Rh̩mogʰian (ˈrh̩mogʰian)

Natively known as: rh̩mogʰ /ˈrh̩mogʰ/

is the protolanguage of the humans of the far east, and of the leonin.
...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
mē keslō mh̩ odʰ mok̬h̩ mē k̬ō k̬ok hēbe kēdʰ mh̩ sobʰ
Pronunciation: /me˦ ˈkeslo˦ mh̩ odʰ ˈmok̬h̩ me˦ k̬o˦ k̬ok ˈhe˦be ke˦dʰ mh̩ sobʰ/
Rh̩mogʰian word order: and he his hat holding stood and to the wind his wet face turned

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: b bʰ d dʰ g gʰ g̊ h j k kʰ k̬ l m n p r s t w

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m	n
Stop	p b bʰ	t d dʰ		k kʰ k̬ g gʰ
Fricative		s			h
Approximant			j
Trill		r
Lateral approximant		l

Co-articulated phonemes

↓Manner/Place→	Labial-velar
Approximant	w

Vowel inventory: e e˦ h̩ o o˦

	Front	Back
High-mid	e e˦	o o˦

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

Pronunciation	Spelling
j	y
kʰ	kh
e˦	ē
o˦	ō

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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: prepositions ?

Noun case

Nominative

No affix k̬ē /k̬e˦/ dog (doing the verb)

Noun case

Accusative

Prefix e˦- ēk̬ē /ˈe˦k̬e˦/ (verb done to) dog

Noun case

Genitive

Prefix e- ek̬ē /ˈek̬e˦/ dogʼs

Noun case

Dative

Prefix o- ok̬ē /ˈok̬e˦/ to (the/a) dog

Noun case

Instrumental

If starts with vowel: Prefix e˦bn- Else: Prefix e˦bno˦- ēbnōk̬ē /e˦bˈno˦k̬e˦/ with/using (the/a) dog

Noun case

Ablative

Prefix e˦- ēk̬ē /ˈe˦k̬e˦/ from (the/a) dog

Noun case

Locative

If starts with vowel: Prefix p- Else: Prefix po˦- pōk̬ē /ˈpo˦k̬e˦/ near/at/by (the/a) dog

Noun affixes

Vocative

If starts with vowel: Prefix e˦tg- Else: Prefix e˦tge- ētgek̬ē /e˦tˈgek̬e˦/

Noun affixes

Allative

If starts with vowel: Prefix gʰ- Else: Prefix gʰe- gʰek̬ē /ˈgʰek̬e˦/

Noun gender

Masculine	No affix k̬ē /k̬e˦/
Feminine	No affix k̬ē /k̬e˦/
Neuter	No affix k̬ē /k̬e˦/

Noun number

Singular	No affix k̬ē /k̬e˦/ dog
Plural	If starts with vowel: Prefix w- Else: Prefix we- wek̬ē /ˈwek̬e˦/ dogs
Dual	Prefix ko˦- kōk̬ē /ˈko˦k̬e˦/ two dogs

Pronouns

	Singular	Plural
1st person	tō /to˦/ I, me, mine	ph̩ /ph̩/ we, us, ours
2nd person	k̬ē /k̬e˦/ you, yours	eg̊ /eg̊/ you all, yours (pl)

Verb affixes

Stative	If starts with vowel: Prefix m- Else: Prefix mh̩- mōmerph̩bʰ /mo˦ˈmerph̩bʰ/
Imperfective	Prefix h̩- h̩ōmerph̩bʰ /ˌh̩o˦ˈmerph̩bʰ/
Perfective	If starts with vowel: Prefix n- Else: Prefix ne˦- nōmerph̩bʰ /no˦ˈmerph̩bʰ/ learn

Verb affixes

Indicative	No affix ōmerph̩bʰ /o˦ˈmerph̩bʰ/ learn
Imperative	If starts with vowel: Prefix ej- Else: Prefix ejo- eyōmerph̩bʰ /ˌejo˦ˈmerph̩bʰ/ learn! (command)
Subjunctive	Prefix rh̩- rh̩ōmerph̩bʰ /ˌrh̩o˦ˈmerph̩bʰ/ learn
Optative	Prefix ge- geōmerph̩bʰ /ˌgeo˦ˈmerph̩bʰ/

Verb affixes

Active	If starts with vowel: Prefix kʰ- Else: Prefix kʰo- khōmerph̩bʰ /kʰo˦ˈmerph̩bʰ/
Mediopassive	No affix ōmerph̩bʰ /o˦ˈmerph̩bʰ/

Verb person

1st person	Prefix dʰo- dʰoōmerph̩bʰ /ˌdʰoo˦ˈmerph̩bʰ/ (I/we) learn/learned/will learn
2nd person	Prefix ph̩- ph̩ōmerph̩bʰ /ˌph̩o˦ˈmerph̩bʰ/ (you) learn/learned/will learn
3rd person	Prefix h̩- h̩ōmerph̩bʰ /ˌh̩o˦ˈmerph̩bʰ/ (he/she/it/they) learn/learned/will learn

Verb number

Singular	No affix ōmerph̩bʰ /o˦ˈmerph̩bʰ/ (I/you/he/she/it) learn/learned/will learn
Plural	Change all V(C)*# to __ ōmerph̩bʰ /o˦ˈmerph̩bʰ/ (we/they) learn/learned/will learn
Dual	If starts with vowel: Prefix k- Else: Prefix ko˦- kōmerph̩bʰ /ko˦ˈmerph̩bʰ/ those two learn/learned/will learn

Numbers

Rh̩mogʰian has a base-20 number system:
1 - o
2 - se
3 - so
4 - tē
5 - gʰedʰ
6 - gʰempe
7 - kōm
8 - mō
9 - no
10 - rō
11 - kh̩
12 - pe
13 - nh̩
14 - dʰē
15 - et
16 - kh̩m
17 - dʰh̩
18 - ne
19 - ōt
20 - mh̩g
400 - pōk
8000 - khepō

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = If starts with vowel: Prefix g̊-
Else: Prefix g̊h̩-
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix h̩hl-
Else: Prefix h̩hlo-
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix s-
Else: Prefix so˦-
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Prefix e-
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Prefix e-
Noun to verb = Prefix e-
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix kʰ-
Else: Prefix kʰe˦-
Tending to = Prefix me-
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix ebj-
Else: Prefix ebjo˦-
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = Prefix e-
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Prefix se˦-
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = If starts with vowel: Prefix gʰ-
Else: Prefix gʰe-
Diminutive = If starts with vowel: Prefix bʰ-
Else: Prefix bʰe-
Augmentative = If starts with vowel: Prefix k-
Else: Prefix kh̩-