Novian language
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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".
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)
- 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)