Elivera Traditional or Üooaføv̱ian

One of the languages to survive the Silence. Predominantly spoken on Vera and the islands south of that continent.

Üooaføv̱ian

Natively known as: üooaføv̱ /uˈʌʌˌæʃøʋ/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
ṟyü̂iv̱püṟyï ḇuḏüoü̂öï oṟëuḇühênøäü ëṟäg̱oü̂q øv ṟyü̂iv̱püṟyï üẕymifüöøv̱ aøfoü̂fpüv̱ öḵbü øv ḇanpüṟ ü̂ṟêhä[alt]
Pronunciation: /ʁyˈɔɪ̯ɪʋˌpʼuʁyʉ ɓʊˈɗuoʊ̯ˌɔʉ ʌˈʁœʊˌɓuʕæy̯ˌŋøɑu œˈʁɑɠoʊ̯qʼ øv ʁyˈɔɪ̯ɪʋˌpʼuʁyʉ uˈʒyɱɪˌʃuɔøʋ æˈøʃoʊ̯ʃˌpʼuʋ ɔɣˈɸu øv ɓæŋˈpʼuʁ ɔɪ̯ˈʁæy̯ʕɑ/
Üooaføv̱ian word order: and stood he holding hat his and turned his face wet to the wind[/alt]




Phonological changes (in order of application):

• [C +nasal] → n / _# (as in a consonant with a nasal sound tends toward the sound of n or no sound at all).

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Grammar Basics

Main word order: Verb Subject Object (Prepositional phrase). “Mary opened the door with a key” turns into Opened Mary the door with a key.
Adjective order: Adjectives are positioned after the noun.
Adposition: prepositions

	Animate	Inanimate
Singular	Suffix -æy̯ɠ oü̂ẕoêg̱ /oʊ̯ˈʒʌæy̯ɠ/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʋ Else: Suffix -ɔ oü̂ẕov̱ /oʊ̯ˈʒʌʋ/
Dual	Suffix -øŋ oü̂ẕoøn /oʊ̯ˈʒʌøŋ/ [oʊ̯ˈʒʌøn]	Suffix -ɔɪ̯ʕ oü̂ẕoü̂h /oʊ̯ˈʒʌɔɪ̯ʕ/
Plural	Suffix -ɪ̯æy̯qʼ oü̂ẕoi̯êq /oʊ̯ˈʒʌɪ̯æy̯qʼ/	Suffix -ɣy oü̂ẕoḵy /oʊ̯ˈʒʌɣy/

Only 2 genders: Animate, Inanimate.

	Animate	Inanimate
Nomitative	Prefix ɸø- bøoü̂ẕo /ɸøˈoʊ̯ʒʌ/	Suffix -ɠʉ oü̂ẕog̱ï /oʊ̯ˈʒʌɠʉ/
Dative	Prefix pʼø- pøoü̂ẕo /pʼøˈoʊ̯ʒʌ/	Suffix -ɪœʛ oü̂ẕoiëg /oʊ̯ˈʒʌɪˌœʛ/
Lative	Suffix -ɠœ oü̂ẕog̱ë /oʊ̯ˈʒʌɠœ/	Prefix ʕæy̯- hêoü̂ẕo /ʕæy̯ˈoʊ̯ʒʌ/
Genitive	Suffix -æʕ oü̂ẕoah /oʊ̯ˈʒʌæʕ/	Prefix ɱoʊ̯- moü̂oü̂ẕo /ɱoʊ̯ˈoʊ̯ʒʌ/
Accusative	Suffix -œʌʁ oü̂ẕoëoṟ /oʊ̯ˈʒʌœˌʌʁ/	Suffix -ɹʉ oü̂ẕorï /oʊ̯ˈʒʌɹʉ/
Topic	Suffix -ʊɗ oü̂ẕouḏ /oʊ̯ˈʒʌʊɗ/	Prefix pʼɪ- pioü̂ẕo /pʼɪˈoʊ̯ʒʌ/
Question	Prefix ʋœ- v̱ëoü̂ẕo /ʋœˈoʊ̯ʒʌ/	Suffix -øʋ oü̂ẕoøv̱ /oʊ̯ˈʒʌøʋ/
Ordinal	Prefix ʄœ- jëoü̂ẕo /ʄœˈoʊ̯ʒʌ/	Prefix ʃœ- fëoü̂ẕo /ʃœˈoʊ̯ʒʌ/
Conditional	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ŋ Else: Suffix -y oü̂ẕon /oʊ̯ˈʒʌŋ/ [oʊ̯ˈʒʌn]	Prefix ɠoʊ̯- g̱oü̂oü̂ẕo /ɠoʊ̯ˈoʊ̯ʒʌ/
Possessive	Suffix -øɑz oü̂ẕoøäz /oʊ̯ˈʒʌøˌɑz/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ɠ Else: Suffix -ø oü̂ẕog̱ /oʊ̯ˈʒʌɠ/
Conjunction	Suffix -ɱɔɪ̯ oü̂ẕomü̂ /oʊ̯ˈʒʌɱɔɪ̯/	Prefix ɸɔɪ̯- bü̂oü̂ẕo /ɸɔɪ̯ˈoʊ̯ʒʌ/
Clause	Prefix ɓɔɪ̯- ḇü̂oü̂ẕo /ɓɔɪ̯ˈoʊ̯ʒʌ/	Suffix -ʃœ oü̂ẕofë /oʊ̯ˈʒʌʃœ/

