Nófioštim

Type Fusional Alignment nominative-accusative Head direction head-initial Tonal No Declensions No Conjugations Yes Genders No Nouns decline according to... Case Number Definiteness Gender Verbs conjugate according to... Voice Mood Person Number Tense Aspect Meta-information Progress 0% Statistics Nouns 0% Verbs 0% Adjectives 0% Syntax 0% Words 212 of 5000 Creator illogicalinterest





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Classification and Dialects Edit

This conlang is an a posteriori artlang based on Slovak, German, and Romanian.

There are dialects to come, each leaning more towards one of the origin languages.

Phonology Edit

Consonants Edit

Bilabial Labio-dental Dental Alveolar Post-alveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar Uvular Pharyngeal Epiglottal Glottal Nasal m n Plosive p t k Fricative f s ʃ x Affricate t ʃ Approximant Trill Flap or tap ɾ Lateral fric. Lateral app. Lateral flap

Vowels Edit

Front Near-front Central Near-back Back High i Near-high High-mid o Mid Low-mid ɛ Near-low Low a





On words with more than one syllable, an acute accent shows where the main stress is placed in the word.

Phonotactics Edit

Syllables are (C)(C)V(V)(C)(C)

"xč" and "xw" cannot be combined with any other consonants at all.

"e" is pronounced with a /j/ at the beginning of words, as in Romanian.

Writing System Edit

Letter t m f s š k x r č xw xč a Sound t m f s ʃ k x ɾ tʃ xw xt͡ʃ a Letter e i o Sound ɛ (jɛ word-initially) i o Letter Sound

Grammar Edit

Pronouns Edit

Sg. Pl. 1st person E Mi 2nd Ti Fi 3rd (m/f/inanimate) Om/Am/Em Éma

Sg. Pl. 1 me te 2 ne fe 3 se séa





Nouns Edit

All nouns end in a consonant, and are pluralized with "-a". Edit

Adjectives Edit

Most adjectives end in "o". They come before the noun they describe. The order in which you place adjectives before a noun does not matter. Prepositions like "náo" work exactly like adjectives do.

Verbs



Infinitives end in "š".

"ne-" negates the verb.

estaš- to be E está Mi estáo Ti estí Ti estéo Om/Am/Em est Éma estéa

Tenses Edit

prekéš - to break Simple Present Simple past Simple future present continuous past continuous future continuous gerund english ex. i break i broke i will break I am breaking I was breaking i will be breaking breaking (n) E preká prekát prekása está prekemént estát prekemént estása prekemént prekemént Ti prekí prekít prekási estí prekemént estít prekemént estási prekemént Om/Am/Em prek prekét prekáse est prekemént estét prekemént estáse prekemént Mi prekáo prekáot prekasáo estáo prekemént estáot prekemént estasáo prekemént Vi prekéo prekéot prekaséo estéo prekemént estéot prekemént estaséo prekemént Ema prekéa prekéat prekaséa estéa prekemént estéat prekemént estaséa prekemént

Syntax Edit

OSV, adjectives come before nouns. Questions are VSO.





Lexicon Edit

-eštat district of -iat town of -ifers land of -onat nation of ake- switches obj and subj akešprekéš to listen Amerika America amík friend Amìm Mrs. ámio friendly anečér angel anečéš to bless ápent evening aperèser student áproper area aréo all arpás(o) white arpasóno grey ast this ásta these atián today átimoš to assemble áxčat yard axwás water čénok ankle čéo what (adj) čerof man četós fog efániskeš to vanish emar love énsimo on enteíšon intuition ésen food ésik language eskorér teacher eskórpent school estakeáš to stalk estáš to be etár year étaro hello faínas thing famír family farís luck faríso lucky farp color fasír ease fasíro easy Fater father feíšit wisdom fentiràtor fan feríčit happiness feríčito happy ferík reason férito true- féro many ferókt fruit festíf party festíš to wear (clothes) feštít clothing fíarof(o) violet fif life fifáš to live fíras fairy firno warm fista see you fistók air fiténsa goodbye fol preference fomóneš to come forpát word forpatónaš to capitalize forpatóno capital (letter) frečíš to want fríten peace fromóso beautiful íkro equal imitáš to imitate respectfully imitatáš to mock infórmaš to know informasíon information interéso Interesting intíčo while kantéš to sing kártem book kenéš to push, to press keníxaš to read kíkros year kirík river ko with komatíš to fight kompíotador computer konáš to do konfrontéš to confront konsorár solace kóntek case kop head koron money korónt soon korp body kreféš to believe krópok hat mač cat mánip hand mansán apple mar sea marós(o) brown marpíš to should mas more mečeš to make menót minute méntšes human meró always méstos city met woman metčen girl mímo beyond moč male mokóš to be able to mont world moretíš to die mošnáste supposedly motaréš to change Moter mother nákto naked náo in násitaš to be born ne no níar(o) black niškaxán hot spring, hot tub noátes night nókton night noméres number nómperes name o to -aste adj- to adv- oknon window Omìm Mr ómpros shadow omprósčeno green (small shadow) omprósfarpo blue (shadow) omprosóno purple (big shadow) ón augmentative ontenémen company ópfer victim opt eye óptament choice óptaš to choose oriráteš to give a speech ost that ósta those ótiraš to run otomopír car ótro other oxwék place parériš to dance partón sorry pateren parent perán but perók wig pféneš to kill, to slay pfépfeš to waste time pfert horse pol hair pont point prámiat fire pramiátčeno yellow (small fire) pramiátfarpo orange (fire) pramiatóno red (big fire) prekont question presítiš to derive, to be based on pret board pro for proš to connect ránfo slow ránok morning ráspot war rekapiréš to give réot light rerokár right (freedom) rešt art retráso isolated riperéto free ritfíso right (not wrong) sam there sanát health sárfos shelter sefón bell šékto bad sem here šen female šénxit beauty seróro quick setián week siák afternoon sifíšeno between siparíš to overindulge to the point of revulsion so to sófso sweet sómpoš to sleep sopérpo good špet later šprekéš to speak staróp antiquity štim Voice štimšaféš to conlang ta yes takéro almost táo hi tefer door témpos storm ténsa bye tepóš to must tert earth tiáka thanks tián day tifokóst wilderness tíknos dignity tío of tom home tómčen room torčekár sugar tormitór bedroom trapáxaš to work triéso many tro until troperío chewy tróxo kind of xintáš to nonverbally express desire for something xwapes boy xwarékfeš to pass by xwékos game

Example text

Omíma, náo sem Ti nemokí-komatíš! To tomčen ti ráspot Ast est!

[omima nau̯ sɛm ti nɛmoki komatiʃ to tomt͡ʃɛn ti ɾaspot ast jɛst]

Misters, in here you can't fight! The war room this is!

"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!"

Sopérpo Intakamént est.

/soperpo intakament jɛst/

good eat-NMLZ is-PRS.3SG

good eating is.