Horgóne

(Phonology and dictionary under construction.)

Setting
Fantasy Universe

Phonology
Consonants

Plosives are aspirated depending on the grammar.

Palatal fricatives to glottal fricatives never occur finally.

1. An allophone

2. Very rare

Vowels
The last five are glottalized, or with the throat open, and are represented by a circumflex over them.

Phonological Syntax
Nasal consonants never appear word initially. If Horgon were to borrow a word from another language, say, the English word misunderstand, it would appear and be pronounced bĭsŭnrstăn. Also, no approximants may be placed word initially, with the exception of /j/. No two voiced plosives may be put in the same root word, unless a voiceless consonant is between them, i. e., b-t-d the root word for to drink, or b-f-d the root for to discover.

There are only three clusters allowed: sp, st, and ''sk. ''Those never occur in roots, though are commonly found in adjectives.

Stress of words fall on the second-to-last syllable; these include:

VC, VCC, CV, CVV, CVC, CVCC, CVVC

ăp, ŏst, ta, pua, kĕk, hŏst, theun

Translation:

oops, seven, and, so, thirteen, seventeen, therefore 

Grammar
Horgon is a highly inflected language, containing eight noun cases, treating pronouns as affixes, and having three genders. Verbs have very simple tenses though, ranging from only aorist, past, and present. There are no articles.

Nouns
Nouns are expressed in root words; t-s-d, the root word for person''. In the first hyphen space, a vowel denoting whether the object is animate or not is placed, ă for animate, a ''for inanimate. In the second hyphen space, gender is applied, a for neuter, u for masculine and i for feminine. Finally, noun cases and plurality are expressed by suffixes to the word.

Therefore, Tăsud is a man, Tăsid is a woman, Tăsudya are men, and Tăsidya are women. Though you could say that a tasud is a dead man, it probably would not be used for circumstances, but rather for a verb that used to be done by a noun: i. e. tasud kôpenuvĕd: a man, he used to eat.

Cases
1. When the ending consonant is a palatal plosive, -yo becomes -io

Examples:

He beat the metal. Yôghad faruco. His cart flew. Dhănucab dipasos.

He gave Mary a book. Ku bălutĕm Mary.

He used his foot. Koisănucato.

I walked to the river. Vaigosu khălisŏn

I walked from the river. Vaigosu khălisŭm

John, look! Joni, dĭn deusudŭm.

I'm in New York. Nu New Yorkust.