Hulwangian [HULWG]
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Language type
Other
Place & SpeakersHulwangian is spoken by a population of around 175,000,000 .
Species
Human/humanoid
About Hulwangian
Hulwangian is an ancient language, spoken by Hulwangians. An official language of Hulwangia. It is an incredibly complex language, with a complex writing system and extremely complex grammar
*Noun system: Nouns have 3 numbers, Singular, Dual, Plural. There are 27 noun cases. There are suffixes, used to modify nouns. Compounding is used extensively. There is a distinction between different defineteness. Possessive suffixes are used too.
*Nouns in Hulwangian change form, depending on whether they can be incorporated with a verb. In many cases, noun has a separate incorporational stem, which is mostly formed irregularly. Incorporated noun exhibits additional complex features
*Verbal system of Hulwangian is Extremely complex in the sense that there are many irregular verbs in the language, which change their stem upon conjugation.
*Verbs have Polypersonal agreement. And can encode; Tense, Mood, Voice, Aspect, Subjective person, Number, Objective person, Indirect object, Actionstart, Modality, Negation and to a lesser extent, Possesive suffixes.
*Hulwangian verbs are diverse. We can encounter Verbs of 1st Conjugation, and 2 nd Conjugation (-dár verbs) as well as 3rd Conjugation (Piós- verbs). Each class has their own rules of conjugation. But all 3 classes have a lot of similarities, when it comes to tense, mood, aspect and actionstart conjugations
*Hulwangian Phonology is complex because, there its unpredictable...Some words have extreme consonant clusters. And some have extreme vowel clusters. There exists vowel harmony in nouns, but its relatively simple. Otherwise, many sounds are exotic, and hard to produce.
*Hulwangian can have long/short vowels. Á is a little bit longer version of A.
*Û and Ô have complex pronounciations. Usually one has to rely on spelling of Hulwangian words...to distinguish them. Õ is another tricky sound, similar to Ö. Ů, Ė and Å are rare, but sound very similar. Hulwangian might seem phonetic, however that is not always the case.
*Noun system: Nouns have 3 numbers, Singular, Dual, Plural. There are 27 noun cases. There are suffixes, used to modify nouns. Compounding is used extensively. There is a distinction between different defineteness. Possessive suffixes are used too.
*Nouns in Hulwangian change form, depending on whether they can be incorporated with a verb. In many cases, noun has a separate incorporational stem, which is mostly formed irregularly. Incorporated noun exhibits additional complex features
*Verbal system of Hulwangian is Extremely complex in the sense that there are many irregular verbs in the language, which change their stem upon conjugation.
*Verbs have Polypersonal agreement. And can encode; Tense, Mood, Voice, Aspect, Subjective person, Number, Objective person, Indirect object, Actionstart, Modality, Negation and to a lesser extent, Possesive suffixes.
*Hulwangian verbs are diverse. We can encounter Verbs of 1st Conjugation, and 2 nd Conjugation (-dár verbs) as well as 3rd Conjugation (Piós- verbs). Each class has their own rules of conjugation. But all 3 classes have a lot of similarities, when it comes to tense, mood, aspect and actionstart conjugations
*Hulwangian Phonology is complex because, there its unpredictable...Some words have extreme consonant clusters. And some have extreme vowel clusters. There exists vowel harmony in nouns, but its relatively simple. Otherwise, many sounds are exotic, and hard to produce.
*Hulwangian can have long/short vowels. Á is a little bit longer version of A.
*Û and Ô have complex pronounciations. Usually one has to rely on spelling of Hulwangian words...to distinguish them. Õ is another tricky sound, similar to Ö. Ů, Ė and Å are rare, but sound very similar. Hulwangian might seem phonetic, however that is not always the case.
Sample of Hulwangian[view] Visópelíkítt. Gvíkimanwéttessé. Síogáondomattóhtó
An original idea. That can't be too hard. The library must be full of them.[view all texts]
An original idea. That can't be too hard. The library must be full of them.[view all texts]
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Epiglottal | Other | ||||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ɴ | |||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | q | ɢ | ||||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | χ | ʁ | ʜ | |||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s | d͡z | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | q͡χ | ɢ͡ʁ | t͡ɬ | |||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | ʟ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ɰ | ɥ | ||||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||||||
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i | ɯ | u | |||
| Close-mid | e | ø | ɵ | ɤ | o | |
| Mid | ə | |||||
| Open-mid | ʌ | ɔ | ||||
| Open | a | ä | ||||
