The Primordial Language is the language of the Gods and Magic.
Consonants
| ↓Manner/Place→ |
bilabial |
labiodental |
alveolar |
palato-alveolar |
velar |
glottal |
| nasal |
m |
|
n |
|
|
|
| stop |
p,b |
|
t,d |
|
k,g |
|
| affricate |
|
|
ts |
ʧ |
|
|
| fricative |
|
f |
s |
ʃ |
x |
h |
Vowels
|
front |
back |
| high |
i |
u |
| high-mid |
|
o |
| low-mid |
ɛ |
|
| low |
a |
|
Romanization
| IPA |
Romanized |
| ɛ |
e |
| ʃ |
sh |
| ʧ |
ch |
Grammer
Syllable structure: (C)V
Stress pattern: Penultimate — stress is on the second last syllable
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: postposition
Numbers
1 - pi
2 - shas
3 - mu
4 - da
5 - u
6 - she
7 - chenhun
8 - ni
9 - sha
10 - naddo
11 - naddo dif pi “ten and one”
100 - pi chuksu “one hundred”
101 - pi chuksu pi “one hundred one”
200 - shas chuksu
1000 - pi ish “one thousand”
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