Zαrγiδvεn language

The Zαrγiδvεn language comes from an elaborate mixture of English, French, Italian, German, Arabic, Japanese, Latin and Greek (in this order), with slight influences from Irish, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish and Indian.

There is also a lexicon of most used Zαrγiδvεn words

Writing System
Zαrγiδvεn can be written in just the latin alphabet, in the traditional (Allδαn Zαrγiδvεn) alphabet, or in the modern latin-greek character alphabet (Aplωbitt). The newest texts in Zαrγiδvεn tend to use the latter.

Alphabet (Αplωbitt)
The Zαrγiδvεn Aplωbitt is an alphabet made of 32 letters: 25 latin letters and 7 greek letters. It spans this many letters in order to cover the extensive palette of phonemes used by the Zαrγiδvεn language.

Orthography
Most Zαrγiδvεn words are pronounced exactly as written; most of the Zαrγiδvεn Aplωbitt's letters map to a single phoneme, and in most of the cases where a letter would map to more than a phoneme, either one of them would be acceptable as each is particular to a dialect.

Usage of the letter 'h'
The letter 'h' usually maps to the voiceless glottal fricative.

However, an 'h' after an 's' maps to /ʃ/, and after a vowel, it acts as an extension of the vowel's sound.

Apostrophes
An apostrophe will often be used to show a short pause as part of a word, although pauses may not always be represented. They mostly occur in grammatical constructs, such as possessive pronouns, for example:


 * d'hailerz
 * Our / Ours
 * Our / Ours

Particularity of the letter 'x'
One major counterexample, however, is the letter 'x', which may be used to represent the /ʃ/ sound just as equally as it may be used for the /ks/ sound. This is because of an adaptation from Αllδαn Zαrγiδvεn. It is now becoming more and most acceptable, wherever 'x' is used, to read it out as either an /ʃ/ or a /ks/ sound. The official language, however, expects the reader to remember in which occurrences it is either, which is why sometimes people will replace the 'x' letter with either 'ks' or 'sh', depending on the way the word should be pronounced. This is especially important in homographs. For example:


 * kxa
 * Vagina
 * Vagina


 * kxa
 * Bugger (i.e. an expression used to relieve frustration)
 * Bugger (i.e. an expression used to relieve frustration)

Grammar
Zαrγiδωεn grammar is relatively easy to figure out. It is mainly divided into three classes: Wurδ, Eχt, and Supωrt (word, act and support).


 * Words are the equivalent for English names, adjectives, and adverbs:
 * Nωmerz are what would be called "nouns" in English. They express a concept, an idea…
 * Stαterz are what would be called "adjectives" in English. They express a state of being. If they relate to a name, they are the expression of the name, followed by -ahn or -ern.
 * Aδverberz are what would be called "adverbs" in English. They modify a verb, an adjective, another adverb, or a sentence. If they relate to a name, they are the expression of the name, followed by -εhn.
 * Acts are what would be called "verbs" in English.
 * Supports are the equivalent for the Arabic ħarf and, albeit usually shorter than other words, can make a sentence's meaning change entirely.

There are three Ginδerz (genders): Mαl (Male), Fεmαl (Female), and Statiχ (Gender irrespective, used when gender is unknown or more generically unimportant or irrelevant).

There are two Numpαrz (plurality states): Sinγular (Singular) and Plωriz (Plural or unknown quantity). Plωriz is generally characterised by the -rz ending.

Declarative word order is subject–verb–object. However, some types of sentences allow for, or in some cases, require, different word orders.

The unicity of each verb ending based on ginδe and numpαr means that sometimes, just the verb (in its conjugated form) may be sufficient to form a full sentence, the meaning of which would be affected by the context. For example:


 * Vayrer, hen αn pωl vex hail, fugg hayn.
 * [you] know, [I] have an apple with me for you.
 * (litt: "Know, have an apple with me, for you.")
 * (litt: "Know, have an apple with me, for you.")

Verbs (Eχterz)
Once you know the main endings, all verbs are extremely easy to use. Some verbs actually did keep Allδαn Zαrγiδωεn conjugation, and can therefore be considered exceptions - but no worries, they also use these terminations, so you can use this version of their conjugation in case you don't know about exceptions. Just know that there are some exceptions, and that you might find a form unknown to you. It's not necessarily wrong. Just check before you decide. Note than the Unδ are not only the endings of verbs, they are also the conjugation of verb 'to be' (an) in Zαrγiδωεn. Note: When addressing a group of people without referring to their gender or number (i.e. translating from English "you"), you should usually use the Unknown (Statiχ) form ("En"). When referring to people not present ("they") you should use the male form ("Saenerz").

Examples

 * Gaγen de muzikeni, zu hayn vayrer
 * [I] live for music and you know [this fact]
 * [I] live for music and you know [this fact]


 * Hail hαte mαspiε δωn mazjunεn
 * My heart [at its] most possible [it] loves (cannot love anything more [than who- or what- ever the topic is])
 * My heart [at its] most possible [it] loves (cannot love anything more [than who- or what- ever the topic is])