Ysokir

Natively known as: mütchyh /mitʧ/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
akt bo nelp aos bo twünamang akt blavü bo glült dwümu dwegyl rü
Pronunciation: /ɑkt bo nɛlp ɑˈos bo twiˈnɑmɑŋ ɑkt blɑˈvi bo glilt dwiˈmʌ dwɛˈgɪl ɹi/
Mutchyhi word order: and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face the wind to

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: b c d g h k l m n p q r s t v w z

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal	m		n
Stop	p b		t d	c	k g	q
Fricative		v	s z				h
Trill			r
Lateral approximant			l

Co-articulated phonemes

↓Manner/Place→	Labial-velar
Approximant	w

Vowel inventory: a e i o u y

	Front	Back
High	i y	u
High-mid	e	o
Low	a

Syllable structure: Custom defined ?
Stress pattern: Second — stress is on the second syllable ?
Sound changes (in order of application):

• a → ɑ
• b → b
• ch → ʧ
• c → ʧə
• d → d
• e → ɛ
• f → f
• g → g
• h → h
• i → ɪ
• j → ʤ
• kk → k
• k → k
• ll → l
• l → l
• m → m
• ng → ŋ
• nn → n
• n → n
• o → o
• p → p
• q → k
• r → ɹ
• sh → ʃ
• s → s
• th → θ
• t → t
• u → ʌ
• v → v
• w → w
• x → ks
• y → i
• z → z

Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
y	ü
c	chy
ɑ	a
b	b
ʧ	ch
d	d
ɛ	e
f	f
g	g
h	h
i	y
ɪ	i
ʤ	j
k	k
l	l
m	m
ŋ	ng
n	n
o	o
p	p
ɹ	r
ʃ	sh
s	s
θ	th
t	t
ʌ	u
v	v
w	w
x	ks
z	z

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Grammar

Main word order: Subject Verb Object (Prepositional phrase). “Mary opened the door with a key” turns into Mary opened the door with a key.
Adjective order: Adjectives are positioned before the noun.
Adposition: postpositions ?

Nouns

	Singular	Plural
Definite	No affix bud /bʌd/ the dog	If starts with vowel: Prefix l- Else: Prefix ly- lübud /liˈbʌd/ the dogs
Indefinite	Prefix a- abud /ɑˈbʌd/ a dog	Prefix u- ubud /ʌˈbʌd/ some dogs

Articles

Mutchyhi encodes definite article ‘the’, and indefinite article ‘a’ in noun affixes. See Noun section.

Pronouns

1st singular	sü /si/ I, me, mine
2nd singular	chyhe /ʧɛ/ you, yours
3rd singular	bo /bo/ he, she, him, her, his, hers, it, its
1st plural	lolp /lolp/ we, us, ours
2nd plural	y /ɪ/ you all, yours (pl)
3rd plural	blo /blo/ they, them, theirs

Possessive determiners

1st singular	si /sɪ/ my
2nd singular	che /ʧɛ/ your
3rd singular	bo /bo/ his, her, its
1st plural	lolp /lolp/ our
2nd plural	i /ɪ/ your (pl)
3rd plural	blo /blo/ their

Verbs

Mutchyhi uses a standalone particle word for past tense:

Past	Particle before the verb: ca - chya runy /ʧəˈɑ ɹʌˈnɪ/ learned

Mutchyhi uses a standalone particle word for future tense:

Future

Particle before the verb: lin - lyn runy /lɪn ɹʌˈnɪ/ will learn

Progressive aspect

The ‘progressive’ aspect refers to actions that are happening at the time of speaking, such as I am learning.
Mutchyhi uses a standalone particle word for progressive:

Progressive

Particle before the verb: zukt - zukt runy /zʌkt ɹʌˈnɪ/ is learning

Habitual aspect

The ‘habitual’ aspect refers to actions that happen habitually, such as I learn (something new every day), as opposed to actions that happen once (I learned something).
Mutchyhi uses an affix for habitual:

Habitual

If starts with vowel: Prefix im- Else: Prefix imy- ymüruny /ɪˈmiɹʌˌnɪ/ learns

Numbers

Mutchyhi has a base-10 number system:
1 - ne
2 - zo
3 - by
4 - mep
5 - chyo
6 - bo
7 - das
8 - se
9 - me
10 - nyüsh
100 - gatchyh
1000 - tü

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = If starts with vowel: Prefix t-
Else: Prefix tu-
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix yn-
Else: Prefix ynu-
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix n-
Else: Prefix ne-
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Prefix a-
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If starts with vowel: Prefix ah-
Else: Prefix ahy-
Noun to verb = Prefix y-
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix z-
Else: Prefix za-
Tending to = Prefix a-
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Prefix e-
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = Prefix i-
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Prefix a-
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Prefix o-
Diminutive = If starts with vowel: Prefix q-
Else: Prefix qy-
Augmentative = Prefix gla-

Dictionary

3098 Words.