Mejornic

The internal speech of the Reaper Imperium . Little is known of it by outsiders as they refuse to use it in front of outsiders. They primarily use Trader's Kant or Ospurian to speak with outsiders.

Natively known as: Leeti /ˈleːti/

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: /b d f fː h j k kː l lː m mː n nː p pː r rː s sː t tː ŋ ʋ/

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m mː		n nː		ŋ
Stop	p pː b		t tː d		k kː
Fricative		f fː	s sː			h
Approximant		ʋ		j
Trill			r rː
Lateral approximant			l lː

Vowel inventory: /e ei̯ eu̯ eː i ie̯ iː o oi̯ ou̯ oː u ui̯ uo̯ uː y yi̯ yø̯ yː æ æi̯ æy̯ æː ø øi̯ øy̯ ɑ ɑi̯ ɑu̯ ɑː/

Diphthongs: ei̯, eu̯, ie̯, oi̯, ou̯, ui̯, uo̯, yi̯, yø̯, æi̯, æy̯, øi̯, øy̯, ɑi̯, ɑu̯

	Front	Back
High	i iː y yː	u uː
High-mid	e eː ø	o oː
Near-low	æ æː
Low		ɑ ɑː

Syllable structure: (C)V(C)
Stress pattern: No fixed stress
Word initial consonants: d, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, ʋ
Mid-word consonants: b, d, f, fː, h, hd, hj, hk, hm, ht, hʋ, j, k, ks, kː, l, lh, lj, lk, ll, lm, lp, lpː, lt, ltː, lʋ, lː, m, mp, mpː, mː, n, nh, np, nr, ns, nsː, nt, ntː, nː, p, ps, pt, pː, r, rh, rj, rk, rkː, rm, rp, rst, rt, rʋ, rː, s, sk, st, sː, t, tk, tn, ts, tː, ŋk, ŋkː, ʋ
Word final consonants: ks, l, n, p, rt, s, t
Phonological changes (in order of application):

• l → n / #_
• k → x / V_t
• l → s / _k
• i → Ø / _#
• h → Ø / V_

Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
eː	ee
fː	ff
iː	ii
kː	kk
lː	ll
oː	oo
sː	ss
tː	tt
uː	uu
yː	yy
æ	ä
æː	ää
ø	ö
ŋ	n
ɑ	a
ɑː	aa
ʋ	v

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Grammar

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

Noun

Singular	No affix vi /ʋi/
Plural	If contains (æ|æː|y|eː|ie̯|æy̯|yø̯|yː|æi̯|ø|yi̯|øi̯|øy̯): Suffix -eːl Else: Suffix -irt viirt /ˈʋiirt/

Nouns have three cases: Ergative is the doer of a verb: dog bites man. The ergative affix only appears if there is an absolutive in the sentence. Absolutive is the done-to of a verb: man bites dog. Absolutives are always no affix. Genitive is the possessor of something: dog’s tail hits man.

Ergative	If contains (æ|æː|y|eː|ie̯|æy̯|yø̯|yː|æi̯|ø|yi̯|øi̯|øy̯): Suffix -yi̯l Else: Suffix -ɑu̯n viau̯n /ˈʋiɑu̯n/
Absolutive	No affix vi /ʋi/
Genitive	If contains (æ|æː|y|eː|ie̯|æy̯|yø̯|yː|æi̯|ø|yi̯|øi̯|øy̯): Suffix -æy̯n Else: Suffix -ɑu̯rt viau̯rt /ˈʋiɑu̯rt/

Articles

Definite	ve /ʋe/ the
Indefinite	ji /ji/ a, some

Pronouns

	Ergative	Absolutive	Genitive
1st singular	ja /jɑ/ I	ve /ʋe/ me	vaa /ʋɑː/ my, mine
2nd singular	vy /ʋy/ you	tau̯ks /tɑu̯ks/ you	töy̯s /tøy̯s/ your, yours
3rd singular masc	tai̯ks /tɑi̯ks/ he, it	kään /kæːn/ him, it	kop /kop/ his, its
3rd singular fem	au̯ks /ɑu̯ks/ she, it	na /nɑ/ her, it	ta /tɑ/ her, hers, its
1st plural inclusive	tui̯ /tui̯/ we (including you)	däi̯ks /dæi̯ks/ us (including you)	lie̯ks /lie̯ks/ our, ours (including you)
1st plural exclusive	turt /turt/ we (excluding you)	pa /pɑ/ us (excluding you)	jöi̯ks /jøi̯ks/ our, ours (excluding you)
2nd plural	lä /læ/ you (all)	nou̯t /nou̯t/ you (all)	lie̯l /lie̯l/ your, yours (all)
3rd plural	lai̯ /lɑi̯/ they	jyyt /jyːt/ them	ui̯ /ui̯/ their, theirs

