Borelian language

Borelian language
Borelan, Bolanic
Borεnli - File:BotoBS.png
Ethnic flag of Borelians
Pronunciation	/bɔɾənʟɪ/
Native to	Zhousheng Storvan Autonomy
Region	Storvan island
Ethnicity	Storvani aboriginals
Native speakers	L1: ~530,000 L2: ~230,000 FL: <50,000
Language family	Language isolate Borelian language
Official status
Official language in	Zhousheng Storvan Autonomy
Recognised minority language in	Zhousheng Sekidean Union
Language codes
ISO 639-1	BL
ISO 639-2	BOL
ISO 639-3	BOL
Distribution of the language   Absolute majority   >30% of native speakers

Borelian is a language isolate, spoken by the aboriginals on the island of Storvan, it is recognized as a official language of the Storvan Autonomy and a minority language in Zhousheng.

Alphabet

Alphabetic version:

A a /a/	B b /b/	C c /ʃ/	D d /d/	E e /ɛ/	F f /f/	G g /g/	H h /ɦ/	I i /ɪ/	J j /ʒ/
K k /k/	Ȝ ȝ /x/	L l /ʟ ~ l/	M m /m/	N n /n/	O o /ɔ/	P p /p/	Q q /q ~ kv/	R r /ʀ ~ ɾ/	S s /s/
T t /t/	U u /u/	V v /v/	Ƿ ƿ /ʋ/	X x /ks/	Y y /ɨ/	Z z /z/	& ε /ə/	- -Silent-

Boto version:

File:BotoBS.pngFile:BotoBM.pngFile:BotoBE.png /b/	File:BotoPS.pngFile:BotoPM.pngFile:BotoPE.png /p/	/d/	/t/	/v/	/f/	/g/	/k ~ x/	/ɦ/
/m/	/n/	/ʀ ~ ɾ/	/ʟ ~ l/	/s/	/z/	/ʃ/	/ʒ/	/a/
/ə/	/ɛ/	/ɪ/	/ɔ/	/u/			-Space-	-Period-

Detailed table

Alphabetic version			Boto version	IPA Symbol	Example of a common word with the sound
1	A a			/a/	After
2	B b		File:BotoBS.pngFile:BotoBM.pngFile:BotoBE.png	/b/	Label
3	C c			/ʃ/	Show
4	D d			/d/	Done
5	E e			/ɛ/	Bed (General American accent)
6	F f			/f/	Fine
7	G g			/g/	Game
8	H h			/ɦ/	Hello
9	I i			/ɪ/	Bit (General American)
10	J j			/ʒ/	Pleasure
11	K k			/k/	Key
	Ȝ ȝ			/x/	Loch Ness
12	L l			/ʟ/	Middle (Southern US accent)
13	M m			/m/	Mother
14	N n			/n/	Month
15	O o			/ɔ/	Not
16	P p		File:BotoPS.pngFile:BotoPM.pngFile:BotoPE.png	/p/	Play
17	Q q			/q/ ~ /k͡v/	Caught
18	R r			/ʀ/	Red
19	S s			/s/	Surprise
20	T t			/t/	Time
21	U u			/u/	Boot
22	V v			/v/	Valve
23	Ƿ ƿ	W w		/ʋ/	Vine (Indian accent)
24	X x			/k͡s/	A bigram of /k/ and /s/, for example in Maximal
25	Y y			/ɨ/?	Lip (London accent)?
26	Z z			/z/	Zoo
27	& ε			/ə/	Bird

Controversy about alphabet systems

Although the latin alphabet is now the most used alphabet for the Borelian language, some people have criticised the distinction (or lack of, depending on what side of the argument the person supports) between k and ȝ. Although the phonemes /k/ and /x/ are interchangable in Borelian, they are sometimes distinguished in multiple accents, which lead to the distinction of the two phonemes in the alphabet. As of now, Yogh (Ȝ) is a optional character, you can, but are not required to write (many people replace it with K).

Ampersand has been included in the alphabet as the 27th/28th character, with a miniscule ε (simplified from ɛ̗́), which may make the language visually difficult for non-borelians.

Multiple linguists proposed the change in the writing system, replacing Ampersand (&) with the letter Schwa (Ә), which was already implemented in the Storvani language in 1930's. As of now, the proposal is opposed by the majority of the populace as well as the office for literal language. The support for this movement however still rises, as the Ampersand is visually difficult to write correctly when making quick notes.

