R̂eg̈r̊ü Language (ʁeˈɣɾʊ)

Natively known as: r̂eg̈r̊ü /ʁeˈɣɾʊ/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
thawːb’ l̂ùř v̊awːf m̊ü dhûv̈ l̂ùř thawːb’ diisrë rï l̂ùř ĥær̈ùk ʡöẓ niej
Pronunciation: /θɔːɓ ɫʌɻ βɔːf ɱʊ ðʉⱱ ɫʌɻ θɔːɓ diːˈsrɛ rɪ ɫʌɻ ʜæˈɹʌk ʡɒʐ naɪ̯ʤ/
R̂eg̈r̊üian word order: and his hat holding stood he and the wind to his wet face turned

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: b c d f g h j k l m n p q r s t v w x z ç ð ħ ŋ ǀ ǁ ǂ ǃ ɓ ɕ ɖ ɗ ɟ ɠ ɢ ɣ ɥ ɦ ɧ ɫ ɬ ɭ ɮ ɰ ɱ ɲ ɳ ɴ ɸ ɹ ɺ ɻ ɽ ɾ ʀ ʁ ʂ ʃ ʄ ʈ ʋ ʍ ʎ ʐ ʑ ʒ ʔ ʕ ʘ ʙ ʛ ʜ ʝ ʟ ʡ ʢ ʣ ʤ ʥ ʦ ʧ ʨ β θ χ ⱱ

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Dental	Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Retroflex	Alveolo-palatal	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Pharyngeal	Glottal
Nasal	m	ɱ		n		ɳ		ɲ	ŋ	ɴ
Stop	p b			t d		ʈ ɖ		c ɟ	k g	q ɢ	ʡ	ʔ
Implosive	ɓ			ɗ				ʄ	ɠ	ʛ
Affricate				ʦ ʣ	ʧ ʤ		ʨ ʥ
Fricative	ɸ β	f v	θ ð	s z	ʃ ʒ	ʂ ʐ	ɕ ʑ	ç ʝ	x ɣ	χ ʁ	ħ ʕ	h ɦ
Approximant		ʋ		ɹ		ɻ		j	ɰ
Tap		ⱱ		ɾ		ɽ
Trill	ʙ			r						ʀ	ʜ ʢ
Lateral fricative				ɬ ɮ
Lateral approximant				l		ɭ		ʎ	ʟ
Lateral flap				ɺ
Click	ʘ		ǀ	ǃ				ǂ
Lateral click				ǁ

Co-articulated phonemes

↓Manner/Place→	Labial-palatal	Labial-velar	Velarized alveolar	Sj-sound
Fricative				ɧ
Approximant	ɥ	ʍ w
Lateral approximant			ɫ

Vowel inventory: a aɪ̯ aʊ̯ e eɪ̯ i iː o oʊ̯ u uː y æ ø œ ɐ ɑ ɒ ɔ ɔɪ̯ ɔː ɘ ə ɛ ɜ ɜː ɞ ɤ ɨ ɪ ɯ ɵ ɶ ʉ ʊ ʌ ʏ
Diphthongs: aɪ̯ aʊ̯ eɪ̯ oʊ̯ ɔɪ̯

	Front	Central	Back
High	i iː y	ɨ ʉ	ɯ u uː
Near-high	ɪ ʏ		ʊ
High-mid	e ø	ɘ ɵ	ɤ o
Mid		ə
Low-mid	ɛ œ	ɜ ɜː ɞ	ʌ ɔ ɔː
Near-low	æ	ɐ
Low	a ɶ		ɑ ɒ

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

Pronunciation	Spelling
ʔ	ʻ
aɪ̯	ie
aʊ̯	ou
y	ǔ
eɪ̯	ay
ɔ	aw
ɔɪ̯	oi
ɐ	ä
ɑ	à
ɒ	ö
ɛ	ë
ɜ	ǎ
ə	â
ɘ	è
ɪ	ï
ɤ	ě
ɵ	ì
ɨ	ǐ
ʊ	ü
ɞ	ò
ɶ	ǒ
ʌ	ù
ʉ	û
ɯ	ú
ʏ	ů
c	ch̊
ʧ	ch
ʨ	chy
j	y
x	kh
ʃ	sh
θ	th
ð	dh
ŋ	ng
ɓ	b’
ɖ	ḍ
ɗ	d’
ʤ	j
ɠ	g’
χ	gh
ʟ	ll
ɭ	ḷ
ʒ	zh
ɲ	ny
ɳ	ṇ
ɸ	ph
ɽ	ṛ
ʂ	ṣ
ʄ	j’
ʈ	ṭ
ʍ	hw
ʐ	ẓ
ʣ	dz
ʦ	ts
ʙ	b̊
β	v̊
ɕ	s̊
ɟ	j̊
ɾ	r̊
ɢ	g̊
ʛ	ĝ
ɣ	g̈
ɰ	ǧ
ʝ	ẙ
ʁ	r̂
ħ	h̊
ʜ	ĥ
ʕ	ḧ
ʎ	ŷ
ɺ	l̊
ɫ	l̂
ɹ	r̈
ɬ	sh̊
ɱ	m̊
ɴ	ng̊
ɻ	ř
ʀ	r̀
ʋ	v̂
ⱱ	v̈
ʑ	z̊
ç	sĥ
ʥ	ĵ
ɦ	gh̊
ɮ	zh̊
Vː	VV
̯

