Urrok Common

The most common language of Urro, mostly spoken by humans

Natively known as: urrökdt /uˈrrøːkt/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
fe kei schti rensch kwau brannach fä pferytl kwau neen a plöbb kle
Pronunciation: /feː kaɪ̯ ʃtɪ ʁənʃ kvaʊ̯ bʁaˈnax feː pfɐˈytl kvaʊ̯ neːn aː plœp kle/
Urrok word order: and he stood holding hat his and turned his face wet the wind to

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: b d f g h j k l m n p r s t v x z ç ŋ ʁ ʃ ʔ ʦ ʧ χ

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

Vowel inventory: a aɪ̯ aʊ̯ aː e eː i iː o oː u uː y yː øː œ ɐ ɔ ɔʏ̯ ə ɛ ɛː ɪ ʊ ʏ
Diphthongs: aɪ̯ aʊ̯ ɔʏ̯

	Front	Central	Back
High	i iː y yː		u uː
Near-high	ɪ ʏ		ʊ
High-mid	e eː øː		o oː
Mid		ə
Low-mid	ɛ ɛː œ		ɔ
Near-low		ɐ
Low	a aː

Syllable structure: Custom defined
Stress pattern: Ultimate — stress is on the last syllable
Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
v	w
p	b / _#
t	dt / _#
ks	chs
x	ch
ç	ch
ʃ	sch
ʁ	r
z	s
k	ck / {a,e,i,o,u,œ,ɐ,ɔ,ɛ,ɪ,ʊ,ʏ}_
{m,b,l,t,n,p,s}	__ / {a,e,i,o,u,œ,ɐ,ɔ,ɛ,ɪ,ʊ,ʏ}_
ŋk	nk
ŋ	ng
ʦj	ti
ʦ	zt / _#
ʦ	z
iː	ie
ɛː	ä
ɛ	ä | e
œ	ö
aʊ	au
oː	o | oh | oo
ɔʏ̯	eu
ɔ	o
aɪ	ei | ai
yː	ü
ʏ	ü
uː	u | uh
ʊ	u
aː	a
ɐ	er / !_r
ɐ	e
ɪ	i
øː	ö
ø	ö
eː	ä | äh | e | eh | ee
ə	e
ʔ
̯

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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 after the noun.
Adposition: postpositions

Nouns

	Masculine	Feminine
Singular	No affix schwe /ʃvə/ man	No affix ha /haː/ woman
Plural	Suffix -apf schweappf /ʃvəˈapf/ men	If ends with vowel: Suffix -gaː Else: Suffix -ʏgaː haga /haːˈgaː/ women

Articles

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

Pronouns

	Nominative	Accusative
1st singular	mo /mɔ/ I	wai /vaɪ̯/ me
2nd singular	blann /blan/ you	ti /ti/ you
3rd singular masc	kei /kaɪ̯/ he, it	wunfdt /vuːnft/ him, it
3rd singular fem	hillsch /hɪlʃ/ she, it	wardt /vaʁt/ her, it
1st plural	bö /bœ/ we	schtonnf /ʃtɔnf/ us
2nd plural	pe /pə/ you all	ö /øː/ you all
3rd plural masc	schpeu /ʃpɔʏ̯/ they (masc)	krooldt /kʁoːlt/ them (masc)
3rd plural fem	midt /mɪt/ they (fem)	ser /zɐ/ them (fem)

Possessive determiners

1st singular	zwä /ʦvɛː/ my
2nd singular	brü /bʁʏ/ your
3rd singular masc	kwau /kvaʊ̯/ his
3rd singular fem	da /da/ her
1st plural	ferk /fəʁk/ our
2nd plural	fee /feː/ your (pl)
3rd plural masc	schlannts /ʃlants/ their (masc)
3rd plural fem	jöm /jøːm/ their (fem)

Verbs

Present	No affix käll /kɛl/ learn
Past	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʁ Else: Suffix -aʊ̯ʁ kellaur /kɛˈlaʊ̯ʁ/ learned

Urrok uses a standalone particle word for future tense:

Future

Particle before the verb: ʃpolpst - schpollpsdt kell /ʃpolpst kɛl/ will learn

Imperfective aspect

The ‘imperfective’ aspect refers to ongoing actions, such as I am learning and habitual actions, such as I learn (something new every day).
Urrok uses a standalone particle word for imperfective:

Imperfective

Particle before the verb: kvɛmpf - kwämmpf kell /kvɛmpf kɛl/ learns/is learning

Numbers

Urrok has a base-10 number system:
1 - gy
2 - schreu
3 - deu
4 - rö
5 - klissu
6 - doodt
7 - frü
8 - zwir
9 - ö
10 - bä
Hundred - weh
Thousand - knölldt

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʁf
Else: Suffix -yːʁf
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -n
Else: Suffix -eːn
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = Suffix -ʊ
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ç
Else: Suffix -iːç
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -pf
Else: Suffix -epf
Noun to verb = Suffix -ɔʁl
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Suffix -ɛː
Tending to = Suffix -aːʁt
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Suffix -eː
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ç
Else: Suffix -aç
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Suffix -ɛŋst
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ntvə
Else: Suffix -aʊ̯ntvə
Diminutive = Suffix -ax
Augmentative = Suffix -ɪnʃ

Dictionary

3054 Words.

Root Languages

• Common

Spoken by

• Urran