Sylvan

Known as Kriyti among the fae.

Natively known as: kryyt /ˈkɹɪit/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
ghyd us u dakann gwydrent rylthash ghyd ereshgad ephlam u akrventydw dylleg fys
Pronunciation: /ghɪd ʌs ʌ ˈdɑkɑn ˈgwidɹɛnt ˈɹilθɑʃ ghɪd ɛˈɹɛʃgɑd ˈɛphlɑm ʌ ɑˈkɹvɛntɪdw ˈdɪlɛg fɪs/
Kriyti word order: and he his hat holding stood and the wind to his wet face turned

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: b c d f g h j k l m n p r s t v w x 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		x	h
Approximant				j
Trill			r
Lateral approximant			l

Co-articulated phonemes

↓Manner/Place→	Labial-velar
Approximant	w

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 → 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
• rr → ʀ
• 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	y
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 (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 five cases:

• Nominative is the doer of a verb: dog bites man.
• Accusative is the done-to of a verb: man bites dog.
• Genitive is the possessor of something: dog’s tail hits man.
• Dative is the recipient of something: man gives ball to dog.
• Locative is the location of something: man is in town.

Masculine

	Nominative	Accusative	Genitive	Dative	Locative
Singular	No affix flosskrychy /flosˈkɹɪʧi/ boy (doing the verb)	If ends with vowel: Suffix -v Else: Suffix -y flosskrychyv /flosˈkɹɪʧiv/ (verb done to) the/a boy	Prefix dwi- dwyflosskrychy /ˌdwɪflosˈkɹɪʧi/ boyʼs	Prefix ly- lyflosskrychy /ˌliflosˈkɹɪʧi/ to the/a boy	If ends with vowel: Suffix -k Else: Suffix -a flosskrychyk /flosˈkɹɪʧik/ near/at/by the/a boy
Plural	If ends with vowel: Suffix -d Else: Suffix -y flosskrychyd /flosˈkɹɪʧid/ boys (doing the verb)	If ends with vowel: Suffix -z Else: Suffix -e flosskrychyz /flosˈkɹɪʧiz/ (verb done to) boys	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ch Else: Suffix -o flosskrychych /flosˈkɹɪʧiʧ/ boysʼ	If ends with vowel: Suffix -gw Else: Suffix -i flosskrychygw /flosˈkɹɪʧigw/ to boys	Prefix dwe- dweflosskrychy /ˌdwɛflosˈkɹɪʧi/ near/at/by boys

Feminine

	Nominative	Accusative	Genitive	Dative	Locative
Singular	No affix grehyyfl /gɹɛˈhɪifl/ girl (doing the verb)	Suffix -ug grehyyflug /ˌgɹɛhɪˈiflʌg/ (verb done to) the/a girl	If ends with vowel: Suffix -f Else: Suffix -y grehyyfly /ˌgɹɛhɪˈifli/ girlʼs	Suffix -otr grehyyflotr /ˌgɹɛhɪˈiflotɹ/ to the/a girl	If ends with vowel: Suffix -gr Else: Suffix -y grehyyfly /ˌgɹɛhɪˈifli/ near/at/by the/a girl
Plural	If ends with vowel: Suffix -kr Else: Suffix -u grehyyflu /ˌgɹɛhɪˈiflʌ/ girls (doing the verb)	If ends with vowel: Suffix -c Else: Suffix -u grehyyflu /ˌgɹɛhɪˈiflʌ/ (verb done to) girls	If ends with vowel: Suffix -k Else: Suffix -o grehyyflo /ˌgɹɛhɪˈiflo/ girlsʼ	Suffix -ybr grehyyflybr /ˌgɹɛhɪˈiflibɹ/ to girls	Prefix tha- thagrehyyfl /ˌθɑgɹɛˈhɪifl/ near/at/by girls

Neuter

	Nominative	Accusative	Genitive	Dative	Locative
Singular	No affix dyd /did/ dog (doing the verb)	Suffix -ugw dydugw /ˈdidʌgw/ (verb done to) the/a dog	If ends with vowel: Suffix -s Else: Suffix -a dyda /ˈdidɑ/ dogʼs	If ends with vowel: Suffix -fl Else: Suffix -i dydy /ˈdidɪ/ to the/a dog	If ends with vowel: Suffix -g Else: Suffix -a dyda /ˈdidɑ/ near/at/by the/a dog
Plural	Suffix -em dydem /ˈdidɛm/ dogs (doing the verb)	Suffix -it dydyt /ˈdidɪt/ (verb done to) dogs	Suffix -eh dydeh /ˈdidɛh/ dogsʼ	Suffix -en dyden /ˈdidɛn/ to dogs	Prefix phi- phydyd /ˈphɪdid/ near/at/by dogs

