Quecteuian/Farm Speak

a language spoken by many mid-western kingdoms.

Natively known as: quecteu /kɛkˈtø/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
cleufre gro oin adre gro blom cleufre no gro peuxte brer anlme spu
Pronunciation: /kløfʁ gʁo wɛ̃ adʁ gʁo blɔ̃ kløfʁ nɔ gʁo pøkst bʁe ɑ̃lm spu/
Quecteuian 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 s t v w z ɥ ɲ ʁ ʃ ʒ

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular
Nasal	m		n		ɲ
Stop	p b		t d			k g
Fricative		f v	s z	ʃ ʒ			ʁ
Approximant					j
Lateral approximant			l

Co-articulated phonemes

↓Manner/Place→	Labial-palatal	Labial-velar
Approximant	ɥ	w

Vowel inventory: a e i o u y ø œ ɑ̃ ɔ ɔ̃ ɛ ɛ̃

	Front	Back
High	i y	u
High-mid	e ø	o
Low-mid	ɛ ɛ̃ œ	ɔ ɔ̃
Low	a	ɑ̃

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

Pronunciation	Spelling
e	e*4 | er / _#
ksj	cti
ks	xe / _#
ks	x
k	que / _#
kt	ct
sk	squ
k	c / !_{i,e,ɛ}
k	qu
d	de / _#
t#	te
wi	oui
wɛ̃	oin
jɛ̃	ien
ɛ̃	in
wɑ{a,ɑ}	oi
ʒ	g / _{i,e,ɛ}
ʒm	gem
ɥ	u
y	u
j	i
ʒ	ge / _#
ʒ	j
ʃ	che / _#
ɲ	gn
∅	e / CC_#
v	ve / _#
ʃ	ch
ʁ	r | rd | rt / _#
ʁ	r
ɔ̃	on | om / _#
ɔ̃	on
ɔ	o
ɑ̃	an
ɛ	e
ø	eu
œ	eu
w	u

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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

Nouns form plural with separate plural word:

Plural

Particle before the noun: ga - ga fi /ga fi/ dogs

Articles

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

Pronouns

1st singular	pras /pʁas/ I, me, mine
2nd singular	lie /ljɛ/ you, yours
3rd singular	gro /gʁo/ he, him, his, she, her, hers, it, its
1st plural	cruonpre /kʁwɔ̃pʁ/ we, us, ours
2nd plural	be /be/ you all, yours (pl)
3rd plural	cri /kʁi/ they, them, theirs

Possessive determiners

	Possessive
1st singular	pras /pʁas/ my
2nd singular	lie /ljɛ/ your
3rd singular	gro /gʁo/ his, her, its
1st plural	cruonpre /kʁwɔ̃pʁ/ our
2nd plural	be /be/ your (pl)
3rd plural	cri /kʁi/ their

Verbs

	Singular	Plural
Present	No affix leve /leˈve/ (I/you/he/she/it) learn(s)	Prefix ɔ̃- onleve /ɔ̃ˈleve/ (we/you all/they) learn
Past	Prefix a- aleve /aˈleve/ (I/you/he/she/it) learned	If starts with vowel: Prefix ʁ- Else: Prefix ʁa- raleve /ʁaˈleve/ (we/you all/they) learned
Remote past	If starts with vowel: Prefix s- Else: Prefix sɛ- seleve /sɛˈleve/ (I/you/he/she/it) learn (long ago)	If starts with vowel: Prefix d- Else: Prefix dɔ- doleve /dɔˈleve/ (we/you all/they) learn (long ago)
Future	Prefix sty- stuleve /styˈleve/ (I/you/he/she/it) will learn	Prefix i- ilever /iˈleve/ (we/you all/they) will learn

Progressive aspect

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

Progressive

Particle before the verb: esk - esque leve /esk leˈve/ 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).
Quecteuian uses an affix for habitual:

Habitual

If starts with vowel: Prefix pɥ- Else: Prefix pɥa- pualeve /pɥaˈleve/ learns

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.
Quecteuian uses an affix for the perfect aspect:

Perfect

Reduplicate last part of last syllable levee /leˈvee/ have learned

Numbers

Quecteuian has a base-10 number system:
1 - broncte
2 - veu
3 - sansque
4 - a
5 - neulme
6 - ia
7 - li
8 - tioctu
9 - ucrin
10 - porme
100 - cin
1000 - puf

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = Prefix nwɑ̃-
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -pu
Else: Suffix -ɑ̃pu
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = Suffix -ɛ
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Prefix y-
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Prefix fʁɥɔ̃-
Noun to verb = Prefix a-
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʁm
Else: Suffix -ɑ̃ʁm
Tending to = Prefix u-
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Prefix ɔ̃-
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = If starts with vowel: Prefix nw-
Else: Prefix nwɛ̃-
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = If starts with vowel: Prefix nw-
Else: Prefix nwo-
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Prefix u-
Diminutive = Suffix -ɛʁʒ
Augmentative = If starts with vowel: Prefix vw-
Else: Prefix vwɛ-

Dictionary

3030 Words.

Spoken by

• Dwarf
• Grung
• Owlin
• Satyr
• Tiefling