Goblindegook

Goblindegook (native name: Gobw'chu) is a variation of the Savage Tongue particular to the goblins, though many scholars can speak it at least simply.

Grammar

Goblindegook has a very odd sentence structure from the perspective of English and many other Earthly languages, leading less educated goblins to speak in rather obtuse grammar when attempting to speak in the many flavors of Playerese.

Word order

Goblindegook varies between two sentence word orders based on the verbs used:

• is or have verbs follow Subject · Verb · Object
• All other verbs follow Object · Subject · Verb

For instance...

Se mi kir!

... translates word-for-word as "You I hate!" However...

Mi ja n'jara...

... translates word-for-word as "I have hunger..."

Inflection

Goblindegook words almost never inflect for any reason; they introduce new words, used much as though they were articles, to fulfill this purpose.

Goblindegook

Closest English

Hissi mi kir!

I hate cats!

Li hissi mi kir!

I hate that cat!

Questions

A standard question in Goblindegook is formed by the questionizer ni followed by an otherwise normal sentence.
By instead placing ni at the end of the sentence, the question becomes confirmatory.

Goblindegook

Closest English

Mi se m'm

You love me

Ni mi se m'm?

Do you love me?

Mi se m'm ni?

You love me, don't you?

When spoken, non-confirmatory questions tend to omit the initial ni in the hopes that context and vocal pitch will imply a question.

Trivia & other

• Emotions, hunger, and thirst are all things that are had.