Holy Tongue Awlnaa: The Righteous Tongue

Natively known as: awlnaa /ɔlˈɲaː/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
i jul kkék aao pú padd i nnachy sha kkék héttsú úg giikchaw
Pronunciation: /i ɟuːl kːɛk aːˈoː pʊ padː i ɲːac ʃa kːɛk hɛtˈʦʊ ʊg giːkˈʧɔ/
Awlnaan word order: and he his hat holding stood and the wind to his wet face turned

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: b c d dː g h k kː l m p pː t w ŋ ɟ ɲ ɲː ɾ ʃ ʦ ʧ

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m			ɲː ɲ	ŋ
Stop	p b pː	d t dː		c ɟ	g k kː
Affricate		ʦ	ʧ
Fricative			ʃ			h
Tap		ɾ
Lateral approximant		l

Co-articulated phonemes

↓Manner/Place→	Labial-velar
Approximant	w

Vowel inventory: a aː eː i iː oː uː ɔ ɛ ʊ

	Front	Back
High	i iː	uː
Near-high		ʊ
High-mid	eː	oː
Low-mid	ɛ	ɔ
Low	a aː

Syllable structure: (C)V(C) ?
Stress pattern: Ultimate — stress is on the last syllable ?
Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
eː	e
oː	o
uː	u
ɛ	é
ɔ	aw
ʊ	ú
ɾ	r
ʃ	sh
ŋ	ng
ɟ	j
c	chy
ʧ	ch
ɲ	n
ʦ	ts
Vː	VV
Cː	CC

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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 before the noun.
Adposition: postpositions ?

Nouns

Nouns have six 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 recipient of something: man gives ball to dog.
• Locative is the location of something: man is in town.
• Ablative is movement away from something: man walks from town.

Definite

	Nominative	Accusative	Genitive	Dative	Locative	Ablative
Singular	Suffix -uː haagu /haːˈguː/ the dog (doing the verb)	Suffix -oːpː haagopp /haːˈgoːpː/ (verb done to) the dog	If ends with vowel: Suffix -d Else: Suffix -ɛd haagéd /haːˈgɛd/ the dogʼs	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʃ Else: Suffix -ɔʃ haagawsh /haːˈgɔʃ/ to the dog	If ends with vowel: Suffix -b Else: Suffix -ɛb haagéb /haːˈgɛb/ near/at/by the dog	Suffix -aː haagaa /haːˈgaː/ from the dog
Plural	Suffix -aːdː haagaadd /haːˈgaːdː/ the dogs (doing the verb)	If ends with vowel: Suffix -kː Else: Suffix -ɔkː haagawkk /haːˈgɔkː/ (verb done to) the dogs	If ends with vowel: Suffix -b Else: Suffix -ib haagib /haːˈgib/ the dogsʼ	Suffix -oː haago /haːˈgoː/ to the dogs	Suffix -i haagi /haːˈgi/ near/at/by the dogs	Suffix -iː haagii /haːˈgiː/ from the dogs

Indefinite

	Nominative	Accusative	Genitive	Dative	Locative	Ablative
Singular	Suffix -a haaga /haːˈga/ a dog (doing the verb)	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ɲː Else: Suffix -ɛɲː haagénn /haːˈgɛɲː/ (verb done to) a dog	If ends with vowel: Suffix -t Else: Suffix -at haagat /haːˈgat/ a dogʼs	If ends with vowel: Suffix -p Else: Suffix -ap haagap /haːˈgap/ to a dog	Suffix -ʊ haagú /haːˈgʊ/ near/at/by a dog	Suffix -oːp haagop /haːˈgoːp/ from a dog
Plural	If ends with vowel: Suffix -mweː Else: Suffix -amweː haagamwe /haːgaˈmweː/ some dogs (doing the verb)	Suffix -uːg haagug /haːˈguːg/ (verb done to) some dogs	Suffix -aːl haagaal /haːˈgaːl/ some dogsʼ	Suffix -eː haage /haːˈgeː/ to some dogs	Suffix -ip haagip /haːˈgip/ near/at/by some dogs	If ends with vowel: Suffix -k Else: Suffix -ɛk haagék /haːˈgɛk/ from some dogs

Articles

Awlnaan encodes definite article ‘the’, and indefinite article ‘a’ in noun affixes. See Noun section.

