Kuelgon language

The **Kuelgon language** (Feh Kuelgonnek) is the language of the Kuelgons and the Konjor Supercorporation.

## Alphabetical order

v, n, k, m, j, g, l, f, t, d, p, b, q, r, a, i, o, e, s, z, (š), y, ŷ, h, u

vasyo/vala, nakka, kallo, mondo, josurra, glariska, lafon, fonska, tubavi, doiqar, pagravo, barabob, qrulog, rurrago, auga, irmyan, omag, esmi/yosmag, sogmar, zolond, (šolond), yoqrut, ŷrong, hâzel, urna

Meanings: victory/fate or rune, fire, age, honour or temple or strength, spear or sun, shield, horn, dolphin, root, wall, lantern, bowl, hills, arm, lord, hunger, warrior, scholar, rabbit, mace or history, hatred, dawn

Some Kuelgons proposed several letters, most of which were used to transcribe foreign sounds: gloqor (gl, "completion"), žuros (ž, "change")

Kuelgon is written with an abugida, based on the more-commonly used glyphs of ancient times. Before the abugida, Kuelgon was written with ideographs known as "vala".

## Dialects and related languages

### Kuelgon proper

* Magruplavek (standard) - the dialect of the southerly capital of Magruk-plavo.
* Malgandrek - Malgandra, scrap cities
* Lâgirek - Gitilkar, north
* Amriqronek - south of the main continent, used by the Amriqor humans. Influenced by their extinct American English language, it sounded softer and more harmonious than standard Kuelgon.

### Galactic

* Kolliqren - a language used in a nearby planet
* Anchanorek - the language used by the Anchanok Kuelgons, a breakaway nation who converted to the worship of Odin and science.
* Rukthaneh - the language used by the Rukthan Kuelgons, a breakaway nation who hunts ghosts and builds magnificient palaces from haunted arcologies.

## Pronouns

male - female - drone - carer - neutral - it

* I: âr - êr - lôr/tôr - ven/ten - bur - brod

* me: bar - ber - blor/têdu - vlen/tendu - mur - vrod

* my: âau - êou - lôu/tôuu - vleu/temvu - meau - vrou
	+ The latter set of drone and carer pronouns are considered more respectful and polite.
	+ By superiors: jâr/jâzar (I, 2nd for higher ranks) - jor (me) - jarau (my)
	+ By gods: jezar/zjâr (I) - zor (me) - zrau (my)

* we: tye

* us: far

* our: fyeu

* thou: nu - ne - nor - nen - nur - nod
	+ To superiors: tok/tor (thou, the latter for higher ranks) - tekor (thee) - takau (thy)
	+ To gods: tjar (thou) - tjor (thee) - tjau (thy)

* thee: duu/dou - due - duor - duer - dur - dod

* thy: nau - neu - nou - nejeu - njod

* you: nule

* ye: nolar

* your: nelau
	+ To multiple gods: nilzor (you) - nilzôr (ye) - nilzau (your)
	+ "Nilzor" or "Niloz" also refers to all the Kuelgon gods as a pantheon. It is derived from an archaic Kuelgon word for "you all".

* he: kad - ked - tôr - ten - kod - tul

* him: kadu - kedu - tôdu - tedu - kodu - telu

* his: kâvu - kêvu - tôvu - tevu - kovu - tlevu
	+ To superiors: kado (he) - kadro (him) - kadvyo (his)
	+ To gods: kjâu/krau (he) - kror (him) - krau/krauvo (his)
	+ To goddesses: kjê/krei (she) - krejor (her) - krauva/krauve (her)

* they: tue

* them: zuar

* their: dvau

Pronouns are placed after the words that they modify. E.g. dryzqon fyeu, "weapon-our": our weapon

The Kuelgon language has a different set of pronouns used in ceremonies to address deities, such as Frinqar. Many Kuelgons also use these pronouns to address foreign deities such as Naeloros, Pjosaroz, and even Odin.

