Vlatya Common

The most common language of Vatenrelm, mostly spoken by humans.

Natively known as: vlatja /vlɑˈtjɑ/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
leert ve peft dee er vils leert voens er beng mircht e eucht
Pronunciation: /leːrt və pəft deː ɛr vɪls leːrt vuns ɛr bɛŋ mirxt ɛ øːxt/
Vlatya word order: and he stood holding hat his and turned his face wet to the wind

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: b d f j k l m n p r s t v x z ŋ ɣ ɦ ʋ

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m		n		ŋ
Stop	p b		t d		k
Fricative		f v	s z		x ɣ	ɦ
Approximant		ʋ		j
Trill			r
Lateral approximant			l

Vowel inventory: aː eː i oː u y øː œy̯ ɑ ɑu̯ ɔ ə ɛ ɛi̯ ɪ ʏ
Diphthongs: œy̯ ɑu̯ ɛi̯

	Front	Central	Back
High	i y		u
Near-high	ɪ ʏ
High-mid	eː øː		oː
Mid		ə
Low-mid	ɛ		ɔ
Low	aː		ɑ

Syllable structure: Custom defined
Stress pattern: Ultimate — stress is on the last syllable
Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
sx	sch
x	g / _#
x	ch
ʋ	w
p	b / _#
t	d / _#
d	t / C_#
ɣ	g
ɦ	h
ŋk	ng
ŋ	ng
yu	uw
u	oe / !_w
ɑoe̯	ou
eː	ee
aː	a
ɑ	a
oː	o
ɛi̯	ij / _#
ɛi̯	ei
ɛ	e
ɔ	o
i	ie / C_#
œy̯	ui
ɪ	i
ʏ	u
y	u
øː	eu
ə	e
̯

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Grammar

Main word order: Subject Verb Object (Prepositional phrase). “Mary opened the door with a key” turns into Mary opened the door with a key.
Adjective order: Adjectives are positioned after the noun.
Adposition: prepositions

Nouns

Singular	No affix west /ʋəst/ dog
Plural	Reduplicate last part of last syllable westest /ʋəsˈtəst/ dogs

Articles

Definite	twa /tʋaː/ the
Indefinite	ju /jy/ a, some

Uses of definite article that differ from English:

• Definite article can be omitted: ‘I am going to supermarket’
• Used to talk about countable nouns in general: English’s ‘I like cats’ would translate to ‘I like the cats’
• Used for languages: ‘The English’

Pronouns

	Nominative	Accusative
1st singular	sleekt /sleːkt/ I	gee /ɣeː/ me
2nd singular	eekt /eːkt/ you	ble /blɛ/ you
3rd singular masc	ve /və/ he, it	sluingt /slœy̯ŋkt/ him, it
3rd singular fem	prouls /prɑu̯ls/ she, it	be /bə/ her, it
1st plural	engt /əŋkt/ we	zwo /zʋoː/ us
2nd plural	oes /us/ you all	bek /bək/ you all
3rd plural	a /aː/ they	lu /ly/ them

Possessive determiners

1st singular	ik /ik/ my
2nd singular	ol /oːl/ your
3rd singular masc	er /ɛr/ his
3rd singular fem	gij /ɣɛi̯/ her
1st plural	trengt /trəŋkt/ our
2nd plural	sleen /sleːn/ your (pl)
3rd plural	pik /pɪk/ their

Verbs

Future

If starts with vowel: Prefix əd- Else: Prefix ədɔ- edodroke /əˌdɔdrɔˈkə/ will learn

Vlatya uses a standalone particle word for past tense:

Past	Particle before the verb: treː - tree droke /treː drɔˈkə/ learned

Perfect aspect

The perfect aspect in English is exemplified in ‘I have read this book’, which expresses an event that took place before the time spoken but which has an effect on or is in some way still relevant to the present.
Vlatya uses an affix for the perfect aspect:

Perfect

Reduplicate first part of first syllable drodroke /drɔdrɔˈkə/ have learned

Numbers

Vlatya has a base-10 number system:
1 - olt
2 - oengt
3 - zwie
4 - luls
5 - dree
6 - jui
7 - kok
8 - prie
9 - za
10 - danhukoe
Hundred - gree
Thousand - pretui

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = Prefix kʋə-
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -l
Else: Suffix -oːl
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = Suffix -y
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Suffix -yl
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Suffix -aːst
Noun to verb = Suffix -oː
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -k
Else: Suffix -ɑu̯k
Tending to = If starts with vowel: Prefix pl-
Else: Prefix pleː-
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Suffix -oː
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -kɦaː
Else: Suffix -ɑkɦaː
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -s
Else: Suffix -øːs
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Suffix -ɛls
Diminutive = Prefix boː-
Augmentative = If ends with vowel: Suffix -st
Else: Suffix -ɪst

Dictionary

3026 Words.

Root Languages

• Common

Spoken by

• Vala