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


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


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| li || [ʎ]
| li || [ʎ]
|-
|-
| gj || [ç]
| gy || [ç]
|}
|}


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==Morphology==
==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====
====Morphosynactic alignment====
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===Sentence phrase===
===Sentence phrase===
===Dependent clauses===
===Dependent clauses===
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==='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==
==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==
==Other resources==
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