Kwenya Greek

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

1-10: ir (m)/maa (f)/eon (n), dwi, trir (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. No articles due to Finnic influence.

οικορ 'house'
Singular Plural
Nominative οικορ οικοι
Vocative οικε! οικοι!
Accusative οικον οικουρ
Genitive οικου οικων
Illative οικονιρ οικουριρ
Inessive οικουνδο οικωνενδο
Elative οικουξε οικοωνεξε
Adessive οικουειτ οικωνειτ
Allative οικουβαι οικωμβαι
Ablative οικομπο οικουρπο
Instrumental οικουδω οικωνδω
Essive οικουπρε οικωμπρε
Translative οικονιν οικουριν
Abessive οικουχω οικωγχω
Comitative οικουμε οικωμμε

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.

Noun phrase

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Example texts

Other resources