Qlenziêr

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Qlenziêr (verappamil hwenta /veɾappamil hwenta/) is a language inspired by *t a m i l* and Quenya.

Todo

  • Capital of Verapamil = Tiruttazhai; some other place names are Tiruvastalyë, Tiruccómayarnë, Tiruppelvarai, Tiruffárimenwë
  • herwassallu = oak tree
  • Vezhailesta = a place name, or "library"
  • Esalienna (or esalínna) vailíyar teriyum vinívanwë. = We are speaking about love and hate.
  • Vunen pizhívalya? = Are you saving it for me?
  • Silar esanwenen, silai yezhittor quatanwë. = We love him, therefore we celebrate his inauguration.
  • quézhë = foot
  • nómazh = face
  • eccazh = grass
  • teri- = touch
  • hwenta = language

Phonology

Consonants

Qlenziêr consonants
  Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Labiovelar Glottal
Nasal m /m/ n /n/ ny /ɲ/ [ŋ]
Plosive p /p~b/ t /t~d/ ty /t͡ɕ~dʑ/ c /k~g~x/ qu /kʷ~gʷ/
Fricative plain f /f/ s /s/ hy /ç/ hw /xʷ/ h /h/
voiced v /v/ zh /ʒ/
Trill/Flap 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 (nom.)' > vezhaiyai 'book (gen.)'.

sain - human
Singular Plural
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


nómazh - face
Singular Plural
Nominative nómazh nómazhnë
Accusative nómazhar
Genitive nómazhai
Dative nómazhen
Locative nómazhet
Ablative nómazhál
Equative nómazhello
Translative nómazhcal

e-nouns

colvë - fruit
Singular Plural
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
Singular Plural
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
Singular Plural
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
Singular Plural
Nominative sallu sallunë
Accusative sallor 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 (inc, dual): var
  • we (exc): vunnë
  • we (inc, >2): varnë
  • you: palnë
  • these/those: velnë / silnë / nolnë

Possessive suffixes

Possessive suffixes are placed after the plural suffix and before the case suffix.

  • 1ex.sg: -(i)nyë, 1ex.pl: -rmë
  • 1in: -(v/y)óm
  • 2.sg: -(i)llë, 2.pl: -lmë
  • 3: -(i)nna

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"
  • -ssë: "if"
  • -lassë or -lasset: "when"
  • -nen: "because"

Discourse

  • -ya: interrogative

Numbers

1: i / ír / íres 2: cai / cais 3: min / mínes 4: tan / tánes 5: mar / máres 6: si / sís 7: atu / átus 8: son / sonno / sónnos 9: ostya / óstyas 10: mun / múnyë / múnyes 11: hal / haltë / haltes 12: iruccu 13: iruccíres 14: iruccuvéres 15: iruccumínes ... 24: caiccu 36: minuccu 48: tanuccu 60: maruccu 72: siyuccu 84: atuccu 96: sonnuccu 108: ostyaccu 120: múnyeccu 132: halteccu 144: rúya

Syntax

Verapamil is completely head-final.