Zeibear

Zeibear is the official language of Zeiberland and is spoken by over 17 million native speakers and over 8 million non native speakers.

Phonology

Vowels

VOWELS	Front		Central	Back
Close	[i]i	[y]u			[u:]ū
Mid	[ɛ]e		[ɐ ~ a/ɒ]a		[ɔ]ō
Open	[æ]æ				[ɒ]o

Dipthongs

[aɪ] ai

[eɪ] ei

[ɪə]ea

[ou]ou

[ɔi] oi

[au]au

[ɪə]ia

Consonants

CONSONANTS	labial		Alveodental		Alveopalatal		Velar		Glottal
Plosive	[p]p	[b]b	[t]t	[d]d			[k]k	[ɡ]g	[ʔ]'
Nasal		[m]m		[n]n				[ŋ]ñ
Fricative	[f]f	[v]v	[s]s	[z]z	[ʃ]ṣ	[ʒ] j	[x ] h
Approximant		[w]w		[l]l		[j]y
Rhotics			[r ~ ɹ ~ ʀ]r
Affricate			[ts]		[tʃ ~ tɕ] c

Phonotactics

1. Syllable structure CCVʔVCC

C = consonant V = all vowels and dipthongs ʔ = glottal stop

2. Glottal stops can only occur between vowels

3.  [x] and [ʔ] never cluster.

4. [i] can be nasalised if it is followed by [ŋ]. [ɒ],[æ] are nasalised sometimes if followed by a nasal consonant.

5. Only plosives and nasals germinate and germination is fairly rare.

Grammar

1. Word order

SVO, strictly

2. Grammatical number

Singular and Plural

A noun may be pluralised by adding the following at the end. s, z, ez or es depending on the end of the word.

3. Grammatical Gender

There is an animate/inanimate distinction and every noun is divided into these two genders.

Articles

Articles in Zeibear
Before consonants
	Singlular		Plural
Indefinite	yu		yel
Definite	je		le
Partitif		del
Before vowels
Indefinite	y'		yel
Definite	j'		l'
Partitif		del

Pronouns

Pronouns

Subjective pronouns:

Objective pronouns

Possesive pronouns(sing nouns)

Possesive pronouns(plural nouns)

Singular

Plural

Singular

Plural

Singular

Plural

Singular

Plural

1st person

ma

nū(inc)

nous(excl)

moi

noi(inc)

nois(excl)

mon

nūn(inc)

nons(excl)

mes

nūs(inc)

nos(excl)

2nd person

ta(normal)

ta'i(respect)

vū

toi(normal)

to'i(respect)

voi

tan(nromal)

to'an(repect)

von

tas(nromal)

to'as(repect)

vos

3rd inanimate

fi

sun

fea

sund

fil

zun

filz

zund

3rd animate

shi

sun

shea

sund

shil

zun

shilz

zund

impersonalised

n/a

ona

n/a

ond

n/a

owa

n/a

oha

Subjective, Objective and Possesive are the only pronoun cases

Possesive pronouns change depending on the number of nouns

3rd person sing is split into inaminate and animate

eg- My car - Mon voishur

My cars - Mes voishurs

Stress pronouns

Pronoun	Before -ir verbs	Before imperative
1st per sing	mu	-
1st per plu incl	nu	nuj
1st per plu excl	nuh	nuṣ
2nd per sing	tu	tuj
2nd per plu	vu	vuj
3rd per sing	ṣu	-
3rd person plu	su	-
impersonalised	ñu	ñūj

Verbs

Modality is conveyed through modals

All verb stems in Zeibear end on:
-ōn/-on	These are informally known as (GRP 1 verbs)
-e	These are informally known as (GRP 2 verbs)
-ir	These are reflexive verbs
-eh	These are the modals and auxiliary verbs

Conjugation

Each group conjugates in its own way. There are four irregular verbs- se, avōn, gōn, fōn. (they all conjugate in the same way except the imperatives and simple past)

Imperatives and all -ir verbs have a stress pronoun preceding the verb.

