Kevaśelt [KEV]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Kevaśelt
*･゜ﾟ･*:.｡..｡.:*･Kevaśelt Lygá･*:.｡. .｡.:*･゜ﾟ･*
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Al lygá ac ak Keviśi, adźa gév ac vopja bírabekíx, ƹexyđ icvuk da ar welt, áqvar ü segteƹywi maf-bíśara ryktagg otcađ śuk Kevaśija. Gyltaqi rá dalagg ráđá ytođ vvu rerét, joźaj au marcapyls!
The language of the Keviśi, a poor nation of hard workers, living in the cold, dark and snowy unforgiving wasteland that is Kevaśia. Rarely will they give up their desire for a cause, death or freedom!
[Imagine an eccentric Cornwall mixed with hints of Wales and Scandinavia]
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• Word order is relatively free, but usually follows SVO order
• If sentence is interrogatory (as in have you got a cat) word order follows VSO ~ Hé to müzukk? [lit. have you cat]
• Modal verbs formed as follows ~ Subject - Modal verb (conjugated) - Verb (infinitive) ~ I want to go - Ec ytok igi (1SG want-PRS go-INF)
• There are letter combination! They are non distinct letters and are pronounced as following ~
tc - /cç/
gg - /g/ - as 'g' = /ɣ/
kk - /k'/
tt - /t'/
vv - /β/
• To make a verb an object, e.g. Want(v) and Want(n), affix ~đ
• Here are some popular contractions -
I am - eśk
You are - tuśk
He/she is - íśk
It is - gośk
We are - béśk
We are - tcośk
We are - ráśk
They are - kíśk
*･゜ﾟ･*:.｡..｡.:*･Caƹac vvu zariđ･*:.｡. .｡.:*･゜ﾟ･*
Thanks for reading
Al lygá ac ak Keviśi, adźa gév ac vopja bírabekíx, ƹexyđ icvuk da ar welt, áqvar ü segteƹywi maf-bíśara ryktagg otcađ śuk Kevaśija. Gyltaqi rá dalagg ráđá ytođ vvu rerét, joźaj au marcapyls!
[Imagine an eccentric Cornwall mixed with hints of Wales and Scandinavia]
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• Word order is relatively free, but usually follows SVO order
• If sentence is interrogatory (as in have you got a cat) word order follows VSO ~ Hé to müzukk? [lit. have you cat]
• Modal verbs formed as follows ~ Subject - Modal verb (conjugated) - Verb (infinitive) ~ I want to go - Ec ytok igi (1SG want-PRS go-INF)
• There are letter combination! They are non distinct letters and are pronounced as following ~
tc - /cç/
gg - /g/ - as 'g' = /ɣ/
kk - /k'/
tt - /t'/
vv - /β/
• To make a verb an object, e.g. Want(v) and Want(n), affix ~đ
• Here are some popular contractions -
I am - eśk
You are - tuśk
He/she is - íśk
It is - gośk
We are - béśk
We are - tcośk
We are - ráśk
They are - kíśk
Thanks for reading
Language family relationships
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Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Epiglottal | Other | |||||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t tʼ | d | k kʼ | g | q | |||||||||||||||
| Fricative | β | f | v | ð | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | ç | ɣ | ʜ | |||||||||||
| Affricate | c͡ç | t͡ɬ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Blends | pʃ | jɜ |
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Back | ||||
| Close | i | y | ɯ | u | ||||
| Near-close | ɪ | |||||||
| Mid | ə | |||||||
| Open-mid | ɛ | œ | ɜ | ɔ | ||||
| Open | ɑ | |||||||
| Polyphthongs | yœ |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Kevaśelt. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 KevaśeltOrthography [edit] | |||||||||||
| Aa a /ə/ | Áá á /ɑ/ | Bb bi /b/ | Cc ci /ç/ | Dd di /d/ | Ee e /ɛ/ | Éé é /jɜ/ | Ff af /f/ | Gg gi /ɣ/ | Hh hetc /ʜ/ | Íí í /ɯ/ | Ii i /i/ |
| Jj jay /j/ | Kk key /k/ | Ll al /l/ | Mm am /m/ | Nn an /n/ | Oo o /ɔ/ | Pp pi /p/ | Qq qi /q/ | Rr ár /r/ | Śś aś /ʃ/ | Ss as /s/ | Tt ti /t/ |
| Üü ü /yœ/ | Uu u /u/ | Vv vi /v/ | Ww doka u /w/ | Xx ex /pʃ/ | Yy doca i /ɪ/ | Źź źad /ʒ/ | Zz zad /z/ | Đđ đi /ð/ | Ƹƹ ƹi /t͡ɬ/ | ||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||||
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