| Jetvegian | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Fusional | ||||||||||||
| Alignment | Nominative-Accusative | ||||||||||||
| Head direction | Initial | ||||||||||||
| Tonal | No | ||||||||||||
| Declensions | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Conjugations | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Genders | Three | ||||||||||||
| Nouns decline according to... | |||||||||||||
| Case | Number | ||||||||||||
| Definiteness | Gender | ||||||||||||
| Verbs conjugate according to... | |||||||||||||
| Voice | Mood | ||||||||||||
| Person | Number | ||||||||||||
| Tense | Aspect | ||||||||||||
| Meta-information | |||||||||||||
| Progress | 0% | ||||||||||||
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| Creator | Nikonor | ||||||||||||
General information[]
Jetvegia - the main area of Jetvegian language usage
Jetvegian language (self-name. Jетв҄ежа валода IPA:/jetvʲe'a valo'da/), also known as Polesian language is an alterhistorical semi-isolated East-Slavic language. It is the state language of Republic of Jetvegia. Derived from Old East Slavic Language under massive lexical and phonetic influence of West Baltic language - Sudovian language, and artificial injection of Church Slavonic Orthography during the national-religious campaign in the beginning of the XVII century.
History[]
Specific features[]
Linguistic features[]
Classification and dialects[]
Phonology[]
Consonants[]
| Bilabial | Labio-dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plain | Palatal | Plain | Palatal | Plain | Palatal | Plain | Palatal | |||
| Nasal | m | mʲ | n | nʲ | ||||||
| Stop | p
b |
pʲ
bʲ |
t
d |
k | kʲ | |||||
| Sib. affricate | ts | tsʲ
dzʲ |
ʈʂ | |||||||
| Sib. fricative | s
z |
sʲ
zʲ |
ʂ
ʐ |
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| Non-sib. fricative | f
v |
fʲ
vʲ |
x
ɣ |
xʲ
ɣʲ | ||||||
| Approximant | j | |||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||
| Lat. approx. | l | lʲ | ||||||||
Writing system[]
| Letter | Romanization (Jetvegian Latin Alphabet) | Pronunciation | Name
/name transription/ |
Traditional name name meaning
/name transription/ |
Archaic form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aa | Aa | a, h'aː | Аа
/а/ |
Азо I (neutral gender)
/'аzo/ |
Аа |
| Бб | Bb | b, bʲ, p | Бɘ
/bе/ |
Бука letter (of alphabet)
/b'uka/ |
Бб |
| Вв | Vv, Ww (after vovewls before consonants or at the end of word) | v, vʲ, w (after vovewls before consonants or at the end of word) | Вɘ
/ve/ |
Вѣдацi to know
/vʲ'ieːdat͡sʲi/ |
Вв |
| Гг | Ǧǧ
GH, Gh, gh* |
ɣ, ɣʲ, x | Гɘ
/ɣe/ |
Глаголiцi to speak
/ɣlag'olit͡sʲi/ |
Гг |
| Ґґ | Gg | g, gʲ | Ґɘ
/ge/ |
— | — |
| Дд | Dd | d, t | Дɘ
/de/ |
Добро goodness
/dobr'o/ |
Дд |
| Ƶƶ | Ƶƶ
DZ, Dz, dz* |
dzʲ | Ƶɘ
/de/ |
Ƶѣло very
/z'ieːlo/ |
Ѕѕ→Ꙅꙅ→Ꙃꙃ |
| Ее | e (after consonants), JE, Je, je | e (after consonants), je | E
/je/ |
Есцi to exist
/j'est͡sʲi/ |
Ее, Єє, Ѥѥ |
| Жж | Žž
ZH, Zh, zh* |
ʐ | Жɘ
/ʒe/ |
Жывота life
/ʒɨv'ota/ |
Жж |
| Зз | Zz | z, zʲ | Зɘ
/ze/ |
Земля earth, land
/zʲemlʲa/ |
Ꙁꙁ→Зз |
| Ii | Ii | i | I
/i/ |
I ꙃесѩтичное I decimal
/i d͡zʲesʲ’ɛ̃tɨʈ͡ʂnoe/ |
Ii, Ии |
| Ии | Ɨɨ
Yy* |
ɨ | И
/ɨ/ |
Ери —
/'erɨ/ |
Ii, Ии, Ыы |