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*Ju → Û (/[[wikipedia:Voiced palatal approximant|j]]͡[[wikipedia:Close back rounded vowel|u]] ~ [[wikipedia:Palatalization (phonetics)|ʲ]][[wikipedia:Close back rounded vowel|u]]/) | *Ju → Û (/[[wikipedia:Voiced palatal approximant|j]]͡[[wikipedia:Close back rounded vowel|u]] ~ [[wikipedia:Palatalization (phonetics)|ʲ]][[wikipedia:Close back rounded vowel|u]]/) | ||
Another changes include | Another changes include establishment of a [[wikipedia:Cyrillic script|Govoric script]], which is stabilized on that part, establishment of rules on [[wikipedia:S|Rounded S (s)]] & [[wikipedia:Long s|Long S (ſ)]], and officially removed [[wikipedia:R rotunda|Rounded R (ꝛ)]] from the orthography. | ||
====Establishment of Å ([[wikipedia:Å|A-Ring]])==== | ====Establishment and removal of Å ([[wikipedia:Å|A-Ring]])==== | ||
{{Symb|Å å|serifs}} | {{Symb|Å å|serifs}} | ||
For adjectives, the plural accusative suffix -ou shifted to -au (/[[wikipedia:Open-mid back rounded vowel|ɔ]]͡[[wikipedia:Close back rounded vowel|u]]/ → /[[wikipedia:Open front unrounded vowel|a]]͡[[wikipedia:Close back rounded vowel|u]]/). The letter O was temporairly replaced by Å, although the later was later unified with A in the 1970's. | For adjectives, the plural accusative suffix -ou shifted to -au (/[[wikipedia:Open-mid back rounded vowel|ɔ]]͡[[wikipedia:Close back rounded vowel|u]]/ → /[[wikipedia:Open front unrounded vowel|a]]͡[[wikipedia:Close back rounded vowel|u]]/). The letter O was temporairly replaced by Å, although the later was later unified with A in the 1970's. |
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Louzen language | |
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Louzenish, Nordulevan | |
Lúzinſ̂ina - Lúzinſký Âzyk | |
Pronunciation | /luːzinɕʧina/ |
Native to | |
Region | Slavic Belt in Thuadia |
Ethnicity | Louzeni Slavs |
Native speakers | L1: 5,812,000 L2: 2,317,000 FL: 520,000 |
Thuado-Thrismaran
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Standard forms | Louzen language great wordbook
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Dialects | |
Official status | |
Official language in | |
Recognised minority language in |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-1 | LI |
ISO 639-2 | LOI |
ISO 639-3 | LOI |
Distribution of the language
Absolute majority >30% of native speakers | |
Louzeni language is a Slavic language out of Kento-Polyash language group, which is a official language of the autonomous Duchy of Louzeni in Gadorien and is a recognized minority language in Zhousheng, Gadorien and Qazhshava
Introduction
The language has a slavic root and grammar, but has developed along with strong germanic influences, which shaped the grammar of the language. Unlike most of other slavic languages, Louzen maintained use of Dual as a grammatical number.
Orthography and Phonology
Alphabet
Although until the 18th century, Louzeni used Protopolyash script, the strong influence of Gadori germanic tribes using latin pushed it towards Latin script, which eventually became the most used script and eventually gained a linguistic monopoly in the middle of 19th century.
Until the rebirth movement in the end of 19th century, Louzen used only Graphemes to denote multiple sounds, which did not have a standard 26-alphabet letter given to them, but later, a system of diacritic marks was devised, creating a version, where any important phoneme is denoted by a single letter. Louzen, although not officially using it, sometimes used lenghtened marks for vowels and syllabic consonants. Those symbols were used in some historical transcripts, but were eventually faded in eary 1900's.
