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Draconic

Natively known as: mɔkspo dɒdi /ˈmɔkspo ˈdɒdi/

  ...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
mi su mi prɔrgo plaustri pɒfeː mi sostri ka mi fekskɛnde fereu genspa

Pronunciation: /mi su mi ˈprɔrgo ˈplaustri ˈpɒfeː mi ˈsostri ka mi ˈfekskɛnde ˈfereu ˈgenspa/
Mokspo Dodi word order: and he his hat holding stood and the wind to his wet face turned


Phonology

Syllable structure: Variable
Stress pattern: Initial — stress is on the first syllable
Word initial consonants: b, br, d, f, fl, fr, g, gl, gr, h, k, kl, kr, kʷ, l, m, mʄ, n, p, pl, pr, r, s, sk, sp, st, t, tr, w, ʄ
Mid-word consonants: b, bl, br, bs, bt, d, dd, dkʷ, dm, dw, f, ff, g, gg, gm, gn, gr, h, k, kk, kkʷ, kr, ks, ksk, ksp, kspl, kssp, kst, kstr, kt, kʷ, l, lg, lk, ll, ln, lp, ls, lt, ltr, lw, m, mb, mkʷ, mm, mn, mp, mpl, mpr, mw, n, nd, nf, nfl, nfr, ng, ngr, nk, nkl, nkr, nkʷ, nl, nn, ns, nskr, nsp, nst, nstr, nt, ntr, nw, p, pl, pp, ppl, ppr, pr, ps, pt, r, rb, rd, rf, rg, rk, rkʷ, rm, rn, rp, rr, rs, rsp, rt, rw, s, sd, sk, skʷ, sm, sp, ss, st, stkʷ, str, t, tkʷ, tr, ts, tt, ttr, w
Word final consonants: N/A

Phonological changes (in order of application):
  • r → n / _C


Morphology

Adjective → adverb = If ends with vowel: Suffix -s Else: Suffix -aːs
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Suffix -aːnt
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -t Else: Suffix -at
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Suffix -eːn
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -nt Else: Suffix -iːnt
Noun → verb (to create [noun]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix w- Else: Prefix wui-
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Suffix -ɔw
Verb → adjective (likely to do [verb]) = Suffix -i
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -r Else: Suffix -aer
Verb → noun that verb physically produces (e.g. build → building) = Suffix -ae
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -b Else: Suffix -iːb
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = If starts with vowel: Prefix kl- Else: Prefix klɒ-
Diminutive = Suffix -eittj
Augmentative = Suffix -eːk

Syntax

Main word order: Subject-Oblique-Object-Verb. "Mary opened the door with a key" turns into Mary with a key the door opened.
Adjective order: Adjectives are positioned before the noun.
Adposition: postpositions  

Nouns

  Nouns have six cases:
  • Ergative 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 goes to town.
  • Ablative is movement away from something: man walks from town.
Ergative Suffix -o wauntruo /ˈwauntruo/ dog (doing the verb to something)
Absolutive No affix wauntru /ˈwauntru/ dog (doing the verb not to something)
Genitive If ends with vowel: Suffix -ps Else: Suffix -eups wauntrups /ˈwauntrups/ dogʼs
Dative If starts with vowel: Prefix eum- Else: Prefix eumeu- eumeuwauntru /ˈeumeuˌwauntru/ to (the/a) dog
Locative Prefix eː- eːwauntru /ˈeːwauntru/ near/at/by (the/a) dog
Ablative Suffix -e wauntrue /ˈwauntrue/ from (the/a) dog
Masculine Feminine
Singular No affix kleː /kleː/ man No affix kri /kri/ woman
Plural Prefix kre- krekleː /ˈkrekleː/ men Prefix ploː- ploːkri /ˈploːkri/ women

