Wede:i language
From Almeopedia
| Wede:i | |
| Native name | Wede:i yona |
| Verdurian | vedeiřon |
| Characteristics | |
| Location | Xengiman |
| Family | Wede:i |
| Subfamily | - |
| Standard | Delta |
| Writing system | logographs |
| Info available | Full grammar |
| Sample wordlist | |
| one | bo |
| two | yok |
| three | śir |
| river | ye |
| town | gala:i |
| people | de:i |
| big | ŋor |
| little | śu: |
The Wede:i language was a Wede:i-Mei language spoken by the Wede:i people of ancient Xengiman. Its modern descendants are Cuolese and moribund Jeori. There are also many Wede:i loans in Axunašin.
Phonology:
- Stops p t k b d g
- Affricates j
- Fricatives s z ś ź
- Nasals n ŋ m
- Liquids l r w y
- Vowels i e a o u; diphthongs ai au; all with phonemic length
Wede:i is an agglutinating language. Its vocabulary consists of basic roots which can be extended into different parts of speech, their meaning changed or modified, with various suffixes. Most of the suffixes are optional, so that there is a choice of what sort of information to convey with a given word. The language is head final, sentences tend to be SOV.
The Wede:i were the inventors of writing on Almea. Initially the writing was entirely logographic, later was supplemented with signs representing syllables. The script was standarized by the king Nanuŋitera and consisted of 655 syllabic signs and 440 logographs.
Sample
Raśakokmi. Nitugeuŋ raśak yumaido śen doluŋ ŋununo la:uliok. Ponok ponpeka, ŋuno zu:rokzene. Melenokudawoi digugeuŋ raśak yonok, ŋunun zanzaranyuge! Zu:rrataze.
- There was once a fox. While walking, the fox found some grapes hanging above his head. He jumped up again and again, but he could not reach the grapes. Hiding his disappointment, the fox said, "The grapes are probably sour, I don't want them anyway
