Fybai

Natively known as: Fybai /fyˈbai/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind... gho hyha fia bhehu hia fyke gho fysi hia bheai sinoe du jhenia Pronunciation: /ɡho ˈhyha fiˈa bheˈhu ˈhia fyˈke ɡho ˈfysi ˈhia bheˈai ˈsinoe du jheˈnia/ Fybai word order: and stood he holding hat his and turned his face wet to the wind

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: /b d f h j k l m n r s t z ɡ/

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m		n
Stop	b		t d		k ɡ
Fricative		f	s z			h
Approximant				j
Trill			r
Lateral approximant			l

Vowel inventory: /a ae ai e i ia o oe u y/
Diphthongs: ae, ai, ia, oe

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

Syllable structure: Custom defined Stress pattern: No fixed stress Word initial consonants: b, bh, d, dh, f, h, j, jh, l, r, s, t, ɡ, ɡh Mid-word consonants: b, d, f, h, j, k, m, n, s, ɡ Word final consonants: N/A
Phonological changes (in order of application):

• e → i / k_y
• j → r / V_V
• j → ɡ / _#
• t → l / V_V
• f → v / V_V
• sk → ʃ / #_
• j → ð / V_

How to read phonological rules
Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
y	y
ɡ	g
j	j

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Grammar

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

Nouns

Nouns have seven 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.
• Locative is the location of something: man goes to town.
• Ablative is movement away from something: man walks from town.
• Instrumental is the use of something: man writes with (using) pen.

Masculine

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	If starts with vowel: Prefix ɡ- Else: Prefix ɡa- garesi /ɡaˈresi/ man (when doinɡ the verb)	If starts with vowel: Prefix jh- Else: Prefix jhe- jheresi /jheˈresi/ men (when doinɡ the verb)
Accusative	Prefix ɡe- geresi /ˈɡeresi/ (verb done to) man	Prefix o- oresi /ˈoresi/ (verb done to) men
Genitive	If starts with vowel: Prefix t- Else: Prefix tia- tiaresi /tiaˈresi/ manʼs	If starts with vowel: Prefix r- Else: Prefix ru- ruresi /ˈruresi/ menʼs
Dative	If starts with vowel: Prefix d- Else: Prefix doe- doeresi /ˈdoeresi/ to (the/a) man	If starts with vowel: Prefix f- Else: Prefix fia- fiaresi /fiaˈresi/ to (the/some) men
Locative	Prefix tia- tiaresi /ˈtiaresi/ near/at/by (the/a) man	If starts with vowel: Prefix r- Else: Prefix ra- raresi /ˈraresi/ near/at/by (the/some) men
Ablative	Prefix y- yresi /yˈresi/ from (the/a) man	If starts with vowel: Prefix b- Else: Prefix bae- baeresi /baeˈresi/ from (the/some) men
Instrumental	If starts with vowel: Prefix ɡ- Else: Prefix ɡe- geresi /ˈɡeresi/ with/usinɡ (the/a) man	Prefix bia- biaresi /ˈbiaresi/ with/usinɡ (the/some) men

Feminine

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Prefix fy- fyrido /ˈfyrido/ woman (when doinɡ the verb)	If starts with vowel: Prefix ɡh- Else: Prefix ɡhe- gherido /ɡheˈrido/ women (when doinɡ the verb)
Accusative	Prefix a- arido /aˈrido/ (verb done to) woman	Prefix ae- aerido /ˈaerido/ (verb done to) women
Genitive	If starts with vowel: Prefix jh- Else: Prefix jhi- jhirido /jhiˈrido/ womanʼs	If starts with vowel: Prefix r- Else: Prefix ro- rorido /ˈrorido/ womenʼs
Dative	Prefix su- surido /ˈsurido/ to (the/a) woman	If starts with vowel: Prefix d- Else: Prefix dae- daerido /ˈdaerido/ to (the/some) women
Locative	If starts with vowel: Prefix s- Else: Prefix so- sorido /ˈsorido/ near/at/by (the/a) woman	If starts with vowel: Prefix ɡ- Else: Prefix ɡi- girido /ˈɡirido/ near/at/by (the/some) women
Ablative	Prefix e- erido /ˈerido/ from (the/a) woman	If starts with vowel: Prefix j- Else: Prefix jai- jairido /ˈjairido/ from (the/some) women
Instrumental	Prefix do- dorido /ˈdorido/ with/usinɡ (the/a) woman	If starts with vowel: Prefix dh- Else: Prefix dhoe- dhoerido /ˈdhoerido/ with/usinɡ (the/some) women