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Grammar

Main word order: (Prepositional phrase) Object Verb Subject. “Mary opened the door with a key” turns into With a key the door opened Mary.
Adjective order: Adjectives are positioned before the noun.
Adposition: postpositions
R̂eg̈r̊üian originates with a species that in the past had symbiotic relationship with another species for reproductive purposes. Their partner-species disappeared for unknown reasons many thousands of years ago.

Nouns

	Singular	Plural
Masculine	No affix ṇa /ɳa/ man	Prefix hʌ- hùṇa /hʌˈɳa/ men
Feminine	No affix ù /ʌ/ woman	Prefix ɑ- àù /ɑˈʌ/ women
Carrier	No affix hàkh /hɑx/ carrier	If starts with vowel: Prefix g- Else: Prefix gɛ- gëhàkh /gɛˈhɑx/ carriers

Articles

Definite	jǎ /ʤɜ/ the
Indefinite	æ /æ/ a, some

Uses of definite article that differ from English:

• Used for languages: ‘The English’

Uses of indefinite article that differ from English:

• Not used for non-specific countable nouns: non-specific means ‘I am looking for a (any) girl in a red dress’, whereas specific means ‘I am looking for a (particular) girl in a red dress’

Pronouns

R̂eg̈r̊üian no longer uses its third set of pronouns (for the third gender category), as members of this category may be biologically masculine or feminine equivalents. Archaeic texts may use l̂ùřʘ for third person singular and siǃ for 3rd person plural

1st singular	dzœ /ʣœ/ I, me, mine
2nd singular	d’ï /ɗɪ/ you, yours
3rd singular masc	l̂ùř /ɫʌɻ/ he, him, his, it, its
3rd singular fem	b̊à /ʙɑ/ she, her, hers, it, its
1st plural	nàts /nɑʦ/ we, us, ours
2nd plural	jǐsh /ʤɨʃ/ you all, yours (pl)
3rd plural masc	sii /siː/ they (masc), them (masc), theirs (masc)
3rd plural fem	iid /iːd/ they (fem), them (fem), theirs (fem)

Possessive determiners

1st singular	dzœ /ʣœ/ my
2nd singular	d’ï /ɗɪ/ your
3rd singular masc	l̂ùř /ɫʌɻ/ his
3rd singular fem	b̊à /ʙɑ/ her
1st plural	nàts /nɑʦ/ our
2nd plural	jǐsh /ʤɨʃ/ your (pl)
3rd plural masc	sii /siː/ their (masc)
3rd plural fem	iid /iːd/ their (fem)

Verbs

R̂eg̈r̊üian uses a standalone particle word for past tense:

Past	Particle before the verb: de - de bænfǎǎ /de bænˈfɜː/ learned

R̂eg̈r̊üian uses a standalone particle word for future tense:

Future

Particle before the verb: ʂɑ - ṣà bænfǎǎ /ʂɑ bænˈfɜː/ will learn

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).
R̂eg̈r̊üian uses a standalone particle word for imperfective:

Imperfective

Particle before the verb: ɳɯ - ṇú bænfǎǎ /ɳɯ bænˈfɜː/ 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.
R̂eg̈r̊üian uses the word for ‘finish’ sæɧawï for the perfect aspect.

Numbers

R̂eg̈r̊üian has a base-10 number system:
1 - wöt
2 - mæshà
3 - wě
4 - l̂ǎǎ
5 - r̊ü
6 - ẙoü
7 - vâ
8 - oüm
9 - wuu
10 - vawːɧ
Hundred - j̊iit
Thousand - kuph

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ŋ
Else: Suffix -ɔːŋ
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Suffix -ɞ
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = Suffix -ɔɪ̯
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Suffix -iː
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Suffix -ɔː
Noun to verb = If starts with vowel: Prefix n-
Else: Prefix næ-
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Suffix -ɜʝ
Tending to = Prefix pa-
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Suffix -ɜɲ
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = Suffix -ɑ
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -m
Else: Suffix -ɘm
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ɲ
Else: Suffix -ɪɲ
Diminutive = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʃ
Else: Suffix -ɔɪ̯ʃ
Augmentative = If starts with vowel: Prefix w-
Else: Prefix wɜː-
Opposite = Prefix pʌ-
Verb negation = If starts with vowel: Prefix dr-
Else: Prefix droʊ̯-

Dictionary

3807 Words.

Spoken by

• Centauri R̂eg̈r̊ü
• Cygnus R̂eg̈r̊ü
• R̂eg̈r̊ü