Articles

Definite ru /ru/ the
Indefinite ʄei /ʄei/ a, some

Pronouns

Ergative Absolutive Genitive Dative Locative Ablative
1st singular ko /ko/ I ge /ge/ me, I prio /prio/ mine poː /poː/ to me puː /puː/ at me skoː /skoː/ from me
2nd singular ru /ru/ you pei /pei/ you plau /plau/ yours stɔ /stɔ/ to you /tɛ/ at you neː /neː/ from you
3rd singular masc su /su/ he /pɒ/ him, he mi /mi/ his ba /ba/ to him kaː /kaː/ at him gi /gi/ from him
3rd singular fem bru /bru/ she kʷi /kʷi/ her, she treː /treː/ hers hau /hau/ to her sa /sa/ at her luː /luː/ from her
1st plural inclusive spɛ /spɛ/ we (including you) priu /priu/ us, we (including you) so /so/ ours (including you) gri /gri/ to us (including you) speu /speu/ at us (including you) woː /woː/ from us (including you)
1st plural exclusive niː /niː/ we (excluding you) ki /ki/ us, we (excluding you) tio /tio/ ours (excluding you) fe /fe/ to us (excluding you) /dɒ/ at us (excluding you) ʄɛ /ʄɛ/ from us (excluding you)
2nd plural plui /plui/ you (all) hei /hei/ you (all) fruː /fruː/ yours skuː /skuː/ to you (all) daː /daː/ at you (all) pae /pae/ from you (all)
3rd plural masc mʄio /mʄio/ they me /me/ them, they stiu /stiu/ theirs diː /diː/ to them fi /fi/ at them klɒ /klɒ/ from them
3rd plural fem kre /kre/ they skae /skae/ them, they kʷɔ /kʷɔ/ theirs duː /duː/ to them heu /heu/ at them prɛ /prɛ/ from them

Possessive determiners

1st singular prio /prio/ my
2nd singular plau /plau/ your
3rd singular masc mi /mi/ his
3rd singular fem treː /treː/ her
1st plural inclusive so /so/ our (including you)
1st plural exclusive so /so/ our (excluding you)
2nd plural plau /plau/ your
3rd plural masc stiu /stiu/ their
3rd plural fem stiu /stiu/ their

Verbs

Future
1st singular If ends with vowel: Suffix -r Else: Suffix -aer dɒksar /ˈdɒksar/ (I) will study
2nd singular Suffix -a dɒksaa /ˈdɒksaa/ (you) will study
3rd singular masc Prefix i- idɒksa /ˈidɒksa/ (he) will study
3rd singular fem Suffix -auss dɒksaauss /ˈdɒksaauss/ (she) will study
1st plural inclusive If ends with vowel: Suffix -to Else: Suffix -ioto dɒksato /ˈdɒksato/ (we) will study (including you)
1st plural exclusive Suffix -au dɒksaau /ˈdɒksaau/ (we) will study (excluding you)
2nd plural If ends with vowel: Suffix -gge Else: Suffix -eigge dɒksagge /ˈdɒksagge/ (you all) will study
3rd plural masc If ends with vowel: Suffix -ss Else: Suffix -iːss dɒksass /ˈdɒksass/ (they) will study
3rd plural fem Prefix mi- midɒksa /ˈmidɒksa/ (they) will study
Mɔkspo Dɒdi uses a standalone particle word for past tense:
Past pri /pri/ past particle

Imperfective aspect

  The ‘imperfective’ aspect refers to ongoing actions, such as I am studying and habitual actions, such as I study (every night). Mɔkspo Dɒdi uses an affix for imperfective:
Imperfective Prefix ɒ- ɒdɒksa /ˈɒdɒksa/ is studying


Numbers

  Mɔkspo Dɒdi has a base-10 number system:   1 - hui
2 - skuː
3 - gi
4 - daː
5 - glae
6 - niː
7 - peu
8 - triː
9 - ko
10 - miu
11 - miuhui “ten-one”
100 - ro “hundred”
101 - ro mi hui “hundred and one”
200 - skuː ro
1000 - rossi “thousand”

Phonetics

Consonant inventory: /b d f g h j k kʷ l m n p r s t w x ɣ ʄ/
↓Manner/Place→ Bilabial Labiodental Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n
Stop p b t d k kʷ g
Implosive ʄ
Fricative f s x ɣ h
Approximant j
Trill r
Lateral Approximant l
Co-articulated phonemes
↓Manner/Place→ Labio-velar
Approximant w
Vowel inventory: /a ae au aː e ei eu eː i io iu iː o oe oː u ui uː ɒ ɔ ɛ/
Diphthongs: ae, au, ei, eu, io, iu, oe, ui
Front Back
High i iː u uː
High-Mid e eː o oː
Low-Mid ɛ ɔ
Low a aː ɒ
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