Penginijtung

it-Penginijtung is one of two languages (the other being Pengeálige) created for the Free Commonwealth of Penguinea, though it was originally intended to be a language for the Talossan territory of Péngöpäts, in addition to the Talossan language. Created by Miestrâ Schivâ, Evan Gallagher and Ián Txaglh, Penginijtung was based on Japanese, Icelandic, German and Welsh.

Phonology

Consonants

	Bilabial	Labio-dental	Dental	Alveolar	Post-alveolar	Palatal	Labio-velar	Velar	Glottal
Plosive	P /p/ B /b/			T /t/ D /d/				C/K /k/ G /g/
Nasal	M /m/			N /n/
Fricative		F /f/ V /v/	Þ /θ/	S /s/ Z /z/	X /ʃ/				H /h/
Affricate				TX /tʃ/ DX /dʒ/
Approximant				R /r/		J /j/	W /w/
Lateral approximant				L /l/

C and K may be used interchangeably according to personal preference.

Vowels

The vowels of Penginijtung are short, pure vowels as in most languages:

A	/ʌ/
E	/ɛ/
I	/ɪ/
O	/ɒ/
U	/ʊ/
Y	/ə/

All vowels are pronounced short unless followed by a semivowel, eg. "aw", "ej", "ij", "ow", "uw", or are in a monosyllable. The schwa, "y," can often be omitted if the pronunciation of the resulting consonant cluster is not too difficult. Identical vowels in apposition which are not diphthongs are separated by "j" if "e" or "i", "w" if "o" or "u", "h" if "a."

Stress

Accent is on the last syllable before the final to precede a consonant cluster or contain a diphthong (vowel + "j" or "w"), or failing any the first, not counting particles. Particles are never accented.

Grammar

Penginijtung's grammar is particle-based, much like Japanese. Unlike Japanese, however, the particles may follow the noun (or pronoun), precede it, or both, depending on questions of euphony and practicality.

Particles

Prefixed	Suffixed	Meaning	Examples
a-	-(h)a	Vocative: person being addressed	a-Dafneja "Hey, Daphne!"
o-	-(w)o	Nominative: agent of transitive verb or argument of intransitive	o-meo "I"
e-	(j)e	Accusative: patient of transitive verb	e-meje "me"
is-	-(j)is	Genitive: denotes the possessor; can be omitted in chains of genitives	is-Evanis awje "Evan's eye"
at-	-(h)at	Locative: shows position (in, at, on)	at-Penginijat "in Penguinea"
in-	-(h)in	Dative: indirect object of a verb; movement towards the noun	in-hirin "to it"
ov-	-(w)ov	Ablative: movement away from the noun	ov-hirov "from it"
av	-(h)av	"concerning..."; equivalent to Latin "dative of advantage"	av-hirmerhav "concerning her, for her advantage"
de-	-de	Instrumentive: manner or means of action	de-þude "[done] by you"
fyr-	-fyr	Example	fyr-þuhahirfyr "[intended] for you two"
ha-	-ha	Conjunctive: "with"	ha-Jan "with Jan"
na-	-na	Partitive: "member of"	cij na-hilefaniþ "three of the elephants"
jix-	-jix	Attributive: turns a noun into an adjective, similar to English "-ish" or "-like" (also achievable by simple apposition	xi-jix "poetic"

External links

• it-Cejndijtung- The website of it-Cejndijtung, the constructed language formerly known as it-Penginijtung.