Háfrig

General information

Háfrig [IPA: ˈhaːfrig] (Háfrigerrak [ˈhaːfrigˌɛrːɒk] or HGE) is a constructed language created by Attila Répai in 2008. The word ’háfrigerrak’ means ’secret language’, as in the beginning it was used for making secret notes. Its grammar is based on Hungarian language and most of its words are ficticious. Some words derive from Turkish, Lithuanian, Faroese, Latin, Germanic and Celtic languages.

Grammar

Nouns and adjectives

Like Hungarian, HGE is an agglutinaing language. Nouns and adjectives can be in 18 cases either singular or in plural. Words does not have gender. Nouns can be divided into 5 groups:

• Nouns ending in a consonant (eg. hutt 'house')
• a-stem (eg. tága 'dog')
• e-stem (eg. pikte 'bag')
• i-stem (eg. zülti 'thing')
• u-stem (eg. histu 'news')

Suffixes have two types:

• Suffixes starting with a vowel (eg. -um, -áma)
• Suffixes starting with a consonant. These suffixes also have a linking vowel, which is to be used after a consonant. (eg. -(e)n, -(é)ti)