Alexugo

Alexugo is the national language of the Republic of Alexia. It has a Subject-Verb-Object word order, has a vowel focused syllable structure, and thirty-eight sounds.

Consonants

Alexugo has twenty-five consonants:

Nasal: m n ñ [m n ŋ]

Stop: p b t d k g [p b t d k g]

Affricative: ts dz ch j [ʦ ʣ ʧ ʤ]

Fricative: f v th s z sh h x [f v θ s z ʃ h k͡s]

Approximate: y r l w [j ɹ l w]

Vowels

Alexugo has five short vowels and five long vowels:

Short: a e i u o [a e i u o]

Long: ā ē ī ō ū [aː eː iː uː oː]

Diphthongs

Alexugo has three diphthongs:

ai ei au [ai̯, ei̯, aʊ̯]

Phonotactics

Alexugo syllables are characterised into three groups:

• Singular vowels; a, e, ai

• Consonant-vowels; ba, de, kai

• Vowel-consonants; an, em, aiñ

All consonants (except ñ) can be used in consonant-vowel syllables, however only n, m, and ñ may be used in vowel-consonant syllables, and can also be singular.

Sentence structure and Word Order

Alexugo word order is Subject-verb-order, and adjectives are placed before the noun. This means that the sentence "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog" would read the same way (No hayai rikuiro kitsun pinbe ijo no janu inu) [no ha.yai̯ ɹi.ku.i.ɹo ki.ʦu.n pi.n.be i.ʤo no ʤa.nu i.nu].

Noun Pluralisation

Alexugo nouns are singular, and plural forms will simply have -so [-so] added to the end

• Dog = inu [i.nu]

• Dogs = inuso [i.nu.so]

Derivational Morphology

Alexugo has a variety of suffixes and prefixes that change a word.

• Adjective to adverb = -ku [-ku] e.g. hayai (quick) to hayaiku (quickly)

• Adjective to noun = -sa [-sa] e.g. fa (real) to fasa (realness)

• Adjective to verb = -kyo [-kjo] e.g. madzom (shiny) to madzomkyo (shining/to shine)

•  Augmentative = dai- [dai̯-] e.g. inu (dog) to daiinu (big dog/wolf)

• Diminutive = ko- [ko-] e.g. neko (cat) to koneko (little cat/kitten)

• Noun to adjective = -kai [-kai̯] e.g. eshaum (alarm) to eshaumkai (alarming)

• Noun to adjective relating to noun = -teki [-te.ki] e.g. lean (academy) to leanteki (academic)

• Noun to verb = -su [-su] e.g. hashuga (feast) to hashugasu (feasting)

• One who [verbs] = -ka [-ka] e.g. godem (paint) to godemka (painter)

• Opposite of = un- [un-] e.g. yihon (conscious) to unyihon (unconscious)

• Place of = -ari [-aɹi] e.g. budochiru (wine) to budochiruari (winery)

• Verb to adjective = -gyo [-gjo] e.g. jauzi (access) to jauzigyo (accessible)

• Verb to noun = -gai [-gai̯] e.g. chadaum (adapt) to chadaumgai (adaptation)

• Verb to noun that verb produces = -shiki [-ʃi.ki] e.g. ben (know) to benshiki (knowledge)

Tense

Alexugo has three verb tenses:

• Present = -so [-so] e.g pin (jump) to pinso (jumping)

• Past = -be [-be] e.g. pin (jump) to pinbe (jumped)

• Future = fishi- [fi.ʃi-] e.g. pin (jump) to fishipin (will jump)

Vocabulary

Numbers

Alexugo has a base-10 number system

• One = ichi [i.ʧi]

• Two = ni [ni]

• Three = san [sa.n]

• Four = chi [ʧi]

• Five = go [go]

• Six = roku [ɹo.ku]

• Seven = nana [na.na]

• Eight = hachi [ha.ʧi]

• Nine = kyu [kju]

• Ten = jyu [ʤju]

• Eleven = jyu-ichi [ʤju-i.ʧi]

• Zero = rei [ɹei̯]

• Hundred = hyaku [hja.ku]

• Thousand = sen [se.n]

• Million = man [ma.n]

• Billion = oku [o.ku]

• Trillion = aisho [ai̯.ʃo]

Colours

Colours in Alexugo are descriptive. There are no words that mean specifically "red" or "blue", and instead Alexugo uses the suffix -iro [-i.ɹo] after a noun to signify that they are discussing the colour of [noun]. For example, if someone was describing something as a vibrant green, they might say rayim-iro (grass-coloured).

Family

• Mother = Joya

• Father = Danoya

• Parent = Oya

• Sibling = Kyo

• Sister = Jokyo

  • Older sister = Daijokyo

  • Younger sister = Kojokyo

• Brother = Dankyo

  • Older brother = Daidankyo

  • Younger brother = Kodankyo

• Uncle = Chikadonoya

• Aunt = Chikajoya

• Pibling = Chikaoya

• Cousin = Chikakyo

• Son = Danai

• Daughter = Jonai

• Child = Nai

• Grandparent = Chukoya

• Grandmother = Chukojoya

• Grandfather = Chukodanoya

• Husband = Daneidu or Thawu

• Wife = Joeidu or Rum

• Spouse = Eidu

• Niece = Chikajonai

• Nephew = Chikadanai

• Nibling = Chikanai

Helpful Phrases

• Hello = Kunnin

• Hello (formal) = Kunnunkarawa

• Goodbye = Sayon

• Thank you = Rigato

• Please = Kauchei

• Excuse me = Mimsu Wa

• Yes = Hai

• No = Ba

• I love you = Wa ai Ki or Wa ze Ki

• Where is the toilet? = Chai zañ no benjo?

• Sorry, I do not speak Alexugo = Zofa, Wa dim rem thei Alexugo