The pase resont (recent past) is vian + verb in simple past

Infinitive

Simple present

Present continous

Simple past

Past habitual

Past perfect

Past continous

Simple future

Future continous

Future perfect

Imperative

-eh/ah

-ih

-es

-oh

-ans

-ou

-as

-eṣ

-us

-ea

stress pronoun +infinitive

-on/ōn

-ont

-ouz

-oñ

-ans

-out

-onz

-ūṣ

-ūn

-uñ

-e

stem or -i

-es

-o

-an

-ou

-as

-eṣ

-us

-ea

-ir

-ia

-ich

-iaz

-ian

-iwn

-isez

-iz

-it

-iñ

Negation

Adding 'ne' or 'non' or 'no' before any verbs automatically turns it into a negative verbs. If the modal is not a standalone verb then negation comes before the modal.

Vocabulary

Vocab list

Verbs

Pronouns&

Adjectives

Nouns

Prepositions

Expressions

se

to be

Conjunctions

grand

big

zeit

time

ai

to, at

jō

greeting

avōn

to have

ses

this

peti

small

persōn

person

de

of, from

ja

Yes

gon

to go

Set

That

ontel

smart

anyu

year

breñ

after(space)

nōn

No

fōn

to do

Sæn

these

bōn

good

dei

day

ruñ

before(space)

tsañken

thank you

hōron

to listen

Sat

those

mov

bad

noh

thing

driñ

after(time)

gōme

sorry

parlōn

to speak

kas

what

bet

stupid

hōm

man

ōdduñ

before(time)

plu

please

marṣe

to walk

lyu

how much

jontil

kind

fōm

women

avoñ

with

ṣlah

darn!

reje

to see

keh

basic question

stark

strong

unfant

child

on

in

jane

Bye

venōn

to come

lya

how

ṣwac

weak

rōm

space

weil

between

gutmei

good morning

gōn

to get

kænz

when

ṣeiv

hot

vwuts

world

hañ

behind

gutahi

good afternoon

mate

to make

klenz

how many

froi

cold

ommæn

humans

hōñ

in front of

gutbon

good evening

kyōn

to know

wōu

where

enyuz

happy

elv

elf

pōr

for

gutnah

good night

prōn

to take

wōi

why

malad

sad

nekkō

nekomimi

durṣ

on

chōttō

hold up

trōn

to try

wel

who

sæmpa

kind

lu

water

dūṣ

under

ekskia moi

excuse me

vyōn

to become

vnō

which

æmpoli

rude

land

land

sgiñ

above

degr

you're welcome

travaye

to work

bōr

for

fasil

easy

meisōn

house

ōbiñ

below

kōmpron

understand

weil

because

difiṣil

hard

vōicur

car

depu

since

eime

to like

et/'et

and(normal)

propeir

clean

telef

phone

vūrs

towards

adōre

to love

i/ih/hi

and(adjective)

sul

dirty

nōricur

food

krof

during

rejōn

to watch

or

or

guci

fine

vetem

clothes

gib

until, up to

hase

to hate

mei

but

swaṣt

healthy

ami

friend

kiz

because

maje

to eat

yō

yet

harap

ill

animōh

animal

degih

outside

træñkōn

to drink

te

so

eigzyō

month

gyañ

beside

namir

to call oneself

jec

that

ænyō

year

slevir

to bath

hur

hour

ænstir

to approach

mænut

minute

repir

to rest

second

second

feir

to wake

ti

tea

dormir

to sleep

mer

mother

spir

to stand

per

father

cir

to sit

land

country

veir

to use

sōr

sister

ekskir

to excuse

fer

brother

neh

may

ordiñuṣ

computer

meh

must

vil

city

ñeh

will

caiz

road

veh

can(willingly)

fweh

can(ability)

jeh

shall

vleh

want

zlah

need

niveh

might

vian

just