Dictionary of the Pennese Language

The Dictionary of the Pennese Language (Pennese: Lǫiąęąg ǫp’Pęoiwo ąęilęǫg, /lon-yan-en-añ on-penoi-wo an-en-ilen-oñ) is the standard dictionary of the Pennese language, printed in Ventides, Candvia and published by the Winsburg University Express in the United Provinces in 2018. It contains over 103,000 words, various phrases, common greetings, grammatical tutorials and explanations for every word. It is the most detailed dictionary of the Pennese language that is, and has been praised by Pennese linguists for being outstanding and in great detail.

About the Language
The Pennese language has no cases. It has only two grammatical genders (the masculine endings being -oi/ǫg/om and feminine -ai/ąg/am). There are no definite and indefinite articles. Present, past and future are the only grammatical tenses.

Alphabet
Aa Ąą Bb Cc Dd Ee Ęę Ff Gg Ii Kk Ll Mm Nn Ńń Oo Ǫǫ Pp Rr Ss Tt Uu Ww Xx Zz Źź - 26 letters. Ąą, Ęę and Ǫǫ all represent the an, en and on sounds, respectively. Some variations of the Pennese language do not have these 3 letters, meaning that things like the name of this dictionary would be written "Lonianenań onp'Penoiwo anenilenoń".

Prepositions
These are not all the prepositions.

about = tą’

above = sęd’

across = sękę’

after = sęąń’

against = ǫ’

among = ką’

around = ǫtę’

as = cą’

at = kę’

before = dęąń’

behind = tąǫ’

below = fęd’

beside = gǫ’

between = tią’

despite = nę’

for = dą’

in = ię’

of = ǫp’ / ąp’

Adjectives
Adjectives are formed by adding suffixes -wa to -wo. These can be added to any word, though the amount of sense the word would make varies.

Vocabulary
Some of the vocabulary of the Pennese language can be viewed here.

kęloi,om – boy

ądlai,am – girl

soi,om – strength

pąroi,om – food

nai,am – chair

pąoi,om – house

ętoi,om – hand

lǫai,am – table

kęćai, am – bag

ǫmai,am – place

sirai,am – town

plastekai,am – plastic

cękoi, om – size

kęąoi,om – hill

ęoi,om – grass

gęgoi – fish

sai,am – tree

ęąoi,om – child

kęoi,om – man

ądai,am – woman

kętąoi,om – king

ątąai,am – queen

dątoi,om – leader

kąrai,am – animal

Pęoi,om – Penn

Pętąoi – Penland

Compound Words
Compound words are two words put together to give it a different meaning.

lǫiąęąg,am – dictionary (lǫiai,am paper | ąęai,am speech)

ąęilęǫg,om – language (ąęai,am speech | ilęoi,om tongue)

kowsąsąg,am – birth (kowo,wa new | sąsoi,om creature)

kowsądai,am – mother (kowsąsąg,am birth | ądai,am woman)

kowsęoi,om – father (kowsąsąg,am birth | kęoi,om man)

kowsęloi,om – son (kowsąsąg,am birth | kęloi,om boy)

kowsądlai,am – daughter (kowsąsąg,am birth | ądlai,am girl)

dątǫmąg,am – kingdom (dątoi,om leader | ǫmai,am place)

kęątęęǫg,om – hill peasant (kęąoi,om hill | tęęoi,om person)

ęińtęęǫg,om – plain peasant (ęińai,am plain | tęęoi,om person)

kęąęińąg,am – peasant (kęąoi,om hill | ęińai,am plain)

sircęǫmąg – city (sirai,am town | ǫmai,am place)

kęćplastękąg – plastic bag (kęćai,am bag | plastękai,am plastic)

kękąąg – mountain (kęąoi,om hill | cękoi,om size)