A a /a/ |
Á á /aː/ |
Ä ä /æː/ |
 â /ʲa ~ ja/ |
B b /b/ |
C c /ʦ/ |
Ċ ċ /ʨ ~ ʧ/ |
D d /ɖ ~ d/ |
Ḋ ḋ /ɟ/ |
E e /ɛ/ |
É é /ɛː/ |
Ê ê /ʲe ~ je/ |
F f /f/ |
G g /g/ |
H h /ɦ ~ h/ |
Ḣ ḣ /x/ |
I i /i/ |
Í í /iː/ |
J j /j/ |
K k /k/ |
L l /l/ |
Ŀ ŀ /ʎ ~ lʲ/ |
M m /m/ |
N n /n/ |
Ṅ ṅ /ɲ/ |
O o /o ~ ɔ/ |
Ó ó /oː ~ ɔː/ |
Ö ö /œ ~ œː/ |
P p /p/ |
Q q /q ~ kv/ |
R r /r ~ ʀ/ |
S s ſ /s/ |
Ṡ ṡ ẛ /ɕ ~ ʃ/ |
Ŝ ŝ ſ̂ /ɕʧ/ |
T t /ʈ ~ t/ |
Ṫ ṫ /c/ |
U u /u/ |
Ú ú /uː/ |
Ü ü /ɨ ~ y/ |
Û û /ʲu ~ ju/ |
V v /v/ |
Ƿ ƿ /w ~ ʋ/ |
X x /ks/ |
Y y /ɪ/ |
Ý ý /ɪː/ |
Z z /z/ |
Ż ż /ʑ ~ ʒ/ |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | |||
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A | Á | Ä | Â | B | C | Ċ | D | Ḋ | E | É | Ê | F | G | H | Ḣ | I | Í | J | K | L | Ŀ | M | N | Ṅ | O | Ó | Ö | P | Q | R | S | Ṡ | Ŝ | T | Ṫ | U | Ú | Ü | Û | V | Ƿ | X | Y | Ý | Z | Ż | |||
a | á | ä | â | b | c | ċ | d | ḋ | e | é | ê | f | g | h | ḣ | i | í | j | k | l | ŀ | m | n | ṅ | o | ó | ö | p | q | r | s | ſ | ṡ | ẛ | ŝ | ſ̂ | t | ṫ | u | ú | ü | û | v | ƿ | x | y | ý | z | ż |
a | aː | æː | ʲa | b | t͡s | t͡ʃ | d | ɟ | ɛ | ɛː | ʲe | f | g | h | x | i | iː | j | k | l | ʎ | m | n | ɲ | ɔ | ɔː | œː | p | k͡v | r | s | ʃ | ʃt͡ʃ | t | c | u | uː | y | ʲu | v | w | k͡s | ɪ | ɪː | z | ʒ |
Detailed table
Official diacritic version | Digraph version | Fraktur version | Govoric version | IPA Symbol | Example of a common word with the sound | |||||||||||
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1 | A | a | A | a | 𝔄 | 𝔞 | A | a | /a/ | After | ||||||
2 | Á | á | Aa | aa | 𝔄𝔞 | 𝔞𝔞 | А́ | а́ | /aː/ | |||||||
3 | Ä | ä | Æ | æ | Ꞛ | ꞛ | 𝔄̈ | 𝔞̈ | Ꙗ | ꙗ | /ɛ/ | Bed (General American accent) | ||||
Ä | ä | A̋ | a̋ | Ǽ | ǽ | Ꞛ́ | ꞛ́ | Ꙗ́ | ꙗ́ | /ɛː/ | ||||||
4 | Â | â | Ja | ja | 𝔄❜ | 𝔞❜ | Я | я | /ʲa/~/j͡a/ | Not in common. Example: "Яблоко/Âbloko" in Tiskai language | ||||||
5 | B | b | B | b | 𝔅 | 𝔟 | Б | б | /b/ | Label | ||||||
6 | C | c | C | c | ℭ | 𝔠 | Ц | ц | /ʦ/ | Its | ||||||
7 | Ċ | ċ | Cz | cz | ℭ𝔷 | 𝔠𝔷 | Ч | ч | /ʧ/ | Check | ||||||
8 | D | d | D | d | 𝔇 | 𝔡 | Д | д | /ɖ/ | Done | ||||||
9 | Ḋ | ḋ | D' | d' | 𝔇❜ | 𝔡❜ | Ԃ | ԃ | /ɟ/ | Voiced palatal plosive (not in common) | ||||||
10 | E | e | E | e | 𝔈 | 𝔢 | Е | е | /e/ | Bed (Australian accent) | ||||||
11 | É | é | Ee | ee | 𝔈𝔢 | 𝔢𝔢 | Е́ | е́ | /eː/ | |||||||
12 | Ê | ê | Je | je | 𝔈❜ | 𝔢❜ | Є | є | /ʲe/~/j͡e/ | Belarus | ||||||
13 | F | f | F | f | 𝔉 | 𝔣 | Ф | ф | /f/ | Fine | ||||||
