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Telnan

2026-01-31T11:52:30Z

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'''Telnan''' /teɫnən/, endonym: '''Telná''' /telnaː/ is a Romance language spoken in the nation of Telna in the center of the Black Sea. Please excuse me if the page is not very fleshed out.
==Introduction==
Telnan is an Indo-European Romance conlang, most similar to Romanian and Italian. However, some features do come from the earlier languages spoken on the island, and there are some loanwords from Slavic languages, Turkish and Romanian.



====Syllable structure====
Syllable structure in Telnan is always either CV or CVC, where C represents either one or two consonants and V represents a vowel.

===Phonology and orthography===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Alphabet (with IPA)
|-
| Aa
| /a/
|-
| Āā
| /aː/
|-
| Bb
| /b/
|-
| Cc
| /d͡z/
|-
| Čč
| /t͡ʃ/
|-
| Dd
| /d/
|-
| Ee
| /e/
|-
| Ēē
| /eː/
|-
| Ff
| /f/
|-
| Gg
| /g~ɣ/
|-
| Hh
| /x/
|-
| Ii
| /i/
|-
| Īī
| /iː/
|-
| Jj
| /j/
|-
| Kk
| /k/
|-
| Ll
| /l/
|-
| Mm
| /m/
|-
| Nn
| /ŋ/ before velar consonants, /n/ otherwise
|-
| Oo
| /o/
|-
| Ōō
| /ɔ/
|-
| Pp
| /p/
|-
| Qq
| /k/
|-
| Rr
| /r/
|-
| Ss
| /s/
|-
| Šš
| /ʃ/
|-
| Tt
| /t/
|-
| Uu
| /u/
|-
| Ūū
| /u:/
|-
| Vv
| /βʷ/ in consonant clusters, /v/ otherwise
|-
| Xx
| /ks/ word-finally, /gz/ otherwise
|-
| Yy
| /i/
|-
| Zz
| /z/
|-
| Žž
| /ʒ/
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Consonant digraphs
|-
| ni || [ɲ]
|-
| li || [ʎ]
|-
| gy || [ç]
|}

====Stress====
In Telnan, the penultimate (second-to-last) syllable is stressed, although this can differ in certain words or loanwords.

==Morphology==

====Morphosynactic alignment====
Telnan is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative%E2%80%93accusative_alignment nominative-accusative] language.
====Nouns====
The




==Syntax==
===Word order===
The SVO (subject-verb-object) word order is used
===Noun phrase===

===Verb phrase===
===Sentence phrase===
===Dependent clauses===
==='Be'===
As in most Indo-European languages, the word 'be' exists in Telnan. It is 've'.
The past tense form of 've', however, is '-er' which goes on the end of the word.
==Example texts==
==Other resources==




[[Category:Telnan]]
[[Category:Languages]]
[[Category:Conlangs]]

Telnan

2026-01-31T11:45:48Z

CataclysmPig:

'''Telnan''' /teɫnən/, endonym: '''Telná''' /telnaː/ is a Romance language spoken in the nation of Telna in the center of the Black Sea. Please excuse me if the page is not very fleshed out.
==Introduction==
Telnan is an Indo-European Romance conlang, most similar to Romanian and Italian. However, some features do come from the earlier languages spoken on the island, and there are some loanwords from Slavic languages, Turkish and Romanian.



====Syllable structure====
Syllable structure in Telnan is always either CV or CVC, where C represents either one or two consonants and V represents a vowel.

