Wogtongian Language

Wogtongian
	Wongtangai, Wongaoat, Waoma
	Wogtong
Pronunciation	/wogˈtoŋ/
Created by	The User @Yfkjgkjgk
Date	July 16th, 2022.
Purpose	constructed language Wogtongian;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–

Wontongian is a language created by @Yfkjgjgk on July 16, 2022 for the Wongatong tribe for a world building project. It is an artlang, and it is medium difficulty, with 14 consonants and 12 vowels.

Phonology

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal				ng /ŋ/
Stop	p b	t d		k g	' /ʔ/
Implosive	b' /ɓ/	d' /ɗ/
Fricative		s	sh /ç/
Lateral fricative		l /ɬ/

	Front	Central	Back
High	i, ĩ	î /ɨ/, ɨ̃	u ũ
High-mid	e ẽ		o
Mid		â /ə/
Low	a ã

Nouns

Nouns have two cases:

Nominative is the doer of a verb: dog bites man.
Accusative is the done-to of a verb: man bites dog.

Nominative	No affix tãd /tãd/ dog (doing the verb)
Accusative	If starts with vowel: Prefix g- Else: Prefix gã- gãtãd /gãˈtãd/ (verb done to) dog

Singular	No affix tãd /tãd/ dog
Plural	If starts with vowel: Prefix g- Else: Prefix gũ- gũtãd /gũˈtãd/ dogs

Articles

	Definite	Indefinite
Singular	sho /ço/ the	ti /ti/ a
Plural	wa /wa/ the	lel /ɬeɬ/ some

Uses of definite article that differ from English:

Definite article can be omitted: ‘I am going to supermarket’
Used to talk about countable nouns in general: English’s ‘I like cats’ would translate to ‘I like the cats’
Not used for mass (uncountable) nouns: ‘Walking in the mud’ would always translate to ‘Walking in mud’.
Used with place names: ‘The London’

Uses of indefinite article that differ from English:

Not used for non-specific countable nouns: non-specific means ‘I am looking for a (any) girl in a red dress’, whereas specific means ‘I am looking for a (particular) girl in a red dress’

Pronouns

	Nominative	Accusative
1st singular	shũs /çũs/ I	wag /wag/ me
2nd singular	gî /gɨ/ you	ka /ka/ you
3rd singular masc	tî /tɨ/ he, it	pu /pu/ him, it
3rd singular fem	tsus /tsus/ she, it	b’u /ɓu/ her, it
1st plural	wũs /wũs/ we	b’o /ɓo/ us
2nd plural	gu /gu/ you all	lo /ɬo/ you all
3rd plural	wĩ /wĩ/ they	te /te/ them

Possessive determiners

1st singular	pu /pu/ my
2nd singular	wũ /wũ/ your
3rd singular masc	wî̃ /wɨ̃/ his
3rd singular fem	b’ĩ /ɓĩ/ her
1st plural	shũ /çũ/ our
2nd plural	ngwẽ /ŋwẽ/ your (pl)
3rd plural	d’a /ɗa/ their

Verbs

Present	No affix shî̃ãb’ /çɨ̃ˈãɓ/ learn
Past	Prefix u- ushî̃ãb’ /uˈçɨ̃ãɓ/ learned
Remote past	Prefix kɨ- kîshî̃ãb’ /kɨˈçɨ̃ãɓ/ learned (long ago)
Future	If starts with vowel: Prefix ç- Else: Prefix ça- shashî̃ãb’ /çaˈçɨ̃ãɓ/ will learn

Numbers

Wogtongian has a base-10 number system:

1 - wo

2 - pâ

3 - de

4 - ti

5 - b’ũ

6 - b’idsiw

7 - pul

8 - ta

9 - ko

10 - wa

Hundred - ksed’î

Thousand - dos

Numbers are like this: primes are just the number below it plus one, so thirteen is wa-pâ wo, and composite numbers are wrote as their two factors closest together, 16 is ti-ti. Numbers like 12 are wrote like wa pâ but with a dash to show its one number, so 12 is wa-pâ.

Derivational Morphology

Adjective → adverb = Prefix u-

Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Prefix ɨ̃-

Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = Prefix gẽ-

Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix ass-

Else: Prefix assɨ̃-

Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Prefix i-

Noun to verb = If starts with vowel: Prefix g-

Else: Prefix gĩ-

Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Prefix u-

Tending to = Prefix ɨ̃-

Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Prefix ɬa-

Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = If starts with vowel: Prefix ç-

Else: Prefix çũ-

One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Prefix ka-

Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Prefix ɬẽ-

Diminutive = If starts with vowel: Prefix p-

Else: Prefix pũ-

Augmentative = Prefix kã-

References

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