Achroni {Language}

Natively known as: Achroni / Achroni / /Achroni/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
je wu suwtum jis pim poshsɑn je mojonɲez pim cies tetjimmo seee ne / je wu suwtum jis pim poʃsɑn je mojonɲez pim cies tetjimmo seʒe ne /
Pronunciation: /je wu suwˈtum jis pim ˈpoʃsɑn je moˈjonɲez pim ˈcies tetjimˈmo ˈseʒe ne/
Achroni word order: and he stood holding hat his and turned his face wet the wind to

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: h k l m n p ʋ ʔ

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m		n
Stop	p			k	ʔ
Fricative					h
Approximant		ʋ
Lateral approximant			l

Vowel inventory: a ae̯ ai̯ ao̯ au̯ aː aːi̯ aːu̯ e eː i iː o oi̯ ou̯ oː u uː
Diphthongs: ae̯ ai̯ ao̯ au̯ aːi̯ aːu̯ oi̯ ou̯
Tones: ̋ ̄ ́ ̀ ̏ ̌ ̂

	Front	Back
High	i iː	u uː
High-mid	e eː	oː o
Low	a aː

Syllable structure: Custom defined Stress pattern: No stress Word initial consonants: h k l m n p ʋ ʔ Mid-word consonants: h k l m n p ʋ ʔ Word final consonants:
Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
ʋ	w
ʔ	ʻ
aː	ā
eː	ē
iː	ī
oː	ō
uː	ū
̯
ʒ	e
ʃ	sh

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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

Nouns

	Singular	Plural
Definite	Prefix ʃe- shemessɑm / ʃemessɑm / /ʃemessɑm/ the dog	If starts with vowel: Prefix s- Else: Prefix si- simessɑm / simessɑm / /simessɑm/ the dogs
Indefinite	No affix messɑm / messɑm / /messɑm/ a dog	If starts with vowel: Prefix t- Else: Prefix to- tomessɑm / tomessɑm / /tomessɑm/ some dogs

Nominative	Prefix ʔaːú̯-
Accusative	Prefix ʋiː̏-
Genetive	Prefix ʋì-
Dative	Prefix pā-

Articles

Achroni encodes definite article ‘the’, and indefinite article ‘a’ in noun affixes. See Noun section.

Pronouns

1st singular	pe / pe / /pe/ I, me, mine
2nd singular	wi / wi / /wi/ you, yours
3rd singular	wu / wu / /wu/ he, she, him, her, his, hers, it, its
1st plural	toc / toc / /toc/ we, us, ours
2nd plural	jow / jow / /jow/ you all, yours (pl)
3rd plural	su / su / /su/ they, them, theirs

Possessive determiners

1st singular	tiɲ / tiɲ / /tiɲ/ my
2nd singular	wɑ / wɑ / /wɑ/ your
3rd singular	pim / pim / /pim/ his, her, its
1st plural	mɑ / mɑ / /mɑ/ our
2nd plural	pi / pi / /pi/ your (pl)
3rd plural	shi / ʃi / /ʃi/ their

Verbs

Present	No affix sozjum / sozjum / /sozjum/ learn
Past	Prefix i- isozjum / isozjum / /isozjum/ learned
Remote past	If starts with vowel: Prefix t- Else: Prefix tu- tusozjum / tusozjum / /tusozjum/ learned (long ago)

Achroni uses a standalone particle word for future tense:

Future

Particle before the verb: peɲ - peɲ sozjum / peɲ sozjum / /peɲ sozjum/ will learn

Past	Prefix kaːî̯- kāîsɑco / kaːî̯sɑco / /kaːî̯sɑco/
Present	Prefix nő- nősɑco / nősɑco / /nősɑco/
Future	Prefix keː̏- kē̏sɑco / keː̏sɑco / /keː̏sɑco/
Remote past	Prefix maō̯- maōsɑco / maō̯sɑco / /maō̯sɑco/
Perfect	Prefix pé- pésɑco / pésɑco / /pésɑco/

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).
Achroni uses an affix for imperfective:

Imperfective

Prefix u- usozjum / usozjum / /usozjum/ 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.
Achroni uses the word for ‘finish’ jomueo / jomuʒo / for the perfect aspect.

Numbers

Achroni has a base-10 number system:
1 - ju / ju /
2 - jis / jis /
3 - jip / jip /
4 - ce / ce /
5 - to / to /
6 - cokɑw / cokɑw /
7 - ju / ju /
8 - nozjos / nozjos /
9 - nɑw / nɑw /
10 - jo / jo /
11 - jo / jo / ju / ju / “ten-one”
100 - sɑm / sɑm / “hundred”
101 - sɑm / sɑm / je / je / ju / ju / “hundred and one”
200 - jis / jis / sɑm / sɑm /
1000 - jinpɑs / jinpɑs / “thousand”

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = Prefix ɑ-

Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Prefix o-

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

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

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

Noun to verb = If starts with vowel: Prefix c-
Else: Prefix ci-

Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Prefix wi-

Tending to = If starts with vowel: Prefix m-
Else: Prefix mu-

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

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

One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = If starts with vowel: Prefix j-
Else: Prefix ji-

Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = If starts with vowel: Prefix p-
Else: Prefix pe-

Diminutive = If starts with vowel: Prefix s-
Else: Prefix sɑ-

Augmentative = Prefix mɑ-

Opposite = Prefix hiː́-

Of place = Suffix -lì

Dictionary

4500 Words.