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Velenian Dac Guenhr Lenīl
Type
Other
Alignment
Nominative-Accusative
Head direction
Head-initial
Tonal
No
Declensions
No
Conjugations
Yes
Genders
No
Nouns decline according to...
Case	Number
Definiteness	Gender
Verbs conjugate according to...
Voice	Mood
Person	Number
Tense	Aspect

General information

Dac Guenhr Lenīl (lit. The Living Language) was the language spoken on the planet of Velenius. The planet itself was a war-planet, and excelled in military force, warfare and tactics against the other inhabitants of the planet; the Nagas.

In general, the language uses particles alongside with a lot of prefixes instead of a case-system. It also only features very few to no irregularities, and grammatically should be easy to understand. The phonetics and pronunciation should be harder, as it has longer words, due to the load of prefixes

Phonology

Consonants

	Bilabial	Labio-dental	Alveolar	Post-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m		n
Plosive	p b		d t		c	q (k) g
Fricative		f v/w	z (s)	j (ʃ)			H
Flap or Tap			r (ɾ)
Lateral app.			l

The letter f is pronounced as [fi]

f' is pronounced as [f]

Vowels

	Front	Near-back	Back
Close	i		u
Close-mid	e		o
Mid	h (e̞)
Near-open		a (ɑ)

The letters: ā, ē, ī, ō, and ū are all elongated versions of the vowel, i.e. the ¯ symbol simply indicates that the vowel needs to be long (does not apply to h). This is highly used instead of doubled vowels, for example the subject prefix vu- together with the pronoun -una would be written as vūna and not vuuna.

h/H

Notice that h and H are considered different letters. H is aspiration and h is a vowel more or less equal to that of greek η. If a word starts with h the following letter should be capitalized if necessary.

Written Velenian

Lenīl

The modern writing system of Veleniuz is simply called Lenīl. It is based around soft curls in design and expresses elongation with small circles above letters. Spaces are not used.

F'req

A rather outdated style of writing, it could be compared to calligraphy. It is based on the design of frequencies and is not very easy to read, but looks kind of neat, so it became kind of an artsy thing in Velenian culture.

Elēria

Elēria means Earth and it is simply writing Velenian with the Latin alphabet, which is what is featured in this article.

Grammar

	Gender	Cases	Numbers	Tenses	Persons	Moods	Voices	Aspects
Verb	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Nouns	No	No	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	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
Adpositions	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Article	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Particle	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No

Prefixes

Prefixes are first of all used for the display of constituents in a sentence.

Prefix	Indication
Ve-	Verb prefix
Vu-	Subject prefix
Vo-	Object prefix (direct)
Vi-	Object prefix (indirect, only used with pronouns)
Va-	Location prefix. Used with locality and time. Default is "to"
Vh-	Instrumental prefix

Proper Nouns do not gain pre- or suffixes, as seen in the title of the language of Velenian, Dac Guenhr Lenian.

Suffixes

-il	Adjectival suffix; positive
-ul	Adjectival suffix; comparative
-hl	Adjectival suffix; superlative
-wh	Adverbial suffix
-am	Hundred suffix
-an	Thousand suffix
-ga	Day suffix; used primarily with birthdays
-me	Month suffix; used primarily with birthdays
-pan	Year suffix; used primarily with birthdays
-dar	Directional and country suffix
-nali	'doer' suffix
-ua	clothing suffix
-oyi	Hallowed suffix; used primarily with the holy scriptures Oveö'yi

Particles

Particles
	Particle Name	Particle Function	Place in Sentence
da	Positive Particle	Indicates Positive Emphasis	After the word it describes
de	Neutral Particle	Indicates Indifferent Emphasis	After the word it describes
do	Negative Particle	Indicates Negative Emphasis	After the word it describes
yhg	Plural Particle	Indicates Plurality	Between Article and Noun
qhj	Direct Particle	Indicates Direct Possession	Between 'Owner' and 'Possession'
chz	Indirect Particle	Indicates Indirect Possession	Between 'Owner' and 'Possession'
penaligonwh	wish particle	indicates a desire or wish	Follows the verb it describes

