Shutyilzh

The main language of Cappadocia, and therefore the chief language of the Asiatican Federation and the entire Mariner Federation in all systems. Named for the ancient capitol of Cappadocia, Shutyilzhœkel, "the mouth of the mountain." The word shutyilzh, "mouth," developed into the same word for "language."
Shutyilzh is the oldest recorded language in continuous use in the Asiatica System, predated by two languages that are no longer in use, once of which was a strictly oral language.

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...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...

œd vil œbz iks elk iks œd ubshiks iks vüz vœlves ʻupsh welk[

Pronunciation: /œd vil œbz iks elk iks œd ˈubʃiks iks vʌz ˈvœlves ʔupʃ welk/

Shutyilzh word order: and stood holding hat his he and turned his face wet to the wind

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Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: b d f j k l m p r s t v w z ɣ ʃ ʒ ʔ

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m
Stop	p b		t d			k	ʔ
Fricative		f v	s z	ʃ ʒ		ɣ
Approximant					j
Trill			r
Lateral approximant			l

Co-articulated phonemes

Vowel inventory: a e i o u œ ʌ

↓Manner/Place→	Labial-velar
Approximant	w

	Front	Back
High	i	u
High-mid	e	o
Low-mid	œ	ʌ
Low	a

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Syllable structure: (C)V(C)(C)

Stress pattern: Initial — stress is on the first syllable

Word initial consonants: b f j l p r s t v w z ʃ ʒ ʔ

Mid-word consonants: b br bt bw bʃ d df dl dm dr dt dʒ f fk fl fm ft j jl jm jr js jv jz jʔ k kb kj kl kt kv kw kʃ l lb ld lj lk ll lm lr lv lɣ lʃ lʔ m md mf mj mk ml mm mr mv mw mʒ p pj pm pr ps pv r rb rf rl rt rɣ rʃ rʒ s sb sd sk sp sv sz t td tf tj tk tp tw tʔ v vd w wd wk wp ws wʃ z zb zv zw zz ɣ ɣj ɣm ʃ ʃb ʃj ʃk ʃm ʃv ʃɣ ʒ ʒb ʒd ʒj ʔ

Word final consonants: b bz d dv f jk jl js jʃ k ks kʃ l lb ld lk ll ls lt lz lʒ m mz p pʃ r rm rr rs rt s tʃ v w z ɣ ʃ ʒ

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Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
ʔ	ʻ
ʌ	ü
j	y
ɣ	g
ʃ	sh
ʒ	zh

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Grammar

Main word order: Verb Object (Prepositional phrase) Subject. “Mary opened the door with a key” turns into Opened the door with a key Mary.

Adjective order: Adjectives are positioned after the noun.

Adposition: prepositions

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Nouns

Nouns have two cases:

• Nominative is the doer of a verb: dog bites man.
• Accusative is the done-to of a verb: man bites dog.

Nominative

	Masculine	Feminine
Singular	No affix shüzh /ʃʌʒ/ man (when doing the verb)	No affix zœ /zœ/ woman (when doing the verb)
Plural	If starts with vowel: Prefix ʒ- Else: Prefix ʒʌ- zhüshüzh /ˈʒʌʃʌʒ/ men (when doing the verb)	Prefix ʌ- üzœ /ˈʌzœ/ women (when doing the verb)

Accusative

	Masculine	Feminine
Singular	If starts with vowel: Prefix ʃ- Else: Prefix ʃo- shoshüzh /ˈʃoʃʌʒ/ (verb done to) man	If starts with vowel: Prefix p- Else: Prefix pʌ- püzœ /ˈpʌzœ/ (verb done to) woman
Plural	If starts with vowel: Prefix w- Else: Prefix wo- woshüzh /ˈwoʃʌʒ/ (verb done to) men	If starts with vowel: Prefix ʒ- Else: Prefix ʒo- zhozœ /ˈʒozœ/ (verb done to) women

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Articles

Definite	urt /urt/ the
Indefinite	ayk /ajk/ a, some

Uses of definite article that differ from English:

• Used to talk about countable nouns in general: English’s ‘I like cats’ would translate to ‘I like the cats’
• Used for languages: ‘The English’

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Pronouns

	Nominative	Accusative
1st singular	püyk /pʌjk/ I	œsh /œʃ/ me
2nd singular	pub /pub/ you	i /i/ you
3rd singular masc	iks /iks/ he, it	ub /ub/ him, it
3rd singular fem	palz /palz/ she, it	alz /alz/ her, it
1st plural	fadv /fadv/ we	rœks /rœks/ us
2nd plural	wüv /wʌv/ you all	burt /burt/ you all
3rd plural masc	u /u/ they (masc)	ʻoys /ʔojs/ them (masc)
3rd plural fem	vals /vals/ they (fem)	süm /sʌm/ them (fem)

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Possessive Determiners

1st singular	püyk /pʌjk/ my
2nd singular	pub /pub/ your
3rd singular masc	iks /iks/ his
3rd singular fem	palz /palz/ her
1st plural	fadv /fadv/ our
2nd plural	wüv /wʌv/ your (pl)
3rd plural masc	u /u/ their (masc)
3rd plural fem	vals /vals/ their (fem)

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Verbs

Future

If starts with vowel: Prefix p- Else: Prefix pʌ- püpœ /ˈpʌpœ/ will learn

Shutyilzh uses a standalone particle word for past tense:

Past	Particle before the verb: œjs - œys pœ /œjs pœ/ learned

Imperfective aspect

The ‘imperfective’ aspect refers to ongoing actions, such as I am learning and habitual actions, such as I learn (something new every day). Shutyilzh uses an affix for imperfective:

Imperfective

Prefix œ- œpœ /ˈœpœ/ learns/is learning

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. Shutyilzh uses an affix for the perfect aspect:

Perfect

If starts with vowel: Prefix b- Else: Prefix be- bepœ /ˈbepœ/ have learned

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Numbers

Shutyilzh has a base-10 number system:

1 - tul

2 - shü

3 - tük

4 - vu

5 - o

6 - weyl

7 - rüdzhu

8 - pis

9 - fi

10 - zurfad

11 - tul œd zurfad “one and ten”

100 - tul ip “one hundred”

101 - tul ip tul “one hundred one”

200 - shü ip

1000 - tul œld “one thousand”

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Derivational Morphology

Adjective → adverb = Prefix ʌ-

Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix s-

Else: Prefix sœ-

Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix l-

Else: Prefix lo-

Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Prefix pœ-

Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If starts with vowel: Prefix f-

Else: Prefix fo-

Noun to verb = Prefix œ-

Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix ʒ-

Else: Prefix ʒœ-

Tending to = If starts with vowel: Prefix p-

Else: Prefix pa-

Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix ʔ-

Else: Prefix ʔa-

Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = If starts with vowel: Prefix s-

Else: Prefix si-

One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Prefix œ-

Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Prefix ʒe-

Diminutive = Prefix fʌ-

Augmentative = If starts with vowel: Prefix z-

Else: Prefix zʌ-

Dictionary

4497 Words.

Spoken by

• Mariner