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Alvésin is a language spoken in southeastern Antrium, specifically in the province of Alvés-Navlan. It is based off of English and French. Many place names in Antrium and almost all of the names of Antrian people are in Alvésin.
Contents
History
Not much is known about the history of Alvésin, because most of the older writings have been destroyed or lost. It is assumed to have originated in what is now Antrium, but no one is sure when the language was created.
It is known that the Alvési tribe have spoken it for many years. They conquered the neighboring Navlanis in a very long and brutal war, and spread the language to them.
It was not widely taught in most of American Federalist, and was reduced to under 50,000 speakers at one time. Schools in western American Federalist started teaching it in 2001, 4 years before the foundation of Antrium, and it has gained many speakers since then.
In 2002, The Orītan R. Révané Dictionary of Alvésin was written, which set spelling standards that were very unclear prior to its publishing. Since then, many people in Antrium have learned the language. It is now the third official language of Antrium.
Speakers
In the most recent Antrium census, it was estimated that about 3,500,000 Antrians know at least an upper high school level of Alvésin. It is spoken mainly in the provinces of Alvés-Navlan and Soréto, where the government requires schools to teach Alvésin, but it is spreading quickly throughout Antrium.
In 2006, the Antrian government approved a plan to give bonuses to schools that teach Alvésin. This is expected to raise the number of schools teaching the language. It is estimated that over 22 million Antrians will know at least a basic knowledge Alvésin by 2007.
Pronunciation
Alphabet
The Alvésin alphabet consists of 26 letters (9 vowels, 17 consonants) and is very similar to the English alphabet. Some of the accented letters are borrowed from French, and some accents are unique to the language. The letters c, q, x, and y are not included.
Alvésin is easier to learn to spell than most other languages, because it does not use silent letters. All words are spelled as they sound. All letters only make one sound, so there is no confusion in pronunciation.
a à b d e é f g h i ī j k l m n o p r s t u ū v w z
Note: The Alvésin alphabet used to include the letter ñ, but in the most recent edition of the Orītan R. Révané Dictionary, the letter was removed due to its rare usage. Ñ has been replaced with nīū, which sounds very similar.
Alvésin Letter | Pronunciation (using ASCII Phonetic Alphabet) |
a | @ as in English cat or black |
à | a: or o as in English father or rock |
b | b as in English bad or banana |
d | d as in English did or dark |
e | e as in English bed or met |
é | ei as in English say or eight, or French étape |
f | f as in English find or if |
g | g as in English give or flag |
h | h as in English how or hill |
i | i as in English hit or sitting |
ī | i: as in English see or heat |
j | Z as in English pleasure or French je or juin |
k | k as in English cat or back |
l | l as in English leg or little |
m | m as in English man or lamp |
n | n as in English no or nine |
o | Ou as in English go or road |
p | p as in English pot or place |
r | r as in English red or angry |
s | s as in English scare or sun |
t | t as in English too or tea |
u | u: as in English blue or food |
ū | u or .. as in English put or cinema |
v | v as in English five or valley |
w | w as in English wet or French l'ouest |
z | z as in English zoo or lazy |
Letter Combinations
kh = tS as in English check or church
aw = au as in English out or now
àī = ai as in English eye or five
īū = j as in English yes or yellow
th = th as in English both or thought
Grammar
Pronouns
English Pronoun | Alvésin Pronoun | Alvésin Possessive Pronoun |
I | Jà | Jàn |
You | To | Ton |
He/She/It | Hé/Hà/Ho | Hén/Hàn/Hon |
We | Nos | Nosī |
You all (or French vous) | Tos | Tosī |
They | Vos | Vosī |
Verb Conjugation
All verbs in Alvésin end in -īr or -ér. To conjugate an -īr or -ér verb, you simply remove the īr or ér and put in the appropriate verb ending from the chart below.
Note: only the first verb in the sentence needs to be conjugated.
Pronoun | Verb ending for -īr verbs | Verb ending for -ér verbs |
Jà | -īs | -és |
To | -īt | -et |
Hé/Hà/Ho | -īm | -em |
Nos | -īràs | -éràs |
Tos | -īrez | -érez |
Vos | -īrīt | -érīt |
The pronoun and conjugated verb are connected by a hyphen if there are no words between them. (example: "I want to go" is Jà-desīs galér, and "I don't want to go" is Jà no desīs galér)
The pronoun comes before the verb unless it is a question, in which case the verb would come before the pronoun. (example: "I want to go" is Jà-desīs galér, and "I want to go?" is Desīs-jà galér?)
Verb Forms
To make a verb negative, add no before the verb (example: "I do not walk" is Jà no vàlkés)
To make a verb past tense, add an -àn to the end of the verb ending (example: "I ate" is Jà mànjīsàn)
To make a verb future tense, add -étà before the verb (example: "I will make" is Jà-étà màkés)
To make a command, use the to form of the verb when addressing one person (example: "Look!" is "Vàtkhkes!") and use the tos form of the verb when addressing multiple people. (example: "Look!" is "Vàtkhkérez!")
