Vicnoran language

Vicnoran ( Vikorske) is an Edgilian language and an agglutinative language spoken by the Vicnoran people in Vicnora, where it holds its title as the sole language of the country. It is also a national language in Screencold and Line and south-eastern El Kadsre. It is known to be one of the oldest languages still currently in use, dating back to 6th century AD, with the modern form of the language being spoken since the 14th century.

History[]

The earliest form of the Vicnoran language was known as Old Vicnoran and was spoken during the early years of the Vicnoran Kingdom (550-775). When Vicnora annexed kingdoms of Perke, Itynn, Ertuz, Matora and Ova (in which they were fractions of the Matoran Empire) during the 8th century, the language adopted words from languages of the annexed countries and Old Vicnoran was evolved into Middle Vicnoran. In the 14th century, the Vicnoran language underwent a vowel shift, transforming Middle Vicnoran into Modern Vicnoran.

Phonology[]

Consonants[]

	Labial	Alveolar	Post-alveolar/Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal	m	n	ɲ	ŋ
Plosive	p, b	t, d		k, g	q	ʔ
Affricate		ts, dz	t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ
Fricative	f, v	s, z	ʃ, ʒ	x		h
Approximant		r	j	w
Lateral Approximant		l

Notes:

The voiced palatal nasal (IPA: [ɲ]) is actually not in the English phonology. This consonant has it's own letter in the Spanish orthography which is the letter called eñe or ñ (ny).
The voiced velar nasal, (IPA: [ŋ]) is pronounced as ng from the English word "ring".
The dental plosive consonants (IPA: [t̪] and [d̪]) are pronounced the same as the English letters t and d, but the blade of the tounge placed at the upper teeth. The dental plosive consonants are openly used in the Vicnoran language, meaning that the Vicnoran-speaking people can use the plain consonants and/or the dental consonants as the letters t and d from the orthography of the Vicnoran language.
The post-alveolar plosive consonants (IPA: [t͡ʃ] and [d͡ʒ]) are actually in the English phonology. t͡ʃ is pronounced as ch from the English word "check" and d͡ʒ is pronounced as j from the English word "joy".
The voiceless uvular plossive (IPA: [q]) is not in the English phonology. To pronounced this consonant, you need to press your uvula by your tounge as opposed to the soft palate.
The glottal stop (IPA: [ʔ]) is not in the English phonology nor in the English orthography, but some English words have the consonant by different types of accent. ʔ is pronounced as the sound between the vowels from the exclamation word "uh-oh"
The voiceless velar fricative (IPA: [x]) is pronounced as ch from the English word "loch" in a Scottish accent.
The post-alveolar sibilant fricative consonants (IPA: [ʃ] and [ʒ]) are actually in the English phonology. ʃ is pronounced as sh from the English word "shoe" and ʒ is pronounced as s from the English word "leisure".
The palatal approximant (IPA: [j]) is pronounced as y from the English word "yell".

Vowels[]

	Front	Central	Back
High	i		u
Mid	e		o
Low		a

The 5 vowels of the Vicnoran language are the basic 5-vowel system which is a common vowel system that used by most languages (including Spanish, Japanese, Swahili, Hebrew, etc.)

Romanization[]

The romanization of the Vicnoran language is similar to the Latin alphabet because of the amount of the letters or characters of those 2 orthographies. However, the only difference between those orthographies are the pronounciation of Vicnoran.

Vicnoran Romanization	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M	N	O	P	Q	R	S	T	U	V	W	X	Y	Z
IPA	a	b	ʃ	d	e	f	g	h	i	ʒ	k	l	m	n	o	p	q	r	s	t	u	v	w	x	j	z
Name	A	Ba	Ca	Da	E	Fa	Ga	Ha	I	Ja	Ka	La	Ma	Na	O	Pa	Qa	Ra	Sa	Ta	U	Va	Wa	Xa	Ya	Za

Digraphs & Diphtongs[]

Digraphs[]

Vicnoran digraphs	Pronunciation on each letter	IPA
ny	n j	/ɲ/
ng	n g	/ŋ/
ch	ʃ h	/tʃ/
tj	t y	/dʒ/
kz	k z	/ks/

Diphthongs[]

Vicnoran diphthongs	IPA
ai	/aj/
au	/aw/
ei	/ej/
eu	/ew/
iu	/iw/
oi	/oj/
ou	/ow/
ui	/uj/

Note: Dipthongs can optionally split into 2 vowels if it's preceding by l, r, or lh, or for other reasons (like poem, listening, etc).