===Phonology and orthography===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Alphabet (with IPA)
|-
| Aa
| /a/
|-
| Āā
| /aː/
|-
| Bb
| /b/
|-
| Cc
| /d͡z/
|-
| Čč
| /t͡ʃ/
|-
| Dd
| /d/
|-
| Ee
| /e/
|-
| Ēē
| /eː/
|-
| Ff
| /f/
|-
| Gg
| /g~ɣ/
|-
| Hh
| /x/
|-
| Ii
| /i/
|-
| Īī
| /iː/
|-
| Jj
| /j/
|-
| Kk
| /k/
|-
| Ll
| /l/
|-
| Mm
| /m/
|-
| Nn
| /ŋ/ before velar consonants, /n/ otherwise
|-
| Oo
| /o/
|-
| Ōō
| /ɔ/
|-
| Pp
| /p/
|-
| Qq
| /k/
|-
| Rr
| /r/
|-
| Ss
| /s/
|-
| Šš
| /ʃ/
|-
| Tt
| /t/
|-
| Uu
| /u/
|-
| Ūū
| /u:/
|-
| Vv
| /βʷ/ in consonant clusters, /v/ otherwise
|-
| Xx
| /ks/ word-finally, /gz/ otherwise
|-
| Yy
| /i/
|-
| Zz
| /z/
|-
| Žž
| [ʒ]
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Consonant digraphs
|-
| ni || [ɲ]
|-
| li || [ʎ]
|-
| gy || [ç]
|}
The reason long vowels (with an acute diacritic) are not long at the beginning of words is that historically there was a /h/ there. However, over time the /h/ sound completely dissapeared from the language. For etymological reasons, the following vowel is replaced with the long version of it, despite it being pronounced short. Look at 'ístoria' and 'ónor', for example.

====Stress====
In Telnan, the penultimate (second-to-last) syllable is stressed, although this can differ in certain words or loanwords.

==Morphology==

====Morphosynactic alignment====
Telnan is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative%E2%80%93accusative_alignment nominative-accusative] language.
====Nouns====
The




==Syntax==
===Word order===
The SVO (subject-verb-object) word order is used
===Noun phrase===

===Verb phrase===
===Sentence phrase===
===Dependent clauses===
==='Be'===
As in most Indo-European languages, the word 'be' exists in Telnan. It is 've'.
The past tense form of 've', however, is '-er' which goes on the end of the word.
==Example texts==
==Other resources==




[[Category:Telnan]]
[[Category:Languages]]
[[Category:Conlangs]]

Telnan

2026-01-31T11:40:04Z

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'''Telnan''' /teɫnən/, endonym: '''Telná''' /telnaː/ is a Romance language spoken in the nation of Telna in the center of the Black Sea. Please excuse me if the page is not very fleshed out.
==Introduction==
Telnan is an Indo-European Romance conlang, most similar to Romanian and Italian. However, some features do come from the earlier languages spoken on the island, and there are some loanwords from Slavic languages, Turkish and Romanian.



====Syllable structure====
Syllable structure in Telnan is always either CV or CVC, where C represents either one or two consonants and V represents a vowel.

===Phonology and orthography===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Alphabet (with IPA)
|-
| Aa
| [a]
|-
| Āā
| [aː]
|-
| Bb
| [b]
|-
| Cc
| [t͡s]
|-
| Čč
| [t͡ʃ]
|-
| Dd
| [d]
|-
| Ee
| [e]
|-
| Ēē
| [eː]
|-
| Ff
| [f]
|-
| Gg
| [ɣ] before ''[i]'', [g] otherwise
|-
| Hh
| [x]
|-
| Ii
| [i]
|-
| Īī
| [iː]
|-
| Jj
| [j]
|-
| Kk
| [k]
|-
| Ll
| [l]
|-
| Mm
| [m]
|-
| Nn
| [ŋ] before ''[k]'' or ''[g]'', [n] otherwise
|-
| Oo
| [o]
|-
| Ōō
| [ɔ]
|-
| Pp
| [p]
|-
| Qq
| [k]
|-
| Rr
| [r]
|-
| Ss
| [s]
|-
| Šš
| [ʃ]
|-
| Tt
| [t]
|-
| Uu
| [u]
|-
| Ūū
| [u:]
|-
| Vv
| [βʷ] in consonant clusters, [v] otherwise
|-
| Xx
| [ks] at end of word, [gz] otherwise
|-
| Yy
| [i]
|-
| Zz
| [z]
|-
| Żż
| [dz]
|-
| Žž
| [ʒ]
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Consonant digraphs
|-
| ni || [ɲ]
|-
| li || [ʎ]
|-
| gy || [ç]
|}
The reason long vowels (with an acute diacritic) are not long at the beginning of words is that historically there was a /h/ there. However, over time the /h/ sound completely dissapeared from the language. For etymological reasons, the following vowel is replaced with the long version of it, despite it being pronounced short. Look at 'ístoria' and 'ónor', for example.

====Stress====
In Telnan, the penultimate (second-to-last) syllable is stressed, although this can differ in certain words or loanwords.

