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The Jevian language is a very distant relative of Latin. Many of the words and definitions of Jevian are extremely similar to Latin, as well as the usage of the Cases. The origin and time that Jevian was developed is completely unknown, as are the creator(s) of the language. Jevian was used as a regional dialect of the Domz Empire until Jey (named after the language) became independent from the Treaty of Qualo. Immediately afterwards, Jevian became the official language of Jey and today, it remains the official language along with English and Latin. Jevian is the most commonly spoken language of the three.
| Jevian
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| Classification | Indo-European |
| Recognized as Official Language | Jey, Crescent Islet |
| Spoken In | Jey, Crescent Islet, Normeth, Cryz, Fradournia, Croueaux, Kinquay |
| Top Nations | Jey - 2,562,591,902 Crescent Islet - 776,432,811 |
Contents
Overview
93% of the citizens of the Allied Empire of Jey speak Jevian as their primary language. With the exception of the southern portions of the regions of Zyzz and the region of Kaivo, Jevian is taught as a mandatory course in Jey primary schools. Even as a widely spoken language in Domzian lands, Jey has developed little differentiation among regional sects, especially in the form of dialects after its institution as the major language of Jey, and thus all Domzian lands. As Jevian was only newly enforced as the major language, and has only recently become a very widely spoken language, there has been a short amount of time for the simplification of the language among regions. Also, as a technologically advanced nation, Jey has many mediums which publicly standardize the usage of Jevian words, further accounting for the lack of specific Jevian dialects.
Use Outside of Jey
As a newly major language, few countries have recognized Jevian as an official language of their nation. The only nation to do so is the Jevian Protectorate of Crescent Islet, as the status of Jevian as the official language is protected under the Jevian-Crescent Protectorate Agreement. Approximately 64% of the citizens of the Crescent Islet protectorate speak Jevian as their primary language, and Jevian also is spoken at varying degrees in all of the nations bordering Jey: Normeth, Cryz, Fradournia, Croueaux, and Kinquay.
Alphabet
The Jevian language is composed of 24 letters and 6 symbols:
Letters
The letters are listed with their Primary Fontus (shown first), followed by the Secondary Fontus.
- A,a -- B,b -- C,c -- D,d -- E,e -- F,f -- G,g -- H,h-- I,i -- K,k -- L,l -- M,m -- N,n -- O,o -- P,p -- Q,q -- R,r -- S,s -- T,t -- U,u -- V,v -- W,w -- X,x -- Y,y
Symbols
- ß -- Ð -- ð -- þ,Þ -- Æ,æ -- Œ,œ
(Note: not all Symbols have a Secondary Fontus)
Pronunciation
The consonents of the Jevian alphabet are exactly the same as pronounced in English. The vowels are pronounced as follows:
- A,a - Pronunciation similar to that in English
- E,e - Pronounced like the English long "a"
- I,i - Pronounced like the English short "e"
- O,o - Pronunciation similar to that in English
- U,u - Pronunciation similar to that in English
The pronunciation of the Jevian symbols are as follows:
- ß - long ss
- Ð - long cc
- ð - gyr
- þ,Þ - ies
- Æ,æ - aye
- Œ,œ - caye
Major Parts of Speech
The major parts of speech in Jevian are similar to that in English. The major parts of speech are: Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, and Adverbs. Each major part of speech is split into two smaller groups, with the prefix "na-" and "pro-", such as "Nanouns" and "Pronouns", and also possibly another modifying group whose words take the place of the parts of speech discussed, with the prefix "tra-", such as "Tranouns".
Nouns
Nouns are, as in English, a person, place, thing, quality, or action and can function as the subject or object of a verb.
Declensions
Declension of Jevian are comprised of a vast amount of nouns who have similar case endings. The case of nouns determines how it is to be used in the sentence. To determine the meaning of a noun, determine its declension number by looking at the appropriate ending, and subsequently discover the case ending. If you know what the stem of the noun means, this information will lead you to the correct translation of every single noun in Jevian and the context of every single sentence. All nouns also have a gender (Masculine, Feminine, and Neuter), which further builds on the information you must know to understand the meaning of a noun.
The meaning of the cases is listed below:
- Nominative: If a noun has a nominative ending, it is automatically the subject of a sentence.
- Nanitive: If a noun has a nanitive ending, it is automatically the subject of a subordinate clause of a sentence.
- Genitive: The genitive ending is reserved for nouns that are direct objects.
- Dative: The dative ending describes the state of posession for the noun.
- Accusative: The accusative ending is reserved for nouns that are indirect objects.
- Iotive: An Iotive ending means that the noun is the receiver of an exclamatory clause.
