Giluk

A language that originates from the deep sea ancestry of the Inyoka 

Natively known as: Giluk /ˈɡiluk/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind... zokilar zuvimel bibe kalaruw wolven zokilar zeision sopom zuivion wolven ibav goir Pronunciation: /ˈzokilar ˈzuvimel ˈbibe ˈkalaruw ˈwolven ˈzokilar ˈzeiˌsion ˈsopom ˈzuiˌvion ˈwolven ˈibav ˈɡoir/ Inyokan word order: and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face the wind to

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: /b k l m n p q r s v w ɡ/

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Velar	Uvular
Nasal	m		n
Stop	p b			k ɡ	q
Fricative		v	s
Trill			r
Lateral approximant			l

Co-articulated phonemes

↓Manner/Place→	Labial-velar
Approximant	w

Vowel inventory: /a e i o u/

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

Syllable structure: Custom defined Stress pattern: Initial — stress is on the first syllable
Phonological changes (in order of application):

• n → m / #_
• ɡ → k / #_
• r → rː / _N
• p → b / m_
• r → d / #_
• e → i / _#
• p → w / _B
• e → i / #_

How to read phonological rules
Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
ɡ	g

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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

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = Prefix qu-
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -w Else: Suffix -o
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = Prefix va-
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Suffix -as
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -w Else: Suffix -i
Noun to verb = Prefix ba-
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -b Else: Suffix -o
Tending to = If ends with vowel: Suffix -k Else: Suffix -a
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Suffix -eb
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -w Else: Suffix -a
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Suffix -eɡ
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -k Else: Suffix -e
Diminutive = Suffix -ok
Augmentative = Prefix va-

Dictionary

321 Words.

Spoken by

• Palani