Taejïn

Spoken along the Rava-sigu in the Tomrak nation.

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 after the noun.
Adposition: postpositions

Pronouns

These often are used in place of the subject or object's name or identifier.

	Neuter	Animate	Inanimate
1st person	bó /bʌ/ I, me, mine, we, us, ours	nú /ɳɤ/ (non-human) I, me, mine, we, us	té /ʈi/ inert (non-living)
2nd person	gú /gɤ/ you, yours, you all, yours (pl)	dri /ɖɽɪ/ (non-human) you, yours	gez /geʐ/ (non-living) you, yours
3rd person	mé /ɱi/ it, its, they, them, theirs	qäk /qɑːk/ (non-human) they, them, theirs	ri /ɽɪ/ (non-living) it, its

Noun Particles

Particles are often used in lieu of prepositions. Neuter gender always refers to humans/Eliverans. Animate refers to conscious beings and/or sentient beings, which can include aliens as well as conscious animals and plants. Inanimate refers to non-living things such as rocks, ocean waves, planets, moons, etc.

	Neuter	Animate	Inanimate
Nominative	at /ɑʈ/ (when doing the verb)	jág /ɟag/ (when doing the verb)	jo /ɟɔ/ (when doing the verb)
Accusative	tae /ʈæ/ (verb done to)	ue /oe/ (verb done to)	trü /ʈɽɤː/ (verb done to)
Genitive	qae /qæ/ humanʼs	to /ʈɔ/ sentient-beingʼs	zi /ʐɪ/ inert-objectʼs
Illative	sü /ʂɤː/ into (the/a)	trï /ʈɽɪː/ into (the/a)	ü /ɤː/ into (the/a)
Elative	ni /ɳɪ/ out of (the/a)	ri /ɽɪ/ out of (the/a)	zrïg /ʐɽɪːg/ out of (the/a)
Comitative	ká /ka/ with (the/a)	jú /ɟɤ/ with (the/a)	gae /gæ/ with (the/a)
Essive	go /gɔ/ period of time existing as (the/a)	trür /ʈɽɤːɽ/ period of time existing as (the/a)	sú /ʂɤ/ period of time existing as (the/a)
Locative	jed /ɟeɖ/ near/at/by (the/a)	drét /ɖɽiʈ/ near/at/by (the/a)	jó /ɟʌ/ near/at/by (the/a)
Ablative	bi /bɪ/ away from (the/a)	qïg /qɪːg/ away from (the/a)	éz /iʐ/ away from (the/a)
Instrumental	zru /ʐɽo/ with/by (the/a)	tru /ʈɽo/ with/by (the/a)	júr /ɟɤɽ/ with/by (the/a)
Subessive	ksë /kʂeː/ under (the/a)	trad /ʈɽɑɖ/ under (the/a)	mïv /ɱɪːⱱ/ under (the/a)
Superessive	re /ɽe/ on (the/a)	pé /pi/ on (the/a)	zus /ʐoʂ/ on (the/a)
Temporal	tö /ʈɔː/ when/at (the/a)	ksäm /kʂɑːɱ/ when/at (the/a)	da /ɖɑ/ when/at (the/a)

Writing System

Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
b	b
i	é
ɖ	d
a	á
æ	ae
g	g
ɟ	j
ɑː	ä
ɢ	x
k	k
eː	ë
ɪː	ï
ɤː	ü
ɱ	m
ɑ	a
ɳ	n
e	e
p	p
ɤ	ú
q	q
ɽ	r
ʂ	s
ɪ	i
o	u
ʈ	t
ⱱ	v
ɔː	ö
ɔ	o
ʐ	z
ʌ	ó
ʔ	h

Flowing - river-like script.

Phonology

The following consonant clusters are illegal/never-used.

