Brouin (ˈbroːœy̯n)

Natively known as: brouin /ˈbroːœy̯n/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
e uin broum ra oe e oeb wocht pring oe u krort
Pronunciation: /ɛ œy̯n brɑu̯m raː u ɛ up ʋoːxt priŋ u ʏ krɔrt/
Brouin word order: and stood he holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: b d f j k l m n p r s t v x z ŋ ɣ ɦ ʋ

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m		n		ŋ
Stop	p b		t d		k
Fricative		f v	s z		x ɣ	ɦ
Approximant		ʋ		j
Trill			r
Lateral approximant			l

Vowel inventory: aː eː i oː u y øː œy̯ ɑ ɑu̯ ɔ ə ɛ ɛi̯ ɪ ʏ
Diphthongs: œy̯ ɑu̯ ɛi̯

	Front	Central	Back
High	i y		u
Near-high	ɪ ʏ
High-mid	eː øː		oː
Mid		ə
Low-mid	ɛ		ɔ
Low	aː		ɑ

Syllable structure: Custom defined
Stress pattern: advanced
Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
sx	sch
x	g / _#
x	ch
ʋ	w
p	b / _#
t	d / _#
d	t / C_#
ɣ	g
ɦ	h
ŋk	ng
ŋ	ng
yu	uw
u	oe / !_w
ɑoe̯	ou
eː	ee
aː	a
ɑ	a
oː	o
ɛi̯	ij / _#
ɛi̯	ei
ɛ	e
ɔ	o
i	ie / C_#
œy̯	ui
ɪ	i
ʏ	u
y	u
øː	eu
ə	e
̯

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Grammar

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

Noun case

Nominative	No affix toult /tɑu̯lt/ dog (doing the verb)
Accusative	If ends with vowel: Suffix -m Else: Suffix -eːm toulteem /ˈtɑu̯lteːm/ (verb done to) dog
Genitive	If ends with vowel: Suffix -m Else: Suffix -ʏm toultum /ˈtɑu̯ltʏm/ dogʼs
Dative	Suffix -aːm toultam /ˈtɑu̯ltaːm/ to (the/a) dog
Locative	Suffix -aːs toultas /ˈtɑu̯ltaːs/ near/at/by (the/a) dog
Ablative	Suffix -ɪ toulti /ˈtɑu̯ltɪ/ from (the/a) dog

Noun definiteness

Definite	No affix toult /tɑu̯lt/ the dog
Indefinite	Suffix -dar toultdar /ˈtɑu̯ltdar/ a dog

Noun number

Singular	No affix toult /tɑu̯lt/ dog
Plural	If ends with vowel: Suffix -s Else: Suffix -ɛs toultes /ˈtɑu̯ltɛs/ dogs

Verb voice

Passive

If ends with vowel: Suffix -drɛ Else: Suffix -ɛdrɛ dradre /ˈdrɑdrɛ/

Verb mood

Indicative	No affix dra /drɑ/ learn
Conditional	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ns Else: Suffix -ɪns drans /drɑns/ would learn
Subjunctive	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ls Else: Suffix -əls drals /drɑls/ learn
Imperative	If ends with vowel: Suffix -xt Else: Suffix -øːxt dracht /drɑxt/ learn! (command)

Verb aspect

Habitual	If ends with vowel: Suffix -m Else: Suffix -ɑu̯m dram /drɑm/ learn (often)
Perfect	If ends with vowel: Suffix -n Else: Suffix -ɛn dran /drɑn/ have learned

Verb tense

Remote past	If ends with vowel: Suffix -m Else: Suffix -øːm dram /drɑm/ learned (long ago)
Past	If ends with vowel: Suffix -r Else: Suffix -ɑr drar /drɑr/ learned
Present	No affix dra /drɑ/ learn
Future	Suffix -aːk draak /ˈdrɑaːk/ will learn

Numbers

Brouin has a base-10 number system:
1 - asu
2 - lis
3 - meel
4 - vra
5 - rins
6 - kermo
7 - snid
8 - med
9 - schoepij
10 - grik
Hundred - tij
Thousand - narcht

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = Suffix -ylf
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Suffix -œy̯
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -p
Else: Suffix -oːp
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -kt
Else: Suffix -ikt
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ns
Else: Suffix -əns
Noun to verb = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ft
Else: Suffix -ɑft
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -xt
Else: Suffix -ɔxt
Tending to = Suffix -im
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Suffix -ɛi̯rt
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ŋ
Else: Suffix -oːŋ
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ŋkt
Else: Suffix -ɑu̯ŋkt
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Suffix -ɪ
Diminutive = Suffix -ʏ
Augmentative = Suffix -i

Geographical Distribution

Brouin is mainly spoken in Brym nowadays. However, the language originated in Talan and spread to Syngrun, where a dialect of Brouin is still spoken today. Brouin is also spoken in New Talan, albeit the language has slightly changed there. Brouin the way it is spoken in Brym is the closest to the original talani language.

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