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Novian is a constructed language made by Skatvalian professors during the last part of the 20th century. It is meant to be simple to learn, and doesn't have much grammar. Novian does not have any masculine/feminine (or neither) words, double wowels or consonants, special endings for verbs to show who's "doing it".
Contents
Alphabeth
Here is the Novian alphabeth (with IPA-spelling):
- A - /æ/
- B - /b/
- D - /d/
- E - /iː/
- F - /f/
- G - /g/ The G is always pronounced as a "hard G" as in game
- I - /ɪ/ It shall always be pronounced as i in bills
- K - /k/ The K replaces the C
- L - /l/
- M - /m/
- N - /n/
- O - /u/ The U is pronounced like in the Spanish; Andalusia
- P - /p/
- R - /r/ The R is pronounced with a so-called alveolar trill like in many RL languages. Though, it's not a huge mistake if you pronounce it as the English R.
- S - /s/
- T - /t/
- V - /v/
- Å - /å/ The Å represent the English O-sound like in support. The Novian translation of support is supårt
Grammar
Many RL languages have complexe grammar systems, and here is a list of grammar that does not appear in Novian:
- Diphtongs
- Double wowels or consonants
- Accents (like Á and Ï). One single exeption in Novian: ën (one)
- The nouns have "genders" with own systems to "bow" them
- The verbs have endings to show "who's doing it" (like in Spanish; vivir - vivo)
Pronouns
Note that Novian (like English) uses the word du (you) as both singular and plural.
English | Novian |
I | I |
you | du |
he | un |
she | um |
it | it |
we | vi |
you (pl) | du |
they | de |
Numbers
The number one/1 (ën) is the only Novian word with a form of accent within it. Note that the letter e appears often between joints of large numbers because e simply means and in Novian.
# | Word | # | Word | # | Word |
1 | ën | 21 | tueën | 400 | firgran |
2 | to | 30 | treteën | 500 | femgran |
3 | tre | 40 | firteën | 600 | siksgran |
4 | fir | 50 | femteën | 700 | sugran |
5 | fem | 60 | siksteën | 800 | eitgran |
6 | siks | 70 | sutëen | 900 | nigran |
7 | su | 80 | eiteën | 1000 | tosen |
8 | eit | 90 | nieën | 2000 | to tosen |
9 | ni | 100 | gran | 3000 | tre tosen |
10 | ten | 101 | graneën | 4000 | fir tosen |
11 | tenën | 102 | graneto | 5000 | fem tosen |
12 | tento | 110 | graneten | 10 000 | ten tosen |
13 | treten | 111 | granetenën | 100 000 | gran tosen |
14 | firten | 200 | togran | 1 000 000 | millon |
20 | tue | 300 | tregran | 1 000 000 000 | billon |
1,846,408,109 | billon'eitgranefirteënesiks'firgraneeit e graneni |
Verbs
To do the Novian language simplier, the language doesn't have so much grammar, verbs included. Therefore, all Novian verbs are regular. To clear it out: No exeptions.
Infinitive
In infinitive, all verbs uses the prefix å, which means to (do). All verbs in infinitive ends with -e.
to go | å gåe |
to run | å lope |
to talk | å tale |
to thank | å takke |
to laugh | å le |
The verb å bi (= to be) is very simple in Novian:
I am | I bie |
you are | du bie |
he is | un bie |
she is | um bie |
it is | it bie |
we are | vi bie |
you (pl) are | du bie |
they are | de bie |
Present
In present, all Novian verbs ends with -r. If you want to bow a Novian verb from infinitive to present, just remove the -e, and add -r. If the verb ends with a consonant after you have removed the e-ending, just add -er to bow the verb into present.
goes | går |
runs | loper |
talks | taler |
thanks | takker |
laughs | ler |
To bow the verb å bie into present, do as explained, and you will get bier (is/are). There's no difference between is and are in Novian.
Preterite
To bow the verbs into preterite, just add the ending -ed. If you have removed the earlier ending, and added the ed-ending you have to control that you haven't any double wowels, for example ler → leed. Leed is wrong, and you have to remove an e, like this: Leed, and the correct result is: Laughed = led.
went | gåed |
ran | loped |
talked | taled |
thanked | takked |
laughed | led |