Veród
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| Veród | |
| Pronounced: | [vɛrˈɒːd] |
| Typology | |
| Morphological type: | moderately agglutinative |
| Morphosyntactic alignment: | ergative-absolutive |
| Basic word order: | SOV |
| Credits | |
| Creator: | Kenneth Nyman |
Veród is a constructed language. It has only two contrastive vowels - a close or mid-close one represented by <e>, and an open, back rounded one represented by <o>.
Phonology
| p | t | ʧ | kʲ | k | kʷ | |
| b | d | ʤ | gʲ | g | gʷ | |
| f | s | ʃ | h | |||
| v | z | ʒ | ||||
| l r | j | w |
Nouns
Nouns take endings for number and cases. The plural is formed in a regular way with the suffix -em.
| Case | Example | Meaning | Description | Plural form |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Absolutive | veród | 'language' | subjects in intransitive clauses, direct objects | veródem |
| Ergative | veróder | 'by language' | subjects in transitive clauses, instruments | veródemer |
| Lative | vógorel | to the house | goal, destination | vógoremel |
| Locative | vógoreg | at the house, in the house | general location | vógoremeg |
| Dative | veródok | 'for a language' | indirect objects, possessors, causes, with various adpositions | veródemok |
Pronouns
| 1 sing. | 2 sing. | 3 sing. animate | 3 sing. inaninate | 1 plur. | 2 plur. | 3 plur. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sey | tey | ley | woh | moh | zoh | loh |
| seher | teherr | leher | woher | moher | zoher | loher |
| sehel | tehel | lehel | wohel | mohel | zohel | lohel |
| seheg | teheg | leheg | woheg | moheg | zoheg | loheg |
| sehok | tehok | lehok | wohok | mohok | zohok | lohok |
Adpositions
Adpositions governing the absolutive
| ézel | 'into' | vógor ézel | 'into the house' |
|---|---|---|---|
| ger | 'through' | vógor ger | 'through the house' |
Adpositions governing the dative
| léveg | 'in the company of', '(together) with' | gévok léveg | with the family |
|---|---|---|---|
| tolóv | 'toward' | vógorok tolóv | 'toward the house' |
| vok | 'from' | vógorok vok | 'from the house' |
| lohéz | because [of] | 'kémberok lohéz' | 'because of the work' |
Adpositions governing the ergative/instrumental
| ger | 'along' | vógorer ger | 'along the house' |
|---|---|---|---|
| vélker | 'with' (instrumental) | vontóker vélker | 'with the hammer' |
Verbs
Verbs agree in number and person with the subject in the clause.
| véren | 'I speak' | vérlen | 'I am speaking' |
|---|---|---|---|
| véret | 'you (sg) speak' | vérlet | 'you (sg) are speaking' |
| véreh | 'he/she speaks' | vérleh | 'he/she is speaking' |
| vérom | 'we speak' | vérlom | 'we are speaking' |
| vérok | 'you (pl) speak' | vérlok | 'you (pl) are speaking' |
| véror | 'they speak' | vérlor | 'they are speaking' |
Syntax
The common word order is SOV. Adjectives precede nouns.
