Ichtlin

/ˈɪktlɪn/

Natively known as: /ghatklan/ //χætˈklæn//

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
o ghus spo spawp khekuk tkuche o tapt shpe spo sasok stut pawk
Pronunciation: /ɑ χʊs spɑ spɔp ˈxɛkʊk ˈtkʊʧɛ ɑ tæpt ʃpɛ spɑ ˈsæsɑk stʊt pɔk/
Ichtlin word order: and he his hat holding stood and the wind to his wet face turned

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: k p s t x ʃ ʔ ʤ ʧ χ

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Stop	p	t		k		ʔ
Affricate			ʤ ʧ
Fricative		s	ʃ	x	χ

Vowel inventory: æ ɑ ɔ ɛ ʊ

	Front	Back
Near-high		ʊ
Low-mid	ɛ	ɔ
Near-low	æ
Low		ɑ

Syllable structure: (C)(C)V(C)(C)
Stress pattern: Penultimate — stress is on the second last syllable
Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
æ	a
ɛ	e
ɑ	o
ɔ	aw
ʊ	u
ʃ	sh
ʤ	j
ʧ	ch
x	kh
χ	gh
ʔ	ʻ

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Grammar

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: postpositions

Nouns

Nouns have two cases:

• Nominative is the doer of a verb: dog bites man.
• Accusative is the done-to of a verb: man bites dog.

Nominative	No affix awpt /ɔpt/ dog (doing the verb)
Accusative	Suffix -æ awpta /ˈɔptæ/ (verb done to) dog

	Singular	Plural
Definite	No affix awpt /ɔpt/ the dog	Suffix -ɑk awptok /ˈɔptɑk/ the dogs
Indefinite	Suffix -æ awpta /ˈɔptæ/ a dog	Suffix -ɑp awptop /ˈɔptɑp/ some dogs

Articles

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

Pronouns

	Nominative	Accusative
1st singular	step /stɛp/ I	puj /pʊʤ/ me
2nd singular	she /ʃɛ/ you	spap /spæp/ you
3rd singular masc	ghus /χʊs/ he, it (masc)	sha /ʃæ/ his, it (masc)
3rd singular fem	chta /ʧtæ/ she, it (fem)	cha /ʧæ/ her, it (fem)
1st plural	tegh /tɛχ/ we	ek /ɛk/ us
2nd plural	tkawk /tkɔk/ you all	chtawpt /ʧtɔpt/ you all
3rd plural	shop /ʃɑp/ they	tko /tkɑ/ them

Possessive determiners

	Possessive
1st singular	spa /spæ/ my
2nd singular	sho /ʃɑ/ your
3rd singular masc	spo /spɑ/ his
3rd singular fem	a /æ/ her
1st plural	tku /tkʊ/ our
2nd plural	tko /tkɑ/ your (pl)
3rd plural	chtap /ʧtæp/ their

Verbs

Present	No affix shepe /ˈʃɛpɛ/ learn
Past	If ends with vowel: Suffix -pɛ Else: Suffix -ʊpɛ shepepe /ʃɛˈpɛpɛ/ learned
Future	Suffix -ɛ shepee /ʃɛˈpɛɛ/ will learn

Numbers

Ichtlin has a base-20 number system:
1 - shash
2 - a
3 - tko
4 - saw
5 - ches
6 - ech
7 - sawch
8 - ste
9 - shpo
10 - awka
11 - shu
12 - shpa
13 - tkashuk
14 - e
15 - spawshso
16 - u
17 - khetche
18 - spe
19 - shpaw
20 - tas
400 - juka
8000 - sashsas

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = If ends with vowel: Suffix -s
Else: Suffix -ʊs
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -χ
Else: Suffix -ɔχ
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʃ
Else: Suffix -ʊʃ
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Suffix -ɛ
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Suffix -ɛ
Noun to verb = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ptɛ
Else: Suffix -æptɛ
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Suffix -ɛ
Tending to = Suffix -ʊs
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Suffix -æ
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʃɛ
Else: Suffix -ʊʃɛ
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -k
Else: Suffix -ɔk
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Suffix -ʊp
Diminutive = Suffix -æs
Augmentative = If ends with vowel: Suffix -k
Else: Suffix -æk

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