Punctuation Particles
	Particle Name	Particle Function	Place in Sentence
Heva	Question Particle	Makes the sentence a Question	Beginning
Hevi	Exclamation Particle	Makes the sentence an Exclamation	Beginning
Hel...Le	Quote Particles	Indicates Direct Speech	Around speech

Words like "who, where, when, how" aren't used particularly in Velenian, because the word "Hevi" already states that the following is a question. The sentence: Heva veyonuano vuona Hanyu, is literally translated as "Question, he is." and when translating it, it would automatically mean that you ask: "Who is he?". The question could of course also be "What is he?" or "Where is he?", but that should be apparentt in according to the context.

Type Particles
	Indication
Ven	Verb indicator
Vun	Subject Indicator
Von	Object Indicator
Vin	Person-object Indicator
Van	Location-object Indicator
Vhn	Instrument-object Indicator

Verbs

Aspects

Imperfect
Future
Perfect
Pluperfect

Moods

Indicative
Conditional
Jussive
Potential
Imperative
Combative
Infinitive

Paradigms

Conjugation of Leni
	Imperfect	Future	Perfect	Pluperfect
Indic.	Lenia I live or I am living Lenie I lived or I was living + penaligonwh if I live or I wish I lived	Lenif I shall live or I shall be living	Leniz I have lived or I have been living	Lenij I had lived or I had been living
Cond.	Lenova I will live or I will be living Lenove I would live or I would be living		Lenoz I would have lived or I would have been living
Juss.	Lennai please let me live Lennva/-e I live/lived, because + subord.	Lennf I shall live, because + subord.	Lennz I have lived, because + subord.	Lennj I had lived, because + subord.
Pot.	Lenī I may/can/ought to/must live or I may/can/ough to/must be living	Lenīf I could/might/should live or I could/might/should be living + penaligonwh if I lived or I wish she could/would live	Lenīz I could/might/should have lived or I could/might/should have been living + penaligonwh if I had lived or I wish she could/would have lived
Imper.	Lenimin Live!
Comb.	Leni Live!!
Infin.	Lenin to live + penaligonwh I wish to live	Leninf to be about to live + penaligonwh if I were to live	Leninz to have lived

Conjugation of Chq

	Imperfect	Future	Perfect	Pluperfect
Indic.	Chqa Chqe	Chqf	Chqz	Chqj
Cond.	Chqyhva Chqyhve		Chqyhz
Juss.	Chqqai Chqqva/-e	Chqqf	Chqqz	Chqqj
Pot.	Chr	Chf	Chz
Imper.	Chqimin
Comb.	Chq
Infin.	Chqun	Chqunf	Chqunz

Nuance

There is concept in the Velenian language known simply as 'nuance', and it is a sort of declension for nouns, pronouns and determiners to show what state of being a thing is in. There are three of these nuances: Ilexal da, Ilexal de, and Ilexal do. In English these are known as "Living", "Half-living", and "non-living".

Ilexal da or "Living" is the standard nuance, and doesn't have to actually convey anything. It takes the vowel a.

Ilexal de or "half-living" is probably the rarest of the three. It conveys either that a thing is literally half dead or dying, or more commonly, that it is of no interest to the speaker. It takes the vowel e.

Ilexal do or "non-living" conveys that a thing is dead or at least an emphasis that it is not living. It can also mean that the speaker feels negatively towards something, such as anger or sadness. It takes the vowel o.

Example: Ja badeviz is "a flower", Je badeviz is "a flower, or whatever" or "A flower, that I don't care about", and jo badeviz is "a dead flower" or "a damned flower".

The speaker and/or writer can freely change between these as he pleases to convey the different nuances.

Nouns

Nouns are defined only by their articles and particles. The articles Ja, Je, Jo indicate an indefinite noun (a or an in English), and Dac, Dec, Doc indicate definite (the in English). The particle yhg is used to show that the noun is plural, and is placed between the article and noun.

