Durzog

Natively known as: Durzog /ˈdɜːzɑg/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
û few îgle âv shvâ snaf û slîv̀ shvâ ûflâ îv̀ûrdâ en slîv̀
Pronunciation: /ʊ fɛw ˈɪglɛ ɑv ʃvɑ snæf ʊ slɪʋ ʃvɑ ˈʊflɑ ɪˈʋʊɹdɑ ɛn slɪʋ/
Durzog word order: and he stood holding hat his and turned his face wet to the wind

Phonology

This language is without an alphabet. Spelling is identified here to aid readers.
Consonant inventory: /d f g h j k l n s t v w z ð ŋ ǃ ɱ ɹ ʃ ʋ ʒ ʤ ʧ θ ⱱ/

↓Manner/Place→	Labiodental	Dental	Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Labio-velar	Glottal
Nasal	ɱ		n			ŋ
Stop			t d			k g
Affricate				ʧ ʤ
Fricative	f v	θ ð	s z	ʃ ʒ				h
Approximant	ʋ		ɹ		j		w
Tap	ⱱ
Lateral approximant			l
Click				ǃ

Vowel inventory: /i u æ ɑ ɔ ɛ ɪ ʊ ʌ/

	Front	Back
High	i	u
Near-high	ɪ	ʊ
Low-mid	ɛ	ɔ ʌ
Near-low	æ
Low		ɑ

Syllable structure: (C)(C)V(C)
Stress pattern: Penultimate — stress is on the second last syllable
Word initial consonants: d, f, g, gɹ, h, j, k, kl, kŋ, l, n, s, sf, sl, sn, t, ts, tɹ, v, w, z, ð, ŋ, ŋw, ǃ, ɱ, ɹ, ʃ, ʃv, ʃz, ʋ, ʒ, ʤ, ʧ, θ, ⱱ
Mid-word consonants: d, dʤ, f, fl, g, gl, h, hw, j, k, ks, kt, kw, l, lk, n, nd, nf, ns, nz, s, t, ts, tw, tʧ, v, vw, w, z, ð, ŋ, ŋh, ǃ, ɱ, ɹ, ɹd, ɹn, ɹs, ʃ, ʋ, ʒ, ʤ, ʧ, θ, ⱱ
Word final consonants: d, f, g, k, l, n, s, t, v, w, z, ð, ŋ, ɱ, ɹ, ʃ, ʋ, ʤ, ʧ, θ, ⱱ
Phonological rules (in order of application):

• w→b / C_
• h→Ø / _#
• s→ɟ / #_
• ŋ→n / V_V
• N→n / _V
• t→ʧ / _#
• s→h / _#
• j→ɣ / _E

Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
j	y
æ	a
ð	dh
ð	th
ŋ	n
ŋ	ng
ǃ	:
ɑ	â
ɔ	o
ɔ	ou
ɛ	e
ɪ	i
ɪ	î
ɱ	m
ɹ	r
ʃ	sh
ʊ	u
ʊ	û
ʋ	v̀
ʋ	w
ʌ	u
ʌ	ǔ
ʒ	j̀
ʒ	zh
ʤ	dh
ʤ	j
ʧ	ch
θ	th
ⱱ	bv

Grammar

Main word order: Subject-Verb-Object-Oblique. "Mary opened the door with a key" turns into Mary opened the door with a key.
Adjective order: Adjectives are positioned after the noun.
Adposition: prepositions

Noun

Singular	No affix slish /sliʃ/
Plural	If starts with vowel: Prefix ʤ- Else: Prefix ʤɪ- jîslish /ˈʤɪsliʃ/

Articles

Definite	truf /tɹuf/ the
Indefinite	she /ʃɛ/ a, some

Pronouns

1st singular	i /i/ I, me
2nd singular	eth /ɛθ/ you
3rd singular masc	few /fɛw/ he, him, it
3rd singular fem	a /æ/ she, her, it
1st plural	â /ɑ/ we, us
2nd plural	sfîv̀ /sfɪʋ/ you (all)
3rd plural	e /ɛ/ they, them

Possessive determiners

1st singular	i /i/ my
2nd singular	sli /sli/ your
3rd singular masc	shvâ /ʃvɑ/ his, its
3rd singular fem	o /ɔ/ her, its
1st plural	ngwo /ŋwɔ/ our
2nd plural	â /ɑ/ your
3rd plural	hǔ /hʌ/ their

Verbs

Present	No affix ûa /ˈʊæ/
Past	If starts with vowel: Prefix ⱱ- Else: Prefix ⱱɑ- bvûa /ˈⱱʊæ/
Remote past	Prefix gɪ- gîûa /gɪˈʊæ/
Future	If starts with vowel: Prefix sf- Else: Prefix sfɔ- sfûa /ˈsfʊæ/

Imperfective aspect

The ‘imperfective’ aspect refers to ongoing actions, such as I am studying, and habitual actions, such as I study (every night). It is indicated with the word:

Imperfect particle

et /ɛt/ imperfect particle

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = If starts with vowel: Prefix ædʤ- Else: Prefix ædʤɔ-
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Prefix æ-
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix ɑf- Else: Prefix ɑfi-
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Prefix jʊ-
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If starts with vowel: Prefix ʊɹd- Else: Prefix ʊɹdɪ-
Noun → verb (to create [noun]) = Prefix ɑ-
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix ʃz- Else: Prefix ʃzɛ-
Verb → adjective (likely to do [verb]) = Prefix ðu-
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Prefix snɛ-
Verb → noun that verb physically produces (e.g. build → building) = Prefix ɑ-
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = If starts with vowel: Prefix iʃ- Else: Prefix iʃɛ-
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = If starts with vowel: Prefix kŋ- Else: Prefix kŋɪ-
Diminutive = If starts with vowel: Prefix ɪʋ- Else: Prefix ɪʋɑ-
Augmentative = Prefix ɑ-

Geographical Distribution

Primarily used among the Durzir Wildlands, though most all Durzir will speak it if they grew up with other Durzir.

Dictionary

4317 Words.