Similar problem exists with the letter for the phoneme /ʋ/, which is not present in Borelian alphabet. While originally, the letter Wynn (Ƿ) was used on all occasions, same as in the Zhoushi language and by proxy by influence from the Storvani language, which in turn took it from Krenyan alphabet, but later, with the rise of the internet, letter "W" became more wide spread because of the adresses starting with "www.". This problem was later solved by auto-redirecting system update, which allowed users to type "ƿƿƿ." and it automatically redirected to "www."

Phonology

Place →	Labial					Coronal										Dorsal					Laryngeal
Manner ↓	Bilabial		Labiodental		Linguolabial		Dental		Alveolar		Postal-veolar		Retroflex		Palatal		Velar		Uvular		Pharyngeal		Glottal
Nasal	m̥	m							n̥	n
Plosive	p	b							t	d			ʈ	ɖ			k	g	q
Sibilant affricate
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative									s	z	ʃ	ʒ
Non-sibilant fricative			f	v												ʝ	x	ɣ	χ				h	ɦ
Approximant				ʋ												j
Tap/Flap									ɾ̥	ɾ									ʀ̥	ʀ
Trill									r̥	r
Latelar affricate
Latelar fricative
Latelar approximant										l								ʟ
Latelar tap/flap

Front-back →	Front		Near-front		Central		Near-back		Back
Up-down ↓
Close	i				ɨ					u
Near-close			ɪ
Close-mid	e									o
Mid					ə
Open-mid	ɛ								ʌ	ɔ
Near-open
Open	a								ɑ
Diphthong	u͡ɪ
Long vowels	aː ~ ɛː ~ ɪː ~ ɔː ~ əː ~ uː

Bold are the common sounds, while regular sounds may happen in dialects and/or in a world for easier pronunciation

Predicate-subject complex

While the Borelian language does not have a seperate predicate and subject in sentence, it has one word, which is both a noun phrase and a verb phrase (so called Predicate-subject complex). It is created out of a subjectual prefix, verbal (predicate) root and a optional adjustment suffix.

Subject prefix

Borelian has three grammatical cases:

• Subjective
• Objective
• Possessive

The predicate-subject complex can be distinguished from other forms of other complexes, as it uses the predicate term in subjective case.

Common term			Borelian term (Alphabet)			Borelian term (Boto)			Person
Subjective	Objective	Possessive	Subjective	Objective	Possessive	Subjective	Objective	Possessive
Singular
I	Me	My	Za-	Zati-	Zama-				First
You	You	Your	Da-	Dati-	Dama-				Second
He	Him	His	Ca-	Cati-	Cana-				Third
She	Her	Hers	Cε-	Cεdi-	Cεni-
It They	It Them	Its Their	Catε-	Catoci-	Catεcε-
Plural
We (inclusive)	Us	Our	Fata-	Fati-	Foma-				First
You	You	Your	Dapi-	Dapεti-	Dapεma-	File:BotoPM.png	File:BotoPM.png	File:BotoPM.png	Second
They	Them	Their	Soma-	Somaci-	Somoci-				Third
We (exclusive)	Us	Our	Vala-	Vali-	Vonla-				Fourth
Other
Who Somebody	Whom Somebody	Whose Somebody's	Ju-	Juta-	Juma-				Question
Whoever Anybody	Whomever Anybody	Whosever Anybody's	Juko-	Jukota-	Jukoma-
∅	-self	∅	Se-	Seta-	Sema-				Reflexive
∅	∅	∅	&di-	&da-	&dε-				Filler

Predicate root

TBA

Suffixes

Predicate-subject complex has three suffixes, that are added to denote tense, mood and situation respectively. The first suffix (the one closest to the root) denotes tense, the middle suffix denotes mood and the last suffix denotes situation.

Tense suffix

Borelian language has 15 tenses, subdivided into 3 groups:

• Past tenses
  • Preterite (Simple past) - Suffix -ba
  • Past progressive - Suffix -base
  • Pluperfect simple - Suffix -bari
  • Pluperfect progressive - Suffix -barε
  • Past repetetive - Suffix -bapo
• Present tenses
  • Simple present - No suffix
  • Present progressive - Suffix -se
  • Present perfect - Suffix -ri
  • Present perfect progressive - Suffix -rε
  • Present repetetive - Suffix -po
• Future tenses
  • Simple future - Suffix -fu
  • Future progressive - Suffix -fuse
  • Future perfect - Suffix -furi
  • Future perfect progressive - Suffix -furε
  • Future repetetive - Suffix -fupo

Only tenses no present in Common are the repetetives, which denote a action, that happened multiple times in the said time horizon. Such as "Zataribapo" means literally "I used to win (a lot)".