==Morphology==

====Morphosynactic alignment====
Telnan is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative%E2%80%93accusative_alignment nominative-accusative] language.
====Nouns====
The




==Syntax==
===Word order===
The SVO (subject-verb-object) word order is used
===Noun phrase===

===Verb phrase===
===Sentence phrase===
===Dependent clauses===
==='Be'===
As in most Indo-European languages, the word 'be' exists in Telnan. It is 've'.
The past tense form of 've', however, is '-er' which goes on the end of the word.
==Example texts==
==Other resources==




[[Category:Telnan]]
[[Category:Languages]]
[[Category:Conlangs]]

Telnan

2026-01-25T08:12:04Z

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'''Telnan''' /teɫnən/, endonym: '''Telná''' /telnaː/ is a Romance language spoken in the nation of Telna in the center of the Black Sea. Please excuse me if the page is not very fleshed out.
==Introduction==
Telnan is an Indo-European Romance conlang, most similar to Romanian and Italian. However, some features do come from the earlier languages spoken on the island, and there are some loanwords from Slavic languages, Turkish and Romanian.



====Syllable structure====
Syllable structure in Telnan is always either CV or CVC, where C represents either one or two consonants and V represents a vowel.

===Phonology and orthography===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Alphabet (with IPA)
|-
| Aa
| [a]
|-
| Bb
| [b]
|-
| Cc
| [t͡s]
|-
| Čč
| [t͡ʃ]
|-
| Dd
| [d]
|-
| Ee
| [e]
|-
| Éé
| [e] at start of word, [eː] otherwise
|-
| Ff
| [f]
|-
| Gg
| [ɣ] before ''[i]'', [g] otherwise
|-
| Hh
| [x]
|-
| Ii
| [i]
|-
| Íí
| [i] at start of word, [iː] otherwise
|-
| Jj
| [j]
|-
| Kk
| [k]
|-
| Ll
| [l]
|-
| Mm
| [m]
|-
| Nn
| [ŋ] before ''[k]'' or ''[g]'', [n] otherwise
|-
| Oo
| [o]
|-
| Óó
| [o] at start of word, [oː] otherwise
|-
| Pp
| [p]
|-
| Qq
| [k]
|-
| Rr
| [r]
|-
| Ss
| [s]
|-
| Šš
| [ʃ]
|-
| Tt
| [t]
|-
| Uu
| [u]
|-
| Úú
| [u] at start of word, [uː] otherwise
|-
| Vv
| [β] in consonant clusters, [v] otherwise
|-
| Xx
| [ks] at end of word, [gz] otherwise
|-
| Yy
| [i]
|-
| Zz
| [z]
|-
| Żż
| [dz]
|-
| Žž
| [ʒ]
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Consonant digraphs
|-
| ni || [ɲ]
|-
| li || [ʎ]
|-
| gy || [ç]
|}
The reason long vowels (with an acute diacritic) are not long at the beginning of words is that historically there was a /h/ there. However, over time the /h/ sound completely dissapeared from the language. For etymological reasons, the following vowel is replaced with the long version of it, despite it being pronounced short. Look at 'ístoria' and 'ónor', for example.

====Stress====
In Telnan, the penultimate (second-to-last) syllable is stressed, although this can differ in certain words or loanwords.

==Morphology==

====Morphosynactic alignment====
Telnan is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative%E2%80%93accusative_alignment nominative-accusative] language.
====Nouns====
The




==Syntax==
===Word order===
The SVO (subject-verb-object) word order is used
===Noun phrase===

===Verb phrase===
===Sentence phrase===
===Dependent clauses===
==='Be'===
As in most Indo-European languages, the word 'be' exists in Telnan. It is 've'.
The past tense form of 've', however, is '-er' which goes on the end of the word.
==Example texts==
==Other resources==




[[Category:Telnan]]
[[Category:Languages]]
[[Category:Conlangs]]

Telnan

2026-01-01T14:26:04Z

CataclysmPig:

'''Telnan''' /teɫnən/, endonym: '''Telná''' /telnaː/ is a Romance language spoken in the nation of Telna in the center of the Black Sea. Please excuse me if the page is not very fleshed out.
==Introduction==
Telnan is an Indo-European Romance conlang, most similar to Romanian and Italian. However, some features do come from the earlier languages spoken on the island, and there are some loanwords from Slavic languages, Turkish and Romanian.



