Nameless {Language}

Natively known as: ballinli / ballinli / /ˈballinli/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
qe ỳǔg̀ da b’är̀ g̀u ɧùr̂o qe ỳǔdhaph g̀u yöŷ phǔilvœ lœ h̀ùfi / qɛ ʎɯʛ ɾæ ɓɑɻ ʛɜ ɧyɹo qɛ ʎɯɾhæɸ ʛɜ jɒʝ ɸɯəlvœ lœ ʜyfə /
Pronunciation: /qɛ ʎɯʛ ɾæ ɓɑɻ ʛɜ ˈɧyɹo qɛ ˈʎɯɾhæɸ ʛɜ jɒʝ ɸɯəlˈvœ lœ ˈʜyfə/
Nameless word order: and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: b c f g h j k l n q r v z ç ħ ŋ ɓ ɟ ɠ ɢ ɣ ɦ ɧ ɫ ɭ ɮ ɰ ɲ ɳ ɴ ɸ ɹ ɻ ɽ ɾ ʄ ʎ ʐ ʙ ʛ ʜ ʝ β χ ⱱ

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Pharyngeal	Glottal
Nasal			n	ɳ	ɲ	ŋ	ɴ
Stop	b				c ɟ	k g	q ɢ
Implosive	ɓ				ʄ	ɠ	ʛ
Fricative	ɸ β	f v	z	ʐ	ç ʝ	ɣ	χ	ħ	h ɦ
Approximant			ɹ	ɻ	j	ɰ
Tap		ⱱ	ɾ	ɽ
Trill	ʙ		r					ʜ
Lateral fricative			ɮ
Lateral approximant			l	ɭ	ʎ

Co-articulated phonemes

↓Manner/Place→	Velarized alveolar	Sj-sound
Fricative		ɧ
Lateral approximant	ɫ

Vowel inventory: o y æ œ ɑ ɒ ə ɛ ɜ ɤ ɯ ʌ
Tones: ̋ ́ ̄ ̀ ̏ ̌ ̋

	Front	Central	Back
High	y		ɯ
High-mid			ɤ o
Mid		ə
Low-mid	ɛ œ	ɜ	ʌ
Near-low	æ
Low			ɑ ɒ

Syllable structure: Custom defined Stress pattern: Initial — stress is on the first syllable Word initial consonants: c f g h j k l n q z ç ħ ɓ ɟ ɠ ɢ ɣ ɧ ɫ ɭ ɮ ɰ ɳ ɴ ɸ ɹ ɻ ɽ ɾ ʄ ʎ ʐ ʙ ʛ ʜ β ⱱ Mid-word consonants: b bb bj bɾ c cl f ff fk fn fr fħ fɹ g gh gk gn gv gz gɮ gɹ gɾ gʐ h hj hk j jb jf jk jr jv jz jɲ jɾ k kb kh kk kz kç l lb lc lf lj ll lr lv lħ lɟ lɲ n nf nl nr nz nɟ nɣ nɫ nɮ nɲ nɾ nʐ nʝ q r rf rh rr rv rɣ rɦ rɧ rɮ v vg vj vl vn vɹ vɾ z zg zh zj zk zl zr zv zz zɟ zɲ ç ħ ħr ŋ ŋb ŋg ŋj ŋl ŋn ŋɟ ŋɦ ŋʝ ɓ ɟ ɟb ɟr ɠ ɢ ɣ ɦ ɧ ɫ ɫv ɫɟ ɭ ɭɭ ɮ ɮb ɮn ɰ ɲ ɲj ɲl ɲz ɳ ɴ ɸ ɹ ɹb ɹf ɹk ɹl ɹv ɻ ɽ ɾ ɾb ɾc ɾh ɾl ɾɦ ʄ ʎ ʎʎ ʐ ʙ ʛ ʜ ʝ β βɾ χ χk χr ⱱ Word final consonants: c f j k l n q v z ç ɓ ɟ ɠ ɢ ɦ ɧ ɫ ɰ ɳ ɸ ɹ ɻ ɽ ɾ ʄ ʎ ʐ ʙ ʛ ʜ ʝ β χ ⱱ
Phonological changes (in order of application):

• o → e / _g
• ɾ → l / V_V
• o → ɔ / _{k,ŋ}
• [+stop] → [+voice] / V_V
• r → d / _g
• ɾ → d / z_
• ŋ → n / V_V
• [+labial] → b / l_
• j → d / #_
• n → t / #_
• ɛ → e / _b

Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
ɜ	u
æ	a
ɛ	e
ə	i
ɒ	ö
ɑ	ä
ʌ	ü
ɤ	ë
y	ù
ɯ	ǔ
c	chy
j	y
ç	sh
ŋ	ng
ʙ	p
ɓ	b’
ɟ	j
ɠ	g’
ɫ	ll
ɭ	ḷ
ɮ	zh
ɲ	ny
ɳ	ṇ
ɸ	ph
ɽ	ṛ
ɾ	d
ʄ	j’
ʐ	ẓ
β	w
χ	kh
ɢ	ĝ
ʛ	g̀
ɣ	ǵ
ɰ	g̈
ʝ	ŷ
ħ	ĥ
ʜ	h̀
ʎ	ỳ
ɹ	r̂
ɴ	nĝ
ɻ	r̀
ⱱ	v̂

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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 before the noun. Adposition: prepositions

Nouns

Nouns have three 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.