14 | G | g | G | g | 𝔊 | 𝔤 | Ґ | ґ | /g/ | Game | ||||||
15 | H | h | H | h | ℌ | 𝔥 | Г | г | /ɦ/ /h/ |
Hello | ||||||
16 | Ḣ | ḣ | Ch | ch | 𝔊𝔥 | 𝔤𝔥 | Х | х | /x/ | Loch Ness | ||||||
17 | I | i | I | i | ℑ | 𝔦 | І | і | /i/ | Free | ||||||
18 | Í | í | Ie | ie | ℑ𝔢 | 𝔦𝔢 | Í | í | /iː/ | |||||||
19 | J | j | J | j | 𝔍 | 𝔧 | Ј | ј | Й | й | /j/ | You | ||||
20 | K | k | K | k | 𝔎 | 𝔨 | К | к | /k/ | Key | ||||||
21 | L | l | L | l | 𝔏 | 𝔩 | Л | л | /l/ | Later | ||||||
22 | Ŀ | ŀ | L' | l' | 𝔏❜ | 𝔩❜ | Љ | љ | /lʲ/ | Million | ||||||
23 | M | m | M | m | 𝔐 | 𝔪 | М | м | /m/ | Mother | ||||||
24 | N | n | N | n | 𝔑 | 𝔫 | Н | н | /n/ | Month | ||||||
25 | Ṅ | ṅ | N' | n' | 𝔑❜ | 𝔫❜ | Њ | њ | /ɲ/ | New | ||||||
26 | O | o | O | o | 𝔒 | 𝔬 | О | о | /o/ /ɔ/ |
Yawn / Not | ||||||
27 | Ó | ó | Oo | oo | 𝔒𝔬 | 𝔬𝔬 | О́ | о́ | /oː/ /ɔː/ | |||||||
28 | Ö | ö | Œ | œ | Ꞝ | ꞝ | 𝔒̈ | 𝔬̈ | Ҩ | ҩ | /œ/ | Bird | ||||
Ö | ö | Ő | ő | Œ́ | œ́ | Ꞝ́ | ꞝ́ | Ҩ́ | ҩ́ | /œː/ | ||||||
29 | P | p | P | p | 𝔓 | 𝔭 | П | п | /p/ | Play | ||||||
30 | Q | q | Q | q | 𝔔 | 𝔮 | Қ | қ | /q/ ~ /k͡v/ | Caught | ||||||
31 | R | r | R | r | ℜ | 𝔯 | Р | р | /ʀ/ | Red | ||||||
32 | S | s ſ | S | s ſ | 𝔖 | 𝔰 | С | с | /s/ | Surprise | ||||||
33 | Ṡ ẛ | ṡ ẛ | Sz | ſz | 𝔖𝔷 | 𝔰𝔷 | Ш | ш | /ɕ/ | Show | ||||||
34 | Ŝ | ŝ ſ̂ | Sx | ſx | 𝔖𝔵 | 𝔰𝔵 | Щ | щ | /ɕ͡ʧ/ | Not in common. Example: "Щенок/Ŝenok" in Tiskai language | ||||||
35 | T | t | T | t | 𝔗 | 𝔱 | Т | т | /ʈ/ | Time | ||||||
36 | Ṫ | ṫ | T' | t' | 𝔗❜ | 𝔱❜ | Ћ | ћ | /c/ | Voiceless palatal plosive (not in common) | ||||||
37 | U | u | U | u | 𝔘 | 𝔲 | У | у | /u/ | Boot | ||||||
38 | Ú | ú | Uu | uu | 𝔘𝔲 | 𝔲𝔲 | У́ | у́ | /uː/ | |||||||
39 | Ü | ü | ᵫ | Ꞟ | ꞟ | 𝔘̈ | 𝔲̈ | Ы | ы | /ɨ/ | Lip (London accent) | |||||
Ü | ü | Ű | ű | ́ | ᵫ́ | Ꞟ́ | ꞟ́ | Ы́ | ы́ | /ɨː/ | ||||||
40 | Û | û | Ju | ju | 𝔘❜ | 𝔲❜ | Ю | ю | /ʲu/~/j͡u/ | Not in common. Example: "Любить/Lûbitʹ" in Tiskai language | ||||||
41 | V | v | V | v | 𝔙 | 𝔳 | В | в | /v/ | Valve | ||||||
42 | Ƿ | ƿ | W | w | Ƿ | ƿ | W | w | 𝔚 | 𝔴 | Ў | ў | /w/ /ʋ/ |
Weep | ||
43 | X | x | X | x | 𝔛 | 𝔵 | Ѯ | ѯ | /k͡s/ | A bigram of /k/ and /s/, for example in Maximal | ||||||
44 | Y | y | Y | y | 𝔜 | 𝔶 | И | и | /ɪ/ | Bit (General American) | ||||||
45 | Ý | ý | Ye | ye | 𝔜𝔢 | 𝔶𝔢 | И́ | и́ | /ɪː/ | |||||||
46 | Z | z | Z | z | ℨ | 𝔷 | З | з | /z/ | Zoo | ||||||
47 | Ż | ż | Z' | z' | ℨ❜ | 𝔷❜ | Ж | ж | /ʑ/ | Vision |
Phonology
