Fúrűvott (/ˈfuːryːvott/)

One of the languages of Cury.

Natively known as: fúrűvott /ˈfuːryːvott/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
dét vőar pü pilgy gízar hánc dét prez kók sonyar pü nyárc füg
Pronunciation: /deːt ˈvøːar py pilɟ ˈgiːzar haːnʦ deːt prɛz koːk ˈʃoɲar py ɲaːrʦ fyg/
Fúrűvotti word order: and holding hat his stood he and to the wind turned his face wet

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: b d f g h j k l m n p r t v z ɟ ɲ ʃ ʦ ʧ

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m		n		ɲ
Stop	p b		t d		ɟ	k g
Affricate			ʦ	ʧ
Fricative		f v	z	ʃ			h
Approximant					j
Trill			r
Lateral approximant			l

Vowel inventory: aː eː i iː o oː u uː y yː ø øː ɒ ɛ

	Front	Back
High	i iː y yː	u uː
High-mid	eː ø øː	o oː
Low-mid	ɛ
Low	aː	ɒ

Syllable structure: Custom defined ?
Stress pattern: Initial — stress is on the first syllable ?
Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
ɒ	a
aː	á
uː	ú
yː	ű
y	ü
s	sz
ʒ	zs
c	ty
ʦ	c
ʧ	cs
ɛ	e
eː	é
ɟ	gy
iː	í
ɲ	ny
oː	ó
øː	ő
ø	ö
ʃ	s

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Grammar

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

Nouns

Nouns have two cases:

• Ergative is the doer of a verb, when the verb is done to something: dog bites man.
• Absolutive is used in two scenarios: the doer of a verb when not done to something (dog bites), and the done-to of a verb (man bites dog).

Ergative	Prefix ʃyː- sűböbb /ˈʃyːbøbb/ dog (doing the verb to something)
Absolutive	No affix böbb /bøbb/ dog (doing the verb, but not to something)

	Singular	Plural
Definite	No affix böbb /bøbb/ the dog	If starts with vowel: Prefix ɒlk- Else: Prefix ɒlkɒ- alkaböbb /ˈɒlkɒbøbb/ the dogs
Indefinite	If starts with vowel: Prefix ɟ- Else: Prefix ɟo- gyoböbb /ˈɟobøbb/ a dog	Prefix aː- áböbb /ˈaːbøbb/ some dogs

Articles

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

Pronouns

	Ergative	Absolutive
1st singular	torc /torʦ/ I	fróm /froːm/ me, I
2nd singular	jin /jin/ you	bözt /bøzt/ you
3rd singular masc	hánc /haːnʦ/ he, it	gin /gin/ him, it
3rd singular fem	vák /vaːk/ she, it	lő /løː/ her, it
1st plural	nyűng /ɲyːng/ we	vonc /vonʦ/ us, we
2nd plural	csep /ʧɛp/ you all	gyúz /ɟuːz/ you all
3rd plural	bügy /byɟ/ they	prü /pry/ them, they

Possessive determiners

1st singular	katt /kɒtt/ my
2nd singular	híbb /hiːbb/ your
3rd singular masc	pü /py/ his
3rd singular fem	dúk /duːk/ her
1st plural	hu /hu/ our
2nd plural	prís /priːʃ/ your (pl)
3rd plural	fóg /foːg/ their

Verbs

	Present	Past	Remote past	Future
1st singular	Prefix aː- ávorar /ˈaːvorar/ (I) learn	If starts with vowel: Prefix ulv- Else: Prefix ulvuː- ulvúvorar /ˈulvuːˌvorar/ (I) learned	If starts with vowel: Prefix h- Else: Prefix hyː- hűvorar /ˈhyːvorar/ (I) learned (long ago)	If starts with vowel: Prefix f- Else: Prefix fo- fovorar /ˈfovorar/ (I) will learn
2nd singular	Prefix oː- óvorar /ˈoːvorar/ (you) learn	If starts with vowel: Prefix k- Else: Prefix kɒ- kavorar /ˈkɒvorar/ (you) learned	Prefix bø- bövorar /ˈbøvorar/ (you) learned (long ago)	Prefix vo- vovorar /ˈvovorar/ (you) will learn
3rd singular	If starts with vowel: Prefix l- Else: Prefix ly- lüvorar /ˈlyvorar/ (he/she/it) learns	If starts with vowel: Prefix r- Else: Prefix ro- rovorar /ˈrovorar/ (he/she/it) learned	If starts with vowel: Prefix m- Else: Prefix maː- mávorar /ˈmaːvorar/ (he/she/it) learned (long ago)	Prefix frɒ- fravorar /ˈfrɒvorar/ (he/she/it) will learn
1st plural	If starts with vowel: Prefix aːnt- Else: Prefix aːntoː- ántóvorar /ˈaːntoːˌvorar/ (we) learn	If starts with vowel: Prefix ʃ- Else: Prefix ʃeː- sévorar /ˈʃeːvorar/ (we) learned	If starts with vowel: Prefix l- Else: Prefix laː- lávorar /ˈlaːvorar/ (we) learned (long ago)	If starts with vowel: Prefix l- Else: Prefix liː- lívorar /ˈliːvorar/ (we) will learn
2nd plural	Prefix ziː- zívorar /ˈziːvorar/ (you all) learn	If starts with vowel: Prefix ʦ- Else: Prefix ʦɒ- cavorar /ˈʦɒvorar/ (you all) learned	Prefix ɛ- evorar /ˈɛvorar/ (you all) learned (long ago)	Prefix øː- ővorar /ˈøːvorar/ (you all) will learn
3rd plural	Prefix vɛ- vevorar /ˈvɛvorar/ (they) learn	Prefix vøː- vővorar /ˈvøːvorar/ (they) learned	If starts with vowel: Prefix ɲ- Else: Prefix ɲo- nyovorar /ˈɲovorar/ (they) learned (long ago)	Prefix ɟiː- gyívorar /ˈɟiːvorar/ (they) will learn

Numbers

Fúrűvotti has a base-10 number system:
1 - gyíns
2 - vőd
3 - csabb
4 - dárt
5 - núrtsük
6 - kűld
7 - pa
8 - nert
9 - kagy
10 - dá
Hundred - só
Thousand - húbb

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = Suffix -y
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -zt
Else: Suffix -yzt
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -r
Else: Suffix -or
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Suffix -y
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Prefix uː-
Noun to verb = Suffix -yː
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Suffix -ilʧ
Tending to = If ends with vowel: Suffix -t
Else: Suffix -ot
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Suffix -øː
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -p
Else: Suffix -uːp
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -kuː
Else: Suffix -uːkuː
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -nʧ
Else: Suffix -ɒnʧ
Diminutive = Suffix -yn
Augmentative = Suffix -ɛjt
Maker = Prefix buː-

Fúrűvott scholar

A Fúrűvott scholar copying drafts of scrolls.

Dictionary

3196 Words.

Fúrűvott scrolls

A painting depicting a collection of Fúrűvott scrolls.