Syllable Structure[]

The syllable structure for word-medial and monosyllabic words: (C)(C)(C)V(C)(C)(C) The syllable structure for word-initial words: (C)(C)(C)V(C)- The syllable structure for word-final words: -(C)V(C)(C)(C)

The first onset (the red consonants) = s, z, ʃ
The second onset (the orange consonants) = m, n, p, b, t/t̪, d/d̪, t͡ʃ ,d͡ʒ, k, g, q, ʒ, f, v, x, h
The third onset (the yellow consonants) = l, r, ʔ, j, w
The first nucleus (the green vowels) = 'a, e, i, o, u
The first coda (the blue consonants) = m, n, ɲ, ŋ, j, w, l, r
The second coda (the purple consonants) = s, z, ʃ
The third coda (the pink consonants) = p, b, t/t̪, d/d̪, k, g

Phonotactic Rules[]

Here are the phonotactic rules of the Vicnoran language:

The syllable structure of the language is (C)(C)(C)V(C)(C)(C), (C)(C)(C)V(C)-, and -(C)V(C)(C)(C)
Stress are located on the first syllable.
/x/, /h/, /ʔ/, /w/, and /j/ never cluster.

Grammar[]

Syntax[]

This is the syntax of the Vicnoran language:

The language has no word order, instead the language's syntax has topic and focus. Example: "Movluwani pa baun." = He is hearing them. "Pa movluwani baun." = It is him who is hearing them. "Baun pa movluwani." = As for them, it was him who is hearing them.
Adjectives, possesors, numbers and other modifiers must be put before nouns or the postpositive modifiers.
Preposition

Pronouns[]

	Sole/Agent pronouns				Patient pronouns
	First person		Second person	Third person	First person		Second person	Third person
	Exclusive	Inclusive	Second person	Third person	Exclusive	Inclusive	Second person	Third person
Singular	Kem		Tim	Pam	Gen		Din	Ban
Plural	Keim	(Koum)	Tiam	Paum	Gein	(Goun)	Dian	Baun

Notes:

The sole or agent pronouns are the pronouns that are doing or not doing an action to an object. The patient pronouns are the pronouns that received or experienced the action by a subject.
The excluding pronouns reference to the speaker and the people of the speaker, but without the listener. The including pronouns reference to the speaker, the listener, and the people of the speaker. The inclusive pronouns is optional to use and can replace with the excluding pronouns.

Demonstrative Pronouns[]

Tjuta (this) = for objects that are close distance
Tjata (that) = for objects that are far distance*

Plurality[]

The plurality of Vicnoran is reduplication (the repetition of all or part of a word to indicate more than one of something).

If a word is from an animate, the first syllable of a Vicnoran word must be duplicated to make the Vicnoran word from singular to plural.

Examples:

Homa (Singular) = A human
Hohoma (Plural) = Humans

Hugonga (Singular) = A dog
Huhugonga (Plural) = Dogs

Clontaca (Singular) = A leaf
Clonclontaca (Plural) = Leaves

If a word is from an inanimate, the case of a Vicnoran word must be duplicated to make the Vicnoran word from singular to plural.

Examples:

Puka (Singular) = A rock
Pukaka (Plural) = Rocks

Toka (Singular) = A wood
Tokaka (Plural) = Woods, A forest

Fruala (Singular) = A water
Frualala (Plural) = A big amount of water, A sea

Vicnoran words of an object that is hard to count or uncountable (water, air, dirt, etc.) can be plural by making its value or size bigger.

Examples:

Fruala (Singular) = A water
Frualala (Plural) = A big amount of water

Huhava (Singular) = An air
Huhavava (Plural) = A big amount of air, a wind

Ckroxa (Singular) = A piece of dirt
Ckroxaxa (Plural) = A big piece of dirt, a land

If a noun that has the personal suffix(3.8.1) is a plural noun, you can duplicate the first syllable of the noun to have a big amount of the noun and/or you can duplicate the last syllable of the noun to make the noun into a person or a pronoun that is doing something with the object in big-sized.

