Veród

Veród
Pronounced:	[vɛrˈɒːd]
Typology
Morphological type:	moderately agglutinative
Morphosyntactic alignment:	ergative-absolutive
Basic word order:	SOV
Credits
Creator:	Kenneth Nyman

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

Case	Example	Meaning	Description	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

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'
lohéz	because [of]	'kémberok lohéz'	'because of the work'

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 am speaking'
véret	'you (sg) speak'	vérlet	'you (sg) are speaking'
véreh	'he/she speaks'	vérleh	'he/she is speaking'
vérom	'we speak'	vérlom	'we are speaking'
vérok	'you (pl) speak'	vérlok	'you (pl) are speaking'
véror	'they speak'	vérlor	'they are speaking'

Syntax

The common word order is SOV. Adjectives precede nouns.