Morphology

Derivational morphology

• Adjective → adverb = If contains {i,o,eː,ʌ,ɤ,ɑ,ɔː}: Suffix -iɽ
  Else: Suffix -ɔɽ
  
• Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = If contains {i,o,eː,ʌ,ɤ,ɑ,ɔː}: Suffix -o
  Else: Suffix -ɪ
  
• Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If contains {i,o,eː,ʌ,ɤ,ɑ,ɔː}: Suffix -eːⱱ
  Else: Suffix -ɑːⱱ
  
• Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = If contains {i,o,eː,ʌ,ɤ,ɑ,ɔː}: Suffix -o
  Else: Suffix -a
  
• Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If contains {i,o,eː,ʌ,ɤ,ɑ,ɔː}: Suffix -eːɽ
  Else: Suffix -aɽ
  
• Noun to verb = If contains {i,o,eː,ʌ,ɤ,ɑ,ɔː}: Prefix ʂɽɑ-
  Else: Prefix ʂɽe-
  
• Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = If contains {i,o,eː,ʌ,ɤ,ɑ,ɔː}: Suffix -ɤɖ
  Else: Suffix -aɖ
  
• Tending to = If contains {i,o,eː,ʌ,ɤ,ɑ,ɔː}: Prefix gi-
  Else: Prefix gɪ-
  
• Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = If contains {i,o,eː,ʌ,ɤ,ɑ,ɔː}: Prefix qo-
  Else: Prefix qɪː-
  
• Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = If contains {i,o,eː,ʌ,ɤ,ɑ,ɔː}: Prefix ɔː-
  Else: Prefix ɤː-
  
• One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = If contains {i,o,eː,ʌ,ɤ,ɑ,ɔː}: Prefix ɽɤ-
  Else: Prefix ɽɪ-
  
• Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = If contains {i,o,eː,ʌ,ɤ,ɑ,ɔː}: Suffix -eː
  Else: Suffix -ɑː
  
• Diminutive = If contains {i,o,eː,ʌ,ɤ,ɑ,ɔː}: Prefix ɽi-
  Else: Prefix ɽɔ-
  
• Augmentative = If contains {i,o,eː,ʌ,ɤ,ɑ,ɔː}: Prefix ɖɔː-
  Else: Prefix ɖɪ-
  
• Noun → verb (to create [noun]) = If contains {i,o,eː,ʌ,ɤ,ɑ,ɔː}: Prefix eː-
  Else: Prefix ɪː-
  
• Verb → adjective (likely to do [verb]) = If contains {i,o,eː,ʌ,ɤ,ɑ,ɔː}: Prefix pɔː-
  Else: Prefix pæ-

Syntax

Main word order: Subject (Prepositional phrase) Object Verb. “Bókú opened the door with a key” turns into Bókú with a key the door opened.
Adjective order: Adjectives are positioned after the noun.
Particle Rules: Noun particles are placed after the noun. Verb tense/aspect particles are placed before the verb, while Verb mood particles are placed after the verb.

Example

Bókú at résvúk nérö zru móxúv trü rï jor kso.
Pronunciation: /bʌkɤ ɑʈ ɽiʂⱱɤk ɳiɽɔː ʐɽo ɱʌɢɤⱱ ʈɽɤː ɽɪː ɟɔɽ kʂɔ/
Gloss: Bókú | at | résvúk | nérö | zru | móxúv | trü|  rï | jor| kso.
Bókú | NT.NOM:PART |  key | small | NT.INS:PART  | door | IN.ACC:PART | PFV.PST:PART | open  | IND:PART.
Where:

• NT = Neuter
• NOM = Nominative
• PART = Particle
• INS = Instrumental
• ACC = Accusative
• IN = Inanimate
• PRV = Perfective
• PST = Past
• IND = Indicative

Vocabulary

Numbers

Taejïn has a base-10 number system:

