Remat, Language of Creation

Natively known as: remat /ˈremat/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
ba nbosk nbosk ebebchu etr susn ba chbdit o nbosk tsùsn chlùt isch
Pronunciation: /ba nbosk nbosk eˈbebcu etr susn ba cbdit o nbosk tsysn clyt isc/
Remati word order: and he hat his holding stood and the wind to his face wet turned

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: b c d f g h k l m n p r s t v w

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m		n
Stop	b p		t d	c	g k
Fricative		v f	s			h
Trill			r
Lateral approximant			l

Co-articulated phonemes

↓Manner/Place→	Labial-velar
Approximant	w

Vowel inventory: a e i o u y

	Front	Back
High	i y	u
High-mid	e	o
Low	a

Syllable structure: Custom defined ?
Stress pattern: Penultimate — stress is on the second last syllable ?
Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
y	ù
c	ch

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Grammar

Main word order: Subject (Prepositional phrase) Object Verb. “Mary opened the door with a key” turns into Mary with a key the door opened.
Adjective order: Adjectives are positioned after the noun.
Adposition: postpositions ?

Nouns

Nouns have two cases:

• Nominative is the doer of a verb: dog bites man.
• Accusative is the done-to of a verb: man bites dog.

Nominative	No affix dta /dta/ dog (doing the verb)
Accusative	If starts with vowel: Prefix ts- Else: Prefix tsi- tsidta /ˈtsidta/ (verb done to) dog

Singular	No affix dta /dta/ dog
Plural	If starts with vowel: Prefix b- Else: Prefix ba- badta /ˈbadta/ dogs

Articles

	Definite	Indefinite
Singular	chat /cat/ the	tsomv /tsomv/ a
Plural	irvv /irvv/ the	bi /bi/ some

Uses of definite article that differ from English:

• Definite article can be omitted: ‘I am going to supermarket’
• Used to talk about countable nouns in general: English’s ‘I like cats’ would translate to ‘I like the cats’
• Used for languages: ‘The English’
• Used with place names: ‘The London’

Uses of indefinite article that differ from English:

• Not used for non-specific countable nouns: non-specific means ‘I am looking for a (any) girl in a red dress’, whereas specific means ‘I am looking for a (particular) girl in a red dress’

Pronouns

	Nominative	Accusative
1st singular	ond /ond/ I	grtu /grtu/ me
2nd singular	vsù /vsy/ you	su /su/ you
3rd singular masc	nbosk /nbosk/ he, it (masc)	i /i/ his, it (masc)
3rd singular fem	e /e/ she, it (fem)	tamv /tamv/ her, it (fem)
1st plural	bemv /bemv/ we	rna /rna/ us
2nd plural	chlu /clu/ you all	ùtr /ytr/ you all
3rd plural	rnurvv /rnurvv/ they	mne /mne/ them

Possessive determiners

	Possessive
1st singular	ond /ond/ my
2nd singular	vsù /vsy/ your
3rd singular masc	nbosk /nbosk/ his
3rd singular fem	e /e/ her
1st plural	bemv /bemv/ our
2nd plural	chlu /clu/ your (pl)
3rd plural	rnurvv /rnurvv/ their

Verbs

Present	No affix vvabe /ˈvvabe/ learn
Past	Prefix vvi- vvivvabe /vvivˈvabe/ learned
Remote past	Prefix y- ùvvabe /yvˈvabe/ learned (long ago)

Remati uses a standalone particle word for future tense:

Future

Particle before the verb: dot - dot vvabe /dot ˈvvabe/ will learn

Perfect aspect

The 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.
Remati uses an affix for the perfect aspect:

Perfect

Reduplicate first part of first syllable vvavvabe /vvavˈvabe/ have learned

Numbers

Remati has a base-10 number system:
1 - tirvv
2 - pa
3 - a
4 - bùvnl
5 - i
6 - dtesnu
7 - so
8 - lamv
9 - thu
10 - ghesch
100 - gemv
1000 - vat

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = Suffix -url
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Suffix -ot
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix abs-
Else: Prefix absa-
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Suffix -a
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -rl
Else: Suffix -erl
Noun to verb = Prefix cle-
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -sc
Else: Suffix -asc
Tending to = If ends with vowel: Suffix -tr
Else: Suffix -otr
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Suffix -e
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -sk
Else: Suffix -esk
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Prefix ra-
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -me
Else: Suffix -ome
Diminutive = Suffix -i
Augmentative = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ly
Else: Suffix -ely

Dictionary

3015 Words.