Plochdti (plɔçti)

Natively known as: plochdt /plɔçt/

is the protolanguage of the giants.
...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
kai pfä brö sochs fellpsdt blönn kei ja fällpsdt tülsch toonfdt da pocke
Pronunciation: /kaɪ̯ pfɛ bʁøː soks fɛlpst blœn kaɪ̯ ja fɛlpst tyːlʃ toːnft da poˈke/
Plochdti word order: and stood he holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: b d f g h j k l m n p s t v x z ç ŋ ʁ ʃ ʔ ʦ ʧ χ

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal	m		n			ŋ
Stop	p b		t d			k g		ʔ
Affricate			ʦ	ʧ
Fricative		f v	s z	ʃ	ç	x	χ ʁ	h
Approximant					j
Lateral approximant			l

Vowel inventory: a aɪ̯ aʊ̯ aː e eː i iː o oː u uː y yː øː œ ɐ ɔ ɔʏ̯ ə ɛ ɛː ɪ ʊ ʏ
Diphthongs: aɪ̯ aʊ̯ ɔʏ̯ ?

	Front	Central	Back
High	i iː y yː		u uː
Near-high	ɪ ʏ		ʊ
High-mid	e eː øː		o oː
Mid		ə
Low-mid	ɛ ɛː œ		ɔ
Near-low		ɐ
Low	a aː

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

Pronunciation	Spelling
v	w
p	b / _#
t	dt / _#
ks	chs
x	ch
ç	ch
ʃ	sch
ʁ	r
z	s
k	ck / {a,e,i,o,u,œ,ɐ,ɔ,ɛ,ɪ,ʊ,ʏ}_
{m,b,l,t,n,p,s}	__ / {a,e,i,o,u,œ,ɐ,ɔ,ɛ,ɪ,ʊ,ʏ}_
ŋk	nk
ŋ	ng
ʦj	ti
ʦ	zt / _#
ʦ	z
iː	ie
ɛː	ä
ɛ	ä | e
œ	ö
aʊ	au
oː	o | oh | oo
ɔʏ̯	eu
ɔ	o
aɪ	ei | ai
yː	ü
ʏ	ü
uː	u | uh
ʊ	u
aː	a
ɐ	er / !_r
ɐ	e
ɪ	i
øː	ö
ø	ö
eː	ä | äh | e | eh | ee
ə	e
ʔ
̯

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Grammar

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

Nouns

Nouns have seven 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.
• Ablative is movement away from something: man walks from town.
• Instrumental is the use of something: man writes with (using) pen.

Nominative	No affix me /mə/ dog (doing the verb)
Accusative	If starts with vowel: Prefix gl- Else: Prefix glɛ- glämme /glɛˈmə/ (verb done to) dog
Genitive	Prefix ʦoː- zohme /ʦoːˈmə/ dogʼs
Dative	If starts with vowel: Prefix j- Else: Prefix jœ- jömme /jœˈmə/ to (the/a) dog
Locative	Prefix nə- neme /nəˈmə/ near/at/by (the/a) dog
Ablative	If starts with vowel: Prefix fʁ- Else: Prefix fʁe- fremme /fʁeˈmə/ from (the/a) dog
Instrumental	If starts with vowel: Prefix dʁ- Else: Prefix dʁɔʏ̯- dreume /dʁɔʏ̯ˈmə/ with/using (the/a) dog

	Masculine	Feminine
Singular	No affix a /aː/ man	No affix dre /dʁe/ woman
Plural	Prefix ɐ- era /ɐˈaː/ men	Prefix a- adre /adˈʁe/ women

Articles

Definite	moochts /moːçts/ the
Indefinite	tra /tʁa/ a, some

Uses of definite article that differ from English:

• Not used for mass (uncountable) nouns: ‘Walking in the mud’ would always translate to ‘Walking in mud’.

