czwartek, 5 września 2019

New conlang: Pegrese

Pegrese is a constructed language which is combination of features from various natural languages (Persian - Greek - Vietnamese).

/work in progress/

Phonology

Consonants (Modern Greek)

IPA Spelling
/p t k/ p t k
/b d g/ b d g
/f θ s x/ f θ s h
/v đ z ɣ/ v đ z j
/m n/ m n
/r l/ r l

Vowels (Persian)

IPA Spelling
/i u/ i u
/e̞ o̞/ e o
/æ ɒ/ a ā

Phonotactics (Vietnamese)


CSVC

C = any consonant
S = /r l m n/
V = any vowel

Accent (Hungarian)


Stress accent on first syllable.

Nouns

Demonstrative particles (Tamil ~ Arabic)


Definite proper as- as-Turuk this Turk as-mokke this stone
Definite distant at- at-Turuk that Turk at-mokke that stone
Indefinite an- an-Turuk a Turk an-mokke a stone

Case, number, animacy (Basque ~ Russian)

Animate declension


Singular Plural
1. Absolutive - Turuk Turk -i Turuki Turks
2. Ergative -os Turukos Turk Turukā Turks
3. Dative -om Turukom to / for Turk -e Turuke to / for Turks
4. Possessive -u Turuku of Turk, Turk's -es Turukes of Turks
5. Genitive -a Turuka through / as / like Turk -āh Turukāh through / as / like Turks
6. Ablative -a Turuka from Turk -āt Turukāt from Turks
7. Instrumental -om Turukom with / by Turk -em Turukem with / by Turks
8. Locative -is Turukis in / on Turk -e Turuke in / on Turks

Inanimate declension


Singular Plural
1. Absolutive - bulat ax -a bulata axes
2. Ergative - bulat ax -a bulata axes
3. Dative -om bulatom to / for ax -am bulatam to / for axes
4. Possessive -u bulatu of ax -o bulato of axes
5. Genitive -u bulatu through / as / like ax -o bulato through / as / like axes
6. Ablative -a bulata from ax -āt bulatāt from axes
7. Instrumental -is bulatom with / by ax -em bulatam with / by axes
8. Locative -is bulatis in / on ax bulatā in / on axes

Intrusive -r-

Intrusive -r- is inserted between root/stem ended on vowel and the declensional endings.

Verbs

Voice (Proto-Indo-European)


Active - sep- to speak
Medial -eh- sepeh- is said to be

Tense-Aspect (Swedish ~ Turkish)



Past Non-past
Imperfective -(a)l- sepal to speak (action was not performed) - sep to speak
Habitual -(a)lva sepalva to speak regularly (in past) -(ā)va sepāva to speak regularly
Perfective -(a)lta sepalta to speak (action was performed) - - -

Masdar (Arabic ~ Proto-Slavic)

  • -(a)ne sepane 'speaking, to speak'

Adjectives (Mongolian)


In role of true adjectives are occuring nouns.

Adverbs (Mongolian)


Adverbs are created from nouns and verbs with special ending -o.

Numerals




Cardinal Ordinal Multiple Multiplicative
1. votan votse votampe votande
2. krā krahse krahempe krahande
3. θala θalase θalampe θalande
4. sātrā sātrase sātrampe sātrande
5. sinta sintase sintampe sintande
6. massa


7. sorten


8. kassen


9. tahren


10. samhen


11. votasaf


20. krāsamhen


21. krāsamhen votan


100. saffe


101. saffe votan


110. saffe samhen


111. saffe votasaf


120. saffe krāsamhen


121. saffe krāsamhen votan


200. krāsaffe


1.000. harran


10.000. samhen harran


100.000. saffe harran


1.000.000. marraven


Pronouns

Personal pronouns (Persian)



Singular Plural
1. man
2. tun sumā
3. ān (animate)
ves (inanimate)
ānnā (animate)
isān (inanimate)

Possessive pronouns (Luwian)

 Personal pronoun + -(e)s-

Correlative pronouns

Definite proper demonstrative


Place             sakko  'here'
Source             atsakko  'from here'
Purpose direction  tasakko  'to here'
Path               samek  'this way'
Time               sampa  'now'
Method             sarva     'in this way'
Quantity           sasta   'so much'
Qualify            sajam    'like this here'
Reason             sakora   'for this reason'

