Envolvemse

Envolvemse is a constructed language (conlang) created for worldbuilding and linguistic experimentation. It was developed in the early 2010s by linguist Lúcio Araujo as a flexible system intended to explore the interaction of synthetic morphology with analytic syntax. The language draws on a blend of Romance, Slavic, and Finno-Ugric-inspired vocabulary to produce a distinct but learnable lexicon.

Its phonology comprises a modest inventory of syllableable consonants and five vowels, with stress typically falling on the penultimate syllable. The official writing system uses the Latin alphabet, augmented with diacritics to indicate vowel quality or length. Digraphs such as sh and ch represent a limited set of phonemes.

Envolvemse is chiefly synthetic, combining inflectional endings with affixes. Nouns inflect for four cases (nominative, accusative, dative, genitive) and number; adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in case and number. The standard word order is SVO, though the language tolerates flexible permutations for emphasis. Verbs encode tense and aspect through affixes, and evidentiality via mood markers. Personal pronouns are distinct and include clitic forms.

Lexicon is designed to be naturalistic, with roots from several source languages and frequent coinages to fit semantic fields such as kinship, nature, and technology. Neologisms are formed by productive compounding and affixation rules, allowing rapid expansion without breaking consistency.

Three principal dialects are identified: Northern, Central, and Coastal Envolvemse. They share core grammar but differ in phonology, vocabulary, and certain morphosyntactic preferences. The language has a small but active user community online and in fiction, with resources including grammars, dictionaries, and sample texts.

Envolvemse has no official status and exists primarily within hobbyist, literary, and academic contexts. It is studied in typological surveys of constructed languages and is used in fiction and role-playing settings to illustrate language design decisions and worldbuilding.