Introducing κηλλῆν, a Greek-based Conlang

I'm currently taking a class on New Testament Greek, and in margin doodles in my notes for the class, I started playing around with the idea of reversing prefixes and suffixes. That idea has evolved a bit, such that I have regularized some of the affixes, decided I don't actually like the augment and perfect reduplication as suffixes after all, made a few phonetic/phonological modifications, and regularized things a lot, such that Kîllîn is becoming a more fully fleshed out conlang. I have posted below the notes I made in a separate document. It serves mostly as a reference for me as I work on this language further, but it seemed appropriate to share some it here, as well.

Grammar Overview of Κηλλῆν

1. Nouns have 3 genders, 2 numbers, and 4 cases
   1. Masculine
      Nom: σ-, υι-
      Gen: υ-, νω-
      Dat: ι-, σι-
      Acc: ∅-, συ-

Examples: σάνδρα ‘man’, υάνδρα ‘of a man’, ιάνδρα ‘to a man’, άνδρα ‘man’; υιάνδρα ‘men’, νωάνδρα/νώνδρα ‘of men’, σιάνδρα, συάνδρα/σώνδρα

2. Feminine

Nom: ∅-, ια-

Gen: ση-, νω-

Dat: ι-, σι-

Acc: ∅-, σα-

Examples: γύν ‘woman’, ιαγύν ‘women’, σηγύν, νωγύν, ιγύν, σιγύν, γύν, σαγύν

3. Neuter
   Nom: ∅-, ∅-
   Gen: υ-, νω-
   Dat: ι-, σι-
   Acc: ∅-, ∅-
   βιβλι ‘book’, υβιβλι ‘of a book, ιβιβλι, βιβλι; βιβλι ‘books’, νωβιβλι ‘of books’, σιβιβλι, βιβλι
1. Pronouns
   γω, υιγω; -υμ, -ημ; -μι, -σημ; με, συμε/συμι, σαμε
   συ, υισυ; -υς, -ητ; -ις, -σητ; σε, συσε, σασε
   ατ, υιατ; -υτ/-ωτ, -νωτ; ιατ, σιατ; τα, συτ
   ατ, ιᾶτ; -υτ/-ωτ, -νωτ; ιατ, σαιτ; τα, σατ
2. Verbs: present, aorist, and perfect tenses; active and passive voices; indicative, subjunctive, and imperative moods
   1. Active Indicative: -ι, -∅
      1. Present Active Indicative
         μιλυ, σιλυ, τιλυ, μελυ, τελυ, νιλυ
         μιλέγι, σιλέγι, τιλέγι, μελέγι, τελέγι, νιλέγι
      2. Aorist Active Indicative¹
         μισαλυ, σισαλυ/σηλυ, τισαλυ, μεσαλυ, τεσαλυ, νισαλυ
         μισλέγε, σισλέγε, τισλέγε, μεσλέγε, τεσλέγε, νισλέγε
      3. Perfect Active Indicative²
         μικαλυ, σικαλυ, τικαλυ, μεκαλυ, τεκαλυ, νικαλυ
         μικλέγε, σικλέγε, τικλέγε, μεκλέγε, νικλέγι
   2. Passive Indicative: θε- stem -ι, -∅
      1. Present
         μιθελυ, etc.
         μιθλέγι, etc.
      2. Aorist
         μισαθελυ, etc.
         μισαθλέγε, etc.
      3. Perfect
         μικαθελυ, etc.
         μικαθλέγε, etc.
   3. Active Subjunctive
      1. Present
         μιλυη, etc.
         μιλέγη, etc.
      2. Aorist
         μισαλυη, etc.
         μισλέγη, etc.
      3. Perfect
         μικαλυ, etc.
         μικλέγη, etc.
   4. Passive Subjunctive
      1. Present
         μιθελυη, etc.
         μιθλέγη, etc.
      2. Aorist
         μισαθελυη, etc.
         μισαθλέγη, etc.
      3. Perfect
         μικαθελυη, etc.
         μικαθλέγη, etc.
   5. Imperative
      σηλυ, τηλυ; τωλυ, νηλυ
      σηλέγη, τηλέγη; τωλέγη, νηλέγη
3. Participles
   1. Active
      1. Present: σονδυ, υονδυ, ιονδυ, ονδυ, υιονδυ/υωνδυ, νωνδυ, σουνδυ, συωνδυ/σωνδυ; σονδέγη, etc.
      2. Aorist: σανδυ, υσανδυ, ισανδυ, σανδυ, υισανδυ, νωσανδυ, σισανδυ, συσανδυ; σανδέγη, etc.
      3. Perfect: σκοτλυ, υκοτλυ, ικοτλυ, κοτλυ, υικοτλυ, νωκοτλυ, σικοτλυ, συκοτλυ; σκοτλέγη, etc. (alternate: σκανδυ, etc.)
   2. Passive
      1. Present: σμένθλυ, υμένθλυ, ιμένθλυ, μένθλυ, υιμένθλυ, νωμένθλυ, σιμένθλυ, συμένθλυ; σμενθλέγη, etc.
      2. Aorist: σαμένθλυ, υσαμένθλυ, etc.; σαμενθλέγη, etc.
      3. Perfect: σκάνθλυ, υκανθλυ, etc.; σκανθλέγη, etc.
4. Infinitives: ελυ, σελυ, κελυ; ελέγη, σελέγη, κελέγη; θελυ, σεθλυ, κεθλυ; θελέγη, σεθλέγη, κεθλέγη
5. Derivation: τη- agentive, eg. μιμάθα ‘I learn’, στημαθ(υ) ‘student, disciple’
   κι- nominalizer, eg. ἑλλὴν ‘Hellenic’, κηλλῆν ‘Kîllîn’
   τερ- comparative, eg. γαθα ‘good’, τεργαθα ‘better’; σόφυ ‘wise’, τερσόφυ ‘wiser’
   τατ- superlative, eg. γαθα, τατκαθα ‘best’; σόφυ, τατσόφυ ‘wisest’

