Verse:Mwail/Qocwane

Vylman (Fŷlmât seaha [ʋl̩ːmət̪ sɛɑhɑ]) is the official language of Vylma (Fŷlmâ [ʋl̩ːmə]), located in our timeline's Hungary. It is inspired by Finnish and Nuosu and has a Finnish-inspired grammar.

Lexicon

joala 'good’
pŵtcâ 'bad’
eafa 'to be'
joalsyfa 'to improve’
âttâfâ 'to come’
lêntŷ 'human’
lênnŷt 'human-GEN’
Ea-la fŷlmâ-nŵcsŷ (be-PRES.1SG Vylma-ADJ.NOM) = 'I am Vylman’
mal(a) ea 'I am not', man ea 'thou art not', maa ea, malze ea, manze ea, maas ea
Śêdŷ ‘Thea’
Cyra ‘Qua’
Rêncŷ ‘Æ’
ńâtâ 'stone’
sââ 'tree’
ĺânnê(x) 'smoke’
Eśonne ĺânnêttâ 'Don't smoke (pl)’
Eśo ĺânnêttâ 'Don't smoke (sg)’
mww (n) ‘fish’
môô (intj) 'moo’
mee (intj) 'baa’
farca (n) ‘crow’

Phonology

Consonants

/m n ɲ p t ts tɕ k s ɕ h v ð r l ʎ j/ m n ń p t z ź c s ś h f d r l ĺ j

Vowels

Vylman has 10 vowel qualities, all with vowel length.

		Front	Non-front
			unrounded	rounded
Syllabic consonant	loose		z̩ ŷ	v̩ʷ ŵ
	tight		z̠̩ y	v̠̩ʷ w
Close	loose	e̝ ê	ə â	o̝ ô
Open-mid	tight	ɛ e		ɔ o
Open			a a

Vylman has loose/tight vowel harmony:

• loose: ŷ ŵ ê â ô
• tight: y w e a o

/ə/ is realized as [œ] when stressed.

Grammar

Finnic-like