Veród

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

p	t	ʧ	kʲ	k	kʷ
b	d	ʤ	gʲ	g	gʷ
f	s	ʃ				h
v	z	ʒ
	l r	j			w

Nouns

Nouns take cases:

Absolutive	veród	'language'	subjects in intransitive clauses, direct objects
Ergative	veróder	'by language'	subjects in transitive clauses, instruments
Lative	vógorel	to the house	goal, destination
Locative	vógoreg	at the house, in the house	general location
Dative	veródok	'for a language'	indirect objects, possessors, causes, with various adpositions

Adpositions

Adpositions governing the absolutive

ézel	'into'	vógor ézel	'into the house'
ger	'through'	vógor ger	'through the house'

Adpositions governing the dative

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'

Adpositions governing the ergative/instrumental

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.

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.