====Syllable structure====
Syllable structure in Telnan is always either CV or CVC, where C represents either one or two consonants and V represents a vowel.

===Phonology and orthography===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Alphabet (with IPA)
|-
| Aa
| [a]
|-
| Bb
| [b]
|-
| Cc
| [t͡s]
|-
| Čč
| [t͡ʃ]
|-
| Dd
| [d]
|-
| Ee
| [e]
|-
| Éé
| [e] at start of word, [eː] otherwise
|-
| Ff
| [f]
|-
| Gg
| [ɣ] before ''[i]'', [g] otherwise
|-
| Hh
| [x]
|-
| Ii
| [i]
|-
| Íí
| [i] at start of word, [iː] otherwise
|-
| Jj
| [j]
|-
| Kk
| [k]
|-
| Ll
| [l]
|-
| Mm
| [m]
|-
| Nn
| [ŋ] before ''[k]'' or ''[g]'', [n] otherwise
|-
| Oo
| [o]
|-
| Óó
| [o] at start of word, [oː] otherwise
|-
| Pp
| [p]
|-
| Qq
| [k]
|-
| Rr
| [r]
|-
| Ss
| [s]
|-
| Šš
| [ʃ]
|-
| Tt
| [t]
|-
| Uu
| [u]
|-
| Úú
| [u] at start of word, [uː] otherwise
|-
| Vv
| [β] in consonant clusters, [v] otherwise
|-
| Xx
| [ks] at end of word, [gz] otherwise
|-
| Yy
| [i]
|-
| Zz
| [z]
|-
| Żż
| [dz]
|-
| Žž
| [ʒ]
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Consonant digraphs
|-
| ni || [ɲ]
|-
| li || [ʎ]
|-
| gy || [ç]
|}
The reason long vowels (with an acute diacritic) are not long at the beginning of words is that historically there was a /h/ there. However, over time the /h/ sound completely dissapeared from the language. For etymological reasons, the following vowel is replaced with the long version of it, despite it being pronounced short. Look at 'ístoria' and 'ónor', for example.

====Stress====
In Telnan, the penultimate (second-to-last) syllable is stressed, although this can differ in certain words or loanwords.

==Morphology==

====Morphosynactic alignment====
Telnan is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative%E2%80%93accusative_alignment nominative-accusative] language.
====Nouns====
The




==Syntax==
===Word order===
The SVO (subject-verb-object) word order is used
===Noun phrase===

===Verb phrase===
===Sentence phrase===
===Dependent clauses===
==='Be'===
As in most Indo-European languages, the word 'be' exists in Telnan. It is 've'.
The past tense form of 've', however, is '-er' which goes on the end of the word.
==Example texts==
The apple was red near the river = Il mar rošer ru li rio (the apple red-be.PST near the river)

The mouse ran up the clock = Il maš lergad surpi li čaš (the mouse run-PST up.on the clock)
==Other resources==




[[Category:Telnan]]
[[Category:Languages]]
[[Category:Conlangs]]

Telnan

2026-01-01T13:59:52Z

CataclysmPig:

'''Telnan''' /teɫnən/, endonym: '''Telná''' /telnaː/ is a Romance language spoken in the nation of Telna in the center of the Black Sea. Please excuse me if the page is not very fleshed out.
==Introduction==
Telnan is an Indo-European Romance conlang, most similar to Romanian and Italian. However, some features do come from the earlier languages spoken on the island, and there are some loanwords from Slavic languages, Turkish and Romanian.



====Syllable structure====
Syllable structure in Telnan is always either CV or CVC, where C represents either one or two consonants and V represents a vowel.

