Quz̥ó Language

Spoken in the mountains of Sefutji and among the islands that surround this continent.

Natively known as: quz̥ó /χʉˈʐɵ/

• ...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
  
• se̊qi̊én̥e̊do̊d tu i̊n̥iwí un̥i̊utze íd̥te̊ se̊qi̊én̥e̊do̊d uld̥uju íqå r̃ifi̊r̥iafi̊l̃ uṽdi̊id̥ i̊n̥iwí us̥és̥eqå
  
• Pronunciation: /səˌχɪɞˈɰəʣoʊʣ ˈʏʤʦə ʦʉ ɪˈɰɨʋʏ ˌʉɰɪˈʉʦzɘ səˌχɪɞˈɰəʣoʊʣ ˌɾɨfɪˈɻɨɐfɪɽ ɜˌðɞʂʏˈχʉzɨfɨ ɪˈɰɨʋʏ ʉˌʂɞʂɘˈχaɪ ˈʉɫʤʉʥʉ ʏˈχaɪ/
  
• Quz̥ó word order: and he stood his hat holding and his wet face turned the wind to
  

Grammar

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

Nouns

Several classes of nouns using an nominative-accusative structure for agreement. There is also several pluralities to alter the noun further. Singular is one person/thing/item, dual is two, plural is three or more, and multiplicity is uncountable/infinite.

• nominative,[Sefutji](topic)
• accusative, (object)
• dative, (indirect object, for)
• genitive, (possessive, of)
• vocative, (addressing someone)
• causative, (because of)
• instrumental, (with)
• ablative, (from)
• locative, (at)
• distributive, (for each)
• illative (to)

To illustrate this, the word cat is used in the table below to show how the affixes are applied by case.

	Singular	Dual	Plural	Multiplicity
Nominative	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʣ Else: Suffix -ɵ zódůd /ˈzɵʣaʊʣ/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʤ Else: Suffix -ɘ zódůd̥ /ˈzɵʣaʊʤ/	Suffix -ʉv zódůuv /ˈzɵʣaˌʊʉv/	Suffix -ɐʦ zódůat /ˈzɵʣaˌʊɐʦ/
Accusative	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ɹ Else: Suffix -aʊ zódůr /ˈzɵʣaʊɹ/	Suffix -aʊʣ zódůůd /ˈzɵʣaˌʊaʊʣ/	Prefix ɹɘ- rezódů /ˈɹɘzɵˌʣaʊ/	Suffix -ʉʦ zódůut /ˈzɵʣaˌʊʉʦ/
Dative	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ⱱ Else: Suffix -ɐ zódůṽ /ˈzɵʣaʊⱱ/	Prefix ʣə- de̊zódů /ʣəˈzɵʣaˌʊ/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʤ Else: Suffix -ɵ zódůd̥ /ˈzɵʣaʊʤ/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʁ Else: Suffix -ʏ zódůg /ˈzɵʣaʊʁ/
Genitive	Suffix -ɪɹ zódůi̊r /zɵˈʣaʊˌɪɹ/	Suffix -ɘz zódůez /zɵˈʣaʊˌɘz/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʥ Else: Suffix -aʊ zódůj /ˈzɵʣaʊʥ/	Prefix ʁoʊ- go̊zódů /ʁoʊˈzɵʣaˌʊ/
Vocative	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʥ Else: Suffix -oʊ zódůj /ˈzɵʣaʊʥ/	Suffix -əv zódůe̊v /ˈzɵʣaˌʊəv/	Prefix ⱱɵ- ṽózódů /ˈⱱɵzɵˌʣaʊ/	Prefix ʂʏ- s̥ízódů /ˈʂʏzɵˌʣaʊ/
Causative	Prefix ɹoʊ- ro̊zódů /ˈɹoʊzɵˌʣaʊ/	Suffix -aɪʣ zódůåd /ˈzɵʣaˌʊaɪʣ/	Suffix -ɞɹ zódůér /zɵˈʣaʊˌɞɹ/	Suffix -ɜs zódůos /ˈzɵʣaˌʊɜs/
Instrumental	Prefix ʤʉ- d̥uzódů /ˈʤʉzɵˌʣaʊ/	Prefix saɪ- såzódů /ˈsaɪzɵˌʣaʊ/	Suffix -oʊʦ zódůo̊t /ˈzɵʣaˌʊoʊʦ/	Suffix -ʉz zódůuz /ˈzɵʣaˌʊʉz/
Ablative	Suffix -ɵʥ zódůój /ˈzɵʣaˌʊɵʥ/	Suffix -ɞʑ zódůéj̥ /ˈzɵʣaˌʊɞʑ/	Suffix -ɪʦ zódůi̊t /zɵˈʣaʊˌɪʦ/	Suffix -oʊɻ zódůo̊r̥ /ˈzɵʣaˌʊoʊɻ/
Locative	Suffix -ɨʤ zódůid̥ /ˈzɵʣaˌʊɨʤ/	Suffix -ɞs zódůés /ˈzɵʣaˌʊɞs/	Suffix -aɪⱱ zódůåṽ /zɵˈʣaʊˌaɪⱱ/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʂ Else: Suffix -ʉ zódůs̥ /zɵˈʣaʊʂ/
Distributive	Suffix -oʊʥ zódůo̊j /zɵˈʣaʊˌoʊʥ/	Suffix -ʏɫ zódůíl /ˈzɵʣaˌʊʏɫ/	Suffix -əʂ zódůe̊s̥ /ˈzɵʣaˌʊəʂ/	Suffix -ɪɻ zódůi̊r̥ /ˈzɵʣaˌʊɪɻ/
Illative	Suffix -ɜʤ zódůod̥ /ˈzɵʣaˌʊɜʤ/	Prefix zaʊ- zůzódů /zaʊˈzɵʣaˌʊ/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʥ Else: Suffix -ɨ zódůj /ˈzɵʣaʊʥ/	Suffix -ʉʂ zódůus̥ /ˈzɵʣaˌʊʉʂ/

