Roex

Natively known as: roeks /ɹoˈɛks/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
u̇ n̨uwk hukhvon̨ khe krü swȯ u̇ pöp krü khvik znevo si fro
Pronunciation: /ɯ ŋuwk huxˈvoŋ khɛ kɹy swɔ ɯ pøp kɹy xvik znɛˈvo si fɹo/
Roex word order: and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face the wind to

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: b̥ d̥ f g̊ h k n p s t v w x z ŋ ɖ̥ ɣ ɹ ʈ ʔ

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Retroflex	Velar	Glottal
Nasal			n		ŋ
Stop	p b̥		t d̥	ʈ ɖ̥	k	ʔ
Fricative		f v	s z		x ɣ	h
Approximant			ɹ

Co-articulated phonemes

↓Manner/Place→	Labial-velar
Approximant	w

Vowel inventory: i o u y ø ɒ ɔ ɛ ɯ ɶ

	Front	Back
High	i y	ɯ u
High-mid	ø	o
Low-mid	ɛ	ɔ
Low	ɶ	ɒ

Syllable structure: (C)(C)V(C)(C) ?
Stress pattern: Ultimate — stress is on the last syllable ?
Sound changes (in order of application):

• V → V̤ / {b̥,d̥,ɖ̥,g̊}_

Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
b̥	b
d̥	d
ɖ̥	ḍ
g̊	g
ɣ	gh
ɹ	r
ʈ	ṭ
x	kh
ʔ	'
ɒ	a
ɛ	e
ø	ö
ɶ	ȧ
ɔ	ȯ
ɯ	u̇
y	ü
ŋ	n̨

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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 ?

Noun affixes

	Nominative	Accusative	Genitive	Dative
Singular	Prefix i- ikhvȧ /ixˈvɶ/ dog (doing the verb)	Suffix -ɶŋ khvȧȧn̨ /xvɶˈɶŋ/ (verb done to) the/a dog	Suffix -ɒ khvȧa /xvɶˈɒ/ dogʼs	Prefix kxu- kkhukhvȧ /kxuxˈvɶ/ to the/a dog
Plural	No affix khvȧ /xvɶ/ dogs (doing the verb)	If starts with vowel: Prefix sw- Else: Prefix swo- swokhvȧ /swoxˈvɶ/ (verb done to) dogs	If ends with vowel: Suffix -b̥u khvȧbu /xvɶˈb̥ṳ/ dogsʼ	If starts with vowel: Prefix zn- Else: Prefix zni- znikhvȧ /znixˈvɶ/ to dogs

Articles

	Nominative	Accusative	Genitive	Dative
Definite	ta /tɒ/ the	ḍinw /ɖ̥i̤nw/ the	sni /sni/ the	ȧk /ɶk/ to the
Indefinite	pu̇ /pɯ/ a, some	a /ɒ/ a, some	u /u/ a, some	nürk /nyɹk/ to a, to some

Pronouns

	Nominative	Accusative	Genitive	Dative
1st singular	hü /hy/ I	po /po/ me	nowk /nowk/ mine	kȯ /kɔ/ to me
2nd singular	ku̇n̨ /kɯŋ/ you	tin /tin/ you	kun /kun/ yours	u /u/ to you
3rd singular masc	n̨uwk /ŋuwk/ he, it (masc)	hɑ /hɑ/ his, it (masc)	dɑ /dɑ/ his, its (masc)	kwu /kwu/ to his, to it (masc)
3rd singular fem	vɑk /vɑk/ she, it (fem)	trȧ /tɹɶ/ her, it (fem)	du̇w /dɯw/ hers, its (fem)	ȧ /ɶ/ to her, to it (fem)
1st plural inclusive	ip /ip/ we (including you)	znu /znu/ us (including you)	tu /tu/ ours (including you)	sfö /sfø/ to us (including you)
1st plural exclusive	khi /xi/ we (excluding you)	fowf /fowf/ us (excluding you)	ghin̨ /ɣiŋ/ ours (excluding you)	kirf /kiɹf/ to us (excluding you)
2nd plural	khȯ /xɔ/ I, you, you all, he, she, it, we (including you), they	hȧ /hɶ/ me, you, you all, his, her, it, us (including you), them	na /nɒ/ mine, yours, yours (pl), his, hers, its, ours (including you), theirs	psö /psø/ to me, to you, to you all, to his, to her, to it, to us (including you), to them
3rd plural	ȯnz /ɔnz/ they	nȧnk /nɶnk/ them	ghi /ɣi/ theirs	kȯb /kɔb̥/ to them

Possessive Determiners

	Possessive
1st singular	nowkh /nowx/ my
2nd singular	kun /kun/ your
3rd singular masc	krü /kɹy/ his
3rd singular fem	du̇w /dɯw/ her
1st plural inclusive	kkhu̇p /kxɯp/ our (including you)
1st plural exclusive	ghin̨ /ɣiŋ/ our (excluding you)
2nd plural	ma /mɒ/ your (pl)
3rd plural	ghi /ɣi/ their

