Punterian

On Hiatus untill I finish another lang I am currently working on.

Punterian (Pu: Anndophuuterrazzer) is a language that is spoken by approxametly ten million people in the mountain regions of Nova Latium. It has a very extensive alphabet although most texts are written in the Latin alphabet, which can make it seem longer than it is.

Pronounciation

All sounds are exactly like in English exept where stated.

Alphabet

• a-hate
• B-
• C-hats
• D-
• E-pet
• F-
• G-always hard as in get
• H-
• I-might
• J-yes
• K-
• L-
• M-
• N-
• O-pope
• P-
• R-not rolled
• S-
• T-
• U-you
• V-
• Z-

Double Letters

• AA-odd
• DD-the
• EE-keep
• FF-f said with rounded lips
• GG-jail
• HH-loch, not as guttural as in German
• II-it
• KK-loch as guttural as in German
• LL-your tounge between an r and an l
• NN-ping
• OO-german ö
• RR-rolled r
• SS-long s, like german ß
• TT-thing
• U-food
• ZZ-pleasure

Aspirations

All of the following are aspirated consonants, like a puff of air after the sound:

• CH
• DH
• DDH
• FH
• FFH
• GH
• GGH
• HHH
• KH
• KKH
• LH
• LLH
• MH
• NH
• NNH
• PH
• RH
• RRH
• SH
• SSH
• TH
• TTH
• VH
• ZH
• ZZH

Dipthongs

• ao'-out
• au'-taught
• eu'-e and uu said quickly together sounds similar to ao but an e sound at the beginning
• iu'-eww
• oi'-oil
• ou'-exageratted o sound like ouu
• ua'-water
• ue'-wet
• ui'-we
• uo'-whoa

Dual Dipthongs

• ua'o'-wow
• ua'u'-similar to walk
• ue'u'-wet but like wew
• uo'i'-like woy
• uo'u'-exagerated whoa

Grammar

Verbs

There are four amin endings in Punterian, then on top of these there are many irregular endings, many of these are derived from Latin or Greek, and follow their respective languages conjugations.

Conjugations

The first ending we will look at is the "zzde" ending, below are the conjugations of this form.

brraantzzde---to have, to conjugate it just remove "zde" and the endings which are in bold

brraantze---I have
brraantzke---you have
brraantzoi'---he, she, it has
brraantzze---we have
brraantzzke---you all have
brraantzzoi'---they have

The second ending is the "nokk" ending, again follow the same rules as above and just add the ending.

zzhuuncnokk---to drink (alcohol), this time only remove the very last "k".

zzhuuncnoki---I drink
zzhuuncnokssom---you drink
zzhuuncnokumo---he, she, it drinks
zzhuuncnokki---we drink
zzhuuncnokkssom---you all drink
zzhuuncnokkumo---they drink

The third ending is unlike the previous two, when conjugating you don't remove any bit of the ending. This ending ends with "arreu'".

nnomddarreu'---to consume (food and drinks), as stated above, leave the ending as it is.

nnomddarreu'on---I consume
nnomddarreu'llaam---you consume
nnomddarreu'zzmuo'---he, she, it consumes
nnomddarreu'oni---we consume
nnomddarreu'llaami---you all consume
nnomddarreu'zzmuo'i---they consume

The last set of endings are either the verb "to be" or verbs of foreign derivation.

ezznmo-to be, note, this verb is not used for existance, like when talking about location, I am over there, would actuly translate to I exist over there.

ezz---I am
nutzze---you are
zzot---he. she, it is
zze---we are
zzenut---you all are
toozz---they are

uuparss---to exist

aami---I exist
esti---you exist
eeni---he, she, it exists
amaaste---we exist
ooloi'---you all are
anni---they are

gau'leera-to conquer

gau'lo---I conquer
gau'laas---you conquer
gau'laat---he, she it, conquers
gau'laamuus---we conquer
gau'ltis---you all conquer
gau'laant---they conquer

Tenses

Work in progress

Nouns

Nouns come in four ending, they are masculine, feminine, neuter, and either. Masculine nouns are used for thigs predominantly looked at as a man, feminine-women, neuter-neither, and either-possibly both (example, person).

Endings

Below are each ending and thier respective article, first the indirect article then the direct article, singular to plural.

Masculine---eenno

estoo ddua'keenno---father

a---zzantge ddua'keenno
some---zzantgenee ddua'keennom
the---koontge ddua'keenno
the---koontgenee ddua'keennom

Feminine---tollnn

tuus kossbraantollnn---mother

a---amslhon kossbraantollnn
some---amslhonee kossbraantollnne
the---jondoo kossbraantollnn
the---jondoee kossbraantollnne

Neuter---aazzer

aarnk fiittosaazzer---God

a---krzzde fiittosaazzer
some---krzzdi fiittosaazzerp
the---uo'te fiittosaazzer
the---uo'ti fiittosaazzerp

Bi---punth

maatne uurrknuumpunth---person

a---kkau'm uurrknuumpunth
some---kkau'mu uurrknuumpuntt
the---vit uurrknuumpunth
the---vitu uurrknuumpuntt

Declensions

Decensions are rather easy in Punterian, to decline a noun all you do is add one of the three endings after the word as shown below.

Nominative-(subject)
Accusative-(direct object)
Genitive-(showing what possesses)

Adjectival/Prepositional-(object of a preposition, indicats an adjective)

Hjine---nominative
Ceemto---accusative
Sttaan---genitive
Ssvam---Adjectival/Prepositional

Example

The father's mother (The mother of the father)-Jondoo kossbraantollnn hjine koontge ddua'keenno sttaan
I am happy (In a state of happiness I exist)-Ondaa krzzde llamzenaazzer ceemto aarnk skoossmnaazzer ssvam aami konnee hjine.

Pronouns

konnee---I
lloon---you
rrize---he, she, it
kkone---we
lonee---you all
rrizzem---they

konnee hjine---I
konnee ceemto---Me
konnee sttaan---My

Sample Text

Sample sentences with explanation.

"Aarnk fiittosaazzer ceemto ddarreenarreu'on konnee hjine".---I thank God.

Litteral translation---(zero article) God (direct object particle) thank (first person singular indicatior) (subject particle).

Additional Words

Punterian---Anndophuuterrazzer
hello---jinem
good-bye---rrestuo'
please---eu'te
thank you---lloon ceemto ddarreenarreu'on konnee hjine
sorry---
that one---
how much?---
yes---taandme
no---kollzze
I don't understand---
where's the bathroom?---
generic toast---
Do you speak English?---
Do you speak Punterian?---