Eintish (ˈaɪntɪʃ)

Natively known as: aintish /ˈaɪntɪʃ/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
nö tamt blod bla kvärt djs nö hast kvärt stöndrä fe krjg kö
Pronunciation: /nœ tamt blɔd bla kvɛːrt dʏs nœ hast kvɛːrt ˈstøːndrɛ feː kryːj ɕøː/
Eintish word order: and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: b d f g h j k l m n p r s t v ŋ ɕ ɖ ɧ ʂ

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Retroflex	Alveolo-palatal	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m		n				ŋ
Stop	p b		t d	ɖ			k g
Fricative		f v	s	ʂ	ɕ			h
Approximant						j
Trill			r
Lateral approximant			l

Co-articulated phonemes

↓Manner/Place→	Sj-sound
Fricative	ɧ

Vowel inventory: a eː iː oː uː yː øː œ ɑː ɔ ɛ ɛː ɪ ɵ ʉː ʊ ʏ

	Front	Central	Back
High	iː yː	ʉː	uː
Near-high	ɪ ʏ		ʊ
High-mid	eː øː	ɵ	oː
Low-mid	ɛ ɛː œ		ɔ
Low	a		ɑː

Syllable structure: Custom defined ?
Stress pattern: Initial — stress is on the first syllable ?
Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
ɛː	ä
ɛ	ä
øː	ö
œ	ö
oː	å
ɔ	o
yː	j
ʏ	j
ʉː	u
ɵ	u
ʊ	o
uː	o
iː	i
ɪ	i
eː	e
ɑː	a
ŋn	gn
ŋ	ng
j	g / _#
ɧ	sj
kk	ck
ɕ	k
C₁C₁	C₁ / _j
ʃ	sh
θ	th

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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: prepositions ?

Nouns

	Singular	Plural
Masculine	No affix klorg /klɔrj/ man	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ls Else: Suffix -œls klorjöls /ˈklɔrjœls/ men
Feminine	No affix spöf /spœf/ woman	Suffix -ʉːp spöfup /ˈspœfʉːp/ women
Neuter	No affix kö /køː/ dog	If ends with vowel: Suffix -v Else: Suffix -ʊv köv /køːv/ dogs

Articles

	Definite	Indefinite
Singular	u /ʉː/ the	stäb /stɛːb/ a
Plural	va /vɑː/ the	ut /ɵt/ some

Uses of definite article that differ from English:

• Definite article can be omitted: ‘I am going to supermarket’

Uses of indefinite article that differ from English:

• Not used for non-specific mass (uncountable) nouns: non-specific means ‘Would you like some (any) tea?’ whereas specific means ‘Some tea (a specific amount) fell off the truck’

Pronouns

1st singular	tö /tøː/ I, me, mine
2nd singular	bli /bliː/ you, yours
3rd singular masc	tamt /tamt/ he, him, his
3rd singular fem	å /oː/ she, her, hers
3rd singular neuter	o /ʊ/ it, its
1st plural	a /ɑː/ we, us, ours
2nd plural	fosst /fuːsst/ you all, yours (pl)
3rd plural masc	sno /snuː/ they (masc), them (masc), theirs (masc)
3rd plural fem	sö /sœ/ they (fem), them (fem), theirs (fem)
3rd plural neuter	olv /ʊlv/ they (neut), them (neut), theirs (neut)

Possessive determiners

1st singular	sensk /seːnsk/ my
2nd singular	kä /kɛː/ your
3rd singular masc	kvärt /kvɛːrt/ his
3rd singular fem	drögn /drøːŋn/ her
3rd singular neuter	tvitt /tvɪtt/ its
1st plural	vö /vøː/ our
2nd plural	o /ɔ/ your (pl)
3rd plural masc	pe /peː/ their (masc)
3rd plural fem	bo /bɔ/ their (fem)
3rd plural neuter	sna /snɑː/ their (neut)

Verbs

	Singular	Plural
Present	No affix it /ɪt/ (I/you/he/she/it) learn	If ends with vowel: Suffix -d Else: Suffix -ɛːd itäd /ˈɪtɛːd/ (we/they) learn
Past	Suffix -ʏ itg /ˈɪtʏ/ (I/you/he/she/it) learned	Suffix -ard itard /ˈɪtard/ (we/they) learned
Future	Suffix -uːkk itock /ˈɪtuːkk/ (I/you/he/she/it) will learn	If ends with vowel: Suffix -rd Else: Suffix -øːrd itörd /ˈɪtøːrd/ (we/they) will learn

Numbers

Eintish has a base-20 number system:
1 - kla
2 - gö
3 - dolv
4 - vansk
5 - spa
6 - spä
7 - lanjö
8 - an
9 - vut
10 - prg
11 - lön
12 - bid
13 - oktent
14 - bräpt
15 - bi
16 - mjsh
17 - snig
18 - svjkt
19 - pränsjo
20 - viʂjmn
400 - di
8000 - krol

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = If ends with vowel: Suffix -r
Else: Suffix -ɔr
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ŋn
Else: Suffix -ʉːŋn
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -nsk
Else: Suffix -ɵnsk
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Suffix -ʉːt
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -p
Else: Suffix -iːp
Noun to verb = Suffix -øː
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Suffix -œjf
Tending to = Suffix -oː
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -n
Else: Suffix -eːn
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -k
Else: Suffix -yːk
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Suffix -oː
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -kt
Else: Suffix -ɵkt
Diminutive = Suffix -eːn
Augmentative = Suffix -ɑːft

Dictionary

3050 Words.

Spoken by

• Einjar

Common Phrases

Bäp blod ple sjo olv rati släd

Honey is sweetest from the vibrant flower

Olv spu ållfö tof bäp sjo sirr

The bee cannot make honey from vinegar

Mö olv Hagdura

By the Gardeners

Mö olv Crao

By the Tree

öng Damal

Amalius’ Blade

Slot sjo sko::Lord of Light<br>----<br><br>Vak sjo olv hagdur

Beast of the garden

Common Female Names

Alda, Bertha, Hilda, Helga, Emma, Linda, Fulga, Frieda, Carme, Adele, Chele, Wulfe, Hurlu, Gildu, Minu, Beida, Lareesh, Malia, Clara, Aedelheid, Jolanta, Oliwia, Anna, Hanna, Marra, Marcelina, Katarzyna, Jdenae

Common Male Names

Aldo, Anso, Enzo, Fulco, Gero, Helmo, Otto, Wido, Lanzo, Rocco, Wine, Ise, Carl, Ken, Roth, Bert, Gustav, Pepin, Ludwig, Bofur, Bifur, Baefur, Nandur, Vendolf, Dain, Gorin, Rayjin, Bremren, Hrogrim, Bruels, Rathgar, Brill, Torin