Labial | Coronal | Dorsal | Laryngeal | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Bilabial | Labiodental | Linguolabial | Dental | Alveolar | Postal-veolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Glottal | |||||||||||||
Nasal | m̥ | m | n̥ | n | ɳ | ɲ | ||||||||||||||||||
Plosive | p | b | t | d | ʈ | ɖ | c | ɟ | k | g | q | |||||||||||||
Sibilant affricate | ʦ | ʣ | ʧ | ʤ | ʈʂ | ɖʐ | ʨ | ʥ | ||||||||||||||||
Non-sibilant affricate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sibilant fricative | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | ʂ | ʐ | ɕ | ʑ | ||||||||||||||||
Non-sibilant fricative | f | v | ʝ | x | ɣ | χ | h | ɦ | ||||||||||||||||
Approximant | ʋ | j | w | |||||||||||||||||||||
Tap/Flap | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trill | r̥ | r | ʀ̥ | ʀ | ||||||||||||||||||||
Latelar affricate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Latelar fricative | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Latelar approximant | l | ʎ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Latelar tap/flap |
Tongue position | Front | Near-front | Central | Near-back | Back | |||||
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Close | i | y | ɨ | u | ||||||
Near-close | ɪ | |||||||||
Close-mid | e | o | ||||||||
Mid | ə | |||||||||
Open-mid | ɛ | œ | ɔ | |||||||
Near-open | ɐ | |||||||||
Open | a | ɑ | ɒ | |||||||
Diphthong | a͡u | |||||||||
Long vowels | aː ~ ɛː ~ eː ~ iː ~ ɪː ~ oː ~ ɔː ~ œː ~ uː ~ ɨː |
Bold are the common sounds, while regular sounds may happen in dialects and/or in a world for easier pronunciation
Keyboard overlay
Keyboard overlay with Shift (⇧) turned on | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Û | Â | Ê | Ṡ | Ċ | Ŝ | Ż | Ý | Á | Í | É | Ó | = | ⌫ | ||||||||||||||||||
↹ | Q | Ƿ | E | R | T | Y | U | I | O | P | Ú | Ö | ( | ||||||||||||||||||
⇪ | A | S | D | F | G | H | J | K | L | Ü | Ä | ⏎ | |||||||||||||||||||
⇧ | Z | X | C | V | B | N | M | ? | ! | : | ⇧ | ||||||||||||||||||||
⌘ | ⊞ | ⎇ | Space | ⎇ | ⊞ | ≣ | ⌘ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Keyboard overlay with Shift (⇧) turned off | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
û | â | ê | ṡ | ċ | ŝ | ż | ý | á | í | é | ó | ◌̇ | ⌫ | ||||||||||||||||||
↹ | q | ƿ | e | r | t | y | u | i | o | p | ú | ö | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
⇪ | a | s | d | f | g | h | j | k | l | ü | ä | ⏎ | |||||||||||||||||||
⇧ | z | x | c | v | b | n | m | , | . | - | ⇧ | ||||||||||||||||||||
