Magick

This forgotten tongue is not learned so much as heard and transcribed by magi throughout time. It is a fluid, ever flowing tongue, one of the first beings, the Primordial beings, those of raw manna. The thrum of realities weaves and stitches.

Natively known as: Pرiمoردiaل [s2](Primordial)[/s2] /ˌrimorˈdial/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind... لـَا تˤaول دˤمُدَرِّسَةر دʒaوس تˤaول دˤمُدَرِّسَةفeودʒ لى هـَال تˤaول روːة مُدَرِّسَةسaيتˤ ذˤوːذˤ ذˤeوه [s2]la ṭaoul ḍayir yaws ṭawl ḍayifinay laa haal ṭawl roːt ayisayṭ dhˤoūdhˤ dhˤinah[/s2] Pronunciation: /ɫaː tˤawl dˤier dʒaws tˤawl ˈdˤiefewdʒ ɫaː haːl tˤawl ruːt ˈiesajtˤ ðˤuːðˤ ðˤewh/ Magick word order: and he stood holding hat his and turned his face wet the wind to

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: /b d dˤ f h j k l m n q r s sˤ t tˤ w x z ð ðˤ ħ ɣ ɫ ʃ ʒ θ/

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Dental	Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Pharyngeal	Glottal
Nasal	m			n
Stop	b			d dˤ t tˤ			k	q
Fricative		f	ð ðˤ θ	s sˤ z	ʃ ʒ		x ɣ		ħ	h
Approximant						j
Trill				r
Lateral approximant				l

Co-articulated phonemes

↓Manner/Place→	Labial-velar	Velarized alveolar
Approximant	w
Lateral approximant		ɫ

Vowel inventory: /ae aj aw aː ew ie iː ow u uː/
Diphthongs: ae, aj, ie, ow

	Front	Back
High	iː	uː u
Low	aː

Syllable structure: Custom defined Stress pattern: Penultimate — stress is on the second last syllable Word initial consonants: b, d, dʒ, dˤ, f, h, j, k, l, m, n, q, r, s, sˤ, t, tˤ, w, x, z, ð, ðˤ, ħ, ɫ, ʃ, θ Mid-word consonants: b, d, dˤ, f, h, k, l, m, n, q, r, s, sˤ, t, tˤ, ðˤ, ɣ, ɫ, ʃ, θ Word final consonants: b, d, dʒ, dˤ, f, h, j, k, l, m, n, r, s, sˤ, t, tˤ, x, ð, ðˤ, ɫ, ʃ, θ
Phonological changes (in order of application):

• s → ɾ / _θ

Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
a:	ـَا|ى
ae	ضَحّى
aj	ْـَي
aw	ْـَو
b	ب
d	د
dʒ	ج
dˤ	ض
ew	ْكِيس
f	ف
h	ه
i:	ـِي
ie	مُدَرِّسَة
j	ي
j	ي
k	ك
l	ل
m	م
n	ن
ow	كِيوِي
q	ق
r	ر
s	س
sˤ	ص
t	ت|ة
tˤ	ط
u:	ـُو
u	و
w	و
x	خ
z	ز
ð	ذ
ðˤ	ظ
ħ	ح
ɣ	غ
ɫ	ل
ʃ	ش
ʔ	ء
ʕ	ع
θ	ث

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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: postpositions

Nouns

Singular

	Masculine	Feminine
Definite	If ends with vowel: Suffix -f Else: Suffix -aːf رoوفـَاف [s2]rarafaaf[/s2] /ˈrowfaːf/ the man	If ends with vowel: Suffix -sˤ Else: Suffix -aːsˤ ذوبaيـَاسˤ [s2]dhobayaaṣ[/s2] /ðuˈbajaːsˤ/ the woman
Indefinite	Suffix -ewd رoوفeود [s2]rarafinad[/s2] /ˈrowfewd/ a man	Suffix -ow ذوبaيoو [s2]dhobayara[/s2] /ðuˈbajow/ a woman

Plural

	Masculine	Feminine
Definite	Suffix -iː رoوفـِي [s2]rarafi[/s2] /ˈrowfiː/ the men	Suffix -iːdˤ ذوبaيـِيدˤ [s2]dhoubayeḍ[/s2] /ðuˈbajiːdˤ/ the women
Indefinite	If ends with vowel: Suffix -x Else: Suffix -iex رoوفمُدَرِّسَةخ [s2]rarafayikh[/s2] /ˈrowfiex/ some men	If ends with vowel: Suffix -s Else: Suffix -aːs ذوبaيىس [s2]dhubayaas[/s2] /ðuˈbajaːs/ some women

