nyelcs

Nyelcs is a constructed language developed in online conlang communities as an exercise in linguistic design. It was created to illustrate how an agglutinative morphology, vowel harmony, and a consistent syntax can interact in a relatively small lexicon. The language is presented as a contemporary, fictional tongue with a documented grammar and sample texts.

Nyelcs has five vowel phonemes /a, e, i, o, u/ and about twenty-two consonants. Vowel harmony affects affixes so vowels in prefixes and suffixes harmonize with the root vowel. The typical stress pattern is word-final. The writing system uses a Latin-based alphabet with diacritics to mark phonemic distinctions; tone is not phonemic in basic grammar.

Nyelcs is primarily suffixing and agglutinative. Nouns mark number and case with suffixes; plural suffix -s, nominative case -ar, accusative -en. Verbs carry tense and aspect through prefixes and suffixes; mood is indicated by auxiliary words in clauses. The basic word order is SVO (subject–verb–object). The language has a pronoun system that distinguishes inclusive and exclusive 'we' and marks politeness in verb forms.

Nyelcs has a small but active online community of learners, writers, and researchers who publish dictionaries and short texts. It is not used as a native language in any community and has no official status. It serves primarily as a linguistic case study and a hobbyist project within the conlang ecosystem.