Primordial
Natively known as: Pɹaɪmoʊdiɑl /ˈpɹaɪˌmoʊdiɑl/
...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...vae flal bri proed fid praumqua vae doppiocoes flant bri cex brec fiurbei
vae flal bri proed fid praumqua vae doppiocoes flant bri cex brec fiurbeiPronunciation: /wae flaːl briː proed fid ˈpraumkʷa wae ˈdoppiokoes flaːnt briː keks breːk ˈfiurbei/
Primordial word order: and he his hat holding stood and the wind to his wet face turned
Spelling & Phonology
Consonant inventory: /b d f g h k kʷ l m n p r s t w/| ↓Manner/Place→ | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Velar | Glottal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | |||
| Stop | p b | t d | k kʷ g | ||
| Fricative | f | s | h | ||
| Trill | r | ||||
| Lateral approximant | l |
| ↓Manner/Place→ | Labial-velar |
|---|---|
| Approximant | w |
Diphthongs: ae, au, ei, eu, io, iu, oe, UI
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| High | i iː | u uː |
| High-mid | e eː | o oː |
| Low | a aː |
Grammar
Main word order: Subject (Prepositional phrase) Object Verb. "Mary opened the door with a key" turns into Mary with a key the door opened. Adjective order: Adjectives are positioned before the noun. Adposition: postpositionsNouns
Nouns have seven cases:- Nominative is the doer of a verb: dog bites man.
- Accusative is the done-to of a verb: man bites dog.
- Genitive is the possessor of something: dog’s tail hits man.
- Dative is the recipeint of something: man gives ball to dog.
- Locative is the location of something: man goes to town.
- Ablative is movement away from something: man walks from town.
- Instrumental is the use of something: man writes with (using) pen.
| Nominative | No affix gliucre /ˈgliukreː/ dog (doing the verb) |
| Accusative | If ends with vowel: Suffix -ps Else: Suffix -uips gliucreps /ˈgliukreːps/ (verb done to) dog |
| Genitive | Suffix -ion gliucreion /ˈgliukreːion/ dogʼs |
| Dative | If ends with vowel: Suffix -ns Else: Suffix -eːns gliucrens /ˈgliukreːns/ to (the/a) dog |
| Locative | If ends with vowel: Suffix -d Else: Suffix -uːd gliucred /ˈgliukreːd/ near/at/by (the/a) dog |
| Ablative | Suffix -i gliucrei /ˈgliukreːi/ from (the/a) dog |
| Instrument | Suffix -u gliucreu /ˈgliukreːu/ with/using (the/a) dog |
| Singular | No affix gliucre /ˈgliukreː/ dog |
| Plural | Suffix -aed gliucreaed /ˈgliukreːaed/ dogs |
Articles
| Definite | Indefinite | |
|---|---|---|
| Singular | gret /gret/ the | bol /bol/ a |
| Plural | am /aːm/ the | sa /sa/ some |
- Not used for mass (uncountable) nouns:
‘Walking in the mud’ would always translate to ‘Walking in mud’. - Used for languages: ‘The English’
- Used with place names: ‘The London’
- Not used for non-specific countable nouns: non-specific means ‘I am looking for a (any) girl in a red dress’, whereas specific means ‘I am looking for a (particular) girl in a red dress’
Possessive determiners
| 1st singular | vant /waːnt/ my |
| 2nd singular | pe /peː/ your |
| 3rd singular masc | bri /briː/ his |
| 3rd singular fem | pleu /pleu/ her |
| 1st plural | pab /paːb/ our |
| 2nd plural | e /eː/ your (pl) |
| 3rd plural | flax /flaːks/ their |
Verbs
| Future | Suffix -aed resqueaed /ˈreskʷeaed/ will learn |
| Past | Particle before the verb: niː - ni resque /niː ˈreskʷe/ learned |
The ‘imperfective’ aspect refers to ongoing actions, such as I am learning and habitual actions, such as I learn (something new every day).
