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Barbuz
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| Barbuz | |
|---|---|
| bërbëzg | |
| Pronunciation | [bæʁbæzg] |
| Created by | Jukethatbox |
| Date | 2021 |
| Setting | Radael |
| Native to | Barbüze Region, Moshurian Empire |
| Native speakers | 5 million (400 UH) |
Yeldhic
| |
| Official status | |
Recognised minority language in | Moshurian Empire |
| Regulated by | Bërbëzgdal Azgufsage |
Barbuz(bërbëzg, Barbuz: [bæʁbæzg]) is a Barbuzic language spoken in central Talkoch. It is one of the most spoken non-Moshurian languages in the Moshurian Empire, being spoken by about 5 million people natively, and one of the only agglutinative Yeldhic languages, aside from other languages in the Barbuzic language family.
Their exonym, "Barbuz", comes from Middle Moshurian Barbüze(Moshurian: [bɑɽˈbyːzə]), which was a Moshurianised form of their endonym bërbëzg. Their exonym in Moshurian may have been based on their exonym in Ilda, which was barbusās, or its Maranz equivalent, balbošas.
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial/Labiodental | Alveolar | Post-alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p b | t d | k g | q | ||
| Nasal | m | n | (ɲ) | (ŋ) | ||
| Fricative | f v | s z | ʃ ʒ | ʁ | ||
| Affricate | t͡s d͡z | |||||
| Semivowel | j | |||||
| Lateral | ɫ |
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i y | u | |
| Close-mid | e | o | |
| Near-open | æ | ɐ |
Vowels are lengthened in coda open syllables(apart from case endings), such as in vrala [vʁɐɫɐː]
Grammar
Constituent order
The basic word order in Barbuz is SOV, although some academics, and also in literature to create a feeling of sophistication, the word order of OSV(which is the basic word order in Moshurian) is used instead.
- minkede zëmanti mnezgalak.
- cow-NOM grass-ACC PRES.eat.
Personal pronouns
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | agaz | guzpa |
| 2nd |
Nouns
Number
Case
Barbuz has 5 grammatical cases.
| Case | Ending | Examples | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| dzamal | dol | |||
| Nominative | -e | dzamale | dole | (the) village/tree |
| Accusative | -i | dzamali | doli | the village/tree |
| Genitive | -dal | dzamaldal | doldal | the village's/tree's |
| Dative | -om | dzamalom | dolom | to the village/tree |
| Locative | -jal | dzamaljal | doljal | in/on/at the village/tree |