Draconic - Language

Natively known as: ~I{ /ˈʣaʃin/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
Pronunciation: /ˈtadat tiʤ ʒo daˈʣazi goˈʦeʣat taˈzəge ˈtadat ʤaˈʤeʣaz naʤ ʒo goˈtotə ˈʣaʣet ʦi/
Draconic word order: and he hat his holding stood and to the wind his face wet turned
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Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: d g k n t z ʁ ʃ ʒ ʣ ʤ ʦ ʧ θ χ

↓Manner/Place→	Dental	Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Velar	Uvular
Nasal		n
Stop		t d		k g
Affricate		ʦ ʣ	ʧ ʤ
Fricative	θ	z	ʃ ʒ		χ ʁ

Vowel inventory: a e i o ə

	Front	Central	Back
High	i
High-mid	e		o
Mid		ə
Low	a

Syllable structure: Consonant + Vowel
Stress pattern: Penultimate — stress is on the second last syllable

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Grammar

Main word order: Subject (Prepositional phrase) Object Verb. “Mary opened the door with a key” turns into Mary with a key the door opened.
Adjective order: Adjectives are positioned after the noun.
Adposition: prepositions ?

Nouns

Nouns have five 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.
• Dative is the recipient of something: man gives ball to dog.
• Locative is the location of something: man is in town.

Nominative	No affix EX5 /niˈθedə/ dog (doing the verb)
Accusative	Prefix ʣo- $EX5 /ˌʣoniˈθedə/ (verb done to) dog
Genitive	Prefix zi- KEX5 /ˌziniˈθedə/ dogʼs
Dative	Prefix ʁe- uEX5 /ˌʁeniˈθedə/ to dog
Locative	Prefix ga- ^EX5 /ˌganiˈθedə/ near/at/by dog

Singular	No affix EX5 /niˈθedə/ dog
Plural	Prefix gə- )EX5 /ˌgəniˈθedə/ dogs

Articles

Definite	R\ /noʧ/ the
Indefinite	3] /diʃ/ a, some

Uses of definite article that differ from English:

• Definite article can be omitted: ‘I am going to supermarket’
• Used for languages: ‘The English’
• Used with place names: ‘The London’

Pronouns

	Nominative	Accusative	Genitive	Dative	Locative
1st singular	I /ʃi/ I	Z{ /θan/ me	W /ne/ mine	r' /koθ/ to me	Z /θa/ to me
2nd singular	C /θi/ you	#\ /ʣiʧ/ you	X /θe/ yours	D /ʦi/ to you	7 /ʤe/ to you
3rd singular	d[ /tiʤ/ he, she, it	v /ʒo/ his, her, it	q" /kaχ/ his, hers, its	3" /diχ/ to his, to her, to it	~ /ʣa/ to his, to her, to it
1st plural	2 /de/ we	S} /ʦet/ us	6 /ʤa/ ours	E{ /nin/ to us	w /ke/ to us
2nd plural	H] /zaʃ/ you all	t{ /kən/ you all	s' /teθ/ yours (pl)	A /ʦa/ to you all	^ /ga/ to you all
3rd plural	Q] /naʃ/ they	2] /deʃ/ them	Y' /ʃaθ/ theirs	6\ /ʤaʧ/ to them	X' /θeθ/ to them

Possessive determiners

	Possessive
1st singular	W /ne/ my
2nd singular	X /θe/ your
3rd singular	v /ʒo/ his, her, its
1st plural	6 /ʤa/ our
2nd plural	s' /teθ/ your (pl)
3rd plural	Y' /ʃaθ/ their

Verbs

Present	No affix 3J /ˈdize/ learn
Past	Prefix ʧe- j3J /ʧeˈdize/ learned
Remote past	Prefix ʃə- P3J /ʃəˈdize/ learned (long ago)

Draconic uses a standalone particle word for future tense:

Future

Particle before the verb: togaχəθ - f^M' 3J /toˈgaχəθ ˈdize/ will learn

Numbers

Draconic has a base-8 number system:
1 - l,

2 - 4

3 - Q

4 - $@

5 - A

6 - 3

7 - s"

8 - ^V

64 - yK

512 - :v}

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = Prefix θə-
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Prefix ʣe-
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = Prefix do-
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Prefix θa-
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Prefix ʁə-
Noun to verb = Prefix ne-
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Prefix ʃa-
Tending to = Prefix ʧə-
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Prefix ʧo-
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = Prefix ʁa-
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Prefix θa-
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Prefix ʃa-
Diminutive = Prefix na-
Augmentative = Prefix θa-

Dictionary

2950 Words.

The Draconic language was originally created by dragons in order to teach Arcane spells to other races. Because of this it is now the de jure language of wizards. The dragons who penned it originally made it very simple for the sole purpose of recording spells. Over time however, it has grown and become a full, complex language thanks to wizards wanting to be able to communicate with each other across cultural lines.
In order to cast a spell quickly and consistently, each individual wizard will have their own highly specific translation of a spell that they can understand intuitively. This translation is generally not written in draconic, but written in the wizard's most natural language. However, for the purposes of genericizing or teaching spells and magical concepts, draconic is almost always used. Classes are held in draconic, papers written in draconic, and stories told in draconic.