Nominative	No affix ö / ɒ / /ɒ/ dog (doing the verb)
Accusative	Suffix -ɤn öën / ɒɤn / /ˈɒɤn/ (verb done to) dog
Genitive	Suffix -œ öœ / ɒœ / /ˈɒœ/ dogʼs

Singular	No affix ö / ɒ / /ɒ/ dog
Plural	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ɓ Else: Suffix -ʌɓ öb’ / ɒɓ / /ɒɓ/ dogs

Articles

Nameless has no definite article ‘the’, or indefinite article ‘a’.

Pronouns

	Nominative	Accusative	Genitive
1st singular	nĝaj / ɴæɟ / /ɴæɟ/ I	ỳäy / ʎɑj / /ʎɑj/ me	kä / kɑ / /kɑ/ mine
2nd singular	la / læ / /læ/ you	ṛäkh / ɽɑχ / /ɽɑχ/ you	gǔẓ / gɯʐ / /gɯʐ/ yours
3rd singular masc	ỳǔg̀ / ʎɯʛ / /ʎɯʛ/ he, it	ĝän / ɢɑn / /ɢɑn/ him, it	g̀u / ʛɜ / /ʛɜ/ his, its
3rd singular fem	ä / ɑ / /ɑ/ she, it	fœ / fœ / /fœ/ her, it	käɦ / kɑɦ / /kɑɦ/ hers, its
1st plural	zhul / ɮɜl / /ɮɜl/ we	fǔ / fɯ / /fɯ/ us	v̂id / ⱱəɾ / /ⱱəɾ/ ours
2nd plural	pe / ʙɛ / /ʙɛ/ you all	phil / ɸəl / /ɸəl/ you all	ë / ɤ / /ɤ/ yours (pl)
3rd plural	ǵù / ɣy / /ɣy/ they	fap / fæʙ / /fæʙ/ them	göj / gɒɟ / /gɒɟ/ theirs

Possessive determiners

1st singular	kä / kɑ / /kɑ/ my
2nd singular	gǔẓ / gɯʐ / /gɯʐ/ your
3rd singular masc	g̀u / ʛɜ / /ʛɜ/ his
3rd singular fem	käɦ / kɑɦ / /kɑɦ/ her
1st plural	v̂id / ⱱəɾ / /ⱱəɾ/ our
2nd plural	ë / ɤ / /ɤ/ your (pl)
3rd plural	göj / gɒɟ / /gɒɟ/ their

Verbs

Present	No affix nubä / nɜbɑ / /ˈnɜbɑ/ learn
Past	Suffix -ɑ nubää / nɜbɑɑ / /ˈnɜbɑɑ/ learned

Nameless uses a standalone particle word for future tense:

Future

Particle before the verb: ɾə - di nubä / ɾə nɜbɑ / /ɾə ˈnɜbɑ/ will learn

Progressive aspect

The ‘progressive’ aspect refers to actions that are happening at the time of speaking, such as I am learning.
Nameless uses an affix for progressive:

Progressive

If ends with vowel: Suffix -f Else: Suffix -œf nubäf / nɜbɑf / /ˈnɜbɑf/ is learning

Habitual aspect

The ‘habitual’ aspect refers to actions that happen habitually, such as I learn (something new every day), as opposed to actions that happen once (I learned something).
Nameless uses an affix for habitual:

Habitual

Suffix -ə nubäi / nɜbɑə / /ˈnɜbɑə/ learns

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.
Nameless uses an affix for the perfect aspect:

Perfect

If ends with vowel: Suffix -v Else: Suffix -ɑv nubäv / nɜbɑv / /ˈnɜbɑv/ have learned

Numbers

Nameless has a base-10 number system:
1 - ga / gæ /
2 - pe / ʙɛ /
3 - nĝë / ɴɤ /
4 - ge / gɛ /
5 - lurruṇ / lɜrrɜɳ /
6 - v̂ë / ⱱɤ /
7 - llëgẓe / ɫɤgʐɛ /
8 - pa / ʙæ /
9 - g̀ǔn / ʛɯn /
10 - qùk / qyk /
11 - qùk / qyk / qe / qɛ / ga / gæ / “ten and one”
100 - ḷùv / ɭyv / “hundred”
101 - ḷùv / ɭyv / ga / gæ / “hundred one”
200 - pe / ʙɛ / ḷùv / ɭyv /
1000 - g̀äv / ʛɑv / “thousand”

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = If ends with vowel: Suffix -z
Else: Suffix -oz

Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Suffix -œ

Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ɽ
Else: Suffix -yɽ

Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Suffix -y

Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Suffix -ʌ

Noun to verb = Suffix -ɤɢ

Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Suffix -ə

Tending to = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ɧ
Else: Suffix -œɧ

Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -χ
Else: Suffix -ɛχ

Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = Suffix -ɑ

One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʎ
Else: Suffix -æʎ

Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ɠ
Else: Suffix -oɠ

Diminutive = If ends with vowel: Suffix -l
Else: Suffix -ɑl

Augmentative = Suffix -ɜ

Opposite = If starts with vowel: Prefix ʙ-
Else: Prefix ʙɤ́-

Of dark = If starts with vowel: Prefix c-
Else: Prefix cǒ-

Of light = If starts with vowel: Prefix ɳ-
Else: Prefix ɳʌ̋-


Of life = Prefix œ́-

Of space = Prefix lɑ̋-

From place = Prefix ɣȍ-

Dictionary

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