Language: Otrùkan

Otrùkan is an ancient language spoken by the Otrùkan Empire. It's no longer in common use by any surviving nations, but is spoken in secret by followers of Otreik.

Natively known as: otrùk /oˈtryk/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
be pùdt nhu dwe pùdt aromp be lla pùdt gon sǔ masamù ic
Pronunciation: /be pydt nhu dwe pydt aˈromp be lla pydt gon sǔ maˈsamy iʧ/
Otrùkan word order: and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face the wind to

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: b c d f g h j k l m n p r s t v w z ʃ ʧ

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m		n
Stop	p b		d t		c	k g
Affricate				ʧ
Fricative		v f	s z	ʃ			h
Approximant					j
Trill			r
Lateral approximant			l

Co-articulated phonemes

↓Manner/Place→	Labial-velar
Approximant	w

Vowel inventory: a e i o u ǔ y

	Front	Back
High	i y	u ǔ
High-mid	e	o
Low	a

Syllable structure: Custom defined ?
Stress pattern: Second — stress is on the second syllable ?
Sound changes (in order of application):

• c → ch
• x → sh
• ù → aɪ

Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
y	ù
ʧ	c
ʃ	x

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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: postpositions ?

Nouns

Singular	No affix delsk /delsk/ dog
Plural	Suffix -i delski /delsˈki/ dogs

Articles

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

Pronouns

1st singular	hve /hve/ I, me, mine
2nd singular	che /chhe/ you, yours
3rd singular masc	pùdt /pydt/ he, him, his, it (masc), its (masc)
3rd singular fem	bi /bi/ she, her, hers, it (fem), its (fem)
1st plural	pre /pre/ we, us, ours
2nd plural	nhe /nhe/ you all, yours (pl)
3rd plural	dac /daʧ/ they, them, theirs

Possessive determiners

	Possessive
1st singular	hve /hve/ my
2nd singular	chhhe /chhhhe/ your
3rd singular masc	pùdt /pydt/ his
3rd singular fem	bi /bi/ her
1st plural	pre /pre/ our
2nd plural	nhe /nhe/ your (pl)
3rd plural	dac /daʧ/ their

Verbs

	Present	Past
Singular	No affix olsk /olsk/ (I/you/he/she/it) learn(s)	If ends with vowel: Suffix -t Else: Suffix -it olskit /olsˈkit/ (I/you/he/she/it) learned
Plural	If ends with vowel: Suffix -dt Else: Suffix -odt olskodt /olsˈkodt/ (we/you all/they) learn	Suffix -own olskown /olsˈkown/ (we/you all/they) learned

Otrùkan uses a standalone particle word for future tense:

Future

Particle before the verb: sǔn - sǔn olsk /sǔn olsk/ will learn

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.
Otrùkan uses the word for ‘finish’ kuswu for the perfect aspect.

Numbers

Otrùkan has a base-10 number system:
1 - gelsk
2 - ha
3 - pon
4 - ju
5 - xù
6 - kǔd
7 - hùch
8 - me
9 - va
10 - nhuldakk
100 - nho
1000 - wǔ

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = Suffix -yn
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Suffix -yrsk
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -lsk
Else: Suffix -olsk
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Suffix -u
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Suffix -id
Noun to verb = Suffix -a
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Suffix -i
Tending to = Suffix -e
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Suffix -uk
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = Suffix -eʃ
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Suffix -e
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Suffix -a
Diminutive = If ends with vowel: Suffix -dd
Else: Suffix -add
Augmentative = If ends with vowel: Suffix -t
Else: Suffix -ǔt

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Dictionary

3017 Words.