1The aorist takes the augment suffix -ε

2The perfect reduplicates the stem vowel after a consonant instead of presenting iota

The Linguistic landscape of the Pre-Imperial era

The ancestors of the imperials came first to the marshy coasts of what later became Sueldon. This is reflected in the Paiodd word for ‘city’ mess, which, as noted by the famous imperial linguist Holwess Aliss, is likely derived from the same origin as the word meass itself, meaning ‘coast’. Those who settled along the Sueldonian coast later expanded west along the coast, north to the marshlands surrounding the Dog’s Ear Bay, and north into the plains and lowlands.
This eventually gave rise to several divergent languages among the coastal settlers, and in fact those who migrated to the lowlands began to diverge more greatly from their coastal ancestors, eventually establishing their own unique identity.The lowlanders also began to expand, further north and west into the forests and the highlands beyond. This established a still more divergent highland group, who also participated in subsequent expansion into other highland areas.
Thus, when Galeadd Viress rose to become emperor and united the various peoples under his nacent empire, there were many groups throughout the realm. These groups are descended from the major three: Coastal, Lowland, and Highland. A categorized list is as follows. Each group had its own unique culture and language, and thus this is also a list of the languages that existed before the empire. All are related, though divergent enough to be unintelligible to even the most closely neighboring groups. Within each major grouping, the language groups are listed from West to East, South to North.

Coastal

Bayspeech
- West
- Southwest
- N
- East
Sueldonian
- West
- East
Marshland
- South
- North

Lowland

Sienan
Rolanish
Muralian
Honalian

Highland

Virestian
Culadian
Woodland
- West
- East
West Honalian
Alavolian

In addition, it must be noted that there were the remnants of indigenous groups, though these had been largely pushed to the margins of the land by the ever-expanding Coastal, Lowland, and Highland groups. There were also enclaves under Parinali influence, and especially to the East, the Barbarian groups, many of whom resist imperial rule to this day.
Viress succeeded in uniting all of the major groups related by common ancestry to his own Virestian stock, the Coastal and Lowland groups as well as the Highlanders, and was even successful in bringing some of the indigenous, Parinali, and the Westernmost of the Barbarian tribes into the fold.