Pronouns

	Singular	Dual	Plural	Multiplicity
I	i /ɨ/	us /ʉs/	oqu /ˈɜχʉ/	i̊ /ɪ/
You	í /ʏ/	tozjo /ʦɜˈɣɜ/	len̥e /ˈɫɘɰɘ/	oj /ɜʥ/
He	e̊ /ə/	å /aɪ/	r̃o̊ /ɾoʊ/	i̊d /ɪʣ/
She	e /ɘ/	o /ɜ/	u /ʉ/	jo̊fu /ˈʥoʊfʉ/
They	iw /ɨʋ/	ó /ɵ/	o̊ /oʊ/	izji /ˈɨɣɨ/
It	s̥ů /ʂaʊ/	iz̥ /ɨʐ/	r̃i̊ /ɾɪ/	di̊ /ʣɪ/
Ze (neopronoun)	de /ʣɘ/	i̊zje̊l /ɪˈɣəɫ/	íxij /ʏˈxɨʥ/	e̊n̥éw /ˈəɰɞʋ/

Verbs

Verbs come in either active, stative, or transitive types. There are several ways to conjugate the verbs based on time, such as far past, past, present, future, far future, present prefect (an instant in time), imperfective (process with beginning and end in time). To illustrate each of these conjugations, the word "learn" is used in the table below.

	Active	Stative	Transitive
Far past	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʐ Else: Suffix -ɨ ot̥iz̥i /ˈɜʧɨʐɨ/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -s Else: Suffix -ɨ ot̥iz̥i /ɜˈʧɨʐɨ/	Prefix vɞ- véot̥iz̥ /ˈvɞɜʧɨʐ/
Past	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʐ Else: Suffix -ɨ ot̥iz̥i /ˈɜʧɨʐɨ/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -s Else: Suffix -ɨ ot̥iz̥i /ˈɜʧɨʐɨ/	Prefix vɞ- véot̥iz̥ /vɞˈɜʧɨʐ/
Present	Suffix -ʏz ot̥iz̥íz /ˈɜʧɨʐʏz/	Prefix ʂoʊ- s̥o̊ot̥iz̥ /ʂoʊˈɜʧɨʐ/	Prefix zɨ- ziot̥iz̥ /ˈzɨɜʧɨʐ/
Future	Suffix -ɜʣ ot̥iz̥od /ˈɜʧɨʐɜʣ/	Prefix ʣɨ- diot̥iz̥ /ˈʣɨɜʧɨʐ/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -v Else: Suffix -ə ot̥iz̥e̊ /ˈɜʧɨʐə/
Far future	Suffix -ɜʣ ot̥iz̥od /ˈɜʧɨʐɜʣ/	Prefix ʣɨ- diot̥iz̥ /ˈʣɨɜʧɨʐ/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -v Else: Suffix -ə ot̥iz̥e̊ /ɜˈʧɨʐə/
Present prefect	Suffix -ʏz ot̥iz̥íz /ˈɜʧɨʐʏz/	Prefix ʂoʊ- s̥o̊ot̥iz̥ /ˈʂoʊɜʧɨʐ/	Prefix zɨ- ziot̥iz̥ /ˈzɨɜʧɨʐ/
Imperfective	Suffix -ɞʦ ot̥iz̥ét /ˈɜʧɨʐɞʦ/	Prefix ʋʉ- wuot̥iz̥ /ˈʋʉɜʧɨʐ/	Suffix -ʣɵ ot̥iz̥dó /ˈɜʧɨʐʣɵ/

• Active refers to the verb describing the agent's direct action/experience.
• Stative refers to the patient (person the verb is acting upon).
• Transitive is a mixture of the two states, where the agent (direct action) is done to the patient (person verb acts upon).