Neuter

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	If starts with vowel: Prefix h- Else: Prefix hai- haibhyju /ˈhaibhyju/ doɡ (when doinɡ the verb)	If starts with vowel: Prefix r- Else: Prefix ri- ribhyju /ˈribhyju/ doɡs (when doinɡ the verb)
Accusative	If starts with vowel: Prefix b- Else: Prefix by- bybhyju /ˈbybhyju/ (verb done to) doɡ	If starts with vowel: Prefix dh- Else: Prefix dhu- dhubhyju /ˈdhubhyju/ (verb done to) doɡs
Genitive	Prefix ra- rabhyju /ˈrabhyju/ doɡʼs	If starts with vowel: Prefix b- Else: Prefix boe- boebhyju /ˈboebhyju/ doɡsʼ
Dative	Prefix ɡhi- ghibhyju /ˈɡhibhyju/ to (the/a) doɡ	If starts with vowel: Prefix h- Else: Prefix hia- hiabhyju /hiabˈhyju/ to (the/some) doɡs
Locative	Prefix soe- soebhyju /ˈsoebhyju/ near/at/by (the/a) doɡ	If starts with vowel: Prefix l- Else: Prefix lo- lobhyju /lobˈhyju/ near/at/by (the/some) doɡs
Ablative	Prefix ɡi- gibhyju /ˈɡibhyju/ from (the/a) doɡ	If starts with vowel: Prefix ɡh- Else: Prefix ɡho- ghobhyju /ˈɡhobhyju/ from (the/some) doɡs
Instrumental	If starts with vowel: Prefix f- Else: Prefix fa- fabhyju /ˈfabhyju/ with/usinɡ (the/a) doɡ	Prefix u- ubhyju /ˈubhyju/ with/usinɡ (the/some) doɡs

Articles

	Definite	Indefinite
Singular	ra /ra/ the	u /u/ a
Plural	toe /toe/ the	bha /bha/ some

Pronouns

	Nominative	Accusative	Genitive	Dative	Locative	Ablative	Instrumental
1st singular	bha /bha/ I	ro /ro/ me	dhae /dhae/ mine	ge /ɡe/ to me	fy /fy/ at me	so /so/ from me	ghi /ɡhi/ with/using me
2nd singular	fa /fa/ you (masc)	bae /bae/ you	jhi /jhi/ yours	ty /ty/ to you	li /li/ at you	jae /jae/ from you	tia /tia/ with/using you
3rd singular masc	fia /fia/ he	lu /lu/ him	hia /hia/ his	ra /ra/ to him	ru /ru/ at him	jha /jha/ from him	jy /jy/ with/using him
3rd singular fem	uk /uk/ she	soe /soe/ her	lig /liɡ/ hers	i /i/ to her	gih /ɡih/ at her	ug /uɡ/ from her	fae /fae/ with/using her
3rd singular neut	ga /ɡa/ it	ta /ta/ it	u /u/ its	roe /roe/ to it	lid /lid/ at it	ghe /ɡhe/ from it	jyg /jyɡ/ with/using it
1st plural	bia /bia/ we	jai /jai/ us	du /du/ ours	oe /oe/ to us	loe /loe/ at us	tae /tae/ from us	bhyg /bhyɡ/ with/using us
2nd plural	ri /ri/ you all	dhu /dhu/ you all	o /o/ yours (pl)	ih /ih/ to you all	ae /ae/ at you all	dhoe /dhoe/ from you all	by /by/ with/using you all
3rd plural masc	bai /bai/ they (masc)	su /su/ them (masc)	dhuf /dhuf/ theirs (masc)	do /do/ to them (masc)	ha /ha/ at them (masc)	foe /foe/ from them (masc)	jyh /jyh/ with/using them (masc)
3rd plural fem	a /a/ they (fem)	e /e/ them (fem)	gi /ɡi/ theirs (fem)	doe /doe/ to them (fem)	jhe /jhe/ at them (fem)	gho /ɡho/ from them (fem)	bhed /bhed/ with/using them (fem)
3rd plural neut	jia /jia/ they (neut)	si /si/ them (neut)	tai /tai/ theirs (neut)	re /re/ to them (neut)	jyd /jyd/ at them (neut)	hai /hai/ from them (neut)	baih /baih/ with/using them (neut)

