Ashukov language

Ashukov; Ашуковски Евижња; Ašukovski Jevižnja
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Regulated by	Ashukov Language Institute
Spoken in	Ashukov Federation
Influenced by	OCS, OES, Greek, Baltic
Type	Artlang

The Ashukov Language (Ашуковски Евижња ashukovski yevizhnya [IPA: aʃukovski jeviʒɲa]) is a constructed language, built and primarily spoken in Ashukovo. It is characterized as an a posteriori language due to the fact that it has elements from Slavic languages, mostly from Old Church Slavonic and Old East Slavic. Other influences include Greek (both ancient and modern), and, occasionally, Baltic. It is currently regulated by the ALI, the Ashukov Language Institute, a subsidiary of the University of Ashukovo

Alphabet

The main alphabet of the Ashukov language is a modified version of the Cyrillic alphabet mostly based on the Russian one, with several letters taken from Serbian Cyrillic. Regionally, however, Ashukov uses its own version of the Greek alphabet as well, though the use of it is limited even in the Greek speaking regions of the country.

The Ashukov Cyrillic alphabet is the following:

Cyrillic	Latin	IPA value
А а	A a	a
Б б	B b	b
В в	V v	v
Г г	G g	g
Д д	D d	d
Э э	E e	ɛ
Ё ё	Jo jo	jo
Ж ж	Ž ž	ʒ
З з	Z z	z
И и	I i	i
Й й	J j	j
К к	K k	k
Л л	L l	l
Љ љ	Lj lj	ʎ
М м	M m	m
Н н	N n	n

Cyrillic	Latin	IPA value
Њ њ	Nj nj	ɲ
О о	O o	o
П п	P p	p
Р р	R r	r
С с	S s	s
Т т	T t	t
Ћ ћ	Ć ć	t͡ɕ
У у	U u	u
Ф ф	F f	f
Х х	H h	x
Ц ц	C c	t͡s
Ч ч	Č č	t͡ʃ
Џ џ	Dž dž	d͡ʒ
Ш ш	Š š	ʃ
Ы ы	Y y	ɨ
Ю ю	Ju ju	ju
Я я	Ja ja	ja

Note: The Latin alphabet is never used for writing Ashukov.

Grammar

Declension

In Ashukov, the declension for both masculine and feminine, as well as neutral, is common.

	Singular		Plural
Nominative	–	-ски¹	-и	-скийэ¹
Genitive	-а²/-ы³/-ии⁴	-ска	-я/-ей³/-ий⁴	-ския
Dative	-у	-ску	-ю	-скию
Locative	-(э)м	-скэм	-(э)ма	-скийэма

¹ The -ски ending refers to adjectives and in particular to those of or concerning a country, nationality et cetera.

Example: Ашуковски Ashukov

² Words ending in a or я, follow the rules of notes 3 and 4 respectively
³ For words ending in a

Example: карты Genitive of the of the word "карта", meaning "card", картей Genitive of the plural карти of the word "карта".

⁴ For words ending in я

Example: Фэдэрации Genitive of the of the word "Фэдэрация", meaning "Federation", Фэдэраций Genitive of the plural Фэдэрации of the word "карта".

Note: In words ending in a vowel, the vowel is replaced by the grammatical ending, according to the word's case.

Example

"авто" car

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	авто	авти
Genitive	авта	автя
Dative	авту	автю
Locative	автoм	автoма

"Ашуковски" Ashukov

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Ашуковски	Ашуковскийэ
Genitive	Ашуковска	Ашуковския
Dative	Ашуковску	Ашуковскию
Locative	Ашуковскэм	Ашуковскэма

Verb conjucation

Note: The word моћи is the infinite form of the Ashukov verb which translates to "can".

Aspect	Stem		Non-past	Past	Imperative
Imperfective	моћ-		Present	Imperfect	[continuous]
			('I do')	('I was doing')	('do!')
		1.Sg.	-ё	ша ю -ё	-ю
		2.Sg.	-(э)ш	ша ю -(э)ш
		3.Sg.	-(э)к	ша ю -(э)к
		1.Pl.	-(э)ми	ша ю -(э)ми	-я
		2.Pl.	-(э)тэ	ша ю -(э)тэ
		3.Pl.	-ёти	ша ю -ёти
Perfective	моћ-		Subjunctive	Aorist	[once]
			('that I do')	('I did')	('do!')
		1.Sg.	–	ша -ё	ша -ю
		2.Sg.	–	ша -(э)ш
		3.Sg.	–	ша -(э)к
		1.Pl.	–	ша -(э)ми	ша -я
		2.Pl.	–	ша -(э)тэ
		3.Pl.	–	ша -ёти
Perfect	моћ-		Present Perf.	Past Perf.
			('I have done')	('I had done')
		1.Sg.	иметиё +infinitive	ша иметиё +infinitive
		2.Sg.	иметиш +infinitive	ша иметиш +infinitive
		3.Sg.	иметик +infinitive	ша иметик +infinitive
		1.Pl.	иметими +infinitive	ша иметими +infinitive
		2.Pl.	иметитэ +infinitive	ша иметитэ +infinitive
		3.Pl.	иметиёти +infinitive	ша иметиёти +infinitive

	With future particle "кэ"
	Non-past		Past
Imperfective	кэ + Present	'he will be doing'	кэ + Imperfect	'he would do'
Perfective	кэ я + Present	'he will do'	кэ + Aorist	'he probably did'

Romanski dialect

The Romanski dialect (Ashukov: Романски диалэкт; Romanski: Рѡманския Діалект; lit.: Dialect of the Romaeans) is a dialect of Ashukov used and spoken in Rhōmanía. The dialect on a large part resembles the grammar of the standard language, with the largest differences being in orthography. Romanski makes use of an alphabet differing heavily from standard Ashukov:


Romanski Cyrillic Alphabet
Аа Бб Вв Гг Дд Ее Ѣѣ Жж Зз Ии Ѳѳ Іі Йй Кк Лл Мм Нн Оо Пп Рр Сс Тт Ћћ Ѵѵ Уу Фф Хх Ѡѡ Цц Чч Џџ Ьь Юю Яя

Example and comparison

Ashukov	Romanski Ashukov	Russian	Ashukov latin not in use	Serbian	English
Унивэрсал дэкларация правя чэловэкя.	Икуменска декларація правя Человекя	Всеобщая декларация прав человека	Universal deklaracija pravja čelovekja.	Opšta deklaracija o pravima čovjeka	Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Члэн 1. Всэ чэловекские бући битёти роџэн свободни и еднаки в достоянствю и правию. Они битёти надэлэныйи са разум и сведоме и твеба дэятёти за едину до другу в духу братства.	Член 1. Все человескиѣ бучи битёти роџен свободни и ѣднаки в достоянствію и правиію. Они битёти наделенѵйи са разум и свѣдоме и твеба деятёти за ѣдину до другу в духу братства.	Статья 1. Все люди рождаются свободными и равными в своем достоинстве и правах. Они наделены разумом и совестью и должны поступать в отношении друг друга в духе братства.	Člen 1. Vse čelovjekskije bući bitjoti rodžen svobodni i jednaki v dostojanstvju i praviju. Oni bitjoti nadelenyji sa razum i svjedomje i tvjeba dejatjoti za jedinu do drugu v duhu bratstva.	Član 1. Sva ljudska bića rađaju se slobodna i jednaka u dostojanstvu i pravima. Ona su obdarena razumom i sviješću i treba da jedno prema drugome postupaju u duhu bratstva.	Article 1. All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.