Verb affixes

	Remote past	Past	Present	Future
1st singular	If starts with vowel: Prefix ukt- Else: Prefix uktø- uktödȯvȧ /ukˌtød̥ɔ̤ˈvɶ/ (I) learn (long ago)	Prefix i- idȯvȧ /id̥ɔ̤ˈvɶ/ (I) learned	Prefix u- udȯvȧ /ud̥ɔ̤ˈvɶ/ (I) learn	Prefix ɒ- adȯvȧ /ɒd̥ɔ̤ˈvɶ/ (I) will learn
2nd singular	Prefix g̊ɶ- gȧdȯvȧ /g̊ɶ̤d̥ɔ̤ˈvɶ/ (you) learn (long ago)	If ends with vowel: Suffix -z Else: Suffix -yz dȯvȧz /d̥ɔ̤ˈvɶz/ (you) learned	If starts with vowel: Prefix ps- Else: Prefix pso- psodȯvȧ /psod̥ɔ̤ˈvɶ/ (you) learn	If starts with vowel: Prefix ypx- Else: Prefix ypxu- üpkhudȯvȧ /ypˌxud̥ɔ̤ˈvɶ/ (you) will learn
3rd singular masc	If starts with vowel: Prefix sv- Else: Prefix svo- svodȯvȧ /svod̥ɔ̤ˈvɶ/ (he/it (masc)) learns (long ago)	Prefix b̥i- bidȯvȧ /b̥i̤d̥ɔ̤ˈvɶ/ (he/it (masc)) learned	Prefix ɶ- ȧdȯvȧ /ɶd̥ɔ̤ˈvɶ/ (he/it (masc)) learns	Prefix o- odȯvȧ /od̥ɔ̤ˈvɶ/ (he/it (masc)) will learn
3rd singular fem	If starts with vowel: Prefix k- Else: Prefix kɶ- kȧdȯvȧ /kɶd̥ɔ̤ˈvɶ/ (she/it (fem)) learns (long ago)	Prefix khɯ- khu̇dȯvȧ /khɯd̥ɔ̤ˈvɶ/ (she/it (fem)) learned	Prefix kwo- kwodȯvȧ /kwod̥ɔ̤ˈvɶ/ (she/it (fem)) learns	Suffix -iw dȯvȧiw /d̥ɔ̤vɶˈiw/ (she/it (fem)) will learn
1st plural inclusive	If starts with vowel: Prefix nw- Else: Prefix nwi- nwidȯvȧ /nwid̥ɔ̤ˈvɶ/ (we (including you)) learn (long ago)	Prefix tvu- tvudȯvȧ /tvud̥ɔ̤ˈvɶ/ (we (including you)) learned	No affix dȯvȧ /d̥ɔ̤ˈvɶ/ (we (including you)) learn	If starts with vowel: Prefix h- Else: Prefix hɛ- hedȯvȧ /hɛd̥ɔ̤ˈvɶ/ (we (including you)) will learn
1st plural exclusive	If starts with vowel: Prefix sw- Else: Prefix swɔ- swȯdȯvȧ /swɔd̥ɔ̤ˈvɶ/ (we (excluding you)) learn (long ago)	If starts with vowel: Prefix fɹ- Else: Prefix fɹɛ- fredȯvȧ /fɹɛd̥ɔ̤ˈvɶ/ (we (excluding you)) learned	Prefix fi- fidȯvȧ /fid̥ɔ̤ˈvɶ/ (we (excluding you)) learn	Prefix nɯ- nu̇dȯvȧ /nɯd̥ɔ̤ˈvɶ/ (we (excluding you)) will learn
2nd plural	Prefix ɛ- edȯvȧ /ɛd̥ɔ̤ˈvɶ/ (you all) learn (long ago)	Prefix tɹy- trüdȯvȧ /tɹyd̥ɔ̤ˈvɶ/ (you all) learned	Prefix two- twodȯvȧ /twod̥ɔ̤ˈvɶ/ (you all) learn	If starts with vowel: Prefix d̥- Else: Prefix d̥i- didȯvȧ /d̥i̤d̥ɔ̤ˈvɶ/ (you all) will learn
3rd plural	Prefix ɔ- ȯdȯvȧ /ɔd̥ɔ̤ˈvɶ/ (they) learn (long ago)	Prefix tɔ- tȯdȯvȧ /tɔd̥ɔ̤ˈvɶ/ (they) learned	Prefix zvɒ- zvadȯvȧ /zvɒd̥ɔ̤ˈvɶ/ (they) learn	If starts with vowel: Prefix t- Else: Prefix to- todȯvȧ /tod̥ɔ̤ˈvɶ/ (they) will learn

Verb affixes

Habitual	If ends with vowel: Suffix -nd Else: Suffix -ind dȯvȧnd /d̥ɔ̤ˈvɶnd/ learn (often, habitually)
Progressive	If ends with vowel: Suffix -k Else: Suffix -ɯk dȯvȧk /d̥ɔ̤ˈvɶk/ be learning

Numbers

Roex has a base-10 number system:
1 - kub
2 - tü
3 - an
4 - swa
5 - ü
6 - svünvo
7 - dȧa
8 - u̇kösp
9 - khvüp
10 - gön
100 - re
1000 - ghne

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = If ends with vowel: Suffix -nt
Else: Suffix -ɔnt
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Suffix -uk
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = Suffix -iw
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix fɹ-
Else: Prefix fɹu-
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Suffix -ɔg̊
Noun to verb = Suffix -o
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -nt
Else: Suffix -ynt
Tending to = Suffix -ɯb̥
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Suffix -y
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = Suffix -iŋ
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -s
Else: Suffix -is
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Suffix -øw
Diminutive = If ends with vowel: Suffix -nf
Else: Suffix -inf
Augmentative = Suffix -u

Dictionary

3031 Words.