Witchtongue
Natively known as: spuiiol /spui̯ˈio̯l/
...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...stae ceurs reiir muncir ueida bra ceurs stae fiar scaso scit bra ceurs pluinc cato
Pronunciation: /stae̯ keu̯rs rei̯ˈir munˈkir uei̯ˈda bra keu̯rs stae̯ fiˈar skaˈso skit bra keu̯rs plui̯nk kaˈto/
Spuiiolish word order: and he stood holding hat his and turned his face wet to the wind
Spelling & Phonology
Consonant inventory: b d f g h k kʷ l m n p r s t w↓Manner/Place→ | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Velar | Glottal |
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Nasal | m | n | |||
Stop | p b | t d | k kʷ g | ||
Fricative | f | s | h | ||
Trill | r | ||||
Lateral approximant | l |
↓Manner/Place→ | Labial-velar |
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Approximant | w |
Front | Back | |
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High | i | u |
High-mid | e | o |
Low | a |
Stress pattern: Ultimate — stress is on the last syllable ? Spelling rules:
Pronunciation | Spelling |
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kʷ | qu |
ks | x |
k | c |
w | v |
ː | |
̯ |
Grammar
Main word order: Subject Verb Object (Prepositional phrase). “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 ?
Pronouns
Singular | Plural | |
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1st person | gi /gi/ I, me, mine | me /me/ we, us, ours |
2nd person | hau /hau̯/ you, yours | ui /ui̯/ you all, yours (pl) |
3rd person | ceurs /keu̯rs/ he, she, him, her, his, hers, they (sg), them (sg), theirs (sg), it, its | prio /prio̯/ they (pl), them (pl), theirs (pl) |
Verb tense
Remote past | If ends with vowel: Suffix -t Else: Suffix -it briirit /briiˈrit/ learned (long ago) |
Past | Suffix -eu̯t briireut /briiˈreu̯t/ learned |
Present | No affix briir /briˈir/ learn |
Future | If ends with vowel: Suffix -gme Else: Suffix -egme briiregme /briˌiregˈme/ will learn |
Remote future | Suffix -is briiris /briiˈris/ will learn (long way away) |
Articles
Singular | Plural | |
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Definite | mud /mud/ the | cor /kor/ the |
Indefinite | hirs /hirs/ a | bo /bo/ some |
Noun number
Singular | No affix quea /kʷeˈa/ dog |
Plural | Suffix -ek queaec /kʷeaˈek/ dogs |
Numbers
Spuiiolish has a base-10 number system: 1 - cri2 - pror
3 - spei
4 - pre
5 - pepsi
6 - stionstroe
7 - bi
8 - beis
9 - plaut
10 - fea
Hundred - nat
Thousand - ha
Derivational morphology
Adjective → adverb = If ends with vowel: Suffix -stElse: Suffix -ei̯st
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Suffix -im
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = Suffix -ae̯r
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -riu̯
Else: Suffix -iu̯riu̯
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Suffix -ib
Noun to verb = Suffix -i
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Suffix -ui̯
Tending to = Suffix -a
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -fu
Else: Suffix -iu̯fu
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = Suffix -iu̯
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Suffix -oe̯
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Suffix -ek
Diminutive = If ends with vowel: Suffix -s
Else: Suffix -as
Augmentative = Suffix -ed
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