Articles

	Definite	Indefinite
Singular	surlys /ˈsʌɹlɪs/ the	anphossho /ɑnpˈhosʃo/ a
Plural	hymronn /ˈhimɹon/ the	tylvam /ˈtilvɑm/ some

Uses of definite article that differ from English:

• Definite article can be omitted: ‘I am going to supermarket’
• Used with place names: ‘The London’

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

	Nominative	Accusative	Genitive	Dative	Locative
1st singular	ab /ɑb/ I	ysh /iʃ/ me	bryd /bɹid/ mine	thu /θʌ/ to me	vynn /vin/ to me
2nd singular	y /i/ you	y /ɪ/ you	hy /hɪ/ yours	ha /hɑ/ to you	ku /kʌ/ to you
3rd singular masc	us /ʌs/ he,	yh /ɪh/ his,	o /o/ his,	e /ɛ/ to his, to	gweh /gwɛh/ to his, to
3rd singular fem	shynd /ʃɪnd/ she,	u /ʌ/ her,	ba /bɑ/ hers,	ma /mɑ/ to her, to	try /tɹi/ to her, to
3rd singular neuter	chynd /ʧɪnd/ it (neut)	gwo /gwo/ it (neut)	lo /lo/ its (neut)	a /ɑ/ to it (neut)	gu /gʌ/ to it (neut)
1st plural	la /lɑ/ we	kru /kɹʌ/ us	meh /mɛh/ ours	yn /in/ to us	centh /kɛnθ/ to us
2nd plural	bold /bold/ you all	ur /ʌɹ/ you all	gas /gɑs/ yours (pl)	ny /ni/ to you all	sot /sot/ to you all
3rd plural masc	dwuc /dwʌk/ they (masc)	kysh /kɪʃ/ them (masc)	fle /flɛ/ theirs (masc)	me /mɛ/ to them (masc)	tran /tɹɑn/ to them (masc)
3rd plural fem	sha /ʃɑ/ they (fem)	dy /di/ them (fem)	ysh /ɪʃ/ theirs (fem)	ghy /ghi/ to them (fem)	phynth /phɪnθ/ to them (fem)
3rd plural neuter	yt /ɪt/ they (neut)	vu /vʌ/ them (neut)	yph /ɪph/ theirs (neut)	se /sɛ/ to them (neut)	bre /bɹɛ/ to them (neut)

Possessive determiners

	Possessive
1st singular	ud /ʌd/ my
2nd singular	a /ɑ/ your
3rd singular masc	u /ʌ/ his
3rd singular fem	afl /ɑfl/ her
3rd singular neuter	y /ɪ/ his, her, its (neut)
1st plural	o /o/ our
2nd plural	e /ɛ/ your (pl)
3rd plural masc	ysh /iʃ/ their (masc)
3rd plural fem	vy /vi/ their (fem)
3rd plural neuter	la /lɑ/ their (neut)

Verbs

Kriyti uses a standalone particle word for past tense:

Past	Particle before the verb: kout - kout shunxus /ˈkoʌt ˈʃʌnksʌs/ learned

Kriyti uses a standalone particle word for future tense:

Future

Particle before the verb: ucish - ucysh shunxus /ˈʌkɪʃ ˈʃʌnksʌs/ will learn

Imperfective aspect

The ‘imperfective’ aspect refers to ongoing actions, such as I am learning and habitual actions, such as I learn (something new every day).
Kriyti uses a standalone particle word for imperfective:

Imperfective

Particle before the verb: ugw - ugw shunxus /ʌgw ˈʃʌnksʌs/ learns/is learning

Numbers

Kriyti has a base-10 number system:
1 - tryas
2 - losuthkry
3 - morlat
4 - sotzuhut
5 - shunthbykre
6 - usyc
7 - trethryss
8 - trodnyhy
9 - nasheme
10 - cosh
100 - yn
1000 - gynnyt

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = If ends with vowel: Suffix -h
Else: Suffix -u
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Prefix mo-
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -br
Else: Suffix -y
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Prefix bri-
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Prefix try-
Noun to verb = Suffix -es
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Prefix no-
Tending to = Suffix -un
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -gw
Else: Suffix -o
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -t
Else: Suffix -i
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -l
Else: Suffix -u
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Suffix -ugh
Diminutive = Prefix vo-
Augmentative = Prefix chi-

Dictionary

3133 Words.