Telnan
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
| 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/ |
| /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/ |
| 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 nominative-accusative language.
Nouns
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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.