Níevzi

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Stats
Nouns	98%
Verbs	67%
Adjectives	33%
Syntax	33%
Words	75 of 1500

Nivian Níevzi
Type
Agglutinating
Alignment

Head direction

Tonal
No
Declensions
Yes
Conjugations
Yes
Genders
Yes
Nouns decline according to...
Case	Number
Definiteness	Gender
Verbs conjugate according to...
Voice	Mood
Person	Number
Tense	Aspect

General information[]

Nivian (Nivian: Níevzi, /'ɲevzi/) is an a priori language that was the second generation of Siryn languages. Its purpose is to express the complex thoughts of humans in a superior manner. The first evidence of Níevzi is from a carved stone discovered in the Íuçol Forest in present-day Pęrsirùs from thousands of years ago, before the Sirina people separated. Experts believe that it belonged to Sirê Zesú's (the creator of the first generation of Sirina languages) grand-successor. It wasn't until about 100 years after the language was created that the Latin alphabet made its way to Siryn. The first generation was very simple and is still used in some parts of Lezsía, /'lɛt͡sja/, (the region consisting of Pęrsirùs and Sævíùs).

Phonology[]

Consonants[]

	Bilabial	Labio-dental	Dental	Alveolar	Post-alveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal	m			n	ɲ	ŋ
Plosive	p b			t d				k g
Fricative	ɸ	f v	θ ð	s v t͡s	ʃ ʒ				χ ʁ	h
Affricate
Approximant				ɹ			j
Trill
Flap or tap		ⱱ
Lateral fric.
Lateral app.				l
Lateral flap

Vowels[]

	Front	Near-front	Central	Back
Close	i			u
Near-close		u
Close-mid	e			o
Mid			ə
Open-mid	ɛ œ
Near-open	æ		ɐ
Open

Alphabet[]

Letters	Name	Pronunciation	Further Information
Ææ	al	/æ/	-
Aa	a	/a/	-
Ää	av	/ɔ/	-
Åå	å	/e/	-
Bb	bå	/b/	-
Çç	çå	/θ/	-
Ċċ	ċå	/ð/	-
Dd	då	/d/	-
Ee/Ęę	e	/ɛ/	ę is used only before an r. e is used for every other case
Ëë	íë	/œ/	-
Ėė	ë	/œ/	A very short "ë" sound. It is mainly used to separate two consecutive consonants
Ff	få	/f/	-
Gg	ga	/g/	-
Hh	ha	/h/	Exception: It will be pronounced like /χ/ (vl uvular fricative), when it an "a" follows it.
Ii	i	/i/	-
Íí	ía	/j/	Used only before a vowel to add a short "y" sound to it.
Îî	î	/aɪ/	-
Ʒʒ	ʒa	/ʒ/	-
Kk	ek	/k/	-
Mm	em	/m/	-
Nn	en	/n/	-
Oo	o	/o/	-
Øø	ío	/ɔɪ/	-
Pp	på	/p/	-
Rr	rå	/r/	Exception: When "r" is used at the beginning of a word or at the end of a syllable it is pronounced as /ʁ/
Tt	ta	/t/	-
Uu	u	/u/	-
Ùù	íù	/ə/	-
Vv	vå	/ⱱ/	Exception: It is pronounced like /v/ when it ends a word.
Ww	wå	/w/	-
Xx	ax	/k͡s/	-
Yy	yv	/ɪ/	-
Zz	za	/z/	-

Phonotactics[]

There are two types of consonant clusters allowed in the Níevzi language. These occurances are the ONLY time two cononants can be consecutive in the same syllable.

xi /ʃ/ - This cluster can only be used in the beginning of a syllable, but not a word.
zs /t͡s/ - This cluster can be used anywhere in a word or syllable.

Grammar[]

	Gender	Cases	Numbers	Tenses	Persons	Moods	Voices	Aspects
Verb	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Nouns	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Adjectives	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Numbers	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Participles	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Adverb	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Pronouns	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
Adpositions	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Article	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
Particle	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No

Verb Conjugations:[]

The following conjugations are add-ons to the verb, since Nivian is an agglutinating language. The conjugations add in the tense, and the subect pronouns are added after the tense to the verb.

Tense
Simple Present	r
Present Perfect	ryv
Simple Past	z
Past Perfect	zyv
Future	d
Future Perfect	dyv
Ever*	l
Imperative	f
Live**	n
Continuous	v

Ever Tense refers to if the subject has ever completed the verb action in its lifetime.
**Live Tense refers to what the subject does for a living/for fun. One of two adverbs are needed (professionally/unprofessionally) to clarify.

