Udori ('udori)

Natively known as: udor /ˈudor/

is the protolanguage of the Udori people.
...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
su guch hus tame se su geyu rěsh bœmǎb se lilabem sho
Pronunciation: /su guʧ hus ˈtame se su ˈgeju rɛç ˈbœməb se liˈlabem ço/
Udori word order: and he stood holding hat his and turned his face wet the wind to

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: b d g h j k l lʲ m n nʲ p r rʲ s t ç ŋ ʧ

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m	n nʲ			ŋ
Stop	p b	t d			k g
Affricate			ʧ
Fricative		s		ç		h
Approximant				j
Trill		r rʲ
Lateral approximant		l lʲ

Vowel inventory: a e i o u y œ ə ɛ ɨ

	Front	Central	Back
High	i y	ɨ	u
High-mid	e		o
Mid		ə
Low-mid	ɛ œ
Low	a

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

Pronunciation	Spelling
ʲ
ɛ	ě
ə	ǎ
ɨ	ǐ
y	ǔ
j	y
ç	sh
ŋ	ng
ʧ	ch

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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 after the noun.
Adposition: postpositions ?

Noun number

Plural

If contains {ɛ,ə,ɨ,œ,y}: Suffix -ɛs Else: Suffix -is goliis /goˈlʲiis/ dogs

Verb tense

Past	If contains {ɛ,ə,ɨ,œ,y}: Suffix -ə Else: Suffix -i lǐrǔǎ /lɨˈrʲyə/ learned
Future	If contains {ɛ,ə,ɨ,œ,y}: Suffix -ɨ Else: Suffix -i lǐrǔǐ /lɨˈrʲyɨ/ will learn

Verb affixes

Negative

If contains {ɛ,ə,ɨ,œ,y}: Suffix -ɛ Else: Suffix -u lǐrǔě /lɨˈrʲyɛ/

Verb affixes

Cooperative	If contains {ɛ,ə,ɨ,œ,y}: Suffix -y Else: Suffix -i lǐrǔǔ /lɨˈrʲyy/
Middle	If contains {ɛ,ə,ɨ,œ,y}: Suffix -ɛŋ Else: Suffix -iŋ lǐrǔěng /lɨˈrʲyɛŋ/
Passive	If contains {ɛ,ə,ɨ,œ,y}: Suffix -œd Else: Suffix -od lǐrǔœd /lɨˈrʲyœd/
Causative	If contains {ɛ,ə,ɨ,œ,y}: Suffix -y Else: Suffix -a lǐrǔǔ /lɨˈrʲyy/

Numbers

Udori has a base-20 number system:
1 - ta
2 - e
3 - sět
4 - rut
5 - pœ
6 - gayi
7 - pěh
8 - gi
9 - kor
10 - kœ
11 - de
12 - lœ
13 - pǎk
14 - goma
15 - sha
16 - nǎ
17 - repuni
18 - shǐ
19 - mǎg
20 - ganiro
400 - karo
8000 - mǐ

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = If contains {ɛ,ə,ɨ,œ,y}: Suffix -ɨ
Else: Suffix -i
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = If contains {ɛ,ə,ɨ,œ,y}: Suffix -ɨp
Else: Suffix -ip
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If contains {ɛ,ə,ɨ,œ,y}: Suffix -œ
Else: Suffix -a
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = If contains {ɛ,ə,ɨ,œ,y}: Suffix -ɛp
Else: Suffix -ip
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If contains {ɛ,ə,ɨ,œ,y}: Suffix -ɛ
Else: Suffix -a
Noun to verb = If contains {ɛ,ə,ɨ,œ,y}: Suffix -əb
Else: Suffix -ib
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = If contains {ɛ,ə,ɨ,œ,y}: Suffix -ɛm
Else: Suffix -em
Tending to = If contains {ɛ,ə,ɨ,œ,y}: Suffix -ɨn
Else: Suffix -en
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = If contains {ɛ,ə,ɨ,œ,y}: Suffix -y
Else: Suffix -i
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = If contains {ɛ,ə,ɨ,œ,y}: Suffix -ɛ
Else: Suffix -o
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = If contains {ɛ,ə,ɨ,œ,y}: Suffix -y
Else: Suffix -u
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = If contains {ɛ,ə,ɨ,œ,y}: Suffix -əs
Else: Suffix -is
Diminutive = If contains {ɛ,ə,ɨ,œ,y}: Suffix -œŋ
Else: Suffix -iŋ
Augmentative = If contains {ɛ,ə,ɨ,œ,y}: Suffix -ɛ
Else: Suffix -a