Vandilian [VNL]
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Language type
Mixed
Place & SpeakersVandilian is spoken by a population of 3,980,719 .
Species
Human/humanoid
About Vandilian
Vandilian [original:Vandilish/Vandilem] is an official language in 
Vandila Republic, 
Kingdom of Festime and 
Autonomous Island Of Ecco
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Language has influence from Greek, French and Swedish.
GENDERS
Neuter, Feminine and Masculine.
Generally all nouns are neuter except those which specify a gender such as humans or animals. Example car is neuter, dad is masculine, woman is feminine.
3 grammatical cases: Nominative, Genitive and Objective
VERBS
The verbs in Vandilian cannot be conjugated, thus there is no pronoun dropping. All verbs end in ung except the verb to be (ÿaren).
LETTER COMBINATIONS
UU=Ÿ|A+Y=Ÿ|Ÿ+vowel= J[only spoken]| Q/CH=K [only spoken]| en=ən[only spoken] | If C is followed by O in the beginning of a word, c is spelled like the letter k
NUMBERS
Decimal system is used, but numbers from 10-99 are just simply number x y. Example:
19 is read 1 and 9 | 105 is read 1 hundred and 5 | 229 is read 2 hundred and 2 and 9
NOUNS
Nouns do not have a standard suffix, generally is en. Their plural is always formed by adding the -xe suffix.
ADJECTIVES
Adjectives usually end in el. There are no numbers, but 3 cases: Positive, Comperative, Superlative. Adjectives can be placed before or after the noun.
Vandila Republic, Kingdom of Festime and Autonomous Island Of EccoFull info/Learn
Language has influence from Greek, French and Swedish.
GENDERS
Neuter, Feminine and Masculine.
Generally all nouns are neuter except those which specify a gender such as humans or animals. Example car is neuter, dad is masculine, woman is feminine.
3 grammatical cases: Nominative, Genitive and Objective
VERBS
The verbs in Vandilian cannot be conjugated, thus there is no pronoun dropping. All verbs end in ung except the verb to be (ÿaren).
LETTER COMBINATIONS
UU=Ÿ|A+Y=Ÿ|Ÿ+vowel= J[only spoken]| Q/CH=K [only spoken]| en=ən[only spoken] | If C is followed by O in the beginning of a word, c is spelled like the letter k
NUMBERS
Decimal system is used, but numbers from 10-99 are just simply number x y. Example:
19 is read 1 and 9 | 105 is read 1 hundred and 5 | 229 is read 2 hundred and 2 and 9
NOUNS
Nouns do not have a standard suffix, generally is en. Their plural is always formed by adding the -xe suffix.
ADJECTIVES
Adjectives usually end in el. There are no numbers, but 3 cases: Positive, Comperative, Superlative. Adjectives can be placed before or after the noun.
Sample of Vandilian[view] Al ÿaren ijung ob nenfalsÿzum. 15 minutxe ubt tu nen makquartung int. Ÿenenul ung vehjel cfaabung, men yt tu vortruf vehjelung; tu vortruf tivlung
I am the reality show. The 15 minutes you'll never have. They say speed kills, but if you aren't speeding; you aren't living.[view all texts]
I am the reality show. The 15 minutes you'll never have. They say speed kills, but if you aren't speeding; you aren't living.[view all texts]
Sound samples in Vandilian
Some sound samples of Vandilian. Maximum of 6 shown. Click the links to see the full texts.
Vo ÿart tu ot momentum ob vedt?
Where were you at the time of the theft?
Where were you at the time of the theft?
Halo. Qÿ aj latem. Auten rainung und ÿaren kriem.
Hello. Sorry for being late. Outside it's raining and it's cold.
Hello. Sorry for being late. Outside it's raining and it's cold.
Timung mok chomenung opf xeplueigt, ajl al ÿimung und al dung zinenung unen pat.
Sometimes the shit comes down so heavy I feel like I should wear a hat.
Sometimes the shit comes down so heavy I feel like I should wear a hat.
Language family relationships
Language treeIsolates
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Old Vandilian
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Vandilian
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Old Vandilian⤷
Vandilian[view] About IsolatesThis is a family for isolate languages.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
| Nasal | m̃ | n | ŋ1 | |||||||||||
| Plosive | p̥ | b̬ | t̥ | d̬ | k̥ | g̬ | ||||||||
| Fricative | f̥ʷ | v̬ʷ | s̥ | z̬ | ʃ̥2 | h̥ | ||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s̬3 | d͡z̬ | ||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | |||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||
| Blends | ju |
- ng
- Spelled in some words that contain “Sh”
- When C is followed by O in the beginning of words it sounds like letter k
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i | y | u | |||
| Close-mid | e | o | ||||
| Mid | ə1 | |||||
| Open | ä | |||||
- Very often the sound of e when followed by n in the end of words
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Vandilian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| VandilianOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
| Aa alfa /ä/ | Bb beta /b̬/ | Cc ceta /t͡s̬/1 | Dd delta /d̬/ | Ee eta /e/ | Ff fota /f̥ʷ/ | Gg gota /g̬/ | Hh hata /h̥/ | Ii ita /i/ |
| Jj jota /j/ | Kk kota /k̥/ | Ll lota /l/ | Mm mota /m̃/ | Nn nota /n/ | Oo opfa /o/ | Pp peta /p̥/ | Qq keta /k̥/ | Rr rota /r/ |
| Ss setra /s̥/ | Tt tota /t̥/ | Uu upfa /u/ | Vv vito /v̬ʷ/ | Xx xau /d͡z̬/ | Yy ypsilon /y/ | Ÿÿ jilon /u/, /ju/, /j/ | Zz zeta /z̬/ | |
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | ||||||||
- When C is followed by O in the beginning of words it sounds like letter k
