Dongbuzenytihach

Dongbuzenytihach is the language spoken in the Dongbuzenytihav, an ocean located on the planet Baltus. The primary speakers are Encephalopods, inhabitants of the planet.

Consonants
There is an undefined sound that is most similar to the "sj-sound" and is commonly considered a co-articulated [x] and [ɕ]. It is a relatively rare sound in the language.

Writing system
Dongbuzenytihach, like many other Encephalopod languages, use a sophisticated combining script.

Transcription
"tj" can be used as a t which transitions into ʑ.

Phonotactics
Thanks to the null glyphs, the phonotactics are more variable than the script could suggest. Some of the most common formations iinclude (CV)CVCV and CVCCV. The loanwords in the language can include a /j/

Sound Changes

 * /z/ becomes [s] before an unvoiced consonant and /s/ becomes [z] before a voiced consonant.
 * /ɤ/ becomes [o] after /w/.
 * Velar stops shift to palatal consonants before /i/, /y/.
 * /ɹ/, /ʟ/ become [j], [ʎ] respectively before /i/, /y/.
 * /i/, /y/ shift to [ɨ], [ʉ] after /w/.

Grammar
Dongbuzenytihach grammar is relatively complex, as the language is fusional. There are a lot of suffixes that include various meanings in them.

Verbs
Verbs conjugate according to mood, tense, person, number and voice.

Nouns
Nouns can have three suffixes: -a, -e, and -o. Their plural form is -ä, -ŏ and -u, respectively. A noun never ends in an open front vowel, unless it is a loanword, in which case it does not conjugate.

Adjectives
Adjectives form the same declesion pattern as their respective nouns. The following table declines the root "wišos-", "slimy". Adjectives are pre-nominal, meaning that they come before the noun they are referring to.

Articles
There are no indeterminative articles. Determinative articles have 6 forms, depending on the noun referred to.

Adpositions
Adpositions in Dongbuzenytihach are prepositions and include: čo/ču (to), nge/ngŏ (from), ze/zŏ (of), þa/þä (because of) and po/pu (by, using).

Word order
The word order is commonly SVO.

Lexicon
See Dongbuzenytihach/Vocabulary.