /p/ | Rr /ʁ/ | Ss /s/ | Tt /t/ | Uu /u/ | Üü /y/ | Vv /v/ | Ww /w/ | Xx /ʒ/ | Zz /z/ |
In the beginning of words, 'c' will make the /k/ sound instead.
The letters correspond always to their pronunciation. The orthography is considered a phonetic, as opposed to deep orthographies like French's.
Grammar
Pronouns
Flewtish contains the usual three pronouns, with a distinction on the third person pronouns for female and male. Flewtish does not use standalone pronouns often, resorting instead to suffixes on the root verb.
| English | Flewtish |
|---|---|
| I | Гѡо |
| You | Жи |
| He/she/it | То/Шо/Ў |
| We | Гѡоне |
| You (pl.) | Жине |
| They | Увок |
Cases
Flewtish has 10 cases, most of which correspond to English prepositions. Far northern dialect contain an additional two.
| Case | Affix | Example | English Approximation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | (None) | Dõmma | House | - |
| Genitive | -den | Dõmmaden | Of the house | - |
| Accusative | -n | Dõmman | The house | The accusative is formed when an action is done upon the object. |
| Vocative | -e | (Ē) Dõmmae | (Hey) house! | Dialectal only, conflicts with suffix -e (Similar to English 'the') |
| Adessive | -pṽo | Dõmmapwo | At the house | Dialectal only, usually fused with the inessive |
| Inessive | -seg | Dõmmaseg | In the house | Also exists as e-root-sek |
| Ablative | -sce | Dõmmasce | From the house | - |
| Essive | -l | Ēne Dõmmal | As a house | Rare, now usually the Russian borrowing 'как' is used. |
| Translative | -sej | Dõmmasej | (Transformed) into a house | |
| Instrumental | -om | Dõmmaom | With a house | If it conflicts with the accusative, then it becomes -on |
| Causal-Final | -scü | Dommascü | For the house | - |
| Negation | -n + -nde | Gende ndommande | Not a house | Not a case exactly, also mostly dialectal by now. |
Basic Vocabulary
Numbers
| Number | English | Flewtish |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Zero | Ěndul/Ендъул |
| 1 | One | Fál/Фал |
| 2 | Two | Āy/Ааы |
| 3 | Three | Rǎx/Ръаж |
| 4 | Four | Vũðes/Въуðесъ |
| 5 | Five | Jog/Ӻог |
| 6 | Six | Gáwo/Гаѡо |
| 7 | Seven | Tájek/Таӻек |
| 8 | Eight | Xü/Жў |
| 9 | Nine | Nãkk/Наак |
| 10 | Ten | Cárposct/Къарпошт |
Conversation
| English | Flewtish | IPA |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | Ген | /ɡɛn/ |
| No | Генде | /ˈɡɛn.dɛ/ |
| Hello! | Шыԝегс | /ˈʃɨwœɡs/ |
| Good morning! | Ӻуг харѡаг! | /ɣuːɡ ˈçaʁwaɡ/ |
| Good night! | Ӻуг микѡуг! | /ɣuːɡ ˈmikwuɡ/ |
| Have a nice day! | Ка̄рѡазу ӻуг цо̄ӻет! | /kaːʁ.wazu ɣuːɡ t͡soːɣɛt/ |
| Goodbye! | Нъикѡогъ | /ˈnʷikwoɡʷ/ |
| Thank you! | Шпре̄нъвугъ | /ʃpʁɛːnʷ.βyɡʷ/ |
| Who? | Ӣва? | /iː.va/ |
| What? | Жар? | /ʒaʁ/ |
| When? | Енѡо? | /ˈenwo/ |
| Where? | Гѡа? | /ɡwa/ |
| How? | Ѡерцог? | /wɐʁt͡soɡ/ |
| Why | Пе̄ккет? | /peːket/ |
| Again | Вӯӻъ | /vuːʝʷ/ |
| What is your name? | Жар ѡа̄рпагзу? | /ʒaʁ waːʁpaɡzu/ |
| My name is... | Ԝа̄рпагѡо ... | /ˈwaː.ʁpaˌɡwo/ |
| Do you speak English? | ' | // |
| I do not understand Flewtish. | Генде ситалъгѡо Флӯтѡас глунг. | /ˈgɛn.dɐ ˈsi.taˌlʷo ˈɸluːtwas gluŋ/ |
| Help me! | Памагъитегѡо! | /pa.ma.ˈgʷɪ.tɐˌgwo/ |
| How much is it? | Ѡерга̄рѡазўме? | /wɐʁɡaːʁwa.ˈzy.me/ |
| Where are you from? | Gṽǎzugyṽos? | // |
Sample text
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
English: All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
Flewtish: Cǒ wíxe jénvacaktu svabódaek é jǖfisciek sǎnseg é práwa. Odaréndutu céwogom é sǒwescom, é xěcentu fãlsegfal wěnciseg zãkkaramtun.
Flewtish (Cyrillic): Ко ѡиже ӻенвацакту свабодаек е гьўфишиек сансег е праѡа. Одарендуту кеѡогом е соѡешом, е жеценту фалсегфал ѡенцисег заккарамтун.
The lion and the boar (Aisop)
English:
On a summer day, when the great heat induced a general thirst, a Lion and a Boar came at the same moment to a small well to drink. They fiercely disputed which of them should drink first, and were soon engaged in the agonies of a mortal combat. On their stopping on a sudden to take breath for the fiercer renewal of the strife, they saw some Vultures waiting in the distance to feast on the one which should fall first. They at once made up their quarrel, saying: "It is better for us to make friends, than to become the food of Crows or Vultures, as will certainly happen if we are disabled."
Flewtish:
Фáл халтацоджетсег, енѡо великаӻа джикъаӻок едъӯт гéникег тиðа, фáл лев е фáл кǎбан стажантуӻа кизысъег калаðéци кũнгатуӻа. Ӻавлъегатся пãтоми htǒк ýпатuja фāлег калаðéци, э лу́нда htúкʷатуя а́гонижоксег фáл смéртелниг пу́па. Конте́гтукосег фáл сту́я сцйндаг клãмньо конфликтǎйс, тйндакуцейоктуя ки́ттетуни лãдоту фáлгисег htǒк патáппио. Шти́сегту бãлошта́ту, ки́литу: "Грóта гуи́д друго́к, ки́д гу́ва сцта́тла вури́сид мэ ву́лтурок, а́ндана вúд ри́кигу́йокив."