• 1 - tïs
  
• 2 - semo
• 3 - vök
  
• 4 - truvug
• 5 - növ
  
• 6 - trug
• 7 - zresaexá
  
• 8 - tris
• 9 - söm
  
• 10 - draen
• Hundred - vres
• Thousand - rüm

Phonetics

Consonant inventory: b g k p q ɖ ɟ ɢ ɱ ɳ ɽ ʂ ʈ ʐ ʔ ⱱ

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal		ɱ	ɳ
Stop	p b		ʈ ɖ	ɟ	k g	q ɢ	ʔ
Fricative			ʂ ʐ
Tap		ⱱ	ɽ

Vowel inventory: a e eː i o æ ɑ ɑː ɔ ɔː ɤ ɤː ɪ ɪː ʌ

	Front	Back
High	i
Near-high	ɪ ɪː
High-mid	e eː	ɤ ɤː o
Low-mid		ʌ ɔ ɔː
Near-low	æ
Low	a	ɑ ɑː

Tenses

Verbs

Verbs are denoted by a tense/aspect particle before it. This particle signifies the tense and aspect of that verb.

	Perfective	Perfect	Habitual	Continuous	Generic	Stative	Inchoative	Ingressive	Cessative
Past	rï /ɽɪː/ event in whole (ate)	núz /ɳɤʐ/ (had eaten)	qäv /qɑːⱱ/ repetitive actions temporarily (had been eating)	trae /ʈɽæ/ continuous action (was eating)	pé /pi/ verb is a true statement	bu /bo/ ongoing situation but not evolving	trov /ʈɽɔⱱ/ start of new static state	svúv /ʂⱱɤⱱ/ start of dynamic state (started to eat)	trig /ʈɽɪg/ end of event (was done eating)
Present	jïv /ɟɪːⱱ/ event in whole (eat)	á /a/ (have eaten)	mäz /ɱɑːʐ/ repetitive actions temporarily (have been eating)	vrú /ⱱɽɤ/ continuous action (am eating)	bo /bɔ/ verb is a true statement	qó /qʌ/ ongoing situation but not evolving	në /ɳeː/ start of new static state	pöm /pɔːɱ/ start of dynamic state (start to eat)	sva /ʂⱱɑ/ end of event (done eating)
Future	svü /ʂⱱɤː/ event in whole (will eat)	zi /ʐɪ/ (will have eaten)	ró /ɽʌ/ repetitive actions temporarily (will have been eating)	kät /kɑːʈ/ continuous action (will be eating)	vro /ⱱɽɔ/ verb is a true statement	u /o/ ongoing situation but not evolving	öd /ɔːɖ/ start of new static state	qï /qɪː/ start of dynamic state (will start to eat)	zrá /ʐɽa/ end of event (will be done eating)

Mood particles

These comes at the end of the sentence always.

Indicative	kso /kʂɔ/ factual statement or witnessed observation
Conditional	dë /ɖeː/ event is conditional on something else
Subjunctivei	rö /ɽɔː/ expressing opinions
Subjunctiveii	bút /bɤʈ/ expressing emotions or how the body feels
Imperative	saed /ʂæɖ/ commands
Optative	svóz /ʂⱱʌʐ/ expressing wishes or hopes
Potential	qae /qæ/ probability something will happen
Presumptive	nö /ɳɔː/ expressing a hypothesis or statement that is not factual
Presumptivei	bi /bɪ/ expressing doubt or concern
Interrogative	ta /ʈɑ/ expressing a question

Dictionary

4384 Words.

Common Phrases

Róv ksäm játsá vrú bárü kso /ɽʌⱱ kʂɑːɱ ɟaʈʂa ⱱɽɤ baɽɤː kʂɔ/

swim like a fish, as in swift but inattentive

Common Unisex Names

• Bókú /bʌkɤ/ 
• Trótzé /ʈɽʌʈʐi/ 
• Bähae /bɑːʔæ/ 
• Draem /ɖɽæɱ/ 
• Sruvu /ʂɽoⱱo/ 
• Küvrae /kɤːⱱɽæ/ 
• Rúqhú /ɽɤqʔɤ/ 
• Méthó /ɱiʈʔʌ/