Ozansek

Ozansek ("the language of logic") is the language of Gubask.

Pronunciation

The pronunciation of Ozansek is quite "easy." The language has 5 vowels and 9 consonants:
The vowels are pronounced as in Spanish: A, E, I, O, U
The consonants are pronounced as in English: B, D, F, G, K, M, N, P, S, T, V, Z
Plus the following consonants: KH [x] (like the Spanish J), NH [N] (like the NG in "sing"), RH [R] (like the French R)

Grammar

Nouns

Ozansek nouns are not marked for gender and number. They only indicate the case. To decline a noun, you change the final consonant or drop it, often together with the final vowel.

There are 6 cases in Ozansek:

• Accusative: The person or thing whose state is changed or described
• Nominative: Who/What changes the accusative's state.
• Dative: Who/What receives something if a verb has two objects.
• Genitive: Who/What owns or is related to someone/something.
• Egalitative: The two parts of an equality.
• Attributive: Additional information about one of the other parts.

Imdenh zigodob gemadev Zuz gebadu Rhob.
Book(acc) recipe(attr) gives Zuzan(nom) mother(dat) Rhobed(gen)
= Susan gives Robert's mother a/the cook book.

In the example above, the book is the accusative, Sue the nominative, Bob's mother the dative, Bob the genitive (related to his mother), recipes the attribute (cookbook = a book with recipes in it)

Zuzan ni gaepoz Dob.
Sue(egal) is sibling(egal) Domaz(gen)
= Sue is Thomas's sister.

Vocabulary

G

gaepoz = brother/sister; gebadud = mother; gemadev = to give

I

imderhurh = book

N

ni = he/she/it is

Z

zigodov = recipe