Udenian (Language)
Udenian is the official national language of New Uden. Udenian has evolved from Greek over the period of one and a half millennia, with Slavic and Germanic influences from Bulgarian and English explorers, who left gifts about their culture, such as literary works, in the early days of the formation of modern Udenian. The language is now more likely to be described as Slavic than Hellenic.
Alphabet
The Udenian alphabet consists of 36 letters, as follows:
Letter | Name | Approximate English Example |
№ | Unicode (Hexadecimal) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Аа | ар | apple | 1 | U+0410 / U+0430 |
Бб | бэй | bad | 2 | U+0411 / U+0431 |
Вв | вэй | vine | 3 | U+0412 / U+0432 |
Гг | гэй | go | 4 | U+0413 / U+0433 |
Дд | дэй | do | 5 | U+0414 / U+0434 |
Ее | эй | yes | 6 | U+0415 / U+0435 |
Ёё | ё | yolk | 7 | U+0401 / U+0451 |
Жж | жэ | pleasure | 8 | U+0416 / U+0436 |
Зз | зэй | zoo | 9 | U+0417 / U+0437 |
Ии | и | me | 10 | U+0418 / U+0438 |
Йй | йа | yellow | 11 | U+0419 / U+0439 |
Кк | ка | kiss | 12 | U+041A / U+043A |
Лл | эль | lamp | 13 | U+041B / U+043B |
Мм | эм | map | 14 | U+041C / U+043C |
Нн | эн | not | 15 | U+041D / U+043D |
Оо | оо | more, or ocean | 16 | U+041E / U+043E |
Ӫӫ | ӫ | look | 17 | U+04EA / U+04EB |
Пп | пэй | pet | 18 | U+041F / U+043F |
Рр | рэй | rolled r | 19 | U+0420 / U+0440 |
Сс | эсс | see | 20 | U+0421 / U+0441 |
Тт | эт | time | 21 | U+0422 / U+0442 |
Уу | у | boot | 22 | U+0423 / U+0443 |
Ўў | вай | why | 23 | U+040E / U+045E |
Фф | эфф | face | 24 | U+0424 / U+0444 |
Һһ | шъа | help | 25 | U+04BA / U+04BB |
Хх | ах | loch | 26 | U+0425 / U+0445 |
Цц | цэй | sits | 27 | U+0426 / U+0446 |
Чч | ча | chirp | 28 | U+0427 / U+0447 |
Шш | аш | sharp | 29 | U+0428 / U+0448 |
Щщ | щаз | like the German Schule | 30 | U+0429 / U+0449 |
Ээ | эй | met | 31 | U+042C / U+044D |
Юю | ю | use | 32 | U+042E / U+044E |
Яя | я | yard | 33 | U+042F / U+044F |
Ыы | ай | hit | 34 | U+0410 / U+044B |
Ъъ* | раальакоспьрызнак | indicates that the preceding consonant should be emphasised, often leading to an 'ih' or 'uh' sound being affixed |
35 | U+042A / U+044A |
Ьь | альакоспьрызнак | palatalizes the preceeding consonant, sometimes to the extreme where the letter becomes completely silent |
36 | U+042B / U+044C |
- The effect of the 'hard sign' can also be achieved by affixing an 'э' after a consonant.
Grammar
Pronouns and Conjugations
Subjective case | Objective case | Dependent possessive | Independent possessive | Reflexive | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
first person singular | я | як | экя | яктэ | экскайд |
second person informal singular | кто | кто | е | ктэй | ктэйскайд |
third person singular (he/she/it/unknown gender person) | давно/дьзнае/һет/ыташ | дават/дьзнаё/һет/ыташэ | давате/дьзнаёэ/һӫтэ/ыташе | даватне/дьзнаёт/һӫтэн/ыташне | даватскайд/дьзнвёскайд/һӫтэскайд/ыташэскайд |
1st p. pl. | вэй | вес | our | весне | ' |
2nd p. pl. | you | you | your | yours | yourselves |
3rd p. pl | they | them | their | theirs | themselves |
Syntax
Udenian is noted to have a grammatical structure very similar to that of English. It: uses a 'subject > verb > object' sentence structure; uses a present progressive tense; uses perfect and imperfect tenses; uses a subjunctive mood; has no genders for asexual nouns; has no conjugations for adjectives (which go after nouns, not before); uses infinitives after auxiliary verbs; uses noun, verbal, prepositional and adjectival clauses, and questions can be formed with the verb 'славстя' (to be), or with interrogative determiners.
=Conjugations