Azgovian language

The **Azgovian language** is the native language of the Azgovian Vozonids, a group of people that live at the country of Azgo at southern Palkyras.

## Pronouns

nominative-accusative-possessive-affiliative

Possessive is for something you own (my car/my dog), affiliative is for something you belong to (my country/my mother). For example, loizy is for "my car", and loira is for "my country".

### 1st person

"I, me, my"

* masc: loz, loi, loizy/lozy, loira
* fem: laz, loi/lai, ljāzy, ljāra
* plural: lai, lajau, laizy, laira

"ukh" was used as the word for "I" during the Trimallean/communist rule. Its other forms are ukhzy (possessive) and ukhzoi (affiliative).

### 2nd person

"thou, thee, thy"

* singular: dūz/doi, doi, doizy, doira
* plu: midaz/plo, midai/ploi, midaizy/ploizy, midaira/ploira

"tā miduz" is a formal and ceremonial way to address readers or an audience.

### 3rd person

"he, him, his"

* masc: konz, knoi, knoizy, knoir
* fem: kanz, knai, knaizy, knaira
* it: diz, zoi/dī, dizy, dizra/dizar
* plu: tjō(poz), tjō(po)i, tjōpsy/tjōzy, tjōp(s)ar/tjōsar

-zo - plural

-zy - genitive

-luaz, -tū(gho) - -self

## Verbal tenses

infinitive-continuous-perfective

The "a" before the suffixes is added if the suffix follows an "incompatible" consonant: "snausmal" (hurry) doesn't need an "a", while "barkhanźamal" (to advance) needs an "a" before its -mal.

* Past: -(ama/ma)ghol - -(ama/ma)gholsa - -(a)māghal

* Present: - -(a)mal - -(ama/ma)lza - -(a)mān

* Imperative - -au!

* Future: - -(aman/man)dil - -(aman/man)dilza - -(a)māndil

-zra - passive (formal)

-(jo)jal, -al, -v(am)al - passive

## Affixes

### Location

* mon- - from
* -njo - away from
* (o)tō, dō- - towards
* (o)dar - into
* voi- - within
* (o)nul- - through
* -(a)rad, rad - through, past
* -at - past
* mai - over
* nandāl - beyond
* ozri - against
* irzo - here
* (ja)ryzo - there

### Time

* mān - now, may it be ...
* oklo mān-dar - all the time
* nuora, nakh - before
	+ nuora is classical, nakh is common
* hjōra, zakh - after
	+ hjōra is classical, nakh is common
* (v)irokan, viro - first
* (a)josor, dōsorkan, (ai)sor - last, final
* kunol, kunno - previous
* zad - next
* krau, kravo - then
* nād - because

### Amount

* oklo - all
* -āma, oshlo - every
* to - a lot of
* -sal - (comparative), ... -er
* bavol, baval - great
* ōr(o)- - great, greater
* vim-, vini- - small, little
* dō - many
* tuz, tuzi, kotu, tul, kol - less
* -kai - than ...
* na, naghol - other
* -tu - only

### Question

* ghad - what
* ghoz - who

* ughir(o) - why
* okjad, gjau - where
* haigoz - which (one)
* zakhnoi - how long

### Others

* au - a, an
* -zil - this
* -zal - that
* ja, jan - and
* zy, (o)vol, vol(o) - for
* so, soi (formal) - if
* -(o)tar - ness
* -(v)õ - (collective)
	+ In Cyrillic, this should be spelled as -(в)о̃
* -idō - doer of
* ... vo - (quotation)
	+ ... amys in formal writing
* -ashān - using a method, with
* -(n)izo, -dizo, -(o)ssoz - son of
* -(n)ija, -(o)nni - daughter of
* X Y-da - X the Y

## Basics

* zai - yes
* ha - no
* jannodoz - peace to you
	+ In festivals, jannora is used
* jandoz - hi there
* tūro - hail to you, hurrah, glory to ...
* shōnir - peace to you
* irzalan, irzalon - welcome
* mjan, mjandi - please
* ... joinar - to prefer, to like more
* Loz/Laz doz-aurmal-dar - I love you (I thou-fall in love-into)
* talozil - in fact
* taghonoz - thank you
* vatil ... - likes doing
* havatil ... - dislikes doing
* vō! - behold!, come here!
* Ikaloi!, Glākoi! - Oh my gosh!

## Numbers

0; 1-10

* non; on, lajo, thany, puzos, bizoz, tīrjoz, mārdoz, kannaz, jortoz, prindoz

11-20

* jarkoz, thoksoz, printhan, primpuz, primbiz, sanuon, primmar, prinkan, prinjor, tivnō

"primpjoz" is used for "14" in religious contexts.

-prin - -ty (x10)

akha - 100

jaumo - thousand

dasajōz - 10,000

## Alphabet

### Zaqovian or Imperial

а, б, в, г, ґ,
д, з, з́ , і, ј,
к, л, ԯ, м, н,
о, ѡ, п, ҁ, р,
р̧, с, ш, т, ѳ,
у, х, һ, ѵ, е

### Modern or Trimallean

а, б, в, г, ґ,
д, з, з́ , і, ј,
к, л, м, н, о,
п, р, с, ш, т,
ѳ, у, х, һ, ѵ,
е

### Key

* а - a
* б - b
* в - v
* г - g
* ґ - gh
* д - d
* з - z
* (з́ - ź)
* і - i
* ј - j
* к - k
* л - l
* м - m
* н - n
* о - o
* п - p
* р - r
* с - s
* ш - š
* т - t
* ѳ - th
* у - u
* х - kh
* һ - h
* ѵ - y
* (е - e)

## Samples

Mjandi, klidamal vuroisak oklo mān-dar - Please wear a mask at all times.

Nuora/Nakh indamal krjaudan, sashumal sranzo jan sar doizy. - Before you enter the temple, wash your hands and face.

 Trivia

* Azgovian was based on a mixture of Valarin, Sauron's Black Speech, and Orcish, with bits of Arabic, Persian, and Japanese. The author created it at around 2015.
* Azgovian nouns and names can be changed to feminine by replacing -oz with -az, or by adding -a after the last consonant. E.g. murjoz > murjaz
* As the Azgovian language had lost some archaic letters and pronunciations and had a slightly different vocabulary that is more "dialectal", other Vozonid countries looked down on the language for being "vulgar" and "uncouth".
* Azgovian is an SOV language: for example, "Konz dozvaldamal" means "he protects you" (he thou-protect).

### Pronunciation:

* a - [ä], [ɒ, ʌ] when short and unstressed
* d - [ɖ]
* gh - [ɣ~x], [ʝ] before i
* j - [j]
* k - [k~q]
* kh - [x]
* l - [l], [ɭ(ː)~lː] when doubled
* õ - [oː]
* s - [s], [ʂ] before [l], [m], [n], [r]
* sh - [ʂ]
* th - [θ]; [ɕ] in dialects
* y - [ɯ~y]
* z - [z], [-s̪]

### Obsolete letters:

* lh > l
* ô > a, o
* q > k, g
* rh > d, dr, r

## See also

* Azgovian glossary
* Azgovian slang
* Azgovian calendar
* Gauvajut language
* Arantarese language
* Josolchir language
* Sarmelonid language