Vargtal

Natively known as: vawaffrvo /ˈvɑwɑfɹvo/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
wafw fwurfva wu olfboof rg wofbffrurf wafw vaoof rg rkbooffrgwaff orr oorr orrgrorf
Pronunciation: /wɑfw ˈfwʌɹfvɑ wʌ ˈolfboof ɹg ˈwofbfɹʌɹf wɑfw ˈvɑoof ɹg ˈɹkboofɹgwɑf oʀ ˈooʀ ˈoʀgɹoɹf/
Vawaffrvoian word order: and stood he holding hat his and turned his face wet to the wind

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: b f g k l n r t v w

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Velar
Nasal			n
Stop	b		t	k g
Fricative		f v
Trill			r
Lateral approximant			l

Co-articulated phonemes

↓Manner/Place→	Labial-velar
Approximant	w

Vowel inventory: a e o u y

	Front	Back
High	y	u
High-mid	e	o
Low	a

Syllable structure: Custom defined ?
Stress pattern: Initial — stress is on the first syllable ?
Sound changes (in order of application):

• a → ɑ
• bb → b
• b → b
• ch → ʧ
• c → k
• d → d
• e → ɛ
• ff → f
• f → f
• gg → g
• g → g
• h → h
• i → ɪ
• j → ʤ
• kk → k
• k → k
• ll → l
• l → l
• m → m
• ng → ŋ
• nn → n
• n → n
• o → o
• p → p
• q → k
• rrr → ʀ
• rr → ʀ
• r → ɹ
• sh → ʃ
• ss → s
• s → s
• th → θ
• t → t
• u → ʌ
• v → v
• w → w
• x → ks
• y → i
• z → z

Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
ɑ	a
b	b
ʧ	ch
d	d
ɛ	e
f	f
g	g
h	h
i	y
ɪ	i
ʤ	j
k	k
l	l
m	m
ŋ	ng
n	n
o	o
p	p
ɹ	r
ʃ	sh
s	s
θ	th
t	t
ʌ	u
v	v
w	w
x	ks
z	z

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Grammar

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 ?

Nouns

Nouns have six cases:

• Nominative is the doer of a verb: dog bites man.
• Accusative is the done-to of a verb: man bites dog.
• Genitive is the possessor of something: dog’s tail hits man.
• Dative is the recipient of something: man gives ball to dog.
• Locative is the location of something: man is in town.
• Ablative is movement away from something: man walks from town.

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	No affix vawooorf /ˈvɑwoˌooɹf/ dog (doing the verb)	Suffix -ookrr vawooorfookrr /ˈvɑwoˌooɹfookʀ/ dogs (doing the verb)
Accusative	Suffix -ur vawooorfur /ˈvɑwoˌooɹfʌɹ/ (verb done to) the/a dog	Suffix -or vawooorfor /ˈvɑwoˌooɹfoɹ/ (verb done to) dogs
Genitive	Suffix -uw vawooorfuw /ˈvɑwoˌooɹfʌw/ dogʼs	Suffix -oob vawooorfoob /ˈvɑwoˌooɹfoob/ dogsʼ
Dative	Suffix -aw vawooorfaw /ˈvɑwoˌooɹfɑw/ to the/a dog	Prefix rrrba- rrrbavawooorf /ˈʀbɑvɑˌwoooɹf/ to dogs
Locative	Suffix -arr vawooorfarr /ˈvɑwoˌooɹfɑʀ/ near/at/by the/a dog	If ends with vowel: Suffix -rrrb Else: Suffix -o vawooorfo /ˈvɑwoˌooɹfo/ near/at/by dogs
Ablative	Suffix -ov vawooorfov /ˈvɑwoˌooɹfov/ from the/a dog	Suffix -owff vawooorfowff /ˈvɑwoˌooɹfowf/ from dogs

Articles

Vawaffrvoian has no definite article ‘the’, or indefinite article ‘a’.

