Avaeğon

Avaeğon Avaeğon
Spoken in:
Conworld:
Total Speakers:
Genealogical classification:
Basic word order:	Object-Subject-Verb
Morphological Type:	Fusional-Agglutinating
Morphosyntactic Alignment:	Nominative-Accusative
Created by:
Jessie M. Strickland	2017

Phonology

Consonant inventory

Pulmonic

Bilabial

Labiodental

Dental

Alveolar

Postalveolar

Retroflex

Palatal

Velar

Uvular

Pharangeal

Glottal

Plosives

p

b

t

d

k

g

q

Nasal

m

n

ñ

Trill

r

Tap or Flap

rh

Fricative

f

v

þ

đ

s

z

ş

x

ğ

h

Lateral Fricative

Approximant

w

j

Lateral Approximant

l

lj

Affricates

ps        bz

tş

dž

Non-Pulmonic

Ejectives

p'

t'

ts'

k'

q'

Vowel Inventory

	Font	Near-Front	Central	Near-Back	Back
Close	i	y			u
Near-Close				ʊ
Close-Mid				ɤ	o
Mid			ə
Open-Mid		e
Near-Open	ä
Open					a

Diphthongs

There are 6 diphthongs in Avaeğon :

• ai [aɪ]
• ao [aʊ]
• ei [eɪ]
• oi [ɔɪ]
• ue
• uo

Grammar

Grammatical Gender

Avaeğon has six genders. These genders are classified by special relationships. The genders are identified by adding the suffixes in the parentheses to the word.

1. Common (-V): The common gender is the only gender which ends in a vowel. This gender is assigned to people, places, titles, and occupations.
2. Lunar (-m): The lunar gender is assigned to nocturnal animals, military equipment, and spiritual things.
3. Solar (-z): The solar gender is assigned to diurnal animals, household equipment, body parts, and secular things.
4. Terrestrial (-s): The terrestrial gender is assigned to foods, plants, land masses and formations, earthen elements and minerals
5. Aquatic (-r): The aquatic gender is assigned to bodies of water, liquids, and emotions
6. Phenomenal (-n): The phenomenal gender is assigned to deities, celestial bodies, weather, and seasons