Example:

Fruala (Singular, Noun) = A water
Frualake (Singular, Pronoun) = A swimmer
Frufrualake (Plural, Pronoun. Biotic/Human) = Swimmers
Frualalake (Plural, Pronoun, Abiotic/Object) = A diver
Frufrualalake (Plural, Pronoun, Humans with objects) = Divers

Cases[]

There are 9 cases in the Vicnoran language. These are the cases of the Vicnoran language:

The Nominative Case (NOM)[]

This Vicnoran case is called the nominative case. The case is marked as a suffix -a. This case must be writen for a sole, an agent, and a noun.
Examples:

"Tokcana." = A tree.
"Humhumbuga metruwini din." = Some pigs was looking at you.
"Clontaca nifluvi." = A leaf will fly.

The Absolutive Case (ABS)[]

This Vicnoran case is called the absolutive case. The case is marked as a suffix -o. This case must be writen on an object.
Examples:

"Dumowang moskroti kekeroka-pamo." = The cat is following his legs.
"Ke gobolugri dumilakoko." = I have drank the big amount of milk.

The Verb Case (VRB)[]

The verb case is a Vicnoran case that can turn a noun into a verb for a sentence (the sentence can be transitive or intransitive). The case is marked as the suffix -i.
Examples:

"Netruwini ke." = I looked.
"Movluwani pa baun." = He is hearing them.

The Dative Case (DTV)[]

The dative case is a Vicnoran case that shows the indirect object of a verb (which is the recipient of the direct object). This case is marked as the suffix -u. This case is similar as the English prepositions (to , for, forward, into, onto).
Examples:

"Ke nekeri dubukoko banu" = I gave the books to him.
"Ti mepri genu" = You were walking towards me.

The Instrumental Case (INS)[]

The Instrumental case is a Vicnoran case that turns a Vicnoran noun into a noun by which the verb is carried out. The case is marked as the suffix -at. This case is similar as the English prepositions (with, by means of, using).
Examples:

"Pau dunehamnami momogageyino spunana-paumat." = He actually ate our foods by using their spoons.
"Ti nokekeroki genu kekeroka-timat." = You walk to me with your legs.

The Comitative Case (CMT)[]

The Comitative Case is a Vicnoran case that turns a noun into a noun by which association with an adjacent noun. The case is marked as the suffix -an. This case is similar as the English prepositions (with, along by, together).
Examples:

"Ke metoki banan." = I was talking with her.
"Paun netruwini dumomowangan." = They looked with the cats.

The Locative Case (LCT)[]

The Locative Case is a Vicnoran case that marks a location. The case is marked as the suffix -ed. This case is similar as the English prepositions (in, at, on, to).
Examples:

"Ke dubromul-kemed." = I am at my house.
"Dubuka-tia eketeped." = Your book was on a mountain.

The Ablative Case (ABT)[]

The Ablative Case is a Vicnoran case that marks a noun that is locaated away from another noun. The case is marked as the suffix -em. This case is similar as some English prepositions (from, away from).
Examples:

"Duhuhugonga mepritrilangi genem" = The dogs were running from me.
"Pam oseni Vikorskem." = He is from Vicnora.

The Possesor Case (PSR)[]

The Possesor Case is a Vicnoran case that marks a noun into a possesor or a noun that posseses another noun. It is the opposite of the possesive case. The case is marked as the suffix -un.
Examples:

"Dumomowang Vikorskun." = The cats of Vicnoran. or Vicnora's cats
"Ckroxaxa hohomun." = The land of humans.

Nouns that are names or transliterations from another languages must turned as its own word and use the Possesor Case (PSR).
Examples:

"Tokcana Vikorskun" = A Vicnoran tree.
"Duhohoma Elkadsreiun" = The El Kadsreians.
"Spuna Tjonun" = John's spoon or A spoon of John.

The Numerical Case (NMR)[]

The Numerical Case is a Vicnoran case that marks a number. This case is used for numerical nouns and count the amount of objects, The value of this case is -as.