⌘ | ⊞ | ⎇ | Space | ⎇ | ⊞ | ≣ | ⌘ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Keyboard overlay with Alt (⎇) turned on | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
0 | 1 | 2 | ẛ | 3 | ſ̂ | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | + | ⌫ | ||||||||||||||||||
↹ | W | w | ֆ | ꝛ | Ꝛ | ÷ | × | ↑ | < | > | ∈ | ⋃ | ⋂ | ||||||||||||||||||
⇪ | ₳ | ſ | ᕋ | √ | [ | ] | ← | ↓ | → | ∃ | ∀ | ⏎ | |||||||||||||||||||
⇧ | ᵴ | Ӿ | Ḣ | ḣ | Ŀ | ŀ | ≠ | ∢ | ⋀ | ⋁ | ⇧ | ||||||||||||||||||||
⌘ | ⊞ | ⎇ | Space | ⎇ | ⊞ | ≣ | ⌘ |
Softening using dot key | ||
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First key | Second key | Outcome |
◌̇ | C | Ċ |
◌̇ | c | ċ |
◌̇ | D | Ḋ |
◌̇ | d | ḋ |
◌̇ | H | Ḣ |
◌̇ | h | ḣ |
◌̇ | L | Ŀ |
◌̇ | l | ŀ |
◌̇ | N | Ṅ |
◌̇ | n | ṅ |
◌̇ | S | Ṡ |
◌̇ | s | ṡ |
◌̇ | ſ | ẛ |
◌̇ | T | Ṫ |
◌̇ | t | ṫ |
◌̇ | Z | Ż |
◌̇ | z | ż |
Softening
Sounds for letters D, L, N, T preceding letters Â, Ê, I, Í, Û are softened/palatalized.
Softening | Regular | |||
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Written | Read | Wrong | Written | Read |
di | /ɟi/ | ḋi | dy | /ɖɪ/ |
li | /ʎi/ | ŀi | ly | /lɪ/ |
ni | /ɲi/ | ṅi | ny | /nɪ/ |
ti | /ci/ | ṫi | ty | /ʈɪ/ |
Important note is, that in case of softening with Â, Ê, Û, the /j/ sound is not pronounced:
Softening | Regular | |||
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Written | Read | Wrong | Written | Read |
dâ | /ɟa/ | ḋa | dja | /ɖja/ |
lâ | /lʲa/ | ŀa | lja | /lja/ |
nâ | /ɲa/ | ṅa | nja | /nja/ |
tâ | /ca/ | ṫa | tja | /ʈja/ |
Â, Ê, Û vs. Ja, Je, Ju
 â
Ê ê
Û û
Rules on Â, Ê, Û vs. Ja, Je, Ju are:
- Letters Â, Ê and Û are written on the beginning of the word
- Digraphs Ja, Je and Ju are written in single syllable words
- Unless the first letter is a M, where it is allowed for Mâ, Mê and Mû to exist
- Letters Â, Ê and Û are written behind letters D, L, N, T if they are supposed to be read as /ɟ/, /ʎ/, /ɲ/ and /c/
- Digraphs Ja, Je and Ju are written behind letters D, L, N, T if they are supposed to be read as /d/, /l/, /n/ and /t/
- Letters Â, Ê and Û are written if the letter before is B, P, R, V for /j͡a/, /j͡e/ and /j͡u/ sounds
- Letters Â, Ê and Û are written if the letter before is M and it is supposed to be read as /mɲa/, /mɲe/ and /mɲu/
- Digraphs Ja, Je and Ju are written behind all remaining letters
- Digraphs Ja, Je and Ju are written behind vowels
Long and rounded S, Ṡ and Ŝ
S s ſ
Ṡ ṡ ẛ
Ŝ ŝ ſ̂
Louzen language recognizes both long and rounded S letters as a miniscule.