Possessive determiners

1st singular	dhae /ˈdhae/ my
2nd singular	jhi /jhi/ your
3rd singular masc	hia /ˈhia/ his
3rd singular fem	lig /liɡ/ her
3rd singular neut	u /u/ its
1st plural	du /du/ our
2nd plural	o /o/ your (pl)
3rd plural masc	dhuf /dhuf/ their (masc)
3rd plural fem	gi /ɡi/ their (fem)
3rd plural neut	tai /taˈi/ their (neut)

Verbs

Present	No affix ged /ɡed/ learn
Past	If starts with vowel: Prefix t- Else: Prefix ty- tyged /ˈtyɡed/ learned
Remote past	Prefix fa- faged /faˈɡed/ learned (lonɡ aɡo)
Future	If starts with vowel: Prefix h- Else: Prefix ha- haged /ˈhaɡed/ will learn

Imperfective aspect
The ‘imperfective’ aspect refers to ongoing actions, such as I am learning and habitual actions, such as I learn (something new every day).
Fybai uses an affix for imperfective:

Imperfective

If starts with vowel: Prefix t- Else: Prefix tai- taiged /taiˈɡed/ learns/is learninɡ

Numbers

Fybai has a base-10 number system:
1 - dhae 2 - dhu 3 - fae 4 - ghe 5 - bae 6 - bha 7 - bhad 8 - hia 9 - tejo 10 - ra 11 - ra gho dhae “ten and one” 100 - jyhyna “hundred” 101 - jyhyna dhae “hundred one” 200 - dhu jyhyna 1000 - dhuf “thousand”

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = Prefix ɡi- Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix f- Else: Prefix fai- Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix t- Else: Prefix tai- Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Prefix tai- Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If starts with vowel: Prefix jh- Else: Prefix jhe- Noun to verb = Prefix i- Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix d- Else: Prefix du- Tending to = If starts with vowel: Prefix j- Else: Prefix jia- Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix r- Else: Prefix ru- Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = Prefix ta- One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Prefix i- Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = If starts with vowel: Prefix ɡ- Else: Prefix ɡi- Diminutive = Prefix jhe- Augmentative = Prefix i-

Dictionary

4603 Words.

Successor Languages

• Bastard

Spoken by

• Hiarue

Common Female Names

Inih, Fysydia, Lihoe, Jaini, Luna, Sibae, Baena, Lunia, Ija, Fae, Fyjae, Bhybai, Bhehiai, Jainyke, Bhyji, Jyjai, Baihae, Hyhi, Lidynae, Jhina, Luai, Bhysi, Faisu, Tynih, Tyfae, Fynoe, Taif, Fiah, Haihi, Isa, Bhysae, Tyu, Emae, Faime, Tyjiake, Ginyja, Siba, Ghikoe, Fyjai, Rubai.

Common Male Names

Oek, Jhebaid, Rakag, Bheho, Jhife, Tysof, Taido, Ufiabah, Taidu, Red, Hybiahai, Haifo, Baimo, Fymoe, Baed, Sikod, Bhenoe, Taimu, Bhehe, Baijiabu, Ghibus, Hyboe, Faek, Dukoef, Loeg, Jhegeh, Baisoe, Uso, Haid, Usyfa, Lujiakek, Ghinygo, Hydoe, Renoe, Rudyboeh, Ubaih, Faiku, Taek, Enu, Bygaf, Rufu, Rekianoe, Enoe, Gidiafo, Giku.

Common Unisex Names

Hiah, Jyno, Sija, Jhih, Tyse, Rebes, Fymo, Hyne, Jaes, Baimu, Gemyne, Ruhoe, Gefi, Ghiniami, Jaisu, Jaisygy, Ghibaih, Jiaf, Gegai, Gaba, Tymu, Jhehae, Susi, Uhai, Sihai, Ghinae, Jaiki, Jhejai, Ribiama, Fydydai.