Pronouns

	Nominative	Accusative	Genitive	Dative	Locative	Ablative
1st singular	e /ɛ/ I	o /o/ me	tofw /tofw/ mine	oo /ˈoo/ to me	fboork /ˈfbooɹk/ to me	roo /ˈɹoo/ from me
2nd singular	rrorkb /ʀoɹkb/ you	af /ɑf/ you	lu /lʌ/ yours	a /ɑ/ to you	rg /ɹg/ to you	u /ʌ/ from you
3rd singular masc	wu /wʌ/ he, it (masc)	ooff /ˈoof/ his, it (masc)	rkwooff /ˈɹkwoof/ his, its (masc)	orr /oʀ/ to his, to it (masc)	oow /ˈoow/ to his, to it (masc)	rof /ɹof/ from his, from it (masc)
3rd singular fem	va /vɑ/ she, it (fem)	rkrolf /ɹkɹolf/ her, it (fem)	uf /ʌf/ hers, its (fem)	waff /wɑf/ to her, to it (fem)	wooff /ˈwoof/ to her, to it (fem)	yrf /iɹf/ from her, from it (fem)
1st plural	wa /wɑ/ we	ob /ob/ us	woo /ˈwoo/ ours	rroff /ʀof/ to us	noffr /nofɹ/ to us	rrrbe /ʀbɛ/ from us
2nd plural	ookrrw /ˈookʀw/ you all	krrworkr /kʀwoɹkɹ/ you all	of /of/ yours (pl)	arf /ɑɹf/ to you all	aff /ɑf/ to you all	oob /ˈoob/ from you all
3rd plural	bo /bo/ they	uw /ʌw/ them	oor /ˈooɹ/ theirs	off /of/ to them	roff /ɹof/ to them	rkrafbrr /ɹkɹɑfbʀ/ from them

Possessive determiners

	Possessive
1st singular	o /o/ my
2nd singular	va /vɑ/ your
3rd singular masc	rg /ɹg/ his
3rd singular fem	narf /nɑɹf/ her
1st plural	u /ʌ/ our
2nd plural	rkroork /ˈɹkɹooɹk/ your (pl)
3rd plural	wa /wɑ/ their

Verbs

Future

Prefix krrwoo- krrwoorrrba /ˈkʀwooʀbɑ/ will learn

Vawaffrvoian uses a standalone particle word for past tense:

Past	Particle before the verb: varorkw - varorkw rrrba /ˈvɑɹoɹkw ʀbɑ/ learned

Perfect aspect

The perfect aspect in English is exemplified in ‘I have read this book’, which expresses an event that took place before the time spoken but which has an effect on or is in some way still relevant to the present.
Vawaffrvoian uses an affix for the perfect aspect:

Perfect

Suffix -ab rrrbaab /ˈʀbɑɑb/ have learned

Numbers

Vawaffrvoian has a base-10 number system:
1 - rorfwooff
2 - arr
3 - rgfwoff
4 - rg
5 - orfrroorkrrkroof
6 - va
7 - orffruf
8 - rgrg
9 - rgfbaf
10 - rkroof
100 - ooffufoff
1000 - vakrrorkrylf

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = Prefix rrrbo-
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -b
Else: Suffix -o
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = Prefix ro-
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -n
Else: Suffix -o
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Prefix wo-
Noun to verb = If ends with vowel: Suffix -rr
Else: Suffix -o
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -w
Else: Suffix -u
Tending to = Suffix -yw
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Suffix -ow
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -rrrb
Else: Suffix -u
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Prefix va-
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Prefix wo-
Diminutive = If ends with vowel: Suffix -v
Else: Suffix -o
Augmentative = If ends with vowel: Suffix -bl
Else: Suffix -u

Dictionary

3143 Words.

Common Female Names

Hulys, Vaofa, Olvava, Nowo, Bonva, Rebeka, Rae

Common Male Names

Rynars, Jond, Garf, Obrof, Krig, Roth, Klawd