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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 | ||||
| Plosive | b p | d t | g k | ||||
| Fricative | v f | s | ɕ ʑ | x | h | ||
| Approximant | w | j | |||||
| Trill | r | ||||||
| Tap or Flap | ɾ | ||||||
| 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]
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
klav- love
qölja- land
somma- water
visot- tree
klufa- bird
knea- fox
gjul- owl
efta- wind
stalja- voice
hilja- light
senstom- game
sen- thing
votrid- town
skoltigard- capital
gars- city
savoj- sky
glemma- memory
malem- letter
allem- word
fütor- heat
vesta- winter
skila- spring
domma- summer
qöliv- fall
damet- night
jyvel- day
bettre- dam
asomol-
sven- north
hilka- south
seelig- east
skori- west
talav- book
sorj- arm
delj- leg
blira- fjord
klevra- mountain
sygot- hyena
di- lake
gleefon- wall
bator- year
cugo- century
ifraèn- colony
grioqelv- revolution
frolt- man
ginna- woman
foltaj- boy
ginnaj- girl
reseglid- brain
nekedra- fighter
behön -philosopher
siolif- doctor
siol- health
kuvif- author
belgarif- hero
belgaxani- bravery
meny- newspaper
Numbers[]
se- zero
om- one
lu- two
ti- three
ha- four
ge- five
ju- six
zaj- seven
ne- eight
ka- nine
omse- ten
omom- eleven
and so on
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.