Subject Pronouns
I	ù	We	ùz
You (s.)	yv	You (p.)	yz
He	ío	They	az
She	ía
It (an object)	íi
It (a word or concept)	íø

Examples:

lîbërù. - I undertand. [simple present]
æzesëryvía. - She has spoken (for 3 years). [present perfect]
æmëzyv. - You stayed. [simple past]
æzsėnamëzyvaz. - They had connected (by the time I arrived). [past perfect]
zipæmëdyv. - You (s.) will play. [future]
belëdyvùz - We will have known (by Sunday night). [future perfect]
lëlíi. - It has moved (sometime in its existance). [ever]
lîvnavësyv! - Eat! (you s.) [imperative]
æʒenënío. - He writes (for a living/fun). *The adverbs professionally & unprofessionally must be added into the sentence [live]

Other Pronouns[]

Direct Object
Me	uwæ	We	uwæz
You (s.)	uwi	You (p.)	uwiz
He	uío	They	øz
She	uía
It (object)	uío
It (word/concept	uíø

Indirect Object
Me	síù	We	síe
You (s.)	síi	You (p.)	síî
He	sío	They	síaz
She	sía
It (object)	síy
It (word/concept	síø

Possessive
My	víù	Our	víe
Your (s.)	víy	Your (p.)	víî
His	vío	Their	víu
Her	vía
Its (object)	vío
Its (word/concept	víø

Absolute Possessive
Mine	víùʒė	Ours	víeʒė
Yours (s.)	víyʒė	Yours (p.)	víîʒė
His	víoʒė	Theirs	víuʒė
Hers	víaʒė
Its (object)	víoʒė
Its (word/concept	víøʒė

Demonstrative
this	ilå
that	ilù
these	ilåz
those	ilùz

Noun Declensions[]

For case, add the prefix to the beginning of the noun. For number, add the suffix to the end of the noun. There should only be a total of one word after declenation.

Case
Subject	tå(í)
Direct Object	rå(í)
Indirect Object	sa(í)
Object of Prep.	wå(í)
Predicate Nominative	za(í)

Number
None (0)	ėhal
Singular (1)	don't add anything
Plural (>1)	war

Vocabulary[]

No.	English	Nivian
1	I	—
2	you (singular)	—
3	he	—
4	we	—
5	you (plural)	—
6	they	—
7	this	—
8	that	—
9	here	—
10	there	—
11	who	—
12	what	—
13	where	—
14	when	—
15	how	—
16	not	—
17	all	—
18	many	—
19	some	—
20	few	—
21	other	—
22	one	i
23	two	la
24	three	mi
25	four	lo
26	five	to
27	big	—
28	long	—
29	wide	—
30	thick	—
31	heavy	—
32	small	—
33	short	—
34	narrow	—
35	thin	—
36	woman	—
37	man (adult male)	—
38	man (human being)	—
39	child	—
40	wife	—
41	husband	—
42	mother	—
43	father	—
44	animal	—
45	fish	—
46	bird	—
47	dog	—
48	louse	—
49	snake	—
50	worm	—
51	tree	—
52	forest	—
53	stick	—
54	fruit	—
55	seed	—
56	leaf	—
57	root	—
58	bark	—
59	flower	—
60	grass	—
61	rope	—
62	skin	—
63	meat	—
64	blood	—
65	bone	—
66	fat	—
67	egg	—
68	horn	—
69	tail	—
70	feather	—
71	hair	—
72	head	—
73	ear	—
74	eye	—
75	nose	—
76	mouth	—
77	tooth	—
78	tongue	—
79	fingernail	—
80	foot	—
81	leg	—
82	knee	—
83	hand	—
84	wing	—
85	belly	—
86	guts	—
87	neck	—
88	back	—
89	breast	—
90	heart	—
91	liver	—
92	drink	—
93	eat	lîvnavë/o
94	bite	—
95	suck	—
96	spit	—
97	vomit	—
98	blow	—
99	breathe	—
100	laugh	—
101	see	—
102	hear	—
103	know	belë
104	think	—
105	smell	—
106	fear	—
107	sleep	—
108	live	—
109	die	—
110	kill	—
111	fight	—
112	hunt	—
113	hit	—
114	cut	—
115	split	—
116	stab	—
117	scratch	—
118	dig	—
119	swim	—
120	fly	—
121	walk	—
122	come	—
123	lie	—
124	sit	—
125	stand	—
126	turn	—
127	fall	—
128	give	—
129	hold	—
130	squeeze	—
131	rub	—
132	wash	—
133	wipe	—
134	pull	—
135	push	—
136	throw	—
137	tie	—
138	sew	—
139	count	—
140	say	æzesë/o
141	sing	—
142	play	zipæmë/o
143	float	—
144	flow	—
145	freeze	—
146	swell	—
147	sun	—
148	moon	—
149	star	—
150	water	—
151	rain	—
152	river	—
153	lake	—
154	sea	—
155	salt	—
156	stone	—
157	sand	—
158	dust	—
159	earth	—
160	cloud	—
161	fog	—
162	sky	—
163	wind	—
164	snow	—
165	ice	—
166	smoke	—
167	fire	—
168	ash	—
169	burn	—
170	road	—
171	mountain	—
172	red	zsema
173	green	—
174	yellow	híeʒa
175	white	—
176	black	—
177	night	—
178	day	—
179	year	—
180	warm	—
181	cold	—
182	full	—
183	new	—
184	old	—
185	good	—
186	bad	—
187	rotten	—
188	dirty	—
189	straight	—
190	round	—
191	sharp	—
192	dull	—
193	smooth	—
194	wet	—
195	dry	—
196	correct	—
197	near	—
198	far	na
199	right	—
200	left	—
201	at	—
202	in	—
203	with	—
204	and	—
205	if	—
206	because	—
207	name	—