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| Sufangoli [sufangʊli] | |||||||||||||
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| Type | Agglutinative | ||||||||||||
| Alignment | Nominative-Accusative | ||||||||||||
| Head direction | Head-Final | ||||||||||||
| Tonal | No | ||||||||||||
| Declensions | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Conjugations | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Genders | No | ||||||||||||
| Nouns decline according to... | |||||||||||||
| Case | Number | ||||||||||||
| Definiteness | Gender | ||||||||||||
| Verbs conjugate according to... | |||||||||||||
| Voice | Mood | ||||||||||||
| Person | Number | ||||||||||||
| Tense | Aspect | ||||||||||||
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| Creator | TurtlelordX | ||||||||||||
Sufangoli is the most widely spoken of the languages in the Sufen-Espric group of the Valknis Language Family. It is the official language of Asigoste, Svengan, and Gallifross
Phonology
Consonants
| Bilabial | Labio-dental | Alveolar | Alveolo-Palatal | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ <g,ng> | ||||
| Plosive | b p | d t | g k | ||||
| Fricative | v f | s | ɕ ʑ <c,z> | x | h | ||
| Approximant | w | j | |||||
| Trill | r | ||||||
| Tap or Flap | ɾ <r> | ||||||
| Lateral app. | l |
Vowels
| Front | Central | Near-back | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i y | u | ||
| Near-close | ɪ | ʊ | ||
| Close-mid | e ø | o | ||
| Mid | ə | |||
| Open-mid | ɛ œ | ɔ | ||
| Open | a | ɑ |
Alphabet
Aa [a] or [ɑ]
Bb- [b]
Cc- [ɕ]
Dd- [d]
Ee- [e] (at the end of words) and [ɛ] in the middle. There are more spelling rules which I will get in to.
Ff- [f]
Gg- [g] and sometimes [j] if I feel like it.
Hh- [h]
Ii- [i]
Jj [j]
Kk- [k]
Ll- [l]
Mm- [m]
Nn- [n]
Oo- [o] or [ʊ]
Pp- [p]
Qq- [xʷ]
Rr- [r] or [ɾ]
Ss- [s]
Tt- [t]
Uu- [u] or [ʉ]
Vv- [v]
Xx- [x] and sometimes [w]
Yy- [ɪ]
Èè- [ə]
Öö- [œ] or [ø]
Üü- [y] or [ʉ]
Zz- [ʑ]
Syntax
Typically SVO. If the words are undeclined, SVO is the only acceptable word order.
Vellè max tolfit. Vella max tolfitö. Vella tolfitö max. Tolfitö max vella. Max vella tolfitö. (Translation: I eat the apple)
Vella is the nominative form of vellè (I), and tolfitö is the accusative form of tolfit (apple).
Vellö max tolfita. (Translation: The apple eats me) We reversed a and ö and this is the result.
Verb Forms
There are typically 3 conjugations of verbs. -ax, -ix, and -x verbs.
| ix verbs conjugation |
|---|
|
-ix (present) abix |
| -isti or -ist (past) abisti |
| -asa (future) abasa |
| -ir (gerund) abir |
| -ixana (infinitive) abixana |
| -ilt (participle) abilt |
| ax verbs conjugation |
|---|
| -ax (present) max |
| -asta or -ast (past) masta |
| -isi (future) misi |
| -ar (gerund) mar |
| -axina (infinitive) maxina |
| -alt (participle) malt |
| x verbs conjugation |
|---|
| -x (present) suvex |
| -ste (past) suveste |
| -si (future) suvesi |
| -r (gerund) suver |
| -xani (infinitive) suvexani |
| -lt (participle) suvelt |
Vocabulary
Suffixes for nouns and pronouns
a or na (emphasizes the nominativeness of a noun. Sometimes acts like a definate article or even, the verb to be)
ö or nö (accusative marker, but not required to create an accusative)
i or ni (dative marker, required to create datives)
ü or sxu (inessive form)
Pronouns
vellè- first person
vey- first person, casual, shortened
dü- second person
do- second person, casual
cele- third person (he or she)
jaè- third person (he, she, it) [note, aè is pronounced as ɔ]
des- this, these
dom- that, those
dala- that over there, those over there
et- it
To create other forms of pronouns, apply the suffixes.
Nouns
ceva- table
wynn or vhynn- forest
dana- computer
fey- cat
kol- dog
nasu- horse
fenn- friend
tolfit- apple
Verbs
Most if not all verbs end in -x in their standard form.
max- to eat
cux- to like
etix- to arrange, to do
bix- to be at (a location)
abix- to go
döx- to die
dux- to give
javyx- to hate
suvex- to sleep
zenx- to know [the x is silent!]
eelux- to agree
kaltex- to build
qeltax- to harm, to attack
Adjectives and Adverbs
cuttèy- good
vheket- pretty
döltgrèy- dead
vhalt- very
glivèy- clever
Suffixes for adjectives
-t Adjectives
Comparative Suffix: am Superlative Suffix: agre Example: Vheket (Pretty) Vheketam (Prettier) Vheketagre (Prettiest)
-èy Adjectives
Comparative Suffix: va Superlative Suffix: grie èy turns into e when in the middle of a word. Example: Cuttèy (Good)
Cutteva (Better) Cuttegrie (Best)
Example Sentences
Vey duste veyo fenni nasunö. Jaè javyste domèy nasu ou jaè qeltast nasunö, ou et döste.