Gnomish

Natively known as: Aintyoth /ˈaintyoth/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
au svoi grevut fyen gie whiech au scou gie grax ngaum kau scou
Pronunciation: /au svoi ˈgrevut fyen gie whiech au scou gie grax ngaum kau scou/
Aintyothi word order: and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind [button]Show Translator[/button] Note: Translator does not automatically do word order and only finds exact matches in your dictionary (will not find plurals, past-tense, etc.) However, all available affixes in the language may be used. Making the translator smarter is a work in progress.

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Affixes in this language:

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Consonant inventory: /b bl br c ch cr d dr f fj fr g gh gr h j k kn l m n ng p ph pr q r s sc sv t th tr v w wh wr x z/

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

Vowel inventory: /a ai au e i ie o oi ou u y ye yo/

Diphthongs: ai, au, ie, oi, ou, ye, yo
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	Front	Back
High	i y	u
High-mid	e	o
Low	a

Syllable structure: (C)V(C)
Stress pattern: No fixed stress
Word initial consonants: b, bl, br, c, ch, cr, d, dr, f, fj, fr, g, gh, gr, h, j, k, kn, l, m, n, ng, p, ph, pr, q, r, s, sc, sv, t, th, tr, v, w, wh, wr, x, z
Mid-word consonants: b, bd, bl, br, c, ch, cr, d, dr, dr, f, fl, fj, fr, g, gh, gr, h, hw, j, jk, k, kp, kn, l, m, n, nf, ns, nt, nz, ng, p, pl, pr, pw, ph, pr, r, rg, rk, rm, rs, s, sc, sv, t, tg, tw, th, tr, v, vw, w, wh, wr, x, z
Word final consonants: bl, br, c, ch, cr, d, dr, f, fj, fr, g, gh, gr, k, kn, l, m, n, ng, p, ph, pr, r, s, sc, sv, t, th, tr, v, wh, wr, x, z Phonological changes (in order of application):

{p,k} → [+voice] / V_V

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Grammar

Main word order: Subject-Verb-Object-Oblique. "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: prepositions

Noun

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Singular	No affix uflu /ˈuflu/
Plural	If ends with vowel: Suffix -bl Else: Suffix -oibl uflubl /uˈflubl/

Articles

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Definite	kna /kna/ the
Indefinite	aibl /aibl/ a, some

Pronouns

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1st singular	fyo /fyo/ I, me
2nd singular	noi /noi/ you
3rd singular masc	svoi /svoi/ he, him, it
3rd singular fem	aus /aus/ she, her, it
1st plural	dy /dy/ we, us
2nd plural	gi /gi/ you (all)
3rd plural	baich /baich/ they, them

Possessive determiners

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1st singular	ouch /ouch/ my
2nd singular	ghyo /ghyo/ your
3rd singular masc	gie /gie/ his, its
3rd singular fem	gregr /gregr/ her, its
1st plural	dro /dro/ our
2nd plural	bly /bly/ your
3rd plural	wriev /wriev/ their

Verbs

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	Present	Past	Future
1st singular	If ends with vowel: Suffix -f Else: Suffix -af kaucraf /ˈkaucraf/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -g Else: Suffix -aig kaucraig /kaucrˈaig/	If starts with vowel: Prefix ud- Else: Prefix uda- udakaucr /ˈudakaucr/
2nd singular	If ends with vowel: Suffix -dr Else: Suffix -udr kaucrudr /kaucrˈudr/	Suffix -iebl kaucriebl /ˈkaucriebl/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -wre Else: Suffix -yowre kaucryowre /ˈkaucryowre/
3rd singular masc	If ends with vowel: Suffix -rgo Else: Suffix -orgo kaucrorgo /ˈkaucrorgo/	Prefix a- akaucr /aˈkaucr/	If starts with vowel: Prefix s- Else: Prefix sa- sakaucr /ˈsakaucr/
3rd singular fem	If starts with vowel: Prefix ap- Else: Prefix apu- apukaucr /ˈapukaucr/	Prefix bri- brikaucr /ˈbrikaucr/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -nsai Else: Suffix -ansai kaucransai /ˈkaucransai/
1st plural	If ends with vowel: Suffix -cr Else: Suffix -iecr kaucriecr /kaucrˈiecr/	Suffix -ai kaucrai /ˈkaucrai/	If starts with vowel: Prefix br- Else: Prefix bryo- bryokaucr /ˈbryokaucr/
2nd plural	Prefix oi- oikaucr /ˈoikaucr/	Suffix -yog kaucryog /kaucrˈyog/	If starts with vowel: Prefix q- Else: Prefix qi- qikaucr /ˈqikaucr/
3rd plural	If ends with vowel: Suffix -broi Else: Suffix -iebroi kaucriebroi /ˈkaucriebroi/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -k Else: Suffix -ouk kaucrouk /ˈkaucrouk/	Suffix -e kaucre /ˈkaucre/

Numbers

Aintyothi has a base-10 number system:

1 - fjy
2 - thyn
3 - zodr
4 - thy
5 - cu
6 - craifrai
7 - fibr
8 - doubaibr
9 - frouho
10 - ha
11 - hafjy “ten-one”
100 - fjy zofj “one hundred”
101 - fjy zofj au fjy “one hundred and one”
200 - thyn zofj
1000 - fjy fyopwyo “one thousand”

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = Prefix ta-
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Suffix -yc
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -dr
Else: Suffix -audr
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -wie
Else: Suffix -owie
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -bdyo
Else: Suffix -abdyo
Noun → verb (to create [noun]) = Suffix -aim
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Suffix -aubl
Verb → adjective (likely to do [verb]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ge
Else: Suffix -yoge
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -t
Else: Suffix -yot
Verb → noun that verb physically produces (e.g. build → building) = Prefix ou-
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Suffix -yotr
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -fa
Else: Suffix -aufa
Diminutive = Suffix -aigr
Augmentative = If ends with vowel: Suffix -wyo
Else: Suffix -awyo

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Gnomish

Natively known as: Aintyoth /ˈaintyoth/

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