Hatzonian: Difference between revisions

172 bytes added ,  4 December 2023
no edit summary
No edit summary
No edit summary
Line 179: Line 179:
Hatzonian is a dynamic-accent language. Stressed syllables are louder and longer than non-stressed syllables.
Hatzonian is a dynamic-accent language. Stressed syllables are louder and longer than non-stressed syllables.


Stress is phonemic in Hatzonian. This is indicated with an acute accent on the vowel (the first one of the pair in digraphs).
Stress is phonemic in Hatzonian. In romanization, this is indicated with an acute accent on the vowel (the first one of the pair in digraphs).


===Phonotactics===
===Phonotactics===
Line 187: Line 187:
{{main|Hatzonian orthography}}
{{main|Hatzonian orthography}}


Hatzonian may be either written using the Latin alphabet or the native Hatzonian script
Hatzonian may be either written using the Latin alphabet or the native Hatzonian script.
 
===Romanization===
===Romanization===
===Consonants===
===Consonants===
Line 288: Line 289:
<!-- How do the words in your language look? How do you derive words from others? Do you have cases? Are verbs inflected? Do nouns differ from adjectives? Do adjectives differ from verbs? Etc. -->
<!-- How do the words in your language look? How do you derive words from others? Do you have cases? Are verbs inflected? Do nouns differ from adjectives? Do adjectives differ from verbs? Etc. -->
===Nouns===
===Nouns===
Nouns decline for case, number, and gender in Hatzonian. As a fusional language, the affix added depends on the case and gender of the noun:
Nouns decline for case and number in Hatzonian. While nouns have grammatical gender, this only matters for the adjectives used to describe them - the endings used only depend on the final vowel of the noun. For regular nouns, the final vowel laxens in the accusative and dative. Here is an example word to show this, {{term|kíra}}:
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
{{Hatz-noun-conjugation|kíra|kíram|kíreol|kíreolim|kírato|kíratom|kíreolda|kíreoldam}}
|+ Case affixes in Hatzonian
!
! Masc.
! Fem.
! Neu.
|-
! Accusative
| -si
| -za
| -su
|-
! Genitive
| -gel
| -dal
| -jol
|-
! Dative
| -qae
| -keo
| -tao
|}
 
Number is indicated by adding an -m to the end of the word, replacing ae with em, eo with am, and ao with om.


===Verbs===
===Verbs===
Verbs in their infinitive always end in the vowel ''u''. They conjugate as follows:
Verbs in their infinitive always end in the vowel ''u''. The vowel changes in several of the conjugations. Here is an example word to show this, {{term|kádu}}:
{{Hatz-verb-conjugation|kádu|kádil|kádam|kadurnyá|kádol|kádollya|kadurnyéo|kadó|kadúra|kadála}}


<!-- Here are some example subcategories:
<!-- Here are some example subcategories:
1,194

edits