===Phonology and orthography===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Alphabet (with IPA)
|-
| Aa
| [a]
|-
| Bb
| [b]
|-
| Cc
| [t͡s]
|-
| Čč
| [t͡ʃ]
|-
| Dd
| [d]
|-
| Ee
| [e]
|-
| Éé
| [e] at start of word, [eː] otherwise
|-
| Ff
| [f]
|-
| Gg
| [ɣ] before ''[i]'', [g] otherwise
|-
| Hh
| [x]
|-
| Ii
| [i]
|-
| Íí
| [i] at start of word, [iː] otherwise
|-
| Jj
| [j]
|-
| Kk
| [k]
|-
| Ll
| [l]
|-
| Mm
| [m]
|-
| Nn
| [ŋ] before ''[k]'' or ''[g]'', [n] otherwise
|-
| Oo
| [o]
|-
| Óó
| [o] at start of word, [oː] otherwise
|-
| Pp
| [p]
|-
| Qq
| [k]
|-
| Rr
| [r]
|-
| Ss
| [s]
|-
| Šš
| [ʃ]
|-
| Tt
| [t]
|-
| Uu
| [u]
|-
| Úú
| [u] at start of word, [uː] otherwise
|-
| Vv
| [β] in consonant clusters, [v] otherwise
|-
| Xx
| [ks] at end of word, [gz] otherwise
|-
| Yy
| [i]
|-
| Zz
| [z]
|-
| Żż
| [dz]
|-
| Žž
| [ʒ]
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Consonant digraphs
|-
| ni || [ɲ]
|-
| li || [ʎ]
|-
| gy || [ç]
|}
The reason long vowels (with an acute diacritic) are not long at the beginning of words is that historically there was a /h/ there. However, over time the /h/ sound completely dissapeared from the language. For etymological reasons, the following vowel is replaced with the long version of it, despite it being pronounced short. Look at 'ístoria' and 'ónor', for example.

====Stress====
In Telnan, the penultimate (second-to-last) syllable is stressed, although this can differ in certain words or loanwords.

===Morphology===

====Morphosynactic alignment====
Telnan is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative%E2%80%93accusative_alignment nominative-accusative] language.
====Nouns====
The




==Syntax==
===Word order===
The SVO (subject-verb-object) word order is used
===Noun phrase===

===Verb phrase===
===Sentence phrase===
===Dependent clauses===
==='Be'===
As in most Indo-European languages, the word 'be' exists in Telnan. It is 've'.
The past tense form of 've', however, is '-er' which goes on the end of the word.
==Example texts==
The apple was red near the river = Il mar rošer ru li rio (the apple red-be.PST near the river)

The mouse ran up the clock = Il maš lergad surpi li čaš (the mouse run-PST up.on the clock)
==Other resources==




[[Category:Telnan]]
[[Category:Languages]]
[[Category:Conlangs]]

Telnan

2026-01-01T11:43:13Z

CataclysmPig:

'''Telnan''' /teɫnən/, endonym: '''Telná''' /telnaː/ is a Romance language spoken in the nation of Telna in the center of the Black Sea. Please excuse me if the page is not very fleshed out.
==Introduction==
Telnan is an Indo-European Romance conlang, most similar to Romanian and Italian. However, some features do come from the earlier languages spoken on the island, and there are some loanwords from Slavic languages, Turkish and Romanian.



====Syllable structure====
Syllable structure in Telnan is always either CV or CVC, where C represents either one or two consonants and V represents a vowel.

==Phonology and orthography==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Alphabet (with IPA)
|-
| Aa
| [a]
|-
| Bb
| [b]
|-
| Cc
| [t͡s]
|-
| Čč
| [t͡ʃ]
|-
| Dd
| [d]
|-
| Ee
| [e]
|-
| Éé
| [e] at start of word, [eː] otherwise
|-
| Ff
| [f]
|-
| Gg
| [ɣ] before ''[i]'', [g] otherwise
|-
| Hh
| [x]
|-
| Ii
| [i]
|-
| Íí
| [i] at start of word, [iː] otherwise
|-
| Jj
| [j]
|-
| Kk
| [k]
|-
| Ll
| [l]
|-
| Mm
| [m]
|-
| Nn
| [ŋ] before ''[k]'' or ''[g]'', [n] otherwise
|-
| Oo
| [o]
|-
| Óó
| [o] at start of word, [oː] otherwise
|-
| Pp
| [p]
|-
| Qq
| [k]
|-
| Rr
| [r]
|-
| Ss
| [s]
|-
| Šš
| [ʃ]
|-
| Tt
| [t]
|-
| Uu
| [u]
|-
| Úú
| [u] at start of word, [uː] otherwise
|-
| Vv
| [β] in consonant clusters, [v] otherwise
|-
| Xx
| [ks] at end of word, [gz] otherwise
|-
| Yy
| [i]
|-
| Zz
| [z]
|-
| Żż
| [dz]
|-
| Žž
| [ʒ]
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Consonant digraphs
|-
| ni || [ɲ]
|-
| li || [ʎ]
|-
| gy || [ç]
|}

====Stress====
In Telnan, the penultimate (second-to-last) syllable is stressed, although this can differ in certain words or loanwords.

