Alvinian

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Alvinian
Алвини Език, Alvini Ezik
Created byAlbertVen
Indo-European
  • Slavic
    • Southern Slavic
      • Alvinian

Introduction

Alvinian (Алвини Език, Alvini Ezik) is a Southern Slavic language based on Old Slovene, which has been significantly influenced by Venetan, an Italo-Romance language spoken in North-Eastern Italy, and other Slavic languages, especially Serbian and Russian.


Alphabet

Alvinian uses both Cyrillic and Latin script. The alphabets have an equal status, although latin is usually preferred in informal texts, while cyrillic is normally used in normative, scientific and official texts.

Cyrillic Latin IPA value
А а A a /a/
Б б B b /b/
В в V v /v/
Г г G g /ɡ/
Д д D d /d/
Џ џ Đ đ /dʑ/
Е е E e /ɛ/ /e/
Ж ж Ž ž /ʐ/
З з Z z /z/
И и I i /i/
Ј ј J j /ʝ/
К к K k /k/
Л л L l /l/
М м M m /m/
Н н N n /n/
О о O o /ɔ/ /о/
П п P p /p/
Р р R r /ɾ/
С с S s /s/
Т т T t /t/
У у U u /u/
Ф ф F f /f/
Х х H h /x/
Ц ц C c /ts/
Ч ч Č č /tɕ/
Ш ш Š š /ʂ/
Я я Ą ą /ɔ̃/


Morphology

Nouns

Alvinian inflects nouns for number (singular, dual, plural), gender (masculine, feminine, neuter) and case (nominative, genitive, accusative, dative). The declensions are divided into masculine, feminine and neuter.

Masculine - Ušnik (Student) Singular Dual Plural
Nominative Ušnik Ušnika Ušniki
Genitive Ušnika Ušnika Ušnikov
Accusative Ušnik Ušnika Ušnike
Dative Ušniku Ušnikam Ušnikima


Feminine - Niga (Book) Singular Dual Plural
Nominative Niga Nigi Nige
Genitive Nige Nigi Nig
Accusative Nigu Nigi Nige
Dative Nigi Nigam Nigima


Neuter - Revo (Tree) Singular Dual Plural
Nominative Revo Revi Revą
Genitive Reva Revi Rev
Accusative Revo Revi Revą
Dative Revu Revam Revima


Personal Pronouns

Alvinian personal pronouns are inflected for number (singular, dual, plural), person, case (nominative, genitive, accusative, dative) and the 3rd persons are inflected also for gender (masculine/neuter, feminine).

1S 2S 3S m,n 3S f 1D 2D 3D 1P 2P 3P m, f, n
Nom Mi Ti El, Elo Ela Naj Vaj Laj Ni Vi Eli, Ele, Elą
Gen Meg Teg Neg Ne Nas Vas Las Nih Vih Lih
Acc Men Ten Nen Nu Nas Vas Las Nih Vih Lih
Dat Mom Tom Nem Nom Nama Vama Lima Nam Vam Lim


Syntax

Constituent order

Noun phrase

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Example texts

Other resources