Triadic Common

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
...kich nif tsa maykiñ peti nikso kich feñ ina yayña tsa sanich chyeñ ninhah...
Pronunciation: /kiʧ nif ʦa majˈkiɲ ˈpeti nikˈso kiʧ feɲ ˈina jajˈɲa ʦa saˈniʧ ceɲ ninˈhah/
Triadic word order: and he his hat holding stood and to the wind his wet face turned

While each of the Three [nouns] has its own common tongue, Triadic is the language of those who travel the [Great Sea. Developed by traders and ambassadors, Triadic is a combination of bits and pieces of every major sea-side tongue in the Three [nouns]. Both individual words and phrases from some languages were blended together with chunks of rules from others until this new language was formed. Due to its widespread roots, even those not versed in the language can still catch the semblance of meaning; as long as they know one of the [noun] commons, that is. Triadic was formed around the Great Sea, and as such those further inland will have a harder time with it.

Phonology

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m		n		ɲ
Stop	p		t		c	k
Affricate			ʦ	ʧ
Fricative		f	s				h
Approximant					j

Vowel inventory: /a e i o/

	Front	Back
High	i
High-mid	e	o
Low	a

Syllable structure: (C)V(C)
Stress pattern: No fixed stress
Word initial consonants: c, f, h, j, k, m, n, p, s, t, ɲ, ʦ, ʧ
Mid-word consonants: c, f, h, j, jk, jɲ, k, kn, kp, ks, m, n, nh, nt, p, s, sp, t, ɲ, ʦ, ʧ
Word final consonants: c, f, h, k, m, n, p, ɲ, ʦ, ʧ

Phonological rules (in order of application):

• s→ʃ / V_V

Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
c	chj
j	y
ɲ	ñ
ʦ	ts
ʧ	ch

Morphology

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = If starts with vowel: Prefix ekn-
Else: Prefix ekni-
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Prefix i-
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = Prefix so-
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Prefix e-
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If starts with vowel: Prefix im-
Else: Prefix imi-
Noun → verb (to create [noun]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix ap-
Else: Prefix api-
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Prefix ʦa-
Verb → adjective (likely to do [verb]) = Prefix i-
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix en-
Else: Prefix ena-
Verb → noun that verb physically produces (e.g. build → building) = If starts with vowel: Prefix f-
Else: Prefix fi-
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = If starts with vowel: Prefix is-
Else: Prefix iso-
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = If starts with vowel: Prefix ʦ-
Else: Prefix ʦo-
Diminutive = If starts with vowel: Prefix ak-
Else: Prefix ako-
Augmentative = If starts with vowel: Prefix of-
Else: Prefix ofo-

Dictionary

303 Words.