- Ablative: An ablative ending for a noun designates that the noun is an object of a preposition.
- Vocative: The vocative ending means that the noun is in direct address.
- Locative: The locative ending is reserved for nouns that do not fit any of the descriptions of the other cases.
- Trative: The trative ending is used to show the number of a noun easily.
Singluar Forms
| Case | 1st Declension | 2nd Declension | 3rd Declension | 4th Declension | 5th Declension |
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| Nominative | -a | -us | -e | -us | -es |
| Nanitive | -aea | -eo | -eo | -uo | -ea |
| Genitive | -ae | -i | -is | -us | -ei |
| Dative | -ae | -o | -i | -ui | -ei |
| Accusative | -am | -um | -em | -um | -em |
| Iotive | -ai | -ii | -ei | -ui | -ei |
| Ablative | -a | -o | -e | -u | -e |
| Vocative | -a | -us | -e | -u | -es |
| Locative | -a | -us | -e | -u | -es |
| Trative | -at | -usat | -erat | -uuat | -eiat |
Plural Forms
| Case | 1st Declension | 2nd Declension | 3rd Declension | 4th Declension | 5th Declension |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | -ae | -i | -es | -us | -es |
| Nanitive | -aean | -ian | -ean | -uan | -ean |
| Genitive | -arum | -orum | -um | -uum | -erum |
| Dative | -is | -is | -ibus | -ibus | -ebus |
| Accusative | -as | -os | -es | -us | -es |
| Iotive | -ais | -eis | -eis | -uis | -iis |
| Ablative | -is | -is | -ibus | -ibus | -ibus |
| Vocative | -ae | -i | -es | -us | -es |
| Locative | -ae | -i | -es | -us | -es |
| Trative | -usatae | -umat | -esati | -usata | -erata |
Nanouns
As nouns in Jevian are classified as words which are a person, place, thing, quality, or action, nanouns are simply a subdivision of such words. Nanouns are words that are either qualities or actions, or any such word which takes the place of these nanouns, which are subsequently classified under their own subdivision, Tranouns. Nanouns follow the same declension rules as all nouns follow, and can function in all the same ways as a normal noun.
- Examples of Jevian Nanouns: celertra, cogapilam
- English Translations: quickness, thoughtfulness
Pronouns
All nouns in Jevian that do not fall into the category of nanoun as a quality or action are classified as pronouns, which are much different than the English definition of pronoun. Pronouns are any words that are nouns and are persons, places, or things, or any such word that can be used to replace such pronouns, which are also classified under the subdivision Tranouns. Pronouns function in the same way as all nouns and use the same declension methods.
- Examples of Jevian Pronouns: domam, felinus
- English Translations: home, cat
Tranouns
Tranouns encompass any words which can be used to replace a nanoun or pronoun, very similar to the English definition of pronouns. All words that are considered tranouns are also considered nanouns or pronouns depending on which type of noun they are replacing. Thus the word "he" would be considered both a pronoun as an understood person, and a tranoun as a noun which replaces whomever "he" might be.
- Examples of Jevian Tranouns: eaea, idus
- English Translations: she, it
Verbs
Verbs in Jevian are words that designate that an action is performed in the context of a certain case.
Conjugations
There are 5 conjugations within the Jevian language, all of which are simply sets of verbs whose basic principle parts are all derived from similar forms. The forms of a verb in Jevian help to form the case usage of the word, and thus to conjugate it. The first conjugation is based around the vowel "a", the second around the vowel "e", the third around "i", the fourth "o", and the fifth "u".
First Conjugation
- Regular Verb forms: -o, -are, -avi, -atus
Example: nabulo, nabulare, nabulavi, nabulatus
Second Conjugation
- Regular Verb forms: -o, -ere, -evi, -etus
Example: angulo, angulere, angulevi, anguletus
Third Conjugation
- Regular Verb forms: -o, -ire, -ivi, -itus
Example: riseo, risire, risivi, risitus
Fourth Conjugation
- Regular Verb forms: -o, -ore, -ovi, -otus
Example: grato, gratore, gratovi, gratotus
Fifth Conjugation
- Regular Verb forms: -o, -ure, -uvi, -us
Example: no, nure, nuvi, nus
Cases
Present System
Present Tense
Imperfect Tense
Future Tense
Perfect System
Perfect Tense
Pluperfect Tense
Traperfect Tense
Future System
Future Present Tense
Future Imperfect Tense
Future Perfect Tense
Proverbs
Traverbs
Adjectives
Najectives
Projectives
Trajectives
Adverbs
Nadverbs
Prodverbs
Tradverbs
Minor Parts of Speech
Prepositions
Conjunctions
Iotions
Trations
Usage
Common Sentences
Numbers
