High Draconic

Natively known as: yet'ath /ˈjetath/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
t͡si go tyat vi go et͡s dzigsh t͡si shunyzany tshit vi go dfany go izvonsh
Pronunciation: /t͡si go tjat vi go et͡s dzigʃ t͡si ˈʃuɲzaɲ tʃit vi go dfaɲ go ˈizvonʃ/
Yet'athi word order: and he his hat holding stood and his wet face the wind to turned

Writing System

Yetathi script is learned by all Shulte in childhood, though most forget it quickly. Academics devote their lives to unearthing the history of the ancient script. It is widely believed though that the symbols for 'b,' 'm,' and 'p' were added at a much later date to accomidate loan-words from Shulte language.
This is the most common version of the script taught to children today:

Phonology

Consonant inventory: d d͡z f g j k kʼ l n s sʼ t tʼ t͡s t͡ʃ v z ħ ɲ ʃ ʒ θ

↓Manner/Place→	Labiodental	Dental	Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Pharyngeal
Nasal			n		ɲ
Stop			tʼ t d			kʼ k g
Fricative	f v	θ	s sʼ z	ʃ ʒ			ħ
Approximant					j
Lateral approximant			l

Vowel inventory: a e i o u

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

Morphology

Adjective → adverb = Prefix e-
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Prefix a-
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = Prefix i-
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix kn-
Else: Prefix kna-
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If starts with vowel: Prefix adn-
Else: Prefix adne-
Noun to verb = If starts with vowel: Prefix θ-
Else: Prefix θu-
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Prefix ɲe-
Tending to = If starts with vowel: Prefix ans-
Else: Prefix ansa-
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix j-
Else: Prefix je-
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = If starts with vowel: Prefix otz-
Else: Prefix otzu-
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Prefix fle-
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Prefix i-
Diminutive = If starts with vowel: Prefix θ-
Else: Prefix θi-
Augmentative = If starts with vowel: Prefix dl-
Else: Prefix dli-
Opposite = If starts with vowel: Prefix d͡z-
Else: Prefix d͡za-

Syntax

Singular	No affix vago /ˈvago/ dog
Plural	Prefix fe- fevago /ˈfevago/ dogs
Dual	Prefix ve- vevago /ˈvevago/ two dogs

Vocabulary

Neuter

	Singular	Plural	Dual
1st person	ra /ra/ I (neut), me (neut), mine (neut)	far /far/ we (neut), us (neut), ours (neut)	var /var/ I (neut), me (neut), mine (neut), we (neut), us (neut), ours (neut)
2nd person	ar /ar/ you (neut), yours (neut)	araf /ˈaraf/ you (neut) all	arav /ˈarav/ you (neut), you all (neut), yours (neut)
3nd person	tʼo /tʼo/ it (neut), its (neut)	t'olf /t'olf/ they (neut), them (neut), theirs (neut)	t'olv /t'olv/ it (neut), its (neut), they (neut), them (neut), theirs (neut)

Masculine

	Singular	Plural	Dual
1st person	ra /ra/ I (masc), me (masc), mine (masc)	far /far/ we (masc), us (masc), ours (masc)	var /var/ I (masc), me (masc), mine (masc), we (masc), us (masc), ours (masc)
2nd person	ar /ar/ you (masc), yours (masc)	araf /ˈaraf/ you (masc) all	arav /ˈarav/ you (masc), you all (masc), yours (masc)
3rd person	go /go/ he, him, his, it (masc), its (masc)	gof /gof/ they (masc), them (masc), theirs (masc)	gov /gov/ he, him, his, it (masc), its (masc), they (masc), them (masc), theirs (masc)

Feminine

	Singular	Plural	Dual
1st person	ra /ra/ I (fem), me (fem), mine (fem)	far /far/ we (fem), us (fem), ours (fem)	var /var/ I (fem), me (fem), mine (fem), we (fem), us (fem), ours (fem)
2nd person	ar /ar/ you (fem), yours (fem)	araf /ˈaraf/ you (fem) all	arav /ˈarav/ you (fem), you all (fem), yours (fem)
3rd person	ko /ko/ she, her, hers, it (fem), its (fem)	kolf /kolf/ they (fem), them (fem), theirs (fem)	kolv /kolv/ she, her, hers, it (fem), its (fem), they (fem), them (fem), theirs (fem)

Numbers

Yet'athi has a base-12 number system:

1 - nye
2 - klo

3 - dze
4 - tʼut

5 - thos
6 - kni

7 - kʼat͡sh
8 - ti

9 - tyeyk
χ - lui

ε - ru
10 - kʼog

100 - dzhafs
1000 - sʼek

Phonetics

Pronunciation	Spelling
θ	th
ʒ	zh
j	y
ʃ	sh
t͡ʃ	ch
d͡z	dz
ħ	h
ɲ	ny

Sentence Structure

Main word order: Subject Object (Prepositional phrase) Verb. “Mary opened the door with a key” turns into Mary the door with a key opened.

Adjective Order

Adjective order: Adjectives are positioned before the noun.

Dictionary

3084 Words.

Tenses

Draconic has five tenses, due to their immense lifespan. However, generally they only use Past, Present and Future tenses when speaking with lesser creatures.

The verb conjugations for "to learn" denz /ˈdenz/ are shown below.

	Perfective	Habitual	Progressive	Perfect
Remote Past	If starts with vowel: Prefix kn- Else: Prefix kni- knidenz /ˈknidenz/ learned (long ago)	Prefix e- edenz /ˈedenz/ learned (long ago) (often, habitually)	If starts with vowel: Prefix ez- Else: Prefix eza- ezadenz /ˈezadenz/ was/were learning (long ago)	Prefix ga- gadenz /ˈgadenz/ had learned (long ago)
Past	Prefix gi- gidenz /ˈgidenz/ learned	Prefix kʼe- kʼedenz /ˈkʼedenz/ learned (often, habitually)	If starts with vowel: Prefix ad- Else: Prefix adi- adidenz /ˈadidenz/ was/were learning	If starts with vowel: Prefix t- Else: Prefix to- todenz /ˈtodenz/ had learned
Present	Prefix va- vadenz /ˈvadenz/ learn	Prefix u- udenz /ˈudenz/ learn (often, habitually)	If starts with vowel: Prefix ɲ- Else: Prefix ɲu- nyudenz /ˈɲudenz/ am/are learning	If starts with vowel: Prefix θ- Else: Prefix θu- thudenz /ˈθudenz/ have learned
Future	If starts with vowel: Prefix v- Else: Prefix ve- vedenz /ˈvedenz/ will learn	Prefix flu- fludenz /ˈfludenz/ will learn (often, habitually)	Prefix i- idenz /ˈidenz/ will be learning	If starts with vowel: Prefix f- Else: Prefix fo- fodenz /ˈfodenz/ will have learned
Remote Future	Prefix kla- kladenz /ˈkladenz/ will learn	Prefix sʼa- sʼadenz /ˈsʼadenz/ will learn (often, habitually)	Prefix ħa- hadenz /ˈħadenz/ will be learning	If starts with vowel: Prefix tʼ- Else: Prefix tʼe- tʼedenz /ˈtʼedenz/ will have learned