The rules on writing those are:
- Rounded S (s) (or rounded Ṡ/Ŝ - ṡ/ŝ) are written on the end of a syllable or if they act as a syllabic consonant
- Long S (ſ) (or long Ṡ/Ŝ - ẛ/ſ̂) are written, if they are on the beginning or in the middle of a syllable
Both Rounded S (s) & Long S (ſ), if capitalizated, are written as a regular R
Those rules can be seen for example in the Noun inflections (Koſt (Nom.) → Kosti (Gen.))
Regulation
Latin: Consortio linguæ emendati Luzenorum | |
Other name | Institut pro literelný Lúzinſký Âzyk |
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Motto | „Afferant montes pacem populo“ |
Motto in English | „May the mountains bring prosperity to the people“[2] |
Established | 1943 |
Mission | Maintainment of a literary basis for the Louzen language |
President | Vácslav Grüný |
Chairman | Âromír Geſ̂inský |
Head of senior linguists | Igor Fiṡmil Najmänċ |
Staff | ~400 employees |
Budget | ~20M SEK (~25M ACU) |
Debt | None |
Members | ~85 |
Address | Haldenskégo Märẛe, 430 |
Location | Lozeng , , |
Louzen language has a regulatory organ, named the "Institute for literary Louzen language", AKA "Institut pro literelný Lúzinſký Âzyk" in Louzen. This organ was founded as a regulatory body to the language, stabilizing the grammar, orthography and phonology.
First change was stabilization of the alphabet, changing multiple letters to a more stable form:
- Ǧ → G (/g/)
- G → J (/j/)
- J → Í (/iː/)
- Ƿ → V (/v/)
- Ch → Ḣ (/x/)
- Ṡċ → Ŝ (/ʃ͡ʧ/)
- Ja → Â (/j͡a ~ ʲa/)
- Je → Ê (/j͡e ~ ʲe/)
- Ju → Û (/j͡u ~ ʲu/)
Another changes include establishment of a Govoric script, which is stabilized on that part, establishment of rules on Rounded S (s) & Long S (ſ), and officially removed Rounded R (ꝛ) from the orthography.
Establishment and removal of Å (A-Ring)
Å å
For adjectives, the plural accusative suffix -ou shifted to -au (/ɔ͡u/ → /a͡u/). The letter O was temporairly replaced by Å, although the later was later unified with A in the 1970's.
The opposite change can be seen in for example Scouse and Utochise, where the /a͡u/ shifted to /ɔ͡u/. In Scouse, the suffix is denoted as Ą (A-ogoniek), where in Utochise, the letter was replaced by O and is used in the digraph OU.
Currently, the letter Å is not used as is replaced by A in all cases.
Removal of Ŏ (O-Breve)
Ŏ ŏ
This change also included abolishment of the letter Ŏ, which was denoting a vowel shift from O/Ó/Uo (Equivalent to Ө in Zhoushi) to U/Ú (ɔ → u) in the words such as "Slŏn" (Elephant), "Lŏmên" (Broken cane) or "Sŏlâ" (Salt), replacing it with a letter "U" or "Ú", depending on lenght of the vowel → "Slún", "Lumên", "Súlâ".