Pronouns

Personal Pronouns
	Singular			Plural
Nuance	Living	Half-Living	Non-Living	Living	Half-Living	Non-Living
1st Person	Ina	Ine	Ino	Ima	Ime	Imo
2nd Person	Una	Une	Uno	Uma	Ume	Umo
3rd Person	Ona	One	Ono	Oma	Ome	Omo

Relative Prounouns
English	Velenian
Who	Al
That/Which	El

Relative pronouns are placed directly after the word they co-relate to.

Reflexive Pronouns
	Singular			Plural
Nuance	Living	Half-Living	Non-Living	Living	Half-Living	Non-Living
1st Person	Api	Epi	Opi	Aqi	Eqi	Oqi
2nd Person	Apu	Epu	Opu	Aqu	Equ	Oqu
3rd Person	Apo	Epo	Opo	Aqo	Eqo	Oqo

Reflexive Pronouns are used instead of Personal Pronounce, exampl: Myself -> Api instead of Ina + [Self].

Demonstrative Pronouns
	Singular			Plural
Nuance	Living	Half-Living	Non-Living	Living	Half-Living	Non-Living
This	Dian	Dien	Dion	Diam	Diem	Diom
That	Duan	Duen	Duon	Duam	Duem	Duom

Determiners

Common Determiners
	English	Living	Half-living	Non-living
Indefinite	A/An	Ja	Je	Jo
Definite	The	Dac	Dec	Doc
Partitive	Some	hTa	hTe	hTo
Negative	No	hDa	hDe	hDo
Whole	All/Every	Letra	Letre	Letro
Demonstrative(Close)	This/These	Dija/Dica	Dije/Dice	Dijo/Dico
Demonstrative (Far)	That/Those	Duja/Duca	Duje/Duce	Dujo/Duco

The use of -thing determiners is created simply by combining one of the determiners above with the word 'cët' (thing). 
See below for more info.

Anything    :    Jacët, Jecët, Jocët
Something   :    hTacët, hTecët, hTocët
Nothing     :    hDacët, hDecët, hDocët
Everything  :    Letracët, Letrecët, Letrocët

The use of -one determiners is created by combining one of the determiners above with the word 'ze' (one).
See below for more info.

Anyone      :    Jaze, Jeze, Joze
Someone     :    hTaze, hTeze, hToze
None        :    hDaze, hDeze, hDoze
Everyone    :    Letraze, Letreze, Letroze

The word 'everybody' is not used in Velenian. Instead 'everyone' (Letra/e/o-ze) is used.

Adjectives

[TO DO]

Adverbs

[TO DO]

Numbers

[TO DO]

Sentence Structure

First of all: 'sentences' technically do no exist in the Velenian language; it is simply a string of words. This also means that there are no "Main" nor "Subordinate" clauses. However the Structure of the Velenian language is kind of simple on the other hand.

The basic principle(the order of words) is a VSO format. The complex principle looks like this:

Verb
- Root + ve(n)
- Participle
- Infinitive
- Adverb
  - Adverb
Subject
- Determiner / qhj-construction
- Root + vu(n)
- Adjective
  - Adverb
Direct Object
- Determiner / qhj-construction*
- Root + vo(n)
- Adjective
  - Adverb
Indirect Object(s)
- Pronoun + vi(n)
- Adjective
  - Adverb
Location Object(s)

- Root + va(n)
- Postposition
Instrument Object(s)
- Root + vh(n)
- Postposition

*If the object is an adjective, then no determiner or qhj-construction is necessary nor allowed.

Combative Speech

The Velenian Language has the unique speech pattern called the "Combative Speech". The combative speech is indicating "a time in battle" or "while fighting" and almost all grammatical declension (pre- and suffxies, som particles, inflection) is stripped from the words, using the basic root of the words. In the paradigms above, the root and the combative tense is exactly the same, to emphasis that there will be no inflection in the combative tense.

Another characteristic of the Combative, sentence wise, is the (usually) lack of pronouns other than personal pronouns. Questions, for example, just aren't asked, because it is given that during battle, soldiers shouldn't ask questions; hence, why should questions be available in a combative tense?

