Vøt E-Nït

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Type
Synthetic, mostly fusional
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

Phonology

Consonants

	Bilabial	Labio-dental	Dental	Alveolar	Post-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal	m			n				ɴ
Plosive	p b			t d			k g
Fricative		f v	θ ð	s z	ʃ		x, ɣ		h
Affricate				t͡s	t͡ʃ
Approximant				l		j	w
Trill				r

The nasal phoneme /ɴ/ has no independent letter of its own, it only occurs before fricatives (ġ and ç).

Apart from the nasal phoneme, every phoneme can be written using just one letter.

Vowels

	Front	Near-front	Back
Close	i y		u
Near-close		ɪ
Close-mid	e ø		o
Near-open	æ
Open	a

Writing System

There are three different orthographies; however in Nïnet a runic alphabet is used (called Rúna). The older alphabet is no longer used, and latin is used as a transliteration. 

Letter	a	á	æ	e	é	ë	i	í	ï	o	ó	ø
Sound	/a/	/a:/	/æ~æ:/	/e/	/e:/	/je~je:/	/ɪ/	/i:/	/æj/	/o/	/o:/	/ø~ø:/
Letter	u	ú	y	ý	ÿ	w	b	v	c	ç	d	ð
Sound	/u/	/u:/	/y/	/y:/	/j/	/w/	/b/	/v/	/t͡ʃ/	/x/	/d/	/ð/
Letter	p	f	g	ġ	h	k	l	m	n	r	s	ś
Sound	/p/	/f/	/g/	/ɣ/	/h/	/k/	/l/	/m/	/n/	/r/	/s/	/ʃ/
Letter	ş	t	þ	z
Sound	/t͡s/	/t/	/θ/	/z/

Grammar

Nouns

Nouns fall under both genders and numbers. There are three genders (male, female and neuter, also called common gender). Nouns can be singular or plural.

Numbers	Singular Common	Singular Female	Plural Common	Plural Female
One	Áś	Áśa	Śót	Śú
Two	Þwá	Þwá	Þwót	Þwú
Three	Ðrï	Ðrïa	Ðrót	Ðrú
Four	Feór	Fÿóra	Fÿorót	Fÿóru
Five	Çem	Çéma	Çemót	Çemú
Six	Seóç	Sÿóça	Sÿoçót	Sÿóçu
Seven	Śófa	Śófa	Śofót	Śófu
Eight	Eóçt	Ÿoçta	Ÿoçót	Ÿóçu
Nine	Níë	Nïa	Nÿót	Nÿú
Ten	Teón	Tÿóna	Tÿonót	Tÿónu
Eleven	Aśát	Áśta	Aśót	Aśtú
Twelve	Þwát	Þwáta	Þowót	Þwótu
Thriteen	Ðríat	Ðráta	Ðriót	Ðrótu
Fourteen	Fÿorát	Fÿórta	Fërót	Fÿórtu
Fifteen	Çemát	Çemta	Çëmót	Çëmtú
Sixteen	Sÿoçát	Sÿóçta	Sÿoçót	Sÿóçtu
Seventeen	Śofát	Śofta	Śëfót	Śëftú
Eighteen	Ÿoçát	Ÿóçta	Æçót	Æçtú
Nineteen	Níát	Nÿóta	Nïót	Nÿótu
Twenty	Þwívi	Þwíva	Þwivót	Þwívu
Thirty	Ðrívi	Ðríva	Ðrivót	Ðrívu
Forty	Fÿívi	Fÿíva	Fëvót	Fëvtú
Fifty	Çívi	Çíva	Çivót	Çívtu
Sixty	Sÿívi	Sÿíva	Sëvót	Sëvtú
Seventy	Śÿívi	Śÿíva	Śëvót	Śëvtú
Eighty	Ÿívi	Ÿíva	Ævót	Ævtú
Ninety	Nÿívi	Nÿíva	Nëvót	Nëvtú
Hundred	Kóś	Kóśa	Kśot	Kośtú
Thousand	Wereg	Werga	Wergót	Wergú

Pronouns

Pronoun	Translation
I	Ÿáġ
You	Ëġ
He	Śeś
She	Śæ
It	Kí
Us	Ðá
You*	Ëz
Them	Cøc

•  The second person plural subject pronoun

Possessive Pronouns

Pronoun	Translation
My/Mine	-ve
Yours	-vek
His	-he
Hers	-ha
Its	-ke
Ours	-rák
Yours*	-vák
Theirs	-hák

•  The second person plural possessive pronoun

Reflexive Pronouns

Reflexive	Translation
Oneself	ÿøp
Myself	op
Yourself	of
Himself	óg
Herself	ók
Itself	øç
Ourselves	øp
Yourselves	øf
Themselves	øçk

Verbs

All verbs are conjugated in a similar way. It is as follows (example of the verb to answer; ðëçk):

Tense	Affix	Example
Infinitive	ÿ-	ÿ-ðëçk
Present	-el	ðëçel
Past	-ød	ðëçkød
Future	ka-	ka-ðëçk
Imperative	-	ðëçk!

Syntax

Example text

English:

1. Oh glorious moon in the high sky,
2. May your light shine on me during my darkest hours,
3. Let it guide me and deliver me.
4. You are the silver jewel upon the gods' divine Crown,
5. Your wisdom and your calm is what I seek.
6. Drive away the demons and shadow lurkers,
7. Enlighten me with your calm and serenity.
8. May your rays shine upon me for all of eternity,
9. Oh great silver orb of heaven

Vøt E-Nït:

1. Ëða Ýtn ça wølðríd ÿú Ëlë ç ïpek
2. Næş ġaśvek çón ák ÿáġ øþni vøÿ-íġove,
3. Býv kí úðerel aç hïhwinel ÿáġ
4. Ëġ ça þøÿ-surpím ák ç ilæçím moġar ilæçetaw
5. Śonúððømvek ç ajagvek (aśagvek*) ÿáġ foçkel
6. Hoçþ ça çoçøyo aç ðÿorkoþeo
7. Hïġáś ÿáġ ón azág aç wïn-ïpek
8. Næś ðwáruvek çón ák ÿáġ nweġ
9. Ëða dïn ÿøz aç surpím ÿú Ëleÿa