Articles

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

Pronouns

1st singular	aوف [s2]awf[/s2] /awf/ I, me, mine
2nd singular	aي [s2]ay[/s2] /aj/ you, yours
3rd singular masc	تˤaول [s2]ṭaoul[/s2] /tˤawl/ he, him, his, it, its
3rd singular fem	ى [s2]aa[/s2] /aː/ she, her, hers, it, its
1st plural	مُدَرِّسَةة [s2]ayit[/s2] /iet/ we, us, ours
2nd plural	دوذˤ [s2]dodhˤ[/s2] /duðˤ/ you all, yours (pl)
3rd plural masc	فمُدَرِّسَةخ [s2]fayikh[/s2] /fiex/ they (masc), them (masc), theirs (masc)
3rd plural fem	حaو [s2]ḥaou[/s2] /ħaw/ they (fem), them (fem), theirs (fem)

Possessive determiners

1st singular	aوف [s2]awf[/s2] /awf/ my
2nd singular	aي [s2]ay[/s2] /aj/ your
3rd singular masc	ةˤaول [s2]ṭaol[/s2] /tˤawl/ his
3rd singular fem	ى [s2]a[/s2] /aː/ her
1st plural	مُدَرِّسَةة [s2]ayit[/s2] /iet/ our
2nd plural	دوذˤ [s2]doudhˤ[/s2] /duðˤ/ your (pl)
3rd plural masc	فمُدَرِّسَةخ [s2]fayikh[/s2] /fiex/ their (masc)
3rd plural fem	حaو [s2]ḥaou[/s2] /ħaw/ their (fem)

Verbs

Magick uses a standalone particle word for past tense:

Past	Particle before the verb: faː - فـَا بaيسمُدَرِّسَةسeود [s2]faa baysayisinad[/s2] /faː bajˈsiesewd/ learned

Magick uses a standalone particle word for future tense:

Future

Particle before the verb: quh - قوه بaيسمُدَرِّسَةسeود [s2]quh baysayisinad[/s2] /quh bajˈsiesewd/ 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.
Magick uses the word for ‘finish’ وذˤaي [s2]odhˤay[/s2] for the perfect aspect.

Numbers

Magick has a base-10 number system:
1 - ذˤoو [s2]dhˤara[/s2] 2 - aوي [s2]awy[/s2] 3 - بـَا [s2]baa[/s2] 4 - aيشaي [s2]ayshay[/s2] 5 - خoوب [s2]kharab[/s2] 6 - ةaي [s2]tay[/s2] 7 - شـَا [s2]che[/s2] 8 - بـَاه [s2]beh[/s2] 9 - ذˤeوك [s2]dhˤinak[/s2] 10 - فمُدَرِّسَةك [s2]fayik[/s2] 11 - فمُدَرِّسَةك [s2]fayik[/s2] لـَا [s2]laa[/s2] ذˤoو [s2]dhˤara[/s2] “ten and one” 100 - ذˤoو [s2]dhˤara[/s2] oودˤaي [s2]araḍay[/s2] “one hundred” 101 - ذˤoو [s2]dhˤara[/s2] oودˤaي [s2]araḍay[/s2] ذˤoو [s2]dhˤara[/s2] “one hundred one” 200 - aوي [s2]awy[/s2] oودˤaي [s2]araḍay[/s2] 1000 - ذˤoو [s2]dhˤara[/s2] بaو [s2]baw[/s2] “one thousand”

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = Suffix -iːf Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -sˤ Else: Suffix -aːsˤ Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -dˤ Else: Suffix -aːdˤ Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -h Else: Suffix -iːh Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Suffix -aːm Noun → verb (to create [noun]) = Suffix -iː Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Suffix -aw Verb → adjective (likely to do [verb]) = Suffix -aj Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Suffix -owh Verb → noun that verb physically produces (e.g. build → building) = Suffix -iː One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -j Else: Suffix -uj Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Suffix -uk Diminutive = Suffix -ajðˤ Augmentative = If ends with vowel: Suffix -tˤ Else: Suffix -uːtˤ

Dictionary

4391 Words.