Wostor [WOO]
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Wostor
Vostoàar [wɐˈstɔːər]*
WostorVostoàar [wɐˈstɔːər]*
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Language type
Artistic Language (Artlang)
Species
Human/humanoid
About Wostor
Fieisšalmàg n`yš orvaešt`yr àjra Vostoàar !/fɪːsɕəˈɬmax ˈnyɕ ɐrwəˈɕtyr ˈajrə wɐˈstɔːər/
Welcome to the page about Wostor!
- Many many moods;
- imperfective vs perfective distinction, plus continuative aspect;
- two simple tenses marker: past and future;
- VSO;
- ergative, marks ergative and absolutive (as a complement);
- pronouns;
- three genders;
- prefixing except for the copula and numerals;
- unmarked adjectives;
- no fixed stress, always marked (long words can have double stress marks, the second one is higher);
- strong vowel reduction when unstressed;
- adverbs are formed with 'nèm'+some noun;
- ergative, absolutive, instrumental, prepositional, locative declining with singular and plural (dual, paucal, collective, large plural and indefinite ideal are prefixed without any influence on the declension and are not even marked with plural);
- you don't say 'a cup of coffee' but 'a coffee in a cup' (coffee cup-INSInstrumental (case)
'with', 'using') because Wostor prioritizes what the speech is really about (the coffee, not the cup);
- moods cannot stack on a single verb; instead, you use the 'ò' AUXAuxilliary before the verb as many times as you need moods;
- relative clauses are managed by a comma (a marked pause in speech) and the reversion of the clause from VO to OV;
- CONConative (mood)
try, attempt is used for 'if' clauses, and require a following clause with CNSQConsequential (mood)
'then, and therefore' unless it's hypothetical, in which case a second CNSQConsequential (mood)
'then, and therefore' clause will be used;
- there are no interrogatives; you use either YNYes-no question (mood)
interrogative requiring yes or no answer or INTERRInterrogative mood (mood)
asks questions, and the context does the rest;
- possession is marked through a regular GENGenitive (case)
possessive (on the possessor) or CNSConstruct state
noun being possessed (on the possessee) prefix.
Welcome to the page about Wostor!
Facts
- Many many moods;
- imperfective vs perfective distinction, plus continuative aspect;
- two simple tenses marker: past and future;
- VSO;
- ergative, marks ergative and absolutive (as a complement);
- pronouns;
- three genders;
- prefixing except for the copula and numerals;
- unmarked adjectives;
- no fixed stress, always marked (long words can have double stress marks, the second one is higher);
- strong vowel reduction when unstressed;
- adverbs are formed with 'nèm'+some noun;
- ergative, absolutive, instrumental, prepositional, locative declining with singular and plural (dual, paucal, collective, large plural and indefinite ideal are prefixed without any influence on the declension and are not even marked with plural);
- you don't say 'a cup of coffee' but 'a coffee in a cup' (coffee cup-INSInstrumental (case)
'with', 'using') because Wostor prioritizes what the speech is really about (the coffee, not the cup);
- moods cannot stack on a single verb; instead, you use the 'ò' AUXAuxilliary before the verb as many times as you need moods;
- relative clauses are managed by a comma (a marked pause in speech) and the reversion of the clause from VO to OV;
- CONConative (mood)
try, attempt is used for 'if' clauses, and require a following clause with CNSQConsequential (mood)
'then, and therefore' unless it's hypothetical, in which case a second CNSQConsequential (mood)
'then, and therefore' clause will be used;
- there are no interrogatives; you use either YNYes-no question (mood)
interrogative requiring yes or no answer or INTERRInterrogative mood (mood)
asks questions, and the context does the rest;
- possession is marked through a regular GENGenitive (case)
possessive (on the possessor) or CNSConstruct state
noun being possessed (on the possessee) prefix.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ||||||||||
| Fricative | f | [v]1 | θ | [ð]2 | s | ɕ | [x]3 | [ɣ]4 | ||||||||
| Lateral approximant | [l]5 | |||||||||||||||
| Lateral fricative | ɬ | |||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||
| Blends | tɕ |
- Intervocalically, allophone of /b/
- Intervocalically, allophone of /d/
- Word-finally, allophone of /g/
- Intervocalically, allophone of /g/
- Between unstressed vowels or after /r/
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Near- back | Back | |||||
| Close | i i: í: í | y y: ý: ý | u u: ú: ú | |||||||
| Near-close | [ɪ]1 | [ʏ]2 | [ʊ]3 | |||||||
| Mid | [ə]4 | |||||||||
| Open-mid | ɛ ɛ: ɛ́: ɛ́ | ɔ ɔ: ɔ́: ɔ́ | ||||||||
| Near-open | [ɐ]5 | |||||||||
| Open | a a: á: á | |||||||||
- Reduced form, allophone of /i/ and /i:/
- Reduced form of /y/ and /y:/
- Reduced form, allophone of /u/
- Reduced form, allophone of /a/ and /ɛ/, /a:/ and /ɛ:/
- Reduced form, allophone of /ɔ/ and /ɔ:/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Wostor. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 WostorOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| Àà/á/ | Aa/a/ | AÈ aè/á:/ | AE ae/a:/ | Bb/b/, [v]1 | Cc/tɕ/ | Dd/d/, [ð]2 | Èè/ɛ́/ | Ee/ɛ/ | EÌ eì/ɛ́:/ | EI ei/ɛ:/ |
| Ff/f/ | Gg/g/, [ɣ]3, [x]4 | Hh/x/5 | Ìì/í/ | Ii/i/ | IÈ iè/í:/ | IE ie/i:/ | Jj/j/ | Kk/k/ | Ll/ɬ/, [l]6 | Mm/m/ |
| Nn/n/ | Oo/ɔ/ | Òò/ɔ́/ | OA oa/ɔ:/ | OÀ oà/ɔ́:/ | Pp/p/ | Rr/r/ | Ss/s/ | Šš/ɕ/ | Tt/t/ | Ùù/ú/ |
| Uu/u/ | UO uo/u:/ | UÒ uò/ú:/ | Vv/w/ | Yy/y/ | YÒ yò/ý:/ | YO yo/y:/ | `Y `y/ý/ | Þþ/θ/ | ||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||||
- Intervocalically
- Intervocalically
- Intervocalically
- Word-finally
- Cannot be used word-finally
- Between unstressed vowels or after /r/
