Lwardashi - Shamish

Natively known as: Lwardash 

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
swi ut shiw naar nya swet swi dfenvi nya shlufo atras shi ithwev
Lwardashi word order: and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind

Nouns

Singular	No affix fa/ tree
Plural	Suffix -n fan/ trees

Articles

Definite
Indefinite

Pronouns

	Couple	Male	Female	Plural
1st person	tai	tu	to	te
2nd person	pai	pu	po	pe
3rd person	dai	du	do	de

Phonology

↓Manner/Place→	Labial	Alveolar	Postalveolar	Velar	Glottal
Stop	p	t d
Fricative	f v	s z	sh		h
Affricative		ts	ch
Nasal	m	n
Liquid		r + l	y	w

Vowel inventory: /i o u ɑ ɛ/

	Front	Back
High	i	u
High-mid		o
Low-mid	ɛ
Low		ɑ

Syllable structure: CV, with "n" as plural coda; stress used to distiguish between similar words

Morphology

Adjective → adverb =
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) =
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) =
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) =
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) =
Noun → verb (to create [noun]) =
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) =
Verb → adjective (likely to do [verb]) =
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) =
Verb → noun that verb physically produces (e.g. build → building) =
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) =
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) =
Diminutive =
Augmentative =

Syntax

Main word order: Subject-Oblique-Object-Verb.
"Mary opened the door with a key" turns into Mary with the key the door opened.
Adjective order: Adjectives are positioned before the noun.
Adposition: postpositions
Possession: Possessor + se - Possessee
Causative Auxiliary: Axillary - Verb

Tenses

All sentences end with the base verb "hx" where the x vowel determine the tense of the sentence.

Verb Tenses	Ending Vowel
Continuous Present	ɑ
Past	i
Simple Future	u
Simple Present	ɛ
Potential Future	o

Numbers

Lwardashi has a base-10 number system, with roman numeral style:
1 - ye
2 - yeye
3 - yeyeye
4 - yeya
5 - ya
6 - yaye
7 - yayeye
8 - yayeyeye
9 - yeyi
10 - yi
11 - yiye
50 - yo
100 - yu
101 - yuye
200 - yeyeyu
500 - 
1000 - yai

Dictionary

71 Words.