Qlenziêr

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Qlenziêr (verappamil /veɾappamil/) is a language inspired by Tamil and Quenya.

Numbers:

1: i / ír / íres 2: cai / cais 3: min / mínes 4: tan / tánes 5: mar / máres 6: si / sís 7: atu / átus 8: sonno / sónnos ... 9: ostya / óstyas 10: iruccu 11: iruccíres 12: iruccuvéres 13: iruccumínes ... 20: caiccu 30: minuccu 40: tanuccu 50: maruccu 60: siyuccu 70: atuccu 80: sonnuccu 90: ostyaccu 100: rúya

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Phonology

Consonants

Qlenziêr consonants
  Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Labiovelar Glottal
Nasal m /m/ n /n/ ny /ɲ/ [ŋ]
Plosive plain p /p/ t /t~d/ ty /t͡ɕ~dʑ/ c /k~g~x/ qu /kʷ~gʷ/
voiced (b /b/)
Fricative plain f /f/ s /s/ hy /ç/ hw /xʷ/ h /h/
voiced v /v/ zh /ʒ/
Trill r /ɾ~r/
Approximant w /w/ l /l/ y /j/

Vowels

  Front Central Back
short long short long short long
Close i /i/ í /iː/ u /u~ɯᵝ/ ú /uː/
Mid e /e/ é /eː/ [ə] o /o/ ó /oː/
Open a /a/ á /aː/

Diphthongs: ai au /ai au/

Notes
  • /u~ɯᵝ/ is [u] in the first syllable, and [ɯᵝ] otherwise.

Morphology

Nouns

Nouns have 8 inflectional cases (nominative, accusative, genitive, dative, locative, ablative, equative, translative), and have several declensions as in Quenya. The accusative is only used for definite objects, as in Tamil.

Consonant nouns

Nouns ending in -ai also belong to this declension class: -y- is added to the stem when adding a suffix beginning with a vowel, e.g. vezhai 'book' > vezhaiyai 'of a book'.

sain - human
Nominative sain sainnë
Accusative sainar sainnëar, sainneyar
Genitive sainai sainneyai
Dative sainen sainnen
Locative sainet sainnet
Ablative sainál sainneyál
Equative sainello sainnello
Translative saincal sainneccal

e-nouns

colvë - fruit
Nominative colvë colvenë
Accusative colvëar, colveyar colvenëar, colveneyar
Genitive colveyai colveneyai
Dative colven colvenen
Locative colvet colvenet
Ablative colveyál colveneyál
Equative colvello colvenello
Translative colveccal colveneccal

i-nouns

érwi - pot
Nominative érwi érwinë
Accusative érwier, érwiyar érwinëar, érwineyar
Genitive érwiyai érwineyai
Dative érwien érwinen
Locative érwiet érwinet
Ablative érwiyál érwineyál
Equative érwillo érwinello
Translative érwiccal érwineccal

a-nouns

lesta - house
Nominative lesta lestanë
Accusative lestar lestanëar, lestaneyar
Genitive lestai lestaneyai
Dative lestan lestanen
Locative lestat lestanet
Ablative lestál lestaneyál
Equative lestallo lestanello
Translative lestaccal lestaneccal

u/o-nouns

sallu - tree
Nominative sallu sallunë
Accusative salluvar sallunëar, salluneyar
Genitive salluvai salluneyai
Dative sallon sallunen
Locative sallut sallunet
Ablative salluvál salluneyál
Equative sallullo sallunello
Translative salluccal salluneccal

Pronouns

Qlenziêr is pro-drop.

  • I: vun
  • you: pal
  • this / that / yon: vel / sil / nol (animates: veles / siles / noles)
  • we: vunnë
  • you: palnë
  • these/those: velnë / silnë / nolnë

Verbs

There is a negative suffix, -li-.

Tense suffixes

  • -0: timeless
  • -ːva-: present
  • -ri-: past
  • -tti-: future

Personal suffixes

Personal suffixes
Singular Plural
1 -n -nwë
2 -l -lwë
3.an -tu -tai
3.inan -r

Clausal suffixes

  • -um: "and"
  • -issë: "if"
  • -lassë or -lasset: "when"

Discourse

  • -ya: interrogative