Zvretulin

Consonants
               Ng isnn There is no regular distinction between the laterals.

ng is an allophone of n before velar plosives.

         ggg

Vowels
All vowels exept O are unrounded.

Alphabet
Like in German, Nouns are Capitalized.

Phonotactics
CV, CVC, CCV, CCVC, SCCV & SCCVC, but not VC. (S being any sibulant)

Affricates, voiced plosives & glottals are not clusterable, nor do the appear in the final position. This is with the exception of "tc" witch can appear in the final position.

A sibulant can be before a fricative, plosive, or approximant.

An unvoiced plosive cannot follow a voiced sibulant nor can a voiced plosive follow an unvoiced sibulant.

Plosive & fricatives can be before a flap, including the lateral flap.

Grammar
A passive voice addfix, similar to English "to be" is found for many parts of speech.

Passive: ze-

Nouns
Nouns have three cases to mark the subject, object & the agent. Zvretulin also has a definite adfix. Much like Romance languages, determiners & numbers decline to match.

There are several declensions depending on the root ending.

Pronouns
00 Person = noone / nobody

0 Person = one

1 Person singular = I / me

1.5 Person = we but not I

1 Person Exlusive = we but not you

1 Person Inclusive = we and you

2 Person Exclusive = (the one) you and not the rest

2 Person Inclusive = you (singular or plural)

3 Person = he / him / her / she / it

4 Person = anybody / everybody

Adpositions
of, for: di

in: yin

on: on

beside: rin

at: o

far away from: ira

to: tu

toward: tu

above: gre

under: dar

with: li

before: orga

after: yarga

As, like: turi

unlike: noturi

near, behind, were we can't see it: bre

by your side: bu

by my side: bi

from: vru

through, between: tura

without: noli

aside from: agara

as (ADJ) as: zre

in/on (NOUN) of: du

with (NOUN) to: vri

Verbs
Much like Japanese, there are no real adjectives. Instead verbs are used. Verbs do also have gerund forms, & those forms decline like any noun would. Verbs also conjugate to tense & transitivity.

Syntax
Much like Japanese, Zvretulin is a Verb final language.

To form a question, put the word "x" at the end of a sentence. This is the only word in the whole language that uses a click.

Vocabulary
Mother - motri

Father - patri

Brother - brotri

Sister - sestri

Daughter - duktri

Son - sunu

Nephew - neput

Brother-in-law - devri

Daughter-in-law - sluse

Mother-in-law - zvekru

Person - gumu

Prize - nora

Man - viru

Woman - jen

Zero - ziro

One - han

Two - dul

Three - set

Four - det

Five - dasot

Six - yosot

Seven - ilgop

Eight - yodul

Nine - ahop

Ten - yul

Eleven - yulihan

Twelve - yulidul

Thirteen - yuliset

Forteen - yulinet

Fifteen - yulidasot

Sixteen - yuliyosot

Seventeen - yulivilgop

Eighteen - yuliyodul

Nineteen - yuliyahop

Twenty - sumul

Thirty - sorun

Forty - mahun

Fifty - zvin

Sixty - yesun

Seventy - Ilhun

Eighty - yodun

Ninety - ahun

Hundred - kentun

Thousand - jumun

Ten thousand - DumonOne hundred million - jal

Tear - dazre

Tongue - cite

Blood - tci

Face - ku

Knee - hize

Tooth - he

Bone - hone

Ear - mimi

Eye - me

Heart - cinzu

Nose - hane

Foot - aci

Liver - kanzu

Horse - ape

Cattle - bot

Sheep - ovi

Bear - rukti

Dog - kuna

Mouse - musi

Pig - su

Wolf - vliku

Goose - gansi

Duck - anti

Grain - grante

Field - nohre

To plow - suki

To milk - milzi

To grind - melti

Honey - Medu

Salt - soli

To sow - se

Seed - seme

Yoke - yugu

To breathe - iki

To sleep - nemri

Sweat - ase

To eat - tabri

To give birth - agertanji

To grow - setci

Alive - ikru

Life - seme

To die - cini

To hear - kiki

To see/to find - mitsukri

To know - ciri

To recognize - zini

To not know - nezenti

To think - omovi

To say - yuvi

To ask - citsumni

Name - ime

Star - sterna

Day - din

Miracle - minune

God - dive

Sun - slinutci

Moon - menzi

Earth - tciklu

Water - mizu

Tree - ki

Wind - vetru

To snow - sligi

Bonfire - fok

Warm - taski

Light - hikri

Big - oki

Heavy - omvi

Light - karvi

Red - aki

Other - hokani

New - atraci

Young - vaki

Old - toctoti

Naked - hadaki

Door - duri

House - domu

Wheel - pelu

To sew - cuti

To hew - tetsi

To weave - viti

To work - cigoti

Clothes - fuku

To become - buti

To sit - zvari

To lie down - yoktavri

Friend - semi

To stand - tatsi

To go - iki

To come - kri

Fo follow - suski

To carry - hakobi

To control - vesti

To place - oki

To give - agri

To grab - motsi

To take - tori

To kill - krosi

To leave behind - libi

Yesterday - gustri

Night -yoru

Dawn - ustre

East - ostre

Gold - otse

Winter - zime

Spring - vesna

Spring - yuri