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Weród is a constructed language. It has only two contrastive vowels - a close or mid-close one represented by <e>, and an open, back rounded one represented by <o>.


==Phonology==

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|ʧ
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|b
|d
|ʤ
|gʲ
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|gʷ
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|f
|s
|ʃ
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|h
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|v
|z
|ʒ
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|l r
|j
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|w
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==Nouns==

Nouns take endings for number and cases. The plural is formed in a regular way with the suffix -em. 

 {| class="wikitable"
  !Case
  !Example
  !Meaning
  !Descriptin
  !Plural form
  |-
  !Absolutive
  |veród
  |'language'
  | subjects in intransitive clauses, direct objects
  | veródem
  |-
  !Ergative
  |veróder
  |'by language'
  | subjects in transitive clauses, instruments
  |veródemer
  |-
  !Lative
  |vógorel
  |to the house
  |goal, destination
  |vógoremel
  |-
  !Locative
  |vógoreg
  |at the house, in the house
  |general location
  |vógoremeg
  |-
  !Dative
  |veródok
  |'for a language'
  | indirect objects, possessors, causes, with various adpositions
  | veródemok 
  |}

==Adpositions==

Adpositions governing the absolutive

{| class="wikitable"
 ! ézel 
 |'into'
 | vógor ézel 
 | 'into the house'
 |-
 ! ger
 | 'through' 
 | vógor ger
 | 'through the house'
 |}

Adpositions governing the dative

{| class="wikitable"
 !léveg
 |'in the company of', '(together) with'
 |gévok léveg
 |with the family
 |-
 !tolóv
 |'toward'
 |vógorok tolóv
 |'toward the house'
 |-
 !vok
 |'from'
 |vógorok vok
 |'from the house'
 |-
 !lohéz
 |because [of]
 |'kémberok lohéz'
 | 'because of the work'
 |-
 |}

Adpositions governing the ergative/instrumental

 {| class="wikitable"
  ! ger
  | 'along'
  | vógorer ger
  | 'along the house'
  |-
  ! vélker
  | 'with' (instrumental)
  | vontóker vélker
  | 'with the hammer'
  |}

==Verbs==

Verbs agree in number and person with the subject in the clause.

{| class=wikitable
!véren
|'I speak'
!vérlen
|'I have spoken'
|-
!véret
|'you (sg) speak'
!vérlet
|'you (sg) have spoken'
|-
!véreh
|'he/she speaks'
!vérleh 
|'he/she has spoken'
|-
!vérom
|'we speak'
!vérlom 
|'we have spoken'
|-
!vérok
|'you (pl) speak'
!vérlok 
|'you (pl) have spoken'
|-
!véror
|'they speak'
!vérlor
|'they have spoken'
|-
|}

==Syntax==

The common word order is SOV. Adjectives precede nouns.