Suddzan (/ˈsudʣa/)

Natively known as: sudʣa /ˈsudʣa/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
ste mu selta do mu buavi ste mopra mu trete ontre lo niapo
Pronunciation: /ste mu ˈsɛlta dɔ mu ˈbwavi ste ˈmopra mu ˈtrete ˈontre lo ˈnjapo/
Sudʣan word order: and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: b d f g j k l m n p r s t v w z ɲ ʃ ʎ ʣ ʤ ʦ ʧ

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Palatal	Velar
Nasal	m		n		ɲ
Stop	p b		t d			k g
Affricate			ʦ ʣ	ʧ ʤ
Fricative		f v	s z	ʃ
Approximant					j
Trill			r
Lateral approximant			l		ʎ

Co-articulated phonemes

↓Manner/Place→	Labial-velar
Approximant	w

Vowel inventory: a e i o u ɔ ɛ

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

Syllable structure: Custom defined
Stress pattern: Penultimate — stress is on the second last syllable
Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
kw	qu
w	u
z	s
ʃ	sc
tʦ	zz
ʦ	z
k	c / !_{i,e,ɛ}
ʧ	ci / !_{i,e,ɛ}
ʧ	c
ʤ	gi / !_{i,e,ɛ}
ʤ	g
k	ch
ʎʎ	gli
ɲ	gn
ɛ	e
ɔ	o
j	i

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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: prepositions

Nouns

	Masculine	Feminine
Singular	No affix nuimpe /ˈnwimpe/ man	No affix gre /gre/ woman
Plural	Prefix kjo- cionuimpe /kjoˈnwimpe/ men	Prefix mi- migre /ˈmigre/ women

Articles

Sudʣan has no definite article ‘the’, or indefinite article ‘a’.

Pronouns

1st singular	ua /wa/ I, me, mine
2nd singular	la /la/ you, yours
3rd singular masc	mu /mu/ he, him, his, it, its
3rd singular fem	du /du/ she, her, hers, it, its
1st plural	qui /kwi/ we, us, ours
2nd plural	che /ke/ you all, yours (pl)
3rd plural masc	nuo /nwɔ/ they (masc), them (masc), theirs (masc)
3rd plural fem	fro /fro/ they (fem), them (fem), theirs (fem)

Possessive determiners

1st singular	ua /wa/ my
2nd singular	la /la/ your
3rd singular masc	mu /mu/ his
3rd singular fem	du /du/ her
1st plural	qui /kwi/ our
2nd plural	che /ke/ your (pl)
3rd plural masc	nuo /nwɔ/ their (masc)
3rd plural fem	fro /fro/ their (fem)

Verbs

	Masculine	Feminine
Present	No affix sce /ʃe/	No affix sce /ʃe/
Past	Prefix le- lesce /ˈleʃe/	Prefix su- susce /ˈsuʃe/
Remote past	Prefix li- lisce /ˈliʃe/	Prefix gwa- guasce /ˈgwaʃe/

Sudʣan uses a standalone particle word for future tense:

Future

Particle before the verb: u - u sce /u ʃe/ will learn

Perfect aspect

The perfect aspect in English is exemplified in ‘I have read this book’, which expresses an event that took place before the time spoken but which has an effect on or is in some way still relevant to the present.
Sudʣan uses an affix for the perfect aspect:

Perfect

Prefix da- dasce /ˈdaʃe/ have learned

Numbers

Sudʣan has a base-10 number system:
1 - ra
2 - stre
3 - va
4 - vi
5 - tru
6 - sque
7 - tri
8 - ande
9 - che
10 - cio
11 - ciora “ten-one”
100 - gro “hundred”
101 - gro ste ra “hundred and one”
200 - stre gro
1000 - co “thousand”

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = Prefix ʤa-
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Prefix fɔ-
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = Prefix sko-
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Prefix ni-
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Prefix pra-
Noun to verb = Prefix nwa-
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Prefix tri-
Tending to = Prefix skwa-
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Prefix ve-
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = Prefix pu-
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Prefix si-
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Prefix kjɛ-
Diminutive = Prefix njɛ-
Augmentative = Prefix fe-
Maker = Prefix pro-

Dictionary

3272 Words.

Spoken by

• Suddzan
• Zushan