Infernal

Referred to as Mochban by those who speak it.

Natively known as: mochba /ˈmokbɑ/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
hes il nuga beif lir mis hes em lir belvus zyth kehom farnur
Pronunciation: /hɛs ɪl ˈnʌgɑ ˈbɛɪf lɪɹ mɪs hɛs ɛm lɪɹ ˈbɛlvʌs ziθ ˈkɛhom ˈfɑɹnʌɹ/
Mochban word order: and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face the wind to

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: b c d f g h j k l m n p r s t v z

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m		n
Stop	p b		t d	c	k g
Fricative		f v	s z			h
Approximant				j
Trill			r
Lateral approximant			l

Vowel inventory: a e i o u y

	Front	Back
High	i y	u
High-mid	e	o
Low	a

Syllable structure: Custom defined ?
Stress pattern: Penultimate — stress is on the second last syllable ?
Sound changes (in order of application):

• a → ɑ
• bb → b
• b → b
• ch → k / _C
• ch → ʧ
• c → k
• d → d
• e → ɛ
• ff → f
• f → f
• gg → g
• g → g
• h → h
• i → ɪ
• j → ʤ
• kk → k
• k → k
• ll → l
• l → l
• m → m
• ng → ŋ
• nn → n
• n → n
• o → o
• p → p
• q → k
• r → ɹ
• sh → ʃ
• ss → s
• s → s
• th → θ
• t → t
• u → ʌ
• v → v
• w → w
• x → ks
• y → i
• z → z

Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
ɑ	a
b	b
ʧ	ch
d	d
ɛ	e
f	f
g	g
h	h
i	i
ɪ	i
ʤ	j
k	k
l	l
m	m
ŋ	ng
n	n
o	o
p	p
ɹ	r
ʃ	sh
s	s
θ	th
t	t
ʌ	u
v	v
w	w
x	x
z	z

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Grammar

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

Nouns

Singular	Suffix -eh juloeh /ʤʌˈloɛh/ dog
Plural	No affix julo /ˈʤʌlo/ dogs

Articles

	Definite	Indefinite
Singular	biybfes /bɪˈibfɛs/ the	us /ʌs/ a
Plural	jamro /ˈʤɑmɹo/ the	bid /bɪd/ some

Uses of definite article that differ from English:

• Used to talk about countable nouns in general: English’s ‘I like cats’ would translate to ‘I like the cats’

Uses of indefinite article that differ from English:

• Not used for non-specific countable nouns: non-specific means ‘I am looking for a (any) girl in a red dress’, whereas specific means ‘I am looking for a (particular) girl in a red dress’

Pronouns

1st singular	o /o/ I, me, mine
2nd singular	i /ɪ/ you, yours
3rd singular masc	yl /il/ he, him, his, it (masc), its (masc)
3rd singular fem	je /ʤɛ/ she, her, hers, it (fem), its (fem)
1st plural	ki /kɪ/ we, us, ours
2nd plural	a /ɑ/ you all, yours (pl)
3rd plural	e /ɛ/ they, them, theirs

Possessive determiners

	Possessive
1st singular	a /ɑ/ my
2nd singular	o /o/ your
3rd singular masc	lir /lɪɹ/ his
3rd singular fem	he /hɛ/ her
1st plural	ir /ɪɹ/ our
2nd plural	no /no/ your (pl)
3rd plural	jo /ʤo/ their

Verbs

	Present	Past	Remote past
1st singular	If ends with vowel: Suffix -m Else: Suffix -e tormome /toɹˈmomɛ/ (I) learn	If ends with vowel: Suffix -g Else: Suffix -y tormomy /toɹˈmomi/ (I) learned	Suffix -yl tormomyl /toɹˈmomil/ (I) learned (long ago)
2nd singular	Prefix si- sitormom /sɪˈtoɹmom/ (you) learn	If ends with vowel: Suffix -t Else: Suffix -i tormomi /toɹˈmomɪ/ (you) learned	Suffix -et tormomet /toɹˈmomɛt/ (you) learned (long ago)
3rd singular	Suffix -oj tormomoj /toɹˈmomoʤ/ (he/she/it) learns	If ends with vowel: Suffix -n Else: Suffix -u tormomu /toɹˈmomʌ/ (he/she/it) learned	Prefix te- tetormom /tɛˈtoɹmom/ (he/she/it) learned (long ago)
1st plural	Suffix -ugl tormomugl /toɹˈmomʌgl/ (we) learn	Prefix ho- hotormom /hoˈtoɹmom/ (we) learned	Prefix bo- botormom /boˈtoɹmom/ (we) learned (long ago)
2nd plural	Prefix fa- fatormom /fɑˈtoɹmom/ (you all) learn	Prefix lu- lutormom /lʌˈtoɹmom/ (you all) learned	Suffix -en tormomen /toɹˈmomɛn/ (you all) learned (long ago)
3rd plural	If ends with vowel: Suffix -r Else: Suffix -i tormomi /toɹˈmomɪ/ (they) learn	Prefix ja- jatormom /ʤɑˈtoɹmom/ (they) learned	Prefix mu- mutormom /mʌˈtoɹmom/ (they) learned (long ago)

Mochban uses a standalone particle word for future tense:

Future

Particle before the verb: bekislil - bekislil tormom /bɛˈkɪslɪl ˈtoɹmom/ will learn

Progressive aspect

The ‘progressive’ aspect refers to actions that are happening at the time of speaking, such as I am learning.
Mochban uses a standalone particle word for progressive:

Progressive

Particle before the verb: mulkud - mulkud tormom /ˈmʌlkʌd ˈtoɹmom/ is learning

Habitual aspect

The ‘habitual’ aspect refers to actions that happen habitually, such as I learn (something new every day), as opposed to actions that happen once (I learned something).
Mochban uses an affix for habitual:

Habitual

If ends with vowel: Suffix -gl Else: Suffix -a tormoma /toɹˈmomɑ/ learns

Numbers

Mochban has a base-10 number system:
1 - lothtose
2 - ritylfa
3 - ful
4 - loje
5 - ifigl
6 - suspom
7 - lil
8 - be
9 - ufsane
10 - libal
100 - arat
1000 - marryug

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = Suffix -on
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Suffix -as
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -l
Else: Suffix -o
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Prefix ro-
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -l
Else: Suffix -o
Noun to verb = Prefix zo-
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Prefix le-
Tending to = Prefix sy-
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Prefix re-
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -s
Else: Suffix -e
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Suffix -ez
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Prefix fu-
Diminutive = Suffix -er
Augmentative = Suffix -am

Dictionary

3120 Words.