Thaebaean ('ðɛbɛan)

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
ña thae haegam ghialtha orthørøn ø thae ña tøgheyhthun kuñsiøw bath ø thae ya sif
Pronunciation: /ŋæ ðɛ ˈhɛgam ˈɣyælθæ ˈoʀθøʀøn ø ðɛ ŋæ ˈtøɣejhθun ˈkuŋsyøw baθ ø ðɛ ja syf/
Thaebaean word order: and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: b d f g h j k l m n p r s t v w ð ŋ ɣ ʀ θ

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Dental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal	m			n		ŋ
Stop	p b			t d		k g
Fricative		f v	θ ð	s		ɣ		h
Approximant					j
Trill				r			ʀ
Lateral approximant				l

Co-articulated phonemes

↓Manner/Place→	Labial-velar
Approximant	w

Vowel inventory: a e i o u y æ ø ɛ

	Front	Back
High	i y	u
High-mid	e ø	o
Low-mid	ɛ
Near-low	æ
Low	a

Syllable structure: Custom defined
Stress pattern: advanced
Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
æ	a
ɛ	ae
ɣ	gh
y	i
ŋ	ñ
ʀ	r
θ	th
ð	th
j	y

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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

Noun affixes

Singular

	Definite	Indefinite
Nominative	No affix elalfu /ˈelalfu/ the dog (doing the verb)	Suffix -ig elalfuig /ˈelalˌfuig/ a dog (doing the verb)
Accusative	Prefix pi- pielalfu /ˈpieˌlalfu/ (verb done to) the dog	If ends with vowel: Suffix -g Else: Suffix -y elalfug /ˈelalfug/ (verb done to) a dog

Plural

	Definite	Indefinite
Nominative	Prefix ba- baelalfu /ˈbaeˌlalfu/ the dogs (doing the verb)	If ends with vowel: Suffix -p Else: Suffix -u elalfup /ˈelalfup/ some dogs (doing the verb)
Accusative	Suffix -oθ elalfuoth /ˈelalˌfuoθ/ (verb done to) the dogs	If ends with vowel: Suffix -h Else: Suffix -y elalfuh /ˈelalfuh/ (verb done to) some dogs

Adjective affixes

	Singular	Plural
Definite	No affix firpo /ˈfiʀpo/ (the) big (dog)	If ends with vowel: Suffix -g Else: Suffix -u firpog /ˈfiʀpog/ (the) big (dogs)
Indefinite	If ends with vowel: Suffix -k Else: Suffix -e firpok /ˈfiʀpok/ (a) big (dog)	Prefix tæ- tafirpo /ˈtæfiʀpo/ (some) big (dogs)

Verb affixes

1st person

	Past	Present	Future
Singular	Prefix bæ- baum /ˈbæum/ (I) learned	Prefix pi- pium /ˈpium/ (I) learn	Suffix -eg umeg /ˈumeg/ (I) will learn
Plural	If ends with vowel: Suffix -v Else: Suffix -a uma /ˈuma/ (we) learned	If ends with vowel: Suffix -h Else: Suffix -ø umø /ˈumø/ (we) learn	If ends with vowel: Suffix -s Else: Suffix -y umi /ˈumy/ (we) will learn

2nd person

	Past	Present	Future
Singular	Prefix bi- bium /ˈbium/ (you) learned	If ends with vowel: Suffix -d Else: Suffix -æ uma /ˈumæ/ (you) learn	If ends with vowel: Suffix -h Else: Suffix -a uma /ˈuma/ (you) will learn
Plural	Suffix -ub umub /ˈumub/ (you all) learned	Suffix -ɛt umaet /ˈumɛt/ (you all) learn	Suffix -og umog /ˈumog/ (you all) will learn

3rd person

	Past	Present	Future
Singular	Suffix -ef umef /ˈumef/ (he/she/xe/it) learned	Suffix -es umes /ˈumes/ (he/she/xe/it/they) learns	Prefix gi- gium /ˈgium/ (he/she/xe/it/they) will learn
Plural	If ends with vowel: Suffix -k Else: Suffix -y umi /ˈumy/ (they) learned	Suffix -at umat /ˈumat/ (they) learn	Prefix ho- houm /ˈhoum/ (they) will learn

Possessive determiners

1st person

	Singular	Plural
Possessive	kiñ /kyŋ/ my	ña /ŋæ/ our

2nd person

	Singular	Plural
Possessive	gu /gu/ your	enb /enb/ your (pl)

Non-Gendered Pronouns

Nominative

	Singular	Plural
1st person	aghaem /ˈæɣɛm/ I	omaem /ˈomɛm/ we
2nd person	kowña /ˈkowŋa/ you	pawae /ˈpawɛ/ you all

Accusative

	Singular	Plural
1st person	sel /sel/ me	ip /ip/ us
2nd person	siy /syj/ you	sul /sul/ you all

Gendered Pronouns

Masculine

	Nominative	Accusative	Genitive
3rd person	thae /ðɛ/ he	thaen /ðɛn/ his	thael /ðɛl/ his

Feminine

	Nominative	Accusative	Genitive
3rd person	vø /vø/ she	vøm /vøm/ her	vøs /vøs/ hers

Outside

	Nominative	Accusative	Genitive
3rd person	fae /fɛ/ xe	faer /fɛʀ/ xem	faer /fɛʀ/ xir, xirs

Neuter

	Nominative	Accusative	Genitive
3rd person	ghula /ˈɣulæ/ it, they	pitu /ˈpitu/ it, them	irvagh /ˈirvaɣ/ its, their, theirs

Numbers

Thaebaean has a base-10 number system:
1 - totha
2 - bønøno
3 - darthati
4 - eñ
5 - aepuñbeb
6 - ipghae
7 - ghibøm
8 - rae
9 - da
10 - ow
100 - vaokpae
1000 - kaaerthamth

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = Suffix -uv
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Suffix -uθ
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -g
Else: Suffix -u
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Prefix ta-
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -t
Else: Suffix -ø
Noun to verb = If ends with vowel: Suffix -θ
Else: Suffix -u
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Prefix θa-
Tending to = Suffix -øs
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Suffix -oθ
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ð
Else: Suffix -i
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Prefix sa-
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Prefix py-
Diminutive = Prefix ka-
Augmentative = Suffix -uk

Dictionary

3045 Words.

Common Female Names

Peyañsa /ˈpejaŋsæ/
Mifail /ˈmyfayl/
Paemñu /ˈpɛmŋu/
Dotu /ˈdotu/
Delafña /ˈdelafŋa/

Common Male Names

Or /or/
Fghø /fɣø/
Gaeartpo /ˈgɛartpo/
Høñ /høŋ/
Ayv /ajv/

Common Unisex Names

Faemag /ˈfɛmæg/
Kinab /ˈkynab/
Ehkiun /ˈehkiun/
Puwae /ˈpuwɛ/
Pib /pyb/