Verbs

Past tense may be indicated with the word:

Past particle

tai̯ /tɑi̯/ past tense particle

Future

If contains (æ|æː|y|eː|ie̯|æy̯|yø̯|yː|æi̯|ø|yi̯|øi̯|øy̯): Suffix -in Else: Suffix -in noi̯tin /ˈnoi̯tin/

Perfect aspect

Perfect aspect in English is exemplified in ‘I have read this book’, which expresses an event that took place before the time spoken but which has an effect on or is in some way still relevant to the present.
In Leeti, the perfect is constructed with an affix

Perfect

If contains (æ|æː|y|eː|ie̯|æy̯|yø̯|yː|æi̯|ø|yi̯|øi̯|øy̯): Prefix e- Else: Prefix iː- iinoi̯t /ˈiːnoi̯t/

Numbers

Leeti has a base-10 number system:

1 - voks
2 - hat
3 - pää
4 - vort
5 - tikkou̯kirt
6 - deel
7 - pai̯s
8 - tes
9 - ty
10 - syt
11 - syt nau̯ voks “ten and one”
100 - voks pöt “one hundred”
101 - voks pöt nau̯ voks “one hundred and one”
200 - hat pöt
1000 - voks ha “one thousand”

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = If contains (æ|æː|y|eː|ie̯|æy̯|yø̯|yː|æi̯|ø|yi̯|øi̯|øy̯): Suffix -øy̯rt
Else: Suffix -ɑu̯n
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = If contains (æ|æː|y|eː|ie̯|æy̯|yø̯|yː|æi̯|ø|yi̯|øi̯|øy̯): Prefix peː-
Else: Prefix luo̯-
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If contains (æ|æː|y|eː|ie̯|æy̯|yø̯|yː|æi̯|ø|yi̯|øi̯|øy̯): Suffix -yø̯l
Else: Suffix -uːt
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = If contains (æ|æː|y|eː|ie̯|æy̯|yø̯|yː|æi̯|ø|yi̯|øi̯|øy̯): Suffix -yː
Else: Suffix -uː
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If contains (æ|æː|y|eː|ie̯|æy̯|yø̯|yː|æi̯|ø|yi̯|øi̯|øy̯): Suffix -is
Else: Suffix -uːt
Noun → verb (to create [noun]) = If contains (æ|æː|y|eː|ie̯|æy̯|yø̯|yː|æi̯|ø|yi̯|øi̯|øy̯): Suffix -øi̯
Else: Suffix -uo̯
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = If contains (æ|æː|y|eː|ie̯|æy̯|yø̯|yː|æi̯|ø|yi̯|øi̯|øy̯): Prefix ni-
Else: Prefix puo̯-
Verb → adjective (likely to do [verb]) = If contains (æ|æː|y|eː|ie̯|æy̯|yø̯|yː|æi̯|ø|yi̯|øi̯|øy̯): Suffix -æi̯n
Else: Suffix -en
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = If contains (æ|æː|y|eː|ie̯|æy̯|yø̯|yː|æi̯|ø|yi̯|øi̯|øy̯): Prefix øy̯-
Else: Prefix ui̯-
Verb → noun that verb physically produces (e.g. build → building) = If contains (æ|æː|y|eː|ie̯|æy̯|yø̯|yː|æi̯|ø|yi̯|øi̯|øy̯): Prefix æ-
Else: Prefix i-
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = If contains (æ|æː|y|eː|ie̯|æy̯|yø̯|yː|æi̯|ø|yi̯|øi̯|øy̯): Suffix -æy̯s
Else: Suffix -up
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = If contains (æ|æː|y|eː|ie̯|æy̯|yø̯|yː|æi̯|ø|yi̯|øi̯|øy̯): Prefix e-
Else: Prefix ei̯-
Diminutive = If contains (æ|æː|y|eː|ie̯|æy̯|yø̯|yː|æi̯|ø|yi̯|øi̯|øy̯): Prefix ie̯-
Else: Prefix ou̯-
Augmentative = If contains (æ|æː|y|eː|ie̯|æy̯|yø̯|yː|æi̯|ø|yi̯|øi̯|øy̯): Suffix -æ
Else: Suffix -u

Dictionary

4312 Words.

Root Languages

• Ancient Shipspeak