Similar change can be seen in Utochise language, where the shift O → Ú is denoted by ringed U (Ů), or in Scouse language, where the same shift is denoted by O-accute (Ó).
Removal of Ø (Slashed O)
Ø ø
Similairly, letter Ø was abolished as a vowel shift from O/Ó/Uo (Equivalent to Ө in Zhoushi) to Ö (ɔ → œ). Those letters were simply replaced by Ö. Example of such word could be "Døm" (House), "Møka" (Flour) or "Løẛe" (Bleach) → "Döm", "Möka", "Löẛe"
Grammar
Nouns
Grammatical gender
Zhoushi languages distinguishes a total of 3 grammatical genders, one being latter subdivided into animate and inanimate forms,[3] although that doesn't change the rules on the usage, only works for listing the inflection patterns:
- Masculine (symbol ♂, letter M)
- Feminine (symbol ♀, letter F)
- Neuter (symbol ⚲, letter N)
Grammatical cases
Louzen langauge works with 3 grammatical numbers (singular, dual and plural) and 6 separate grammatical cases:
- Nominative (Imêník): Subject or a Predicate noun or adjectiv (Shorcut Nom., № 1)
- Genitive (Pridrżník): Possessive or partial direct object, without Subject (Shorcut Gen., № 2)
- Dative (Geŝník): Giving to Subject, phrases linked to certain verbs (Shorcut Dat., № 3)
- Accusative (Jednateŀník): Interract with Subject (see, hear, harass...) (Shorcut Acc., № 4)
- Locative (Mísník): In Subject, on Subject, past Subject, nearby Subject, about Subject (Shorcut Loc., № 5)
- Instrumentative (Drużník): Using Subject, with Subject (Shorcut Ins., № 6)
There are 12 Inflection patterns (5 for Masculine, 4 for Feminine and 3 for Neuter)
Grammatical inflection
Translation to Common | Code | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||||||||
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Nom. | Gen. | Dat. | Acc. | Loc. | Ins. | Nom. | Gen. | Dat. | Acc. | Loc. | Ins. | Nom. | Gen. | Dat. | Acc. | Loc. | Ins. | |||
Masculine | ||||||||||||||||||||
Brother | B | Brat | Brata | Bratu | Brata | Bratovi | Bratom | Brata | Brat | Bratám | Brata | Bratáḣ | Bratḣi | Brati | Bratú | Bratúm | Braty | Brateḣ | Bratmi | |
∅ | -a | -u | -a | -ovi | -om | -a | ∅ | -ám | -a | -áḣ | -ḣi | -i | -ú | -úm | -y | -eḣ | -mi | |||
House | D | Döm | Dömy | Dömu | Döm | Dömu | Dömom | Dömy | Dömu | Dömoma | Dömê | Dömáḣ | Dömyma | Dömové | Dömú | Dömúm | Dömy | Dömêḣ | Dömami | |
∅ | -y | -u | ∅ | -u | -om | -y | -u | -oma | -ê | -áḣ | -yma | -ové | -ú | -úm | -y | -êḣ | -ami | |||
Man | M | Muž | Muže | Muži | Muže | Muži | Mužem | Muža | Muž | Mužoma | Mužém | Mužaḣ | Mužmi | Muži | Mužú | Mužúm | Muže | Mužíḣ | Mužma | |
∅ | -e | -i | -e | -i | -em | -a | ∅ | -oma | -ém | -aḣ | -mi | -i | -ú | -úm | -e | -íḣ | -ma | |||
