Veród
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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
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 | |
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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' |
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ger | 'through' | vógor ger | 'through the house' |
Adpositions governing the dative
léveg | 'in the company of', '(together) with' | gévok léveg | with the family |
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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' |
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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' |
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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.