Dialects

Helian

the Velenian Language also exist on Helioz, as they originate from the same planet, however the Helian People speak in a slightly different dialect than the Velenian people do. There are also some words that have other meanings, in particular, Heli which in Velenian means 'Death' while in Helian means 'Rebirth'. The alphabet of the Helian language is also slightly different, and resembles what we know as "English" more. Here are a few examples:

/q/ and /z/ are changed into /k/ and /s/.
/f/ loses it's implicit /i/.

CODE_E

CODE_E is a special dialect of the Velenian language, and used only by the Tactitioneers (In charge of tactics). It resembles a sort of encoding or scripting, and can be very confusing to read. It uses only the Combative Tense and rarely very complex sentences.

Vocabulary

No.	English	Velenian
1	I	Ina
2	you (singular)	Una
3	he	Ona
4	we	Ima
5	you (plural)	Uma
6	they	Oma
7	this	Dija/Dije/Dijo
8	that	Duja/Duje/Dujo
9	here	Di
10	there	Du
11	who	Al
12	what	Hamba
13	where	Halon
14	when	----
15	how	----
16	not	Do
17	all	Letra/Letre/Letro
18	many	----
19	some	hTa/hTe/hTo
20	few	----
21	other	Jēit
22	one	Iz
23	two	Et
24	three	Av
25	four	Izul
26	five	Izul-Iz
27	big	Zqala
28	long	Zqalfo
29	wide	Zqolfa
30	thick	Dōloqz
31	heavy	Poqzin
32	small	Āloqz
33	short	Fviqz
34	narrow	Zqnēol
35	thin	Ūqzuto
36	woman	----
37	man (adult male)	----
38	man (human being)	Efta
39	child	Qoet
40	wife	----
41	husband	----
42	mother	----
43	father	----
44	animal	Taf
45	fish	Zef
46	bird	Vivice
47	dog	—
48	louse	—
49	snake	—
50	worm	—
51	tree	Bevel
52	forest	Bivil
53	stick	Bal
54	fruit	Bozel
55	seed	Buz
56	leaf	Biqa
57	root	Brutr
58	bark	Bitr
59	flower	Badeviz
60	grass	Bade
61	rope	—
62	skin	Bitr
63	meat	—
64	blood	—
65	bone	—
66	fat	—
67	egg	—
68	horn	—
69	tail	—
70	feather	—
71	hair	PrāHa
72	head	Ōjen
73	ear	Prāvapa
74	eye	Prāgo
75	nose	Prāzen
76	mouth	Prāli
77	tooth	—
78	tongue	—
79	fingernail	—
80	foot	Ōf'on
81	leg	Ōlen
82	knee	—
83	hand	—
84	wing	—
85	belly	—
86	guts	—
87	neck	Ōjal
88	back	Ōgorl
89	breast	—
90	heart	Ūzp
91	liver	—
92	drink	Zob
93	eat	—
94	bite	—
95	suck	—
96	spit	—
97	vomit	—
98	blow	—
99	breathe	Vīl
100	laugh	—
101	see	Qlanōz
102	hear	Urenōz
103	know	Untel
104	think	Oyenn
105	smell	Rujnōz
106	fear	—
107	sleep	Eletz
108	live	Leni
109	die	Heli
110	kill	Maza
111	fight	Dena
112	hunt	Qrel
113	hit	Dej
114	cut	Bovi
115	split	—
116	stab	—
117	scratch	—
118	dig	Tafe
119	swim	Zeve
120	fly	Vive
121	walk	Efe
122	come	Ef'ō
123	lie	—
124	sit	—
125	stand	—
126	turn	—
127	fall	Nōra
128	give	—
129	hold	Grand
130	squeeze	—
131	rub	—
132	wash	—
133	wipe	—
134	pull	—
135	push	—
136	throw	Dyemin
137	tie	—
138	sew	—
139	count	—
140	say	Drei
141	sing	—
142	play	—
143	float	—
144	flow	—
145	freeze	—
146	swell	—
147	sun	Veno
148	moon	Helo
149	star	Peco
150	water	Zal
151	rain	Zilez
152	river	Zijo
153	lake	Zici
154	sea	Zin
155	salt	—
156	stone	Zqeri
157	sand	—
158	dust	—
159	earth	Elēria
160	cloud	—
161	fog	—
162	sky	Via
163	wind	Vilae
164	snow	—
165	ice	—
166	smoke	—
167	fire	Moqoqo
168	ash	—
169	burn	Mōq
170	road	Linua
171	mountain	Monarq
172	red	Reqiqz
173	green	Ganuqz
174	yellow	Yaloqz
175	white	Veliqz
176	black	Heloqz
177	night	Heon
178	day	Veon
179	year	Zaveon
180	warm	Moqz
181	cold	Piqz
182	full	—
183	new	—
184	old	—
185	good	Yadeqz
186	bad	Ladeqz
187	rotten	—
188	dirty	—
189	straight	—
190	round	—
191	sharp	—
192	dull	—
193	smooth	—
194	wet	—
195	dry	—
196	correct	Onqza
197	near	Phne
198	far	—
199	right	—
200	left	—
201	at	Dht
202	in	Ohd
203	with	Zhnec
204	and	Hone
205	if	Hanal
206	because	Hinei
207	name	Gefi

