Ellesklavan
| Ellesklavan elesclav | |
|---|---|
| Pronounced: | [elesklavin] |
| Timeline and Universe: | 2875 - 3859 Sölédi |
| Species: | Ahlegonian Human |
| Spoken: | Ellesklava, Tyordé, Celurhyo |
| Total speakers: | 42 million |
| Writing system: | Marcil Script |
| Genealogy: | Ahlegonian Western Sekanese Ellesklavan |
| Typology | |
| Morphological type: | Agglutinating |
| Morphosyntactic alignment: | Accusative |
| Basic word order: | SVO |
| Credits | |
| Creator: | Eric B. |
| Created: | 2007 |
Ellesklavan is an Alskev language spoken by about 42 million people, mainly in the west of Ahlegon. It is the official language of Ellesklava, Tyordé and Celurhyo. It is also spoken in Ihřnel, Krofsé, Noria, Erilnat, Kohltinet and Pyalurget.
It is the most widely spoken language in western Ahlegon and the North. For this reason it is also widely spoken by traders and travelers. Almost everyone who lives in the western half of Ahlegon knows at least a few sentences in Ellesklavan.
Phonology
The IPA value is indicated in Red. The Latin transliteration is indicated in black.
Consonants
There are 22 consonants in Ellesklavan
| Consonants | ||||||||||||||||
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| Bilabial | Labiod. | Dental | Alveolar | Post-alv. | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||||||
| Nasal | m m | n n | ||||||||||||||
| Stop | p p | b b | t t | d d | tʃ č | k c | g g | q k | ||||||||
| Fricative | f f | v v | θ ť | ð ď | s s | z z | ʃ š | ʒ ž | h h | R ř | ||||||
| Approximants | j y | |||||||||||||||
| Trill | r r | |||||||||||||||
| Lateral Approximant | l l | |||||||||||||||
Vowels
There are 9 vowels in Ellesklavan
| Vowels | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Front | Near-front | Central | Near-back | Back | ||||||||
| High | i i | y ü | é é | u u | ||||||||
| High-mid | e e | ø eu | A ö | o o | ||||||||
| Mid | ||||||||||||
| Low-mid | ||||||||||||
| Near-low | ||||||||||||
| Low | a a | |||||||||||
Stress
Stress is usually added (lightly) to the last syllable of a word.
Syllable Structure
The most common syllable structures in Ellesklavan are CCVC, CVC, and VC
Morphology
Ellesklavan is an agglutinating language with a large set of prefixes and suffixes to modify words.
Nouns
Most (but not all) nouns will end with ü or a.
Gender
The nouns and adjectives in Ellesklavan have 3 genders; masculine, feminine and neutral. Masculine nouns and adjectives end with the -ü suffix, and it will end with the -a suffix if it is feminine. If a noun has neither suffix, it is neuter.
gřön (grain) Neutral, no suffix
monü (horse) Masculine
séna (floor) Feminine
Plurals
Nouns are made plural by adding the u- prefix. E.g., néoi, "night"; unéoi, "nights".
If the singular noun begins with u, the prefix n- is added in stead. E.G. usoé, "colour"; nusoé "colours".
Possessives
Possessives are formed by adding the appropriate suffix, before the gender suffix.
- -öm: My
- -sé: Your
- -so: Your (plural)
- -nar: Our (exclusive)
- -ran: Our (inclusive)
- -ber: His
- -sel: Her
- -kar: Their
- -naon: Its
Example: monömü My Horse monberü His Horse
Verbs
Verb Conjugation
The verbs in Ellesklavan are Conjugated by adding a suffix.
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baüva To drink |
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Present |
Past |
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mö baüv tü/té baüve ihl/el/ža baüvü no baüvit nya baüvaze vo baüvazi ehli baüven |
mö baüvé tü/té baüvé ihl/el/ža baüvé no baüvus nya baüvan vo baüvané ehli baüvné |
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Incomplete |
Future |
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mö baüvet tü/té baüveut ihl/el/ža baüvöt no baüvüt nya baüvét vo baüvot ehli baüveti |
mö baüvain tü/té baüvesni ihl/el/ža baüvna no baüvneri nya baüveucü vo baüvseuné ehli baüvénat |
Adjectives
Gender
The nouns and adjectives in Ellesklavan have 3 genders; masculine, feminine and neutral. Masculine nouns and adjectives end with the -ü suffix, and it will end with the -a suffix if it is feminine. If an adjective has neither suffix, it is neutral. An adjective is the same gender as the noun it is tied to.
gréni firo (large animal) Neutral, no suffix
gréniü monü (large horse) Masculine
grénia séna (large floor) Feminine
Syntax
The basic word order of Ellesklavan is SVO - The subject is first in the sentence, then comes the verb, and then the object.
Questions
Yes/No Questions
To form yes/no questions, you add nyé to the beginning of the sentence if you expect the answer to be yes, and you place it at the end if you expect the answer to be no.
Other Questions
For other questions you place a question word at the beginning of the sentence.
- cev - which
- ci - who
- ca - what
- feř - where
- cö - when
- cömé - how
- peřca - why
Writing system
Ellesklavan is written using the Marcil script.
Sample Text
Lord's Prayer
English 1662 BCP version
Our Father, which art in Heaven,
Hallowed be thy Name.
Thy Kingdom come.
Thy will be done,
in earth as it is in Heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
As we forgive them that trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation;
But deliver us from evil.
[For thine is the kingdom, The power, and the glory,
For ever and ever.] Amen.
In Ellesklavan
vidrömü, ci eu en éfni,
aolé eu tli nömü.
tli řoyamü viyen.
tli sřay eu fazi,
en teřya é ža eu en éfni.
dono no sé širu pasirana kotined.
éti frocefi no trégepaseniran,
kön no frocefi elehli ci trégepaseni kontri no.
éti neu kleřtni pa no ostü betnosü;
mé délifeř no dé džharag.
(porceu lešé eu lé řoyamü, lé pufovřir, éti lé kloriyen,
por tu éti tu) amné.
