Dezvoli

Dezvoli is a constructed language (conlang) designed as a linguistic experiment and a medium for speculative fiction. It emphasizes regular grammar, a phonemic orthography, and a flexible word order to support ease of learning and experimentation.

Dezvoli was created in the early 2010s by a language designer using the alias Aster. The project was published in online forums and later formalized through a public grammar (2015) and a dictionary (2017). A collaborative community continues to contribute to its evolution.

Dezvoli has about 21 consonants and 5 vowel phonemes. The alphabet is Latin-based with diacritics optional. Stress is generally penultimate. The orthography is largely phonemic: each letter represents a single sound.

The language employs subject–verb–object order as the neutral default but allows flexibility due to analytic morphology. Nouns mark number with a plural suffix and use articles: la for definite, un for indefinite. Verbs are not heavily inflected; tense and aspect are encoded with pre-verbal particles (ga for past, va for future) or with context. Adjectives follow the noun and do not agree aggressively in number. Pronouns are separate from nouns and have simple case roles.

Dezvoli's lexicon draws from Romance-inspired roots along with agglutinative affixes. It is used in instructional materials, online discussions, and short narratives. As of the early 2020s, the community numbers in the low thousands, with active forums and a public wiki that documents grammar, vocabulary, and sample texts. In the broader conlang community, Dezvoli is cited as an example of regular grammar and accessible orthography.