Galderish

Alphabet
The Galderish alphabet contains 31 letters, each with a single unique sound.



The majority of letters are pronounced as in English. The exceptions are as follows:

A is pronounced as a schwa sound (telephone).

Ä, or aa, is pronounced as in father.

Ĉ, or ch, is pronounced as in children.

Ħ, or hl, is pronounced as ɬ.

I is always pronounced as in is.

Ï, or ii, is always pronounced as in piece.

Ĵ, or jh, is pronounced as in vision.

Ŝ, or sh, is pronounced as in shoe.

U is pronounced as in book.

Ü, or uu, is pronounced as in zoo.

Äy, ey, and oy are pronounced as in tie, may, and toy, respectively. Ay, iy, ïy, uy, and üy are not allowed.

Phonotactics
Äy, ey, and oy are pronounced as in tie, may, and toy, respectively. Ay, iy, ïy, uy, and üy are not allowed. There is also no ng, th, r-cluster, or x-cluster in the language.

Grammar
Suffixes denote several things in Galderish.

Verbs
Infinitive= -u

Present Tense= -üs

Past Tense= -os

Future Tense= -es

More complex tenses are denoted by a -ta on the end of the conjugated verb. For example;

I fly= Ho hlüs

I am flying= Ho vohüs hlüsta

The verb vu (to be) also has a simple conjugation according to person, inserting the first letter of the pronoun into the word like so:

I am= Ho vohüs

You are= Sho voshüs

He/she is= Do/to vodüs/votüs, etc.

Nouns
Nouns always end in consonants and are pluralized using the suffix -in. The nouns have three genders; feminine, masculine, and neutral. Most nouns are neutral, but gender-specific nouns like husband and wife use exclusively either voiced or unvoiced consonants. Feminine nouns like tälomit (wife) use only unvoiced consonants, while their masculine variants use voiced consonants. Every noun that describes a profession or position occupied by an individual follows this rule.