Some Common Verbs
Étir (to be)
Spàkīr (to talk/speak)
Mànjīr (to eat)
Desīr (to want)
Rékwīr (to need)
Pelīr (to be able to)
Mītīr (to like)
Lajīr (to love)
Felīr (to feel, emotionally speaking)
Férīr (to do)
Hérīr (to live)
Avīr (to have)
Jàrīr (to play)
Ashitīr (to buy)
Lokīr (to find)
Istīr (to listen)
Klīr (to be able to)
Érsīr (to thank)
Dràsīr (to sleep)
Ivalīr (to sit)
Tréovīr (to stand)
Fīnīr (to finish)
Avàyér (to work)
Sīrér (to see)
Tàkér (to take)
Galér (to go)
Vàlkér (to walk)
Thàrér (to think)
Vàtkhkér (to look)
Màkér (to make)
Vocabulary
Basic Words And Phrases
English | Alvésin |
hello | élo |
goodbye | avàr |
please | àplez |
thank you | érsīs-to |
sorry | serīj |
How are you? | Wà felīt-to? |
I am feeling well/OK/not well | Jà felīs béo/felīs àr līn/no felīs béo |
this/that/those/there/then | sel/set/ses/seplàs/setem |
which/what/where/when/who/why/how/how many | kel/wà/vér/à wà tem/hu/vor wà/īelé/īelékàn |
I am from Sivaris, in Antrium. | Jà-hérīs do Sīvàrīs, on Antrīūm. |
yes, no, maybe | wī, no, pelīm-étīr |
OK, I agree | ako, jà-grītīs |
I need help, I need directions | Jà-rékwīs de asistàn, Jà-rékwīs des lokīrs |
Do you speak Alvésin? | Férīt-to spàkīr Alvésīn? |
Yes, I speak Alvésin. | Wī, jà-spàkīs Alvésīn. |
What is your name? | Kel nom avīt-to? |
My name is Ràtéraj. | Jà-avīs de nom Ràtéraj. |
How old are you? | Īelékàn anas avīt-to? |
I am forty-seven years old. | Jà-avīs des fotàn-vet anas. |
How much does it cost? | Wà ho-kustīm? |
It costs 9 verinos and 16 cents. | Ho-kustīm nàv verīnos ér tàn-sīx sentīs. (Ho-kustīm nàv tàn-sīx.) |
Numbers
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one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten | un, tu, tér, for, san, sīx, vet, àl, nàv, tàn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
twenty, twenty-five, fifty, one hundred, two hundred, one thousand | tutàn, tutàn-san, satàn, tàtàn, tutàtàn, toréo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ten thousand, one hundred thousand, one million, one billion, one trillion | tàtoréo, tàtàtoréo, totoréo, tilàr, totilàr | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
one point three eight, one and three fourths, infinity | un pwan tér-àl, un ér tér-forīrs, nofīnīràn |
English | Alvésin |
It is four twenty-six PM. | Ho-étīm de tem for tutàn-sīx on d-aftramīdī. |
morning, night | de matàī, de nuī |
today, tomorrow | seljor, nekjor | Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday | jorsol, jormàn, jortur, jorwé, jorthu, jorfrī, jorsat |
Places
English | Alvésin |
Where is the restroom? | Vér étim-ho de bantep? |
grocery store, bank, church, park, school, hospital | awtonos-marché, verinīr, rélījīr, pàrk, édukīr, helànīr |
mall, city hall, police station, fire station, post office | sàntré-màrché, govérnīr-sīté, stàsīn-polīs, stàsīn-férgrū, postalīr |
restaurant, house, airport, bus stop, stadium | awtonorīr, mésàn, éroport, aret do bus, stadem |
IDU Country Names
English | Alvésin Country Name | Alvésin Adjective |
Antrium/The Grand Democracy of Antrium | Antrīūm/De Gràn Démocràj do Antrīūm | Antrīen | Baranxtu | Bàrànktu | Bàrànktīj |
Ceorana | Sīorànū | Sīorànen |
Domnonia | Dàmnonīū | Dàmnonīen |
Fonzoland | Fànzotero | Fànzoternīj |
Groot Gouda | Grot Gawdū | Gawdīen |
Grosseschnauzer | Gros-Shnawzūr | Shnawzerīj |
Hiel | Hīel | Hīelīen |
Jonquiere-Tadoussac | Jonkwīér-Tūdusak | Jonkwīér-Tūdusaké |
Keeslandia | Kīzlandīū | Kīzlandīen |
Lawtonia | Làtonīū | Làtonīen |
Malabra | Mūlabrū | Mūlabrīj |
Mikitivity | Mikitivitī | Mikitivīten |
Sober Thought | Thàréràn Sobrū | Sobrīen |
Xtraordinary Gentlemen | Ekstrordinérī Gentūlmūn | Ekstrordinérīj |
Yuunli | Yuànal-Pūnt | Yuànalīj |
International Democratic Union | Intūrnasīonel Unīàn Démokrajīk | Intūrnasīonel-Unīàn-Démokrajīken (Īudéen) |
Language Names
English Name | Alvésin Name | Alvésin Adjective |
Alvésin | Alvésīn | Alvéskīr | Baranxeï | Bàrànké | Bàrànkīr |
Chicoutim | Khīkutīm | Khīkutkīr |
Dutch | Nédūrlàn | Nédūrlàkīr |
English | Ànglé | Ànglikīr |
French | Frànsé | Frànsikīr |
German | Doīkh | Doīkhkīr |
Poirih | Poītik | Poītikīr |
Spanish | Spànīol | Spànikīr |