Aveiläğ
Avaeğon is a fictional constructed language created by Jessie M. Strickland. It is a Semi-agglutinative, Semi-fusional language with a highly complex phonology and morphology.
Phonology :
Avaeğon has a phonemic inventory of 46 sounds. With 13 vowels, and 33 consonants. With the vowels they are further divided into 7 monophthongs and 6 diphthongs.
Consonant charts
Pulmonic consonants
Bilabial | Labio-dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post-alveolar | Retroflex | Alveolo-palatal | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Epiglottal | Glottal | |
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Nasal | m̥ m | ɱ | n̪ | n̥ n | n̠ | ɳ | ɲ̥ ɲ | ŋ̊ ŋ | ɴ | ||||
Plosive | p b | p̪ b̪ | t̪ d̪ | t d | t̠ d̠ | ʈ ɖ | c ɟ | k g | q ɢ | ʡ | ʔ | ||
Affricate | p͡ɸ b͡β | p̪͡f b̪͡v | t̪͡θ d̪͡ð | t͡s d͡z | t͡ʃ d͡ʒ | ʈ͡ʂ ɖ͡ʐ | t͡ɕ d͡ʑ | c͡ç ɟ͡ʝ | k͡x g͡ɣ | ||||
Fricative | ɸ β | f v | θ ð | s z θ̠ ð̠ |
ʃ ʒ | ʂ ʐ | ɕ ʑ | ç ʝ | x ɣ | χ ʁ | ħ ʕ | ʜ ʢ | h ɦ |
Approximant | β̞ | ʋ | ɹ | ɻ | j | ɰ | |||||||
Trill | ʙ | r | ɽ͡r | ʀ | я | ||||||||
Flap or tap | ⱱ̟ | ⱱ | ɾ | ɽ | ɢ̆ | ʡ̯ | |||||||
Lateral fric. | ɬ ɮ | ɭ˔̊ | ʎ̥˔ | ʟ̝̊ ʟ̝ | |||||||||
Lateral app. | l | ɭ | ʎ | ʟ | |||||||||
Lateral flap | ɺ | ɺ̠ | ʎ̯ |
Non-pulmonic consonants
Ejectives
Ejective consonants are marked in the IPA with an apostrophe. Voiced ejectives are thought by many to be impossible for humans to produce.
Bilabial | Labio-dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post-alveolar | Retroflex | Alveolo-palatal | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Epiglottal | Glottal | |
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Plosive | p' | t' | ʈ' | c' | k' | q' | |||||||
Affricate | p͡ɸ' | p̪͡f' | t͡ʃ' | ʈ͡ʂ' | t͡ɕ' | c͡ç' | k͡x' | ||||||
Fricative | ɸ' | f' | θ' | s' | ʃ' | ʂ' | ɕ' | ç' | x' | χ' |
Vowel chart
Front | Near-front | Central | Near-back | Back | |
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Close | i y | ɨ ʉ | ɯ u | ||
Near-close | ɪ ʏ | ɪ̈ ʊ̈ | ʊ | ||
Close-mid | e ø | ɘ ɵ | ɤ o | ||
Mid | e̞ ø̞ | ə | ɤ̞ o̞ | ||
Open-mid | ɛ œ | ɜ ɞ | ʌ ɔ | ||
Near-open | æ | ɐ | |||
Open | a ɶ | ä | ɑ ɒ |
Here is another version of the vowel chart:
Front | Near-front | Central | Near-back | Back | |
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Morphology :
Nouns -
Nouns in avaeğon decline for gender, case, and number. There are 6 genders, 10 cases, and 5 numbers.
Gender system - The 6 genders are as follows:
1. Common - The common gender encompasses all nouns that have to with people, titles, and occupations. nouns in this gender all end in a vowel (a,ä,e,i,o,u,y).
2. Lunar - The lunar gender encompasses the following categories nocturnal animals, military equipment, and spiritual concepts. nouns in this gender all end in (m).
3. Solar - The solar gender encompasses nouns that are diurnal animals, household items, body parts, and secular concepts. nouns in this gender end in (z).
4. Terrestrial - The terrestrial gender encompasses nouns that are foods, plants, land masses and formations, and earthen elements and minerals. nouns in this gender end in (s).
5. Aquatic - The aquatic gender encompasses bodies of water, liquids, and emotions. nouns in this gender all end in (r).
6. Phenomenal - The phenomenal gender encompasses deities, celestial bodies, weather, natural forces, seasons and direction. All nouns in this gender end in (n).