==Morphology==

====Morphosynactic alignment====
Telnan is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative%E2%80%93accusative_alignment nominative-accusative] language.
====Nouns====
The




==Syntax==
===Word order===
The SVO (subject-verb-object) word order is used
===Noun phrase===

===Verb phrase===
===Sentence phrase===
===Dependent clauses===


==Example texts==
The apple was red near the river = Il mar rošer ru li rio (the apple red.be-PST near the river)

The mouse ran up the clock = Il maš lergad surpi li čaš (the mouse run-PST up.on the clock)
==Other resources==




[[Category:Telnan]]
[[Category:Languages]]
[[Category:Conlangs]]

Telnan

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'''Telnan''' /teɫnən/, endonym: '''Telná''' /telnaː/ is a Romance language spoken in the nation of Telna in the center of the Black Sea.
==Introduction==
Telnan is an Indo-European Romance conlang, most similar to Romanian and Italian. However, some features do come from the earlier languages spoken on the island, and there are some loanwords from Slavic languages, Turkish and Romanian.



==Phonology==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Vowels
|-
| [i], [iː] || [u], [uː]
|-
| [e], [eː] || [o], [ɔː]
|-
| [a], [aː] ||
|}
There are also two diphthongs:
[ʊ̯ɔ] and [i̯e]

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Consonants
|-
| [p], [b] || || [t], [d] || || || [k], [g] || || ||
|-
| [m] || || [n] || || [ɲ] || [ŋ] || || ||
|-
| || || [r] || || || || || ||
|-
| || || || || || || || ||
|-
| ''[β]'' || [f], [v] || [s], [z], [ʃ], [ʒ] || || [ç] || [x], ''[ɣ]'' || || ||
|-
| || || || || || || || ||
|-
| || || || || [j] || || || ||
|-
| || || || || [ʎ] || || || ||
|-
| || || [t͡s], [d͡z], [t͡ʃ], [d͡ʒ] || || || || || ||
|}
====Syllable structure====
Syllable structure in Telnan is always either CV or CVC, where C represents either one or two consonants and V represents a vowel.

===Orthography===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Alphabet (with IPA)
|-
| Aa
| [a]
|-
| Bb
| [b]
|-
| Cc
| [t͡s]
|-
| Čč
| [t͡ʃ]
|-
| Dd
| [d]
|-
| Ee
| [e]
|-
| Éé
| [e] at start of word, [eː] otherwise
|-
| Ff
| [f]
|-
| Gg
| [ɣ] before ''[i]'', [g] otherwise
|-
| Hh
| [x]
|-
| Ii
| [i]
|-
| Íí
| [i] at start of word, [iː] otherwise
|-
| Jj
| [j]
|-
| Kk
| [k]
|-
| Ll
| [l]
|-
| Mm
| [m]
|-
| Nn
| [ŋ] before ''[k]'' or ''[g]'', [n] otherwise
|-
| Oo
| [o]
|-
| Óó
| [o] at start of word, [oː] otherwise
|-
| Pp
| [p]
|-
| Qq
| [k]
|-
| Rr
| [r]
|-
| Ss
| [s]
|-
| Šš
| [ʃ]
|-
| Tt
| [t]
|-
| Uu
| [u]
|-
| Úú
| [u] at start of word, [uː] otherwise
|-
| Vv
| [β] in consonant clusters, [v] otherwise
|-
| Xx
| [ks] at end of word, [gz] otherwise
|-
| Yy
| [i]
|-
| Zz
| [z]
|-
| Żż
| [dz]
|-
| Žž
| [ʒ]
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Consonant digraphs
|-
| ni || [ɲ]
|-
| li || [ʎ]
|-
| gj || [ç]
|}

====Stress====
In Telnan, the penultimate (second-to-last) syllable is stressed, although this can differ in certain words or loanwords.