Primordial uses an affix for imperfective:
| Imperfective | Suffix -i resquei /ˈreskʷei/ learns/is learning |
Derivational Morphology
Adjective → adverb If ends with vowel: Suffix -s Else: Suffix -esAdjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) If ends with vowel: Suffix -l Else: Suffix -eil
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) Suffix -uk
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) Suffix -iub
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) Suffix -id
Noun to verb If ends with vowel: Suffix -l Else: Suffix -eil
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) Suffix -iu
Tending to If ends with vowel: Suffix -s Else: Suffix -aːs
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) If ends with vowel: Suffix -st Else: Suffix -iːst
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) Suffix -at
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) Suffix -ui
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) Suffix -eː
Diminutive If ends with vowel: Suffix -nt Else: Suffix -aːnt
Augmentative If ends with vowel: Suffix -d Else: Suffix -uid
Dictionary
Sample Sentences
"...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind..."vae flal bri proed fid praumqua vae bri cex brec doppiocoes flant fiurbei
vae flal bri proed fid praumqua vae doppiocoes flant bri cex brec fiurbeiPronunciation: /ˈwae flaːl briː ˈproed fid ˈpraumkʷa ˈwae briː keks breːk ˈdoppiokoes flaːnt ˈfiurbei/
Primordial Word Order: and he his hat holding stood and his wet face the wind to turned
"Ancestors be praised."
tiuo teu speun
tiuo teu speunPronunciation: /ˈtiuo ˈteu ˈspeun/
Primordial Word Order: Praise be ancestor
"The Secundus were the first to develop the language of man using the power of the elements to forge them upon the world of Oryth."
ust secundus flant glio o crom bro du i o grelce feb mirs vae fluspei flant pab plaum lant o oryth ose
ust secundus flant glio o crom bro du i o grelce feb mirs vae fluspei flant pab plaum lant o oryth osePronunciation: /ust ˈsecundus flaːnt ˈglio oː krom bro du i oː ˈgrelke feb mirs ˈwae ˈfluːspei flaːnt paːb ˈplaum laːnt oː ˈoryth ˈoseː/
Primordial Word Order: First Secundus to language of man develop power use of fire earth air and water to upon them world of Oryth forge.
| Pronunciation | Spelling |
|---|---|
| kʷ | qu |
| ks | x |
| k | c |
| w | v |
| ː |
Stress pattern: Initial — stress is on the first syllable
Word initial consonants: b, br, d, f, fl, fr, g, gl, gr, h, k, kl, kr, kʷ, l, m, n, p, pl, pr, r, s, sk, sp, st, t, tr, w
Mid-word consonants: b, bl, br, bs, bt, d, dd, dkʷ, dm, dw, f, ff, g, gg, gm, gn, gr, h, k, kk, kkʷ, kr, ks, ksk, ksp, kspl, kssp, kst, kstr, kt, kʷ, l, lg, lk, ll, ln, lp, ls, lt, ltr, lw, m, mb, mkʷ, mm, mn, mp, mpl, mpr, mw, n, nd, nf, nfl, nfr, ng, ngr, nk, nkl, nkr, nkʷ, nl, nn, ns, nskr, nsp, nst, nstr, nt, ntr, nw, p, pl, pp, ppl, ppr, pr, ps, pt, r, rb, rd, rf, rg, rk, rkʷ, rm, rn, rp, rr, rs, rsp, rt, rw, s, sd, sk, skʷ, sm, sp, ss, st, stkʷ, str, t, tkʷ, tr, ts, tt, ttr, w
Word final consonants: b, d, k, ks, l, m, n, nk, ns, nt, ps, r, rs, s, st, t
Phonological changes (in order of application):
- d → ʧ / _{i,u}
- b → v / V_
- t → l / V_V
- n → ∅ / _s
- s → h / V_V
Numbers
Primordial has a base-10 number system:- 1 - vub
- 2 - lal
- 3 - meu
- 4 - lo
- 5 - ui
- 6 - mit
- 7 - pe
- 8 - do
- 9 - sti
- 10 - ub
- 11 - ubvub “ten-one”
- 100 - vub cel “one hundred”
- 101 - vub cel vub “one hundred one”
- 200 - lal cel
- 1000 - vub sir “one thousand”
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