Examples:

"Pumas" = "Two"
"Tuvazortakanerkanas" = "Fifty one"
"Toktokcana nerkanas" = "FIve trees"
"Momowanga treyas" = "Three cats"

Notes:

All cases of Vicnoran must be writen in the reduplication of plurality.
The object must use the Nominative case instead of the Absolutive case if the verb is "oseni" or "to be" in English

Modifiers[]

Rules of Modifiers[]

A dash (-) must be written between a noun and its pronoun possesor if a pronoun is possesing a noun.
Nouns that are names or transliterations from another languages must turned as its own word and use the Possesor Case (PSR).

Nouns & Verbs[]

In the Vicnoran language, the modifiers (such as adjectives, possesors, numbers, and other modifiers) must be written after a noun.

Examples:

"Homa'alta = A tall human.
"Momowangaberva." = Some cute cats.
"Dufruwalalabluva." = The blue ocean.
"Tokcanazibam." = A big tree.

The modifiers can actually modify some verbs to turn into an adverb.

Examples:

"Kekerokitrilanga." = To rapidly walk.
"Neckekli'alta." = To highly jumped.
"Nitokiterasa." = Will talk loudly.

Compoud Words[]

Adjective & Adverbs can make a Vicnoran word into a compound word

Examples:

"Pri" (Legs (as in verb)) + "Troba" (Ball) = "Pritroba." (Football/Legs ball)
"Formata" (Format) + "Disuka" (Disk) = "Formatadisuka." (Format Disk)
"Tulgramama" (Colors) + "Kiza" (Sun) = "Tulgramamakiza." (Rainbow/Sun's colors)
"Ola" (Room) + "Stulda" (Coin) = "Olastulda." (Bank/Coin room)

Degrees[]

Degrees in the Vicnoran language are located at the end of a modifier. These degrees can decrease or increase the value of a modifier for its noun. There are only 6 degrees, the 3 degrees are the negative degrees and the others are the positive degrees.

Here is the list of the 7 degrees:

The lowest degree is a degree that makes the value of a modifier into lowewst. The infix of this degree is -gul- (DGR:1).
The more lower degree is a degree that makes the value of a modifier into more lower. The infix of this degree is -tul- (DGR:2).
The lower degree is a degree that makes the value of a modifier into lower. The infix of this degree is -tol- (DGR:3).
The higher degree is a degree that makes the value of a modifier into higher. The infix of this degree is -til- (DGR:4).
The more higher degree is a degree that makes the value of a modifier into more higher. The infix of this degree is -tel- (DGR:5).
The highest degree is a degree that makes the value of a modifier into highest. The infix of this degree is -tal- (DGR:6).

	Degrees
Degree Type	Negative Degrees			Positive Degrees
Name	Lowest	More Lower	Lower	Higher	More Higher	Highest
Infix	-gul-	-tul-	-tol-	-til-	-tel-	-tal-

Examples:

"Ckroxa." = Dirt
"Ckroxazibama." = Big dirt / Land / Country
"Ckroxazibamtila." = Bigger dirt / Big Region / Continent
"Ckroxazibamtela." = More bigger dirt / Continents / World
"Ckroxazibamtala." = The biggest dirt
"Ckroxazibamtola." = Not bigger dirt / Smaller dirt / Island
"Ckroxazibamtula." = Not more bigger dirt / More smaller dirt / A bit of dirt / Small region
"Ckroxazibamgula." = Not the biggest dirt / The smallest dirt

"Fruwala." = Water
"Fruwalazibama." = Big water / Sea
"Fruwalazibamtila." = Bigger water / Ocean
"Fruwalazibamtela." = More bigger water / All water from Earth
"Fruwalazibamtala." = The biggest water
"Fruwalazibamtola." = Smaller water / Lake
"Fruwalazibamtula." = More smaller water / River
"Fruwalazibamgula." = Not the biggest water / The smallest water

Verbs[]

Tenses & Aspects[]

In the Vicnoran language, there are only 3 aspects in the language, which are the simple tense, the continous tense, and the perfect tense. There are 3 tenses in the language, which are the past tense, the present tense, and the future tense.

Tenses:

The past tense is a tense that marks for a verb that occured at the past. The infix of this tense is -e- (PST).
The present tense is a tense that marks for a verb that occurs at the present. The infix of this tense is -o- (PRT).
The future tense is a tense that marks for a verb that will occur at the future. The infix of this tense is -i- (FTR).

