Ormiric

Ormiric is a language developed by Scitav for Ormir to speak.

Natively known as: Eila /ˈeɪlɑ/

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: /f g h j k l n s t v w z ð ŋ ɹ ʃ ʒ ʤ ʧ θ/[/p

↓Manner/Place→	Labiodental	Dental	Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Labio-velar	Glottal
Nasal			n			ŋ
Stop			t			k g
Affricate				ʧ ʤ
Fricative	f v	θ ð	s z	ʃ ʒ				h
Approximant			ɹ		j		w
Lateral approximant			l

Vowel inventory: /aɪ aʊ eɪ i u æ ɑ ɔɪ ɛ ɪ ʊ ʌ/

Diphthongs: aɪ, aʊ, eɪ, ɔɪ

	Front	Back
High	i	u
Near-high	ɪ	ʊ
Low-mid	ɛ	ʌ
Near-low	æ
Low		ɑ

Syllable structure: (C)(C)V(C)
Stress pattern: No fixed stress
Word initial consonants: f, g, gl, h, j, k, kl, kŋ, kɹ, l, n, s, sk, sn, sz, t, v, w, z, ð, ŋ, ŋw, ɹ, ʃ, ʃɹ, ʒ, ʤ, ʧ, θ
Mid-word consonants: f, fl, fɹ, g, h, hw, j, jk, k, kn, ks, kt, l, lʧ, n, nh, nl, nz, s, t, tg, tk, v, w, z, ð, ŋ, ŋh, ɹ, ɹv, ʃ, ʒ, ʤ, ʧ, θ
Word final consonants: f, g, h, l, n, s, t, v, w, ð, ŋ, ɹ, ʃ, ʒ, ʤ, ʧ, θ
Phonological changes (in order of application):

• k → ʧ / _E
• s → h / V_V
• K → ʔ / _s
• t → ʦ / _i
• f → p / #_
• i → eː / _#
• u → e / _θ
• i → j / V_#

Pronunciation	Spelling
#y#	i
#ʤ	j
(C)[zs]#	s
(C)ju	u
aʊ#	ow
aʊ	ou
c#	k
cc	ck
eə	ere
eɪ(C)#	ae
iː#	y
iː	ee
j	y
ji	yi
k(?![ɪiɛs])	c
kt#	cked
kw	qu
oʊ(C)	oe
oʊ	o
quur	quir
uː(C)#	ue
uː	u
z#	s
æ([tlsz])#	a
æ	a
ð	th
ŋ	ng
ŋg	ng
ŋk	nk
ɑː?	a
ɔɪ	oi
ɔː	or
ɛ	e
ɜː	ur
ɪ#	y
ɪ	i
ɪə	ear
ɹ	r
ʃ	sh
ʊ	oo
ʌ	u
ʍ	wh
ʤ#	ge
ʤ	dg
ʧ	ch
θ	th

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Grammar

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

Noun

Singular	No affix crouei /ˈkɹaʊeɪ/
Plural	If starts with vowel: Prefix ɛʤ- Else: Prefix ɛʤeɪ- edgeicrouei /ˌɛʤeɪˈkɹaʊeɪ/

Nouns have four cases: Nominative 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 recipeint of something: man gives ball to dog.

Nominative	No affix crouei /kɹaʊˈeɪ/
Accusative	If ends with vowel: Suffix -lʧaɪ Else: Suffix -ɛlʧaɪ croueilchai /ˈkɹaʊeɪlʧaɪ/
Genitive	Suffix -u croueiu /ˈkɹaʊeɪu/
Dative	If ends with vowel: Suffix -f Else: Suffix -ɪf croueif /kɹaʊˈeɪf/

Articles

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

Pronouns

*Needs revision*
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	Nominative	Accusative	Genitive	Dative
1st singular	caʒ /kæʒ/ I	szih /szih/ me	roun /ɹaʊn/ my, mine	eige /eɪʤ/ to me
2nd singular	wu /wu/ you	er /ɛɹ/ you	hoos /hʊs/ your, yours	clooch /klʊʧ/ to you
3rd singular masc	woon /wʊn/ he, it	oi /ɔɪ/ him, it	szeng /szɛŋ/ his, its	a /ɑ/ to him
3rd singular fem	shour /ʃaʊɹ/ she, it	glach /glɑʧ/ her, it	cra /kɹɑ/ her, hers, its	ige /iʤ/ to her
1st plural	hoin /hɔɪn/ we	gla /glɑ/ us	hoog /hʊg/ our, ours	keth /kɛθ/ to us
2nd plural	shouth /ʃaʊθ/ you (all)	shoig /ʃɔɪg/ you (all)	croi /kɹɔɪ/ your, yours (all)	yage /jæʤ/ to you (all)
3rd plural	ei /eɪ/ they	yag /jæg/ them	hoi /hɔɪ/ their, theirs	jith /ʤiθ/ to them

Verbs

Present	No affix eicheing /ˈeɪʧeɪŋ/
Past	If ends with vowel: Suffix -h Else: Suffix -aɪh eicheingaih /ˈeɪʧeɪŋaɪh/
Remote past	If ends with vowel: Suffix -n Else: Suffix -ɛn eicheingen /eɪˈʧeɪŋɛn/
Future	If ends with vowel: Suffix -gu Else: Suffix -ɑgu eicheingagu /eɪˌʧeɪŋɑˈgu/

Imperfective aspect

The ‘imperfective’ aspect refers to ongoing actions, such as I am studying, and habitual actions, such as I study (every night).
It is indicated with the affix:

Imperfect

If starts with vowel: Prefix v- Else: Prefix vu- veicheing /veɪˈʧeɪŋ/

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 Eilan, the perfect is constructed with an affix

Perfect

If ends with vowel: Suffix -l Else: Suffix -ɛl eicheingel /ˈeɪʧeɪŋɛl/

Numbers

Eilan has a base-20 number system:

1 - hoog
2 - fingall
3 - claih
4 - all
5 - nul
6 - gla
7 - zai
8 - chan
9 - skingang
10 - gut
11 - crounzus
12 - cngeigav
13 - ngwouʒit
14 - snunhoidgih
15 - routha
16 - ngoith
17 - eitcas
18 - heigoidgiʒ
19 - guʒaʒ
20 - guva
21 - hoog ngwoig guva “one and twenty”
400 - nus “fourhundred”
401 - nus ngwoig hoog “fourhundred and one”
800 - fingall nus “two fourhundred”
8000 - glatt “eightthousand”

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = If starts with vowel: Prefix f-
Else: Prefix fæ-
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Prefix ɔɪ-
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix z-
Else: Prefix zʊ-
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Prefix kŋaɪ-
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If starts with vowel: Prefix ʌl-
Else: Prefix ʌli-
Noun → verb (to create [noun]) = Prefix ʊ-
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix ɑg-
Else: Prefix ɑgu-
Verb → adjective (likely to do [verb]) = Prefix kŋaɪ-
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix l-
Else: Prefix lu-
Verb → noun that verb physically produces (e.g. build → building) = Prefix ɹaʊ-
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = If starts with vowel: Prefix aɪk-
Else: Prefix aɪkʌ-
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Prefix ɪ-
Diminutive = Prefix fɛ-
Augmentative = Prefix ɑ-

Dictionary

4335 Words.

Root Languages

• Ancient Shipspeak

Spoken by

• Wulua