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
	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.

baüva To drink
Present	Past
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
Incomplete	Future
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.