### Suffixes

* Doer: -(k)on/-ond - -(j)an/-ae - -lôr/-tôr - -vyen
* Doer (general): -klep

### Others

-(k)eo - plural

-(n)ek - genitive

-(n)es - dignified genitive (e.g. for deities and heroes)

-zei - disliked genitive

## Verbal tenses

Past: lu(r)-/umb-

Present: (none)/-nîr

Future: -(n)ero ueg/-ueg

Continuous: -sse/-zze

Future conditional: -(n)eri

Passive: sub-

## Affixes

### Location

* mor- - from
* -bag - towards
* keti ... - towards (archaic, ceremonial)
* ti- - to
* -byn - on, above
* -by - on
* byo - up
* byora - higher
* duo(k)- - below
* jam - lowly, below, down (archaic)
* -yn - in
* zor, zor-, zro- - over (through and on)
* nod-/duo- - under
* sqob - out of
* jun - behind
* rulq - around, among
* abak - here
* tubak - there
* qon - north
* hâr - east
* bletar - south
* dainoq - west

### Amount

* glâ - all
* glâ derqug - everything
* eb(u)- , ep(u)- - small, little
* moy- - -er, more
* moyor-, droz(d) ... - -est, most
* -nep - -est
* -lep - est
* myodrê - greater
* drô - greatest
* lek, leks - lesser

### Time

* sbul - before
* nâs - now
* sbjar - after
* gat- - in the middle of, mid-
* -azok - ever, always
* … da - now, (emphatic)

### Question

* âbko - who
* âbuno - what
* âbunori - what is going on?
* hala(g/k) - why

### Miscellaneous

* ... hos - this
* ... hâs - that
* sa - as, per, according to
* darutag - in return

### States of being

* -(o)nd, -(a)nd - state of being, -ness
* -klep - doer, -er (comparative)
* -ug - occupant, doer of
* -ond - doer
* -loh - a being (sometimes derogatory, usually a non-Kuelgon sentient)
* -kel - being, person (sometimes derogatory)
* -rok - man, person (derogatory)
* -plavo, plau - place of
* -rri - month of
* -pok, -polok - study of, -logy

## Basics

### Verbs

* ... da - is, are (stressing)
* … la - is
* rezqan - to require
* roq - to have, to possess
* dor - to do

### Greetings

* vasyo - hail to
* irfulen - greetings
* vazkar - goodbye
* Olzoh - Farewell
* Kroplavos ... - Long live
* Vitplavos ... - Short life to ... / Death to ...
* Vairanni ... - ... will win
* vjez - may there be, let there be
* Keti ... - may you reach (a place), toward (archaic)
* ... gaffel - happy (festival)
* Oqyntu, Oqtyntu - do not worry
* keti Zôra - may you find peace in Zora (paradise)
* keti Zomukla - may you rot in hell

### Others

* bâh - yes
* dâra - truly, correct
* dârag - correct, very well
* moyor-rzed - most fit, most appropriate, correct
* ok-, oq - no, not
* oqlos - do not
* mâqlos - must not
* ogtur - without
* oqdâra - never
* lab, ha - and
	+ lab is used in more formal settings
* noi, nov - or
* plet - for
* niz - with
* alge - well done
* nag - need, should
* naug, nak, naok - can, able to
* oinak, oinok - cannot
* vled - because, for, therefore
* sel ... - please
* sel ... sîrub - please (stronger)
* nâ ... - you must ...
* ir- - (respectful prefix)
* sîr- - (*dis*respectful prefix)

## Numbers

* 0; 1-10 - dose; bâqol, leiqol, maquol, vyequol, zuerol, daiquol, ryequol, pailquol, brynequol, zâjoquol
* 11-20 - zâjubaq, zâjoleiq, zâjomaq, zâjovyeq, zâjozueq, zâjodaiq, zâjoryeq, zâjoplaq, zâjabryq, lêzaq/lezqa
* 30-100 - mazeq, olezqa, olezzaq, malezqa, malezzaq, velezqa, velezzaq, som
	+ mazeq (3x10), olezzaq (40+10), malezzaq (60+10), velezzaq (80+10)
	+ olezqa (2x20), malezqa (3x20), velezqa (4x20)
* 1000 - baim
* 10000 - fanq
* 100000 - snâq
* 1 million - flôriq

To turn a number ordinal, replace the -(qu)ol, -(za)q, and -zqa suffixes with -(s)qyn. For example: daiquol > daisqyn (6th); olezzaq > olezqyn (50th); baim > baimsqyn (1000th); and flôriq > flôrisqyn (millionth).

## Trivia

* The author intended Kuelgon to sound ugly and monstrous. Its words were possibly influenced by bits of Black Speech, Russian, English, and Adunaic.

### Pronunication

* â - (long vowel except in y)
* gl - [gɫ]
* h - [x]
* j - [j]
* l - [l], [ɫ] after g, h, q, t
* o - [ɔ] when stressed, [o]
* q - [q]
* y - [y]
	+ long y is written as ý
* ŷ - [ø]
	+ long ŷ is written as ỹ
	+ may be pronounced [-a] at the ends of words

## See also

* Kuelgon glossary
* Kuelgon mythology
* Kuelgon calendar
* Novantirna language
* Igarin language
* Kuelgon Igarin language
* Imdegab language