Aspect:

The simple aspect is a tense that marks for a verb that occured at some point at the event. The infix of this aspect is -n- (SMP).
The progressive aspect is a tense that marks for a verb that is still occured at some time. The infix of this aspect is -m- (CNT).
The habitual aspect is a tense that marks for a verb that has always occured by a subject. The infix of this aspect is -d- (HBT).

The verb tense must be written before the time tense.

Tenses/Aspects		Time Tenses
Tenses/Aspects		Past Tense	Present Tense	Future Tense
Verb Tenses	Simple Aspect	-ne-	(-no-)	-ni-
	Progressive Aspect	-me-	-mo-	-mi-
	Perfect Aspect	-ge-	-go-	-gi-
	Habitual Aspect	-de-	-	-

Examples:

"Netruwini ke." = I looked.
"(No)truwini ke." = I look.
"Nitruwini ke." = I will look.
"Metruwini ke." = I was looking.
"Motruwini ke." = I am looking.
"Mitruwini ke." = I will looking
"Detruwini ke." = I used to look.

Tense for "to be"[]

The verb "to be" or "seni" in Vicnoran has a different verb tense in the Vicnoran language than the other 3 verb tenses. The infix of this verb tense is -Ø- , which means that the infix is not visible but the 3 time tenses can still be used for the verb.

Examples:

"Eseni ke Vikorskoe." = I was a Vicnoran.
"Oseni ke Vikorskoe." = I am a Vicnoran.
"Iseni ke Vikorskoe." = I will be a Vicnoran.

Moods[]

There are only 3 mood in the Vicnoran language, which are the ability mood, the obligation mood, and the necessity mood.

"The Ability Mood is a Vicnoran mood that is used for the ability to a verb. The infix of this mood is -m- (ABL).
"The Obligation Mood is a Vicnoran mood that is used for the order to a verb. The infix of this mood is -n- (OBL).
"The Necessity Mood" is a Vicnoran mood that is used for the request to a verb. The infix of this mood is -ng- (NCS).

Examples:

"Ke nomtruwini." = I can look.
"Ke nontruwini." = I must look.
"Ke nongtruwini." = I want to look.

Definite Article[]

The Vicnoran language even has the definite article, which is equivalent to the English's definite article, "the". The value of this article is the prefix du- and must be written before a Vicnoran root word.
Examples:

Tokcana. = A tree
Dutokcana. = The tree

Usage on Verbs[]

This article can be used at verbs. You can add the article to a Vicnoran verb to add the adverb "actually, "factually", or "really" to the verb.
Examples:

"Pri ke" = I walk
"Dupri ke" = I actually walk

Conjunctions[]

List of Vicnoran conjunctions and a comparison to English


Vicnoran	English
lem	and
trong	or
tjis/solum	because
ulam	although
kicuk	whereas
kengas	but
si	if
noz	so
gizar	after
filgon	before
gec	that (as a relative pronoun)
sivek	that (as a clause)

Other Affixes[]

Other Prefixes[]

The Place Prefix (PLC)[]

This Vicnoran suffix can turn a noun into a place. The value of this prefix is "vi-" and must be written before a root word.
Examples:

"Korsa." = A power
"Vikorsa." = The place of a power/ The home of 6 powers / Vicnora

"Cila." = Intelligence
"Vicila." = A school

"Fruwalagerkena." = A dirty water
"Vifruwalagerkena." = A toilet

Other Suffixes[]

The Personal Suffix (PRS)[]

This Vicnoran suffix can turn a noun into a person. The value of this suffix is "-ke", and must be written after the case of a Vicnoran noun.
Examples:

"Vikorsa."/"Vikors." = Vicnora
"Vikorsake."/"Vikorske." = A Vicnoran.

"Pritrilangi." = To rapidly walk / To run
"Pritrilangie." = A runner

"Fruala."/"Frual." = Water
"Frualae."/"Fruale." = A swimmer

The Gerund Suffix[]

This Vicnoran suffix can turn a verb into a noun. The value of this suffix is "-min", and must be written after the case of a Vicnoran noun.
Examples:

"Pri." = To walk
"Pri'amin" = Walking
"Nocki ke pri'omin." = I like walking

"Truwini." = To look
"Truwini'amin." = Looking
"Nocki ke truwini'omin." = I like looking

"Fluvi." = To fly
"Fluvi'amin." = Flying
"Ke cki fluvi'omin." = I like flying.