Mood suffix

Borelian language has 5 grammatical moods:

• Indicative - No suffix
• Imperative - Suffix -ti
• Conditional - Suffix -bo
• Questional Indicative - Suffix -ȝa
• Questional Conditional - Suffix -boȝa

Situation suffix

Situational suffix can show multiple adjusting information:

• Negation - Suffix -be
• Doubt - Suffix -pε
• Possibility - Suffix -sa
• Passivity - Suffix -mε

(multiple of those can be used at the same time, there is no rule on the sequence in which those must be used)

Examples

Following table shows example of the complex with verbal root "-tari-" (root for "to win") and a subject "rutu" (term for "friend").

Borelian term		Borelian parts	Common term
Zatari.		Za-tari.	I win.
Zatariȝa?		Za-tari-ȝa?	Do I win?
Zatariȝabe?	File:BotoBE.png	Za-tari-ȝa-be?	Do I not win?
Zataribaȝabe?	File:BotoBE.pngFile:BotoBE.png	Za-tari-ba-ȝa-be?	Didn't I win?
Zataribaboȝabe?	File:BotoBE.pngFile:BotoBE.pngFile:BotoBE.png	Za-tari-ba-boȝa-be?	Wouldn't I have won?
Jutaribabobe.	File:BotoBE.pngFile:BotoBE.pngFile:BotoBE.png	Ju-tari-ba-bo-be.	Somebody wouldn't have won.
Jutaribaboȝabe?	File:BotoBE.pngFile:BotoBE.pngFile:BotoBE.png	Ju-tari-ba-boȝa-be?	Who wouldn't have won?
Rutu &ditaribaboȝabe?	File:BotoBE.pngFile:BotoBE.pngFile:BotoBE.png	Rutu︲&di-tari-ba-boȝa-be?	Friend wouldn't have won?
Rutu &ditaribaboȝabepε?	File:BotoBE.pngFile:BotoBE.pngFile:BotoBE.pngFile:BotoPE.png	Rutu︲&di-tari-ba-boȝa-be-pε?	Friend wouldn't have won, would he?
Zamarutu &ditaribaboȝabepε?	File:BotoBE.pngFile:BotoBE.pngFile:BotoBE.pngFile:BotoPE.png	Zama-rutu︲&di-tari-ba-boȝa-be-pε?	My friend wouldn't have won, would he?

The complex is always written with a first capital letter.

Nouns

Nouns in Borelian have 2 genders:

• Masculine - End with a vowel
• Feminine - End with a consonant

Each of the nouns can be created by adding suffix to the Noun root, which can also serve in creating a adjective out of the word:

Code	Common term				Borelian term
	Subjective	Objective	Possessive	Adjective	Subjective		Objective		Possessive		Adjective
Masculines
M	Friend	Friend	Friend's	Friendly	Rutu		Rutui		Rutudi		Rutudime
					∅		-i		-di		-dime
Feminines
F	Cooperation	Cooperation	Cooperation's	Cooperative	Unolot		Unoloti		Unolotili		Unolotino
					∅		-i		-ili		-ino

Possessive representation

A word can be "owned" by another word in possessive case, if the filler prefix "&dε-" is included. Nouns are not written with a capital character, unlike the complex, so in most cases, you would see a miniscule version "εdε-".

Examples of nouns

Here are some examples of sentences using multiple noun's:
Note: term Unolot can represent both Clan and a Cooperation as a action, as well as it was taken as a term for "Federation", term "unol" is a verb for cooperate.

Borelian term	Borelian parts	Common term
Zamarutu &ditariba ubi unolotili.	Zama-rutu︲&di-tari-ba︲ubi︲unolotili.	My friend won thanks to the cooperation.
Unolot &ditariba ubi zamarutui.	Unolot︲&di-tari-ba︲ubi︲zama-rutui.	The clan won thanks to my friend.
Rutudime unolot &ditariba ubi zamarutui.	Rutudime︲unolot︲&di-tari-ba︲ubi︲zama-rutui.	The friendly clan won thanks to my friend.
Rutudime unolot &ditariba ubi zamarutudi εdεrutui.	Rutudime︲unolot︲&di-tari-ba︲ubi︲zama-rutudi︲εdε-rutui.	The friendly clan won thanks to my friend's friend.
Rutudime unolot &ditaribabopε ubi zamarutudi εdεrutui, jda Caunolbaribobe.	Rutudime︲unolot︲&di-tari-ba-bo-pε︲ubi︲zama-rutudi︲εdε-rutui, jda︲Ca-unol-bari-bo-be.	I doubt the friendly clan would have won thanks to my friend's friend, had he not cooperated.