neo- proto- neo- holy language

lyngua ygnota ~ daz lezhi sansannasa
or: neo-proto-neo-holy-language

last updated: 01.09.2018

~ (soft sign)
' /ʔ/
a /a/
b /b/
c /t͡ʃ/
d /d/
e /ɛ/ (unstressed) /e/ (stressed)
f /f/
g /g/
h /x/
i /ɨ/
j /d͡ʒ/
k /k/
l /l/
ll /l:/
m /m/
mm /m:/
n /n/
nn /n:/
o /o/
p /p/
q /ɣ/
r /ɾ/
rr /r/
s /s/
ss /s:/
sh /ʃ/
t /t/
u /ə/ (unstressed) /u/ (stressed)
v /v/
w /w/
x /ks/
y /i/
z /z/
zh /ʒ/
-- (hard sign)

Double consonants and are pronounced twice as long as single consonants.

prosody
all accents of root words with an even number of syllables are on the first syllable, and all accents of root words with an odd number of syllables are on the last syllable, unless otherwise specified.

articles
the main articles are,
"daz" indicating importance.
"am" indicating an agent.
"a" indicating that something is both an agent and a patient.

prefixes
these are used as prefixes and can be arbitrarily used on any word.
je/jes | addition, added to, auxiliary to
zha/zhas | back, rear, invisible
pa/pas | front, visible
ta/tas | moving towards, approaching (location)
fe/fes | returning or moving away from (location)
de/des | going out or away from
ni/nis | going in or towards ("in" idiom)
al | up, upper
aww | down, lower
cu/cus | plurality, spread around
pu/pus | pinpointing, directing
um | to make __
in | to become __

suffixes
these are used as suffixes and can be arbitrarily used on any word.
spa | -ward
minde | -like, -resembling

dictionary
all lespi and lezhi words are valid and form the bulk of vocabulary unless overridden, and all spellings remain except ö is converted to u, ch is converted to c.
for latin or latinesque words, i is converted to y, ch is converted to c.



how to derive forms from nouns using suffixes
you begin with a noun root word.
to derive an infinitive verb form from this, you must append an ending which consists of the following letters:

FOR FEMININE ROOTS:
<the first consonant letter of the last syllable of root> + <the last vowel letter of the second-to-last syllable of root> + "nd".
for ex: boslojo + jond = boslojojond -> boslozhond

FOR MASCULINE ROOTS:
use the following correspondences: u/e, i/a
<the first consonant letter of the last syllable of root> + <the vowel letter corresponding to the last vowel letter of the second-to-last syllable of root> + "nd".
for ex: lezhi + zund = lezhizund

to derive a special word which can function as a noun or adjective roughly meaning "<word>-y", or "of/with/like <word>" you must append an ending which consists of the following letters:

FOR ONE-SYLLABLE FEMININE ROOTS:
for ex: sa -> sassa ("hearty")

FOR FEMININE ROOTS WHERE THE LAST OR PENULTIMATE LETTER IS X, S, SS:
if penultimate remove last letter, then ending is: <letter preceding the x, s, ss> + "sa".
for ex: vanixa -> vanix + isa = vanixisa ("womany")

FOR FEMININE ROOTS WHERE THE LAST OR PENULTIMATE LETTER IS N:
"n" + <first letter preceding the n> + "sa".
for ex: sansan + nasa = sansannasa (sleepy)

FOR OTHER FEMININE ROOTS:
"s" + <last letter of root> + "sa".
for ex: taro + sosa = tarososa ("try-y")

FOR ONE-SYLLABLE MASCULINE ROOTS:
use the following correspondences: u/e, i/a
"ss" + <the vowel letter corresponding to the last vowel letter in the root> + "mm".
for ex: gu + ssemm = gussemm ("tonguey")

FOR MASCULINE ROOTS:
"s" + <the last vowel letter of the second-to-last syllable of root> + "mm".
for ex: lezhi + semm = lezhisemm ("languagey")

FOR NEUTER ROOTS:
"sasa"
for ex: akash + sasa = akashsasa ("ethery")

THINGS TO TAKE NOTE:
1. In deriving an ending, if an "i" is surrounded by two consonants which have a long-form, it is always replaced with the long-form.
lil, nin, wiw, sis -> ll, nn, ww, ss
Similarly, "j"s combine to form zh.

ex. 3
taro - N: try, attempt
tarorand - V: to attempt
tarososa - V/N: of attempt / of attempt entity
(feminine means same vowels)

ex. 4
viwi - seeking, search
viwwind (viwiwind) - verb inf
viwisass - V/N: of search / of search entity
(masculine means different vowels i/a)

ex. 5
vanixa - woman
vanixand - verb inf
vanixisa - V/N: of woman / of woman entity
(feminine means same vowels)

how to derive forms from nouns using prefixes

gender cases
if a noun ends in CH, SH then it is neuter. (this is rare)
if a noun ends in N, S, SS, X, E, A then it is feminine.
if a noun ends in any other consonant or O, W, WW, Y, I, U then it is masculine.

declension suffixes
I'm not sure, just see examples for now.
- agent
- patient
- means (instrumental)
- recipient (dative)
- source
- locus
- address


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