Country | K | Kraj | Kraja | Kraji | Kraja | Kraji | Krajom | Kraja | Kraju | Krajoma | Krajê | Krajaḣ | Krajoma | Kraje | Krajú | Krajom | Kraje | Krajáḣ | Krajmi | |
∅ | -a | -i | -a | -i | -om | -a | -u | -oma | -ê | -aḣ | -oma | -e | -ú | -om | -e | -áḣ | -mi | |||
Stone | A | Kámen | Kámene | Kámeni | Kámen | Kámeni | Kámenem | Kámena | Kámenu | Kámenama | Kámena | Kámeneḣ | Kámeni | Kámeny | Kámenêv | Kámenúm | Kámeny | Kámeníḣ | Kámeny | |
∅ | -e | -i | ∅ | -i | -em | -a | -u | -ama | -a | -eḣ | -i | -y | -êv | -úm | -y | -íḣ | -y | |||
Feminine | ||||||||||||||||||||
Woman | Z | Żena | Żeny | Żenê | Żenu | Żenê | Żenau | Żenê | Żenu | Żenama | Żenê | Żeníḣ | Żenimê | Żeny | Żen | Żenám | Żeny | Żenáḣ | Żenami | |
-a | -y | -ê | -u | -ê | -au | -ê | -u | -ama | -ê | -íḣ | -imê | -y | ∅ | -ám | -y | -áḣ | -ami | |||
Hope | N | Nadêlâ[4] | Nadêlê | Nadêli | Nadêlû | Nadêli | Nadêŀü | Nadêlê | Nadêlû | Nadêlâ | Nadêlê | Nadêlâḣ | Nadêlimê | Nadêlê | Nadêlê | Nadêlâm | Nadêlê | Nadêlíḣ | Nadêŀjáḣ | |
-â | -ê | -i | -û | -i | -ü | -ê | -u | -a | -ê | -âḣ | -imê | -ê | -ê | -am | -ê | -íḣ | -jáḣ | |||
Bone | K | Koſṫ | Kosti | Kosti | Koſṫ | Kosti | Kosṫó | Kosti | Kostû | Koſṫma | Kosti | Kostáḣ | Koſṫma | Kosti | Kostí | Kostím | Kosti | Kosteḣ | Kostêmi | |
∅ | -i | -i | ∅ | -i | -ó | -i | -û | -ma | -i | -áḣ | -ma | -i | -í | -ím | -i | -eḣ | -êmi | |||
Mother (archaic) | T | Máti | Máti | Máti | Máti | Máti | Máṫ | Mátê | Mátû | Máṫma | Máti | Mátiḣ | Máṫma | Mátije | Mátijí | Mátijím | Mátê | Mátíḣ | Máṫmi | |
-i | -i | -i | -i | -i | ∅ | -ê | -û | -ma | -i | -iḣ | -ma | -ije | -ijí | -ijím | -ê | -íḣ | -mi | |||
Neutrum | ||||||||||||||||||||
Word | S | Slovo | Slova | Slovu | Slovo | Slovu | Slovem | Slovji | Slovû | Slovêma | Slovji | Slovjíḣ | Slovêma | Slova | Slov | Slovám | Slova | Slováḣ | Slovy | |
-o | -a | -u | -o | -u | -em | -ji | -û | -êma | -ji | -jíḣ | -êma | -a | ∅ | -ám | -a | -áḣ | -y | |||
Sea | R | Morê | Morê | Mori | Morê | Mori | Morom | Mora | Mor | Morím | Mora | Morê | Mormi | Morê | Morí | Morím | Morê | Moríḣ | Morami | |
-ê | -ê | -i | -ê | -i | -om | -a | ∅ | -ím | -a | -ê | -mi | -ê | -í | -ím | -ê | -íḣ | -ami | |||
Name | I | Imê | Imênê | Imû | Imê | Imi | Imi | Imê | Imú | Imom | Imê | Imêḣ | Imem | Imê | Imí | Imêm | Imêje | Imíḣ | Imêma | |
-ê | -ênê | -û | -ê | -i | -i | -ê | -ú | -om | -ê | -êḣ | -em | -ê | -í | -êm | -êje | -íḣ | -êma |
- ↑ Often referred as "Literary form", as Louzeni accent is the one Louzeni language grammar rules are based on.
- ↑ Quote from Linguic Bible, Psalm 72:3
- ↑ See Wikipedia articles about Grammatical gender and Animacy
- ↑ Term Nadêlâ has a root "Nadêŀ", not "Nadêl", which makes the inflection more difficult as ŀa must be written as lâ etc...