Example:

e̊tsuíqe̊såtsól joíl̃ e̊tsuíqe̊såtsólut tiadíz.

IPA: /əθʉˈʏχəˌsaɪˌθɵɫ ʥɜˈʏɽ əˈθʉʏˌχəsaˌɪθɵˌɫʉʦ ʦɨɐˈʣʏz ./

Gloss:

e̊tsuíqe̊såtsól joíl̃	e̊tsuíqe̊såtsólut	tiadíz.
Astronomy DOER (suffix)	star + MULTIPLICITY.ACCUSATIVE.NOUN.AFFIX	study + ACTIVE PRESENT TENSE

Translation: Astronomer studies stars.


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Phonology

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: f s v x z ð ɣ ɫ ɰ ɹ ɻ ɽ ɾ ʁ ʂ ʃ ʋ ʐ ʑ ʒ ʣ ʤ ʥ ʦ ʧ ʨ θ χ ⱱ

↓Manner/Place→	Labiodental	Dental	Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Retroflex	Alveolo-palatal	Velar	Uvular
Affricate			ʦ ʣ	ʧ ʤ		ʨ ʥ
Fricative	f v	θ ð	s z	ʃ ʒ	ʂ ʐ	ʑ	x ɣ	χ ʁ
Approximant	ʋ		ɹ		ɻ		ɰ
Tap	ⱱ		ɾ		ɽ

Co-articulated phonemes

↓Manner/Place→	Velarized alveolar
Lateral approximant	ɫ

Vowel inventory: aɪ aʊ oʊ ɐ ɘ ə ɜ ɞ ɨ ɪ ɵ ʉ ʏ
Diphthongs: aɪ aʊ oʊ

	Front	Central
High		ɨ ʉ
Near-high	ɪ ʏ
High-mid		ɘ ɵ
Mid		ə
Low-mid		ɜ ɞ
Near-low		ɐ

Morphology

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = Suffix -ɞz
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ɫ Else: Suffix -ɘ
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ɹ Else: Suffix -ə
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Prefix ʐɜ-
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Prefix ɻɘ-
Noun to verb = Prefix ɹɵ-
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Prefix ɹʏ-
Tending to = Suffix -ʉz
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʣ
Else: Suffix -ʉ
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʥ Else: Suffix -aʊ
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Suffix -ʏɽ
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Prefix ʣɘ-
Diminutive = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʥ Else: Suffix -ɐ
Augmentative = Suffix -ɨz

Phonetics

Syllable structure: Custom defined Stress pattern: No fixed stress
Phonological changes (in order of application):

• z → ʣ / ɾ_
• ɾ → r / #_
• ɾ → h / s_

Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
ʣ	d
ʥ	j
aɪ	å
ð	tz
aʊ	ů
ʤ	d̥
f	f
ʃ	f̥
ʦ	t
ʧ	t̥
ʨ	kj
ɰ	n̥
ɐ	a
ⱱ	ṽ
ɘ	e
ʋ	w
ɜ	o
v	v
ɞ	é
ʁ	g
ɾ	r̃
ɪ	i̊
ɫ	l
ɨ	i
ɹ	r
oʊ	o̊
ɻ	r̥
ɽ	l̃
ɵ	ó
x	x
ɣ	zj
χ	q
ʉ	u
s	s
ʏ	í
ʂ	s̥
z	z
ʐ	z̥
ʑ	j̥
ʒ	v̥
θ	ts
ə	e̊

Sentence Structure

Subject - Object - Verb is the main structure. There is some variation for clauses.
Example: es̥ o̊t̥e̊ e̊tsuíqe̊såtsólut odén̥o̊z̥ , l̃efó odén̥o̊ s̥o̊íl̃e r̥å do ín̥íůwvíz̥ .

IPA: /ɘʂ ˈoʊʧə əˈθʉʏˌχəsaˌɪθɵɫʉʦ ˈɜʣɞˌɰoʊʐ , ˈɽɘfɵ ˈɜʣɞˌɰoʊ ˈʂoʊˌʏɽɘ ˈɻaɪ ʣɜ ˈʏɰʏˌaʊʋvʏʐ ./
GLOSS:

es̥	o̊t̥e̊	e̊tsuíqe̊såtsólut	odén̥o̊z̥	l̃efó	odén̥o̊ s̥o̊íl̃e	r̥å	do	ín̥íůwvíz̥	.
Person	under	star-MULTIPLICITY.ACC:N	dance.-ACT.PST:V	while	music-DOER-DU.NOM:N	sweet	tune	play-ACT.PST:V	.

• ACC:N stands for Accusative noun class.
• ACT:PST:V stands for Past tense Active aspect.
• DOER stands for the suffix that turns a word into "One who does {verb}"
• DU.NOM:N stands for Nominative noun class in dual form.

The noun class in its plurality form is always added last to a noun when adding various affixes.

Dictionary

4537 Words.

Root Languages

• Elivera Traditional or Üooaføv̱ian