Lozhai language
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| Qazhshavan | |
|---|---|
| Ardonian Aldǫšė zavǫ Алдѫшӗ завѫ /aɫdˈɔ̃.ʃe zaˈvɔ̃/ | |
| Native to | Qazhshava |
| Region | Slavic Belt in Thuadia |
| Ethnicity | Ardonians (aka: Qazhshavans) |
Native speakers | Total:80 million L1:- L2:- (2018) |
Thuado-Thrismaran
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| Dialects |
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| Modified Old Govoric Modified Latin | |
| Official status | |
Official language in |  Qazhshava Sekidean Union |
Recognised minority language in | |
| Regulated by | Commission of the Qazhshavan Language |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | qs |
| ISO 639-2 | qsz |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
 Map of the area of native Qazhshavan speakers in the 21st century | |
The Qazhshavan/Ardonian language is a divergent Slavic Lnaguage, that diverged from the Kento-Polyash group, and is one pf the official languages of Qazhshava along side Srednogorian.
Introduction
The language shares its grammar with the other Slavic langauged, and is one of the only said Slavic languages that uses Defeniteness, however it's vocabulary has diverged the most, in quite a few cases it had presurved older Zarav-Slavic words and is mostly uninteligable to other Slavic speakers.
Writing system
The language uses a Modified Latin script, and a Modified Old Govoric script reffered to as Govorkyn. Usually the Latin Script is used in casual conversations, but the older Govorkyn alphabet is used in formal letters an is seen as the "formal script", but every government official document has to be written in both.
| Latin character | Govorkyn character | IPA Symbol |
|---|---|---|
| А а | A a | /а~ɑ/ (/ɐ/) |
| B b | Б б | /b/ (/β/) |
| V v | В в | /v~ʋ/ |
| G g | Г г | /g/ (/ɣ/) |
| D d | Д д | /d/ (/ð/) |
| Е е | E e | /ɛ/ |
| Ž ž | Ж ж | /ʒ/ |
| Z z | З з | /z/ |
| I i | И и | /i/ |
| J j | Й й | /j/ /ʲ/ |
| K k | К к | /k/ |
| L l | Л л | /ɫ/ |
| Ļ ļ | Ԯ ԯ | /ʎ/ |
| M m | М м | /m/ |
| N n | Н н | /n/ |
| O o | О о | /ɔ/ |
| P p | П п | /p/ |
| R r | Р р | /ɾ~r~ʁ/ |
| S s | С с | /s/ |
| T t | Т т | /t/ (/θ/) |
| U u | У у | /u/ |
| F f | Ф ф | /f/ |
| H h | Х х | /x~χ/ |
| C c | Ц ц | /t͡s/ |
| Č č | Ч ч | /t͡ʃ/ |
| Š š | Ш ш | /ʃ/ |
| Št št | Щ щ | /ʃt/ |
| Ă ă | Ъ ъ | /ɤ̞~ə/ (/ɐ/) |
| Ě ě | Ѣ ѣ | /jɛ~ɛ/ (/jæ~æ/) |
| Y y | Ы ы | /ɨ~i/ |
| (J) j | (Ь) ь | /ʲ/ |
| Ė ė | Ӗ ӗ | /e~ɪ~i/ |
| Ju ju | Ю ю | /ju/ |
| Ja ja | Я я | /ja/ |
| Ą ą | Ѧ ѧ | /ɑ̃ː/ /an~ɑn~ɑŋ/ |
| Ę ę | Ꙙ ꙙ | /ɛ̃ː/ /ɛn~ɛŋ/ |
| Ǫ ǫ | Ѫ ѫ | /ɔ̃ː/ /ɔn~oŋ/ |
Phonology
| Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | (ɲ) | (ŋ) | ||
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | ||
| voiced | b | d | ɡ | |||
| Affricate | voiceless | t͡ʃ | ||||
| voiced | d͡ʒ | |||||
| Fricative | voiceless | f (β) | (θ) | s | ʃ | (ɣ~ʁ) |
| voiced | v | (ð) | z | ʒ | ||
| Approximant | (ʋ) | ɫ | j | ʎ | ||
| Tap | ɾ | |||||
| Trill | (r) | |||||
Nouns
Grammatical Gender
Qazhshavan has 3 grammatical genders, they are identified by the ending sound of the base word of a word.
- Masculine - all masculine nouns end in a consonant or ⟨j⟩.
- Feminine - all feminine nouns end in ⟨a⟩ or ⟨ą⟩.
- Neuter - all neuter nouns end in ⟨o⟩, ⟨ǫ⟩, ⟨i⟩, ⟨y⟩, ⟨e⟩, ⟨ě⟩ or ⟨ė⟩.
Grammatical Cases
Qazhshavan has 6 grammatical cases.
- Nominative: Subject or a Predicate noun or adjectiv
- Accusative: Interract with Subject (hear, hit, harm...)
- Genetive: Possesed by Subject
- Locative: In Subject, on Subject
- Dative: Giving to Subject
- Vocative: Referring to Subject, calling Subject
| Common Translation | Nom. | Acc. | Gen. | Dat. | Loc. | Voc. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masculine | |||||||
| Man | Sin. | Virežăs | Vireža | Vireži | Virežom | Virežeu | Vireže! |
| Plr. | Virežaj | Virežej | Virežii | Virežomi | Virežyu | Virežaj! | |
| Sin.Def. | Virežă | Virežăt | Virežit | Virežomă | Virežěu | Ø | |
| Plr.Def. | Virežajte | Virežejte | Virežiit | Virežomtė | Virežjiu | Ø | |
| Feminine | |||||||
| Woman | Sin. | Šjevas | Šjevu | Šjevi | Šjevam | Šjevei | Šjevo! |
| Plr. | Šjevy | Šjevjė | Šjevii | Šjevym | Šjevyi | Šjevy! | |
| Sin.Def. | Šjevată | Šjevută | Šjevit | Šjevamă | Šjevejă | Ø | |
| Plr.Def. | Šjevyte | Šjevute | Šjeviit | Šjevyme | Šjeveje | Ø | |
| Neuter | |||||||
| Earth, Land, Ground |
Sin. | Žemes | Žeme | Žemio | Žemom | Žemeǫ | Žemo! |
| Plr. | Žemě | Žemte | Žemii | Žemomi | Žemyǫ | Žemě! | |
| Sin.Def. | Žemeto | Žemetăt | Žemetit | Žemetǫ | Žemeǫtă | Ø | |
| Plr.Def. | Žeměte | Žemeěte | Žemetiit | Žemeǫă | Žemeyǫtă | Ø | |
Adjectives
Pronouns
| Translation to Common | Person and number | Nom. | Acc. | Gen. | Dat. | Loc. | Voc. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | Me | First | Singular | Jėz | Mėn | Mej / Mi | Mi | Mėne | Ø |
| You (Singular) |
Second | Tu | Tev | Ty | Tem | Tyvi | Tu! | ||
| He | Him | Third | Vojš | Ego / go | Eguj / muj | Mu | Egji | Ø | |
| She | Her | Vaj | Ej | Eją / i | I | Eji | Ø | ||
| It | To | Ěgo / go | Ěguj / muj | Mu | Ěgji | Ø | |||
| We |
Us | First | Plural | Meje | Mji | Maji / mji | Mas / my | Mas | Ø |
| You (Plural/formal) |
Second | fije | Fij | Fiji / fi | Fijs | Fem | Fije! | ||
| They (Plural) |
Them | Third | Vej | Těj | Těji / jim | Tějs | Ym | Ø | |