Kwenya Greek

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Kwenya hlusa (Κοινη γλωσσα) is a Finnic-influenced Hellenic language.

1-10: il (m)/maa (f)/eon (n), dwi, tril (m/f)/traa (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/
  • ρ λ = /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 from genitive + postposition/noun. No articles due to Finnic influence.

οικορ 'house'
Singular Plural
Nominative οικορ οικοι
Vocative οικε οικοι
Accusative οικον οικουρ
Genitive οικου οικων

Verbs

Also simplified to look like Finnic

Syntax

Constituent order

Noun phrase

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Example texts

Other resources