Definite distant demonstrative


Place              takko   'there'
Source           attakko   'from there'
Purpose direction  tatakko  'to there, so far'
Path               tamek  'that way'
Time               tampa  'then'
Method             tarva    'in that way'
Qualify            tasta    'like that'
Reason             takora  'for that reason'

Indefinite demonstrative


Place              nakko   'somewhere'
Source             atnakko  'from somewhere'
Purpose direction  tanakko  'to somewhere'
Path               namek  'some way'
Method             narva    'in some way'
Qualify            najam    'like something'
Reason             nakora   'for some reason'

Interrogative / Relative


Human being                          ka      'who ? which ?'
Inanimate object or Non-Human being  vo      'what ? which ?'
Place                                  kakko    'where ?'
Source                               atkakko  'whence ?'
Purpose direction                    takakko  'whither ?'
Path                                 kamek  'which way ?'
Time                                 kampa  'when ?'
Method                               karva     'how ?'
Quantity                             kasta    'how much ?'
Qualify                              kajam    'which one ?'
Reason                               kakora   'why ?'

Indefinite


Human being                          kasi      'someone'
Inanimate object or Non-Human being  vosi      'something'
Place                                kasikko    'somewhere'
Source                               atkasikko  'from somewhere'
Purpose direction                    takasikko  'to somewhere'
Path                                 kasimek   'via some way'
Time                                 kasimpa   'once'
Method                               kasirva     'somehow'
Quantity                             kasista    'somehow much'
Qualify                              kasijam    'some'

Unlimited


Human being                          mukasir      'anyone'
Inanimate object or Non-Human being  muvosir       'anything'
Place                                mukasikkor    'anywhere'
Source                               atmukasikkor  'from anywhere'
Purpose direction                    tamukasikkor  'to anywhere'
Path                                 mukasimekar   'via any way'
Time                                 mukasimpar   'ever'
Method                               mukasirvar     'anyhow'
Quantity                             mukasistar    'anyhow much'
Qualify                              mukasijamar    'any'

Negative


Human being                          neka 'nobody'
Inanimate object or Non-Human being  nevo      'nothing'
Place                                nekakko    'nowhere'
Source                               atnekakko  'from nowhere'
Purpose direction                    tanekakko  'to nowhere'
Path                                 nekamek  'no way'
Time                                 nekampa  'never'
Method                               nekarva     'nohow'
Quantity                             nekasta    'nothing'
Qualify                              nekajam   'neuter, indistinct'

Universal


Human being                          kaθa    'every'
Inanimate object or Non-Human being  voθa      'every, all'
Place                                kaθakko    'everywhere'
Source                               atkaθakko  'from everywhere'
Purpose direction                    takaθakko  'to everywhere'
Path                                 kaθamek  'through all ways'
Time                                 kaθampa  'always'
Method                               kaθarva     'in all methods'
Quantity                             kaθasta    'otherwise than so many'
Qualify                              kaθajam    'any'

Alternative


Human being                          karam      'anyone else'
Inanimate object or Non-Human being  voram      'anything else'
Place                                karamakko    'elswhere'
Source                               atkaramakko  'from elswhere'
Purpose direction                 takaramakko     'to elswhere'
Path                                 karammek  'which way else'
Time                                karamampa  'when else'
Method                               karamarva     'otherwise'
Qualify                              karamjam       'other'

Reflexive, Reciprocal and Cooperative pronouns


Reflexive    ka (-)self
Reciprocal   kahha each other
Cooperative uka together

kas- reflexive possessive pronoun

Adpositions


aboutsa
abovesaora
acrosshara
afterva
againstvara
amongrajam
aroundogama
asθā
atna
beforepada
behindga
belowuna
beneathuna
besideuvār
betweenukrā
beyondnena
butla
byhava
duringura
exceptvaga
forar
froman
inna
insidenavār
intouta
nearðat
ofsu
onsa
outuna
outsideunara
oversao
peruva
sinceat
thanata
throughhat
tilltara
tota
towardsata
underum
unlikenepor
untiltara
viahat
withke
withinuke
withoutban
according toudoroh
 because ofvata


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