yazlça

Yazlça is a constructed language (conlang) created for linguistic experimentation and fictional worldbuilding. It is described as an agglutinative language with a relatively flexible word order, though example sentences commonly favor subject–object–verb in basic clauses. The lexicon blends invented roots with a small number of loanwords, allowing expression of tense, aspect, modality, and evidentiality within a compact morphology.

Phonology features a consonant inventory including p, t, k, s, z, l, m, n, r and the glides y and w, with vowels a, e, i, o, u. Stress is typically penultimate. Yazlça is normally written with a Latin-based alphabet; some communities use diacritics to distinguish vowel quality and certain consonant distinctions.

Grammar is primarily suffixing; nouns take markers for case, number, and definiteness, while verbs indicate aspect and mood through suffix clusters and occasional auxiliary particles. The language follows a nominative-accusative alignment, with grammatical relations reinforced by word order and postpositions in more complex clauses. A small set of clitics marks evidentiality and modality in discourse.

Originating in online conlang circles in the early 2000s, Yazlça has developed community grammars, lexicons, and sample texts. It remains mainly a recreational language used by hobbyists and fiction authors, with no official status and limited real-world use.