Pronouns

	Nominative	Accusative	Genitive	Dative	Locative	Ablative	Instrumental
1st singular	füdt /fyːt/ I	flottl /flɔtl/ me	breusch /bʁɔʏ̯ʃ/ mine	e /ɛ/ to me	ool /oːl/ at me	bre /bʁe/ from me	ju /juː/ with/using me
2nd singular	kner /knɐ/ you	dä /dɛː/ you	kneu /knɔʏ̯/ yours	be /bɛ/ to you	schü /ʃʏ/ at you	schmalls /ʃmals/ from you	lerttl /lɐtl/ with/using you
3rd singular masc	brö /bʁøː/ he, it	gä /gɛ/ him, it	zwa /ʦvaː/ his, its	kna /kna/ to him, at it	oong /oːŋ/ at him, at it	u /u/ from him, from it	assch /aʃ/ with/using him/it
3rd singular fem	pells /pɛls/ she, it	schi /ʃi/ her, it	praunf /pʁaʊ̯nf/ hers, its	tüllsch /tʏlʃ/ to her, at it	jüng /jʏŋ/ at her, at it	u /ʊ/ from her, from it	sälb /seːlp/ with/using her/it
1st plural	na /na/ we	tä /tɛː/ us	uss /ʊs/ ours	feuldt /fɔʏ̯lt/ to us	bloordt /bloːʁt/ at us	ti /ti/ from us	saf /saf/ with/using us
2nd plural	tro /tʁɔ/ you all	ku /kuː/ you all	gä /gɛː/ yours (pl)	jo /jo/ to you all	kreck /kʁɛk/ at you all	ufdt /ʊft/ from you all	gursch /guʁʃ/ with/using you all
3rd plural masc	la /laː/ they (masc)	konk /kɔŋk/ them (masc)	füb /fyːp/ theirs (masc)	schne /ʃnə/ to them (masc)	ble /ble/ at them (masc)	lech /lɛç/ from them (masc)	löfdt /løːft/ with/using them (masc)
3rd plural fem	klü /klyː/ they (fem)	songsdt /sɔŋst/ them (fem)	keus /kɔʏ̯s/ theirs (fem)	gie /giː/ to them (fem)	tudt /tut/ at them (fem)	a /ʔaː/ from them (fem)	suh /suː/ with/using them (fem)

Possessive determiners

1st singular	tettsdt /tetst/ my
2nd singular	frö /fʁøː/ your
3rd singular masc	fellpsdt /fɛlpst/ his
3rd singular fem	kernkdt /kɐŋkt/ her
1st plural	inkdt /ɪŋkt/ our
2nd plural	puf /pʊf/ your (pl)
3rd plural masc	jö /jœ/ their (masc)
3rd plural fem	hau /haʊ̯/ their (fem)

Verbs

Present	No affix tek /tək/ learn
Past	If starts with vowel: Prefix l- Else: Prefix lœ- löttek /lœˈtək/ learned
Remote past	Prefix ɪ- ittek /ɪˈtək/ learned (long ago)
Future	If starts with vowel: Prefix ʃ- Else: Prefix ʃo- schottek /ʃoˈtək/ will learn

Numbers

Plochdti has a base-20 number system:
1 - schpö
2 - schpräl
3 - ju
4 - gy
5 - schpo
6 - jero
7 - sub
8 - pfu
9 - re
10 - schoo
11 - be
12 - woll
13 - da
14 - krackwu
15 - kwi
16 - pfonns
17 - frie
18 - e
19 - ko
20 - schangchs
400 - epfankdt
8000 - tü

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = Prefix yː-
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Prefix dɐ-
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = Prefix ʃnœ-
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix ʃtʁ-
Else: Prefix ʃtʁɛ-
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Prefix ɔ-
Noun to verb = If starts with vowel: Prefix aːntk-
Else: Prefix aːntkøː-
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Prefix œ-
Tending to = If starts with vowel: Prefix j-
Else: Prefix jʏ-
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Prefix ɛ-
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = Prefix y-
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Prefix ɛ-
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = If starts with vowel: Prefix k-
Else: Prefix ko-
Diminutive = Prefix y-
Augmentative = Prefix hu-