Writing System

Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
oʊ̯	ô
æy̯	ê
ɔɪ̯	û
ɓ	ḇ
ɗ	ḏ
ɠ	g̱
ʛ	g
ɣ	ḵ
ʄ	j
kʼ	k
ɱ	m
ŋ	n
pʼ	p
ɸ	b
qʼ	q
ɹ	r
ʁ	ṟ
s	s
ʃ	f
tʼ	t
ɰ	kj
v	v
ʋ	v̱
z	z
ʒ	ẕ
ʕ	h
æ	a
ɑ	ä
ɪ	i
o	ou
ø	ø
œ	ë
ɔ	ö
ʌ	o
y	y
u	ü
ʉ	ï
ʊ	u

Phonology

Phonemes

• C = pʼ ɓ ɸ ɱ v tʼ ɗ ʄ ɠ ʛ kʼ qʼ p ŋ ʋ ɹ ɰ ɣ ʒ ʃ s z ʁ ʕ
• L = pʼ ɓ ɸ ɱ ɹ ɣ ʒ ʃ ʄ ɠ s
• N = tʼ ɗ ʕ ɠ ʛ kʼ qʼ ŋ z ʁ ʕ v ʋ
• V = æ œ ø y ɑ u o ʊ ʌ ʉ ɔ ɪ ɔɪ̯ æy̯ oʊ̯
• S = VC, CV, VCV, VLVC, LVC, VV
• T = VV, VL, VN, NV, VLVN, LVN, VVN, VVLVN

Word Construction Rules

• ST
• ST
• TT
• SS
• SST
• STT
• TST
• TTTT
• STST
• TSST
• STTT
• SSTT
• TTST
• pronoun = VV, ST, TT
• determiner = T, V

Common Affix Patterns

• -LV
• -VVN
• LV-
• -VN
• NV-
• IF V# THEN -N ELSE -V (meaning if word ends with a vowel, then a consonant from phoneme class N is used. If word does not end with a vowel, then the suffix will use a vowel).

Illegal Combinations (using IPA style)

• pʼɓ
• ɸɱ
• vɗ
• ɗtʼ
• ɗʄ
• ɠʛ
• kʼqʼ
• p'ŋ
• ʋɰ
• ɣʒ
• ʃs
• zʁ
• ʕʁ
• ɓɗ
• ɗɓ
• tʼpʼ
• kʼpʼ
• qʼpʼ
• ɸɓ
• ɸp'
• ɸt'
• ɸq'
• ɸk'
• ɓq'
• ɓp'
• ŋɱ
• ɱŋ

Morphology

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = Suffix -æɔɪ̯ɗ
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Suffix -ɠʊ
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = Suffix -ʒæ
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Suffix -æʁ
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Prefix ʕæ-
Noun to verb = Suffix -so
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Prefix ʁʊ-
Tending to = Prefix ʛæy̯-
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Suffix -æʉqʼ
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = Suffix -ɓæ
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Suffix -ykʼ
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Prefix ŋæy̯-
Diminutive = Suffix -uʛ
Augmentative = Suffix -ɠy

Phonetics

Phonology

Consonant inventory: kʼ p pʼ qʼ s tʼ v z ŋ ɓ ɗ ɠ ɣ ɰ ɱ ɸ ɹ ʁ ʃ ʄ ʋ ʒ ʕ ʛ

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Pharyngeal
Nasal		ɱ				ŋ
Stop	p pʼ		tʼ			kʼ	qʼ
Implosive	ɓ		ɗ		ʄ	ɠ	ʛ
Fricative	ɸ	v	s z	ʃ ʒ		ɣ	ʁ	ʕ
Approximant		ʋ	ɹ			ɰ

Vowel inventory: o oʊ̯ u y æ æy̯ ø œ ɑ ɔ ɔɪ̯ ɪ ʉ ʊ ʌ
Diphthongs: oʊ̯ æy̯ ɔɪ̯

	Front	Central	Back
High	y	ʉ	u
Near-high	ɪ		ʊ
High-mid	ø		o
Low-mid	œ		ʌ ɔ
Near-low	æ
Low			ɑ

Tenses

	present	past	future	imperfect
inanimate		suffix: -öḵ [ɔɣ]	suffix: -êẕë [æy̯ˈʒ]
animate		suffix: -ṟaḵ [ɹuɣ]	suffix: -êẕï [æy̯ˈʉ]

Sentence Structure

• Main word order: Verb Subject Object (Prepositional phrase).
• “Mary opened the door with a key” turns into Opened Mary the door with a key.
• Translation: äaḏöfüruḏ oêg̱ | Mary | êvooümyv̱røg̱rïü̂ | ëkjy | ëviëgü̂
• Break-down of syntax: open-topic(present)-singular | Mary | door-accusative-singular | with | key-dative-singular

Dictionary

4581 Words.

Successor Languages

• Quz̥ó Language

Common Phrases

Uasaṟaø êg̱ëë ḇöḇäioüü̂g̱ïky

Smash the rocks together (just do it)

Common Unisex Names

• Duuv
• Harun
• Bëgëa
• Oü̂aṟ
• Kiẕë
• Kigiẕë
• Oüma
• Ijazo
• Pëhin
• Amëh
• Poravi
• Zërav
• Füruḏ
• Oüïz
• Ruygg̱u
• Naü̂a
• Oḵënoï
• Iëḵkyn