Pronouns

	Nominative	Accusative	Genitive	Dative	Locative	Ablative
1st singular	nni /ɲːi/ I	kko /kːoː/ me	paw /pɔ/ mine	pechy /peːc/ to me	húp /hʊp/ to me	shi /ʃi/ from me
2nd singular	jek /ɟeːk/ you	bol /boːl/ you	naa /ɲaː/ yours	é /ɛ/ to you	pii /piː/ to you	jonn /ɟoːɲː/ from you
3rd singular masc	jul /ɟuːl/ he, it (masc)	chawk /ʧɔk/ his, it (masc)	hi /hi/ his, its (masc)	úd /ʊd/ to his, to it (masc)	pu /puː/ to his, to it (masc)	kii /kiː/ from his, from it (masc)
3rd singular fem	ddab /dːab/ she, it (fem)	kkúd /kːʊd/ her, it (fem)	cha /ʧa/ hers, its (fem)	chawdd /ʧɔdː/ to her, to it (fem)	mawr /mɔɾ/ to her, to it (fem)	tii /tiː/ from her, from it (fem)
1st plural	nnaachy /ɲːaːc/ we	mék /mɛk/ us	ppaw /pːɔ/ ours	wé /wɛ/ to us	púsh /pʊʃ/ to us	bé /bɛ/ from us
2nd plural	kik /kik/ you all	waa /waː/ you all	et /eːt/ yours (pl)	shak /ʃak/ to you all	ma /ma/ to you all	aa /aː/ from you all
3rd plural	nnep /ɲːeːp/ they	gaat /gaːt/ them	piig /piːg/ theirs	té /tɛ/ to them	pe /peː/ to them	hip /hip/ from them

Possessive determiners

	Possessive
1st singular	mé /mɛ/ my
2nd singular	ja /ɟa/ your
3rd singular masc	kkék /kːɛk/ his
3rd singular fem	o /oː/ her
1st plural	chap /ʧap/ our
2nd plural	naw /ɲɔ/ your (pl)
3rd plural	bé /bɛ/ their

Verbs

	Present	Past
1st person	Suffix -apː kékapp /kɛˈkapː/ (I/we) learn	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ɟ Else: Suffix -iɟ kékij /kɛˈkiɟ/ (I/we) learned
2nd person	If ends with vowel: Suffix -lmaː Else: Suffix -ɔlmaː kékawlmaa /kɛkɔlˈmaː/ (you/you all) learn	If ends with vowel: Suffix -d Else: Suffix -ɔd kékawd /kɛˈkɔd/ (you/you all) learned
3rd person	If ends with vowel: Suffix -g Else: Suffix -oːg kékog /kɛˈkoːg/ (he/she/it/they) learn(s)	If ends with vowel: Suffix -b Else: Suffix -ɛb kékéb /kɛˈkɛb/ (he/she/it/they) learned

Awlnaan uses a standalone particle word for future tense:

Future

Particle before the verb: ka - ka kék /ka kɛk/ will learn

Progressive aspect

The ‘progressive’ aspect refers to actions that are happening at the time of speaking, such as I am learning.
Awlnaan uses an affix for progressive:

Progressive

Suffix -eːɟ kékej /kɛˈkeːɟ/ be learning

Habitual aspect

The ‘habitual’ aspect refers to actions that happen habitually, such as I learn (something new every day), as opposed to actions that happen once (I learned something).
Awlnaan uses a standalone particle word for habitual:

Habitual

Particle before the verb: ɲːa - nna kék /ɲːa kɛk/ learn (often, habitually)

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.
Awlnaan uses an affix for the perfect aspect:

Perfect

If ends with vowel: Suffix -p Else: Suffix -ɔp kékawp /kɛˈkɔp/ have learned

Numbers

Awlnaan has a base-20 number system:
1 - bechy
2 - wéchy
3 - haw
4 - shep
5 - ger
6 - tsoj
7 - og
8 - ddap
9 - wiij
10 - to
11 - gawp
12 - o
13 - pé
14 - bii
15 - ke
16 - ép
17 - na
18 - hé
19 - chaad
20 - tsot
400 - ppii
8000 - harép

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = If ends with vowel: Suffix -d
Else: Suffix -aːd
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -b
Else: Suffix -aːb
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -c
Else: Suffix -ɔc
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ɲʧɛ
Else: Suffix -uːɲʧɛ
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Suffix -eː
Noun to verb = If ends with vowel: Suffix -k
Else: Suffix -ɔk
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Suffix -id
Tending to = Suffix -ab
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Suffix -iːɟ
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -b
Else: Suffix -ab
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Suffix -iː
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Suffix -a
Diminutive = Suffix -ʊk
Augmentative = Suffix -eː

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