Blüxnuian

Natively known as: blüxnu /ˈbɮuxnʊ/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
chi ga ax tübch shusse öl chi tübch chöru cümch cert baxörd chü
Pronunciation: /ʧʰi ga ax tʰuwʧʰ ˈʃʊsse ɵɮ ʧʰi tʰuwʧʰ ˈʧɵrʊ ʦʰumʧ ʦertʰ ˈbaxɵrt ʧʰu/
Blüxnuian word order: and he stood his hat holding and his wet face turned the wind to

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: b f g j kʰ m n nʲ r s t tʰ w wʲ x xʲ ɮ ɮʲ ʃ ʦ ʦʰ ʧ ʧʰ

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Palatal	Velar
Nasal	m		n nʲ
Stop	b		tʰ t			g kʰ
Affricate			ʦ ʦʰ	ʧʰ ʧ
Fricative		f	s	ʃ		x xʲ
Approximant					j
Trill			r
Lateral fricative			ɮ ɮʲ

Co-articulated phonemes

↓Manner/Place→	Labial-velar
Approximant	w wʲ

Vowel inventory: a e i u ɔ ɵ ʊ

	Front	Central	Back
High	i		u
Near-high			ʊ
High-mid	e	ɵ
Low-mid			ɔ
Low	a

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

Pronunciation	Spelling
w	b
t	d / !_ʰ
tʰ	t
ʧʰ	ch
ʧ	ch
ʦʰ	c
ʦ	c
kʰ	k
ɮ	l
ʃ	sh
ɔ	o
ɵ	ö
pʰ	p
u	ü
ʊ	u
j	y
ʲ

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Grammar

Main word order: Subject Object Verb (Prepositional phrase). “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 ?

Nouns

Nouns have three 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.

Nouns form plural with separate plural word:

Plural

Particle before the noun: u - ü blüd /u bɮut/ dogs

Nominative	No affix blüd /bɮut/ dog (doing the verb)
Accusative	Suffix -ʊkʰ blüduk /ˈbɮutʊkʰ/ (verb done to) dog
Genitive	Suffix -imʧ blüdimch /ˈbɮutimʧ/ dogʼs

Articles

	Definite	Indefinite
Singular	fash /faʃ/ the	blö /bɮɵ/ a
Plural	ni /ni/ the	cin /ʦʰin/ some

Uses of definite article that differ from English:

• Not used for mass (uncountable) nouns: ‘Walking in the mud’ would always translate to ‘Walking in mud’.

Pronouns

	Nominative	Accusative	Genitive
1st singular	nü /nu/ I	yerch /jerʧʰ/ me	na /nʲa/ mine
2nd singular	o /ɔ/ you	do /tɔ/ you	a /a/ yours
3rd singular masc	ga /ga/ he, it (masc)	chi /ʧʰi/ his, it (masc)	dö /tɵ/ his, its (masc)
3rd singular fem	da /ta/ she, it (fem)	e /e/ her, it (fem)	xö /xɵ/ hers, its (fem)
1st plural inclusive	agsh /agʃ/ we (including you)	ta /tʰa/ us (including you)	bö /bɵ/ ours (including you)
1st plural exclusive	ci /ʦʰi/ we (excluding you)	dobs /tɔws/ us (excluding you)	dus /tʊs/ ours (excluding you)
2nd plural	u /ʊ/ you all	go /gɔ/ you all	te /tʰe/ yours (pl)
3rd plural	xa /xa/ they	shu /ʃʊ/ them	rü /ru/ theirs

Possessive determiners

	Possessive
1st singular	kü /kʰu/ my
2nd singular	xög /xɵg/ your
3rd singular masc	tübch /tʰuwʧʰ/ his
3rd singular fem	and /ant/ her
1st plural inclusive	ca /ʦa/ our (including you)
1st plural exclusive	shi /ʃi/ our (excluding you)
2nd plural	gi /gi/ your (pl)
3rd plural	shö /ʃɵ/ their

Verbs

1st singular	Suffix -ɵɮʧ benöölch /ˈbenɵɵɮʧ/ (I) learn
2nd singular	If ends with vowel: Suffix -r Else: Suffix -ar benör /ˈbenɵr/ (you) learn
3rd singular	If ends with vowel: Suffix -tnɵ Else: Suffix -ʊtnɵ benödnö /ˈbenɵtnɵ/ (he/she/it) learns
1st plural inclusive	Suffix -i benöi /ˈbenɵi/ (we (including you)) learn
1st plural exclusive	Suffix -e benöe /ˈbenɵe/ (we (excluding you)) learn
2nd plural	If ends with vowel: Suffix -r Else: Suffix -ir benör /ˈbenɵr/ (you all) learn
3rd plural	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʧ Else: Suffix -eʧ benöch /ˈbenɵʧ/ (they) learn

Blüxnuian uses a standalone particle word for past tense:

Past	Particle before the verb: fi - fi benö /fi ˈbenɵ/ learned

Blüxnuian uses a standalone particle word for future tense:

Future

Particle before the verb: imʧ - imch benö /imʧ ˈbenɵ/ 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.
Blüxnuian uses an affix for the perfect aspect:

Perfect

Reduplicate first part of first syllable bebenö /ˈbebenɵ/ have learned

Numbers

Blüxnuian has a base-10 number system:
1 - a
2 - ot
3 - nü
4 - ö
5 - to
6 - ku
7 - fü
8 - dökt
9 - su
10 - yes
100 - nechit
1000 - cu

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ɮtʰ
Else: Suffix -aɮtʰ
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -wʲ
Else: Suffix -ʊwʲ
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = Suffix -ɔʧʰ
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -stʰa
Else: Suffix -istʰa
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -wʲ
Else: Suffix -ewʲ
Noun to verb = Suffix -ɔtʰ
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Suffix -etʰ
Tending to = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ɮ
Else: Suffix -uɮ
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Suffix -ɔ
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = Suffix -ɵstʰ
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Suffix -e
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Suffix -ɔm
Diminutive = Suffix -ʊʧ
Augmentative = If ends with vowel: Suffix -n
Else: Suffix -an

Dictionary

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