==Morphology==
There are four types of base words in Telnan (plus interjections and articles).
They are:
* Nouns
* Verbs
* Adjectivals
* Seperate case
Each root word can be one of these four (peš {fish}, mer {go}, roš {red}, ru {near}). However, usually the root word is a noun.
'Seperate case' is classified seperately from adjectivals in Telnan and describes nouns' location, time or motion. Adjectivals go after the noun/verb, whilst seperate cases go before.
Seperate cases are unmodifiable, except to verbs (by adding -ar)
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Affixes to change word class
|-
! Verb !! Noun !! Adjectival
|-
| -ar (infinitive) || -o (masc.), -a (fem.) || -an
|}

====Morphosynactic alignment====
Telnan is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative%E2%80%93accusative_alignment nominative-accusative] language.
====Nouns====
The




==Syntax==
===Word order===
The SVO (subject-verb-object) word order is used
===Noun phrase===

===Verb phrase===
===Sentence phrase===
===Dependent clauses===


==Example texts==
The apple was red near the river = Il mar rošer ru li rio (the apple red.be-PST near the river)

The mouse ran up the clock = Il maš lergad surpi li čaš (the mouse run-PST up.on the clock)
==Other resources==




[[Category:Telnan]]
[[Category:Languages]]
[[Category:Conlangs]]

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'''Telnan''' /teɫnən/, endonym: '''Telná''' /telnaː/ is a Romance language spoken in the nation of Telna in the center of the Black Sea.
==Introduction==
Telnan is an Indo-European Romance conlang, most similar to Romanian and Italian. However, some features do come from the earlier languages spoken on the island, and there are some loanwords from Slavic languages, Turkish and Romanian.



==Phonology==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Vowels
|-
| [i], [iː] || [u], [uː]
|-
| [e], [eː] || [o], [ɔː]
|-
| [a], [aː] ||
|}
There are also two diphthongs:
[ʊ̯ɔ], [i̯e]

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Consonants
|-
| [p], [b] || || [t], [d] || || || [k], [g] || || ||
|-
| [m] || || [n] || || [ɲ] || [ŋ] || || ||
|-
| || || [r] || || || || || ||
|-
| || || || || || || || ||
|-
| ''[β]'' || [f], [v] || [s], [z], [ʃ], [ʒ] || || [ç] || [x], ''[ɣ]'' || || ||
|-
| || || || || || || || ||
|-
| || || || || [j] || || || ||
|-
| || || || || [ʎ] || || || ||
|-
| || || [t͡s], [d͡z], [t͡ʃ], [d͡ʒ] || || || || || ||
|}
====Syllable structure====
Syllable structure in Telnan is always either CV or CVC, where C represents either one or two consonants and V represents a vowel.
===Orthography===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Alphabet (with IPA)
|-
| Aa
| [a]
|-
| Bb
| [b]
|-
| Cc
| [t͡s]
|-
| Čč
| [t͡ʃ]
|-
| Dd
| [d]
|-
| Ee
| [e]
|-
| Éé
| [e] at start of word, [eː] otherwise
|-
| Ff
| [f]
|-
| Gg
| [ɣ] before ''[i]'', [g] otherwise
|-
| Hh
| [x]
|-
| Ii
| [i]
|-
| Íí
| [i] at start of word, [iː] otherwise
|-
| Jj
| [j]
|-
| Kk
| [k]
|-
| Ll
| [l]
|-
| Mm
| [m]
|-
| Nn
| [ŋ] before ''[k]'' or ''[g]'', [n] otherwise
|-
| Oo
| [o]
|-
| Óó
| [o] at start of word, [oː] otherwise
|-
| Pp
| [p]
|-
| Qq
| [k]
|-
| Rr
| [r]
|-
| Ss
| [s]
|-
| Šš
| [ʃ]
|-
| Tt
| [t]
|-
| Uu
| [u]
|-
| Úú
| [u] at start of word, [uː] otherwise
|-
| Vv
| [β] in consonant clusters, [v] otherwise
|-
| Xx
| [ks] at end of word, [gz] otherwise
|-
| Yy
| [i]
|-
| Zz
| [z]
|-
| Żż
| [dz]
|-
| Žž
| [ʒ]
|}

====Stress====
In Telnan, the penultimate (second-to-last) syllable is stressed, although this can differ in certain words or loanwords.

===Phonotactics===

===Morphophonology===
==Morphology==




==Syntax==
===Constituent order===
===Noun phrase===
===Verb phrase===
===Sentence phrase===
===Dependent clauses===


==Example texts==

==Other resources==




[[Category:Telnan]]
[[Category:Languages]]
[[Category:Conlangs]]