Example text

Velenian

Velanoa vuima ja ygh vamaet dzh vecizqa vuima ja ygh vajetae dzh verremir vuima ja ygh varreqz dzh hanyu (As men we survive; As soldiers we fight; as kings we rule.)

Hanal veyonue dreiz vuina hudo veyonuaj dreien vubeta voina la veubioa zetref vuina vaona znhec hanyu (If I were to say that time has changed me, I would agree with it.)

Combative

Gemeno Brevil Qrazprh hone Gjhe Pedaz brevil helox hone bovina xqherz znhec ygh Nagäc dth ygh qrotä hone odola qrht hanyu cizq Ftrrh Nejyo drarria zelza rthz znhec ygh Nagäc dth van retr ze qrht hanyu (Magic Launchers and Sniper Slaughterers shoot at Nagas with black magic and corrosive knives from towers and walls. Sword Bastards fight (at) Nagas with +20 quiver from [last location-object used].)

CODE_E

IYAOZ_ZE

¤Ëdea_Ftrrh.Nejyo
    ¤Fora : Zelza_Rthz.Drarri
¤Ëdea_Gjhe.Pedaz
    ¤Fora : Bovina.Xqherz
¤Ëdea_Brevil.Qrazprh
    ¤Fora : Brevil.Helox

¤Urobor_Tulinia[LETRO]{
    Ftrrh.Nejyo    == FN
    Gjhe.Pedaz     == GP
    Brevil.Qrazprh == BQ
}

¤Ëdea_Iden.Czh.Iyaoz{
    >Van(Iden.Xerran)
        >>Pirr(Pemega.Jegeta)
        >>Bimon(--DO--)
}

ALEQZ_ELIQZ
    >Ven{Gemeno}
        >>Brevil{Helox}
        >>Gjh{Bovina.Xqherz}
    >Vun[BQ'GP]
        >Oflio[Naga]
    >Van(Qrota'Odol)
        + "Qrht"
    @FDELF_ELIQZ
    >Ven{Cizq}
        >>Ribulez{Zelza_Rthz}
    >Vun[FN]
        >>Oflio[Naga]
    >Van(*Retr_Ze.Van;)
    Hanyu

    HANAL_{
        >Ven{Cqh}
        >Vun[Naga]
        >Van(Jegeta)
    }
    LA_{
        >Ven{Cqh}
        >Vun[LETRO]
            >>Oflio[*Retr_Ze.Vun;]
    }
    Hanyu
ANDRH_ELIQZ

Velenian

Contents

General information

Phonology

Consonants

Vowels

h/H

Written Velenian

Lenīl

F'req

Elēria

Grammar

Prefixes

Suffixes

Particles

Verbs

Aspects

Moods

Paradigms

Nuance

Nouns

Pronouns

Determiners

Adjectives

Adverbs

Numbers

Sentence Structure

Combative Speech

Dialects

Helian

CODE_E

Vocabulary

Example text

Velenian

Combative

CODE_E

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