Prettish

Diphthongs
ae     [a e̞ :]

au      [ a ɯ:]

ie       [ɵy:]

oi      [ɒ ɪ̈ :]

Alphabet
Aa     [a:]

Āā     [æ:]

Ăă     [ɥ a:]

Ââ     [ɥ æ:]

Bb     [bɪ̈:]

Dd     [d̪ɪ̈:]

Ḍḍ     [ðɪ̈:]

Ee     [e̞:]

Ēē     [y:]

Ĕĕ     [ɥ e̞:]

Êê     [ɥ y:]

Ff      [ɸɪ̈:]

Gg     [gɪ̈:]

Hh     [hɪ̈:]

Ḥḥ     [xɪ̈:]

Ii       [ɪ̈:]

Īī       [ɵ:]

Ĭĭ       [ɥ ɪ̈:]

Îî       [ɥ ɵ:]

Jj       [t̪s̪ɪ̈:]

Ɉɉ       [tɕɪ̈:]

Kk     [kʼɪ̈:]

Ll       [l ɪ̈:]

Mm   [m ɪ̈:]

Nn       [ n̪ ɪ̈:]

Oo     [o̞:]

Ōō     [ɒ:]

Ŏŏ     [ j o̞:]

Ôô     [ j ɒ:]

Pp     [ pʼ ɪ̈:]

Rr       [ ɰ ɪ̈:]

Ss     [s̪ ɪ̈:]

Ṣṣ     [ɕ ɪ̈:]

Tt     [t̪ʼ ɪ̈:]

Ṭṭ     [θ ɪ̈:]

Uu     [ɜ:]

Ūū     [ɯ:]

Ŭŭ     [ j ɜ:]

Ûû     [ j ɯ:]

Vv      [ β ɪ̈:]

Xx     [d̪z̪ ɪ̈:]

Ӿӿ     [dʑ ɪ̈:]

Zz     [z̪ ɪ̈:]

Ẓẓ      [ ʑ ɪ̈:]

Phonotactics
A syllable in Prettish can consist of


 * a vowel or diphthong alone;
 * an acceptable initiating consonant/cluster followed by a long vowel or diphthong;
 * a short vowel followed by an acceptable terminating consonant/cluster; or
 * an acceptable initiating consonant/cluster followed by a short vowel followed by an acceptable terminating consonant/cluster,

Acceptable initiating consonants/clusters


 * any consonant
 * any sibilant/plosive cluster; or
 * any sibilant/nasal cluster;

Acceptable terminating consonant/clusters


 * any consonant other than h, k, p, or t;
 * any non-ejective plosive/sibilant cluster;
 * any fricative/sibilant cluster; or
 * any nasal/sibilant cluster.

Dividing a word into syllables:

The beginning of a syllable is marked:
 * 1) when the the word starts
 * 2) after a vowel or diphthong that is immediately followed by another vowel or diphthong
 * 3) after a sibilant/plosive cluster
 * 4) after a sibilant/nasal cluster

The end of a syllable is marked:
 * 1) when the word ends
 * 2) after a non-ejective plosive/sibilant cluster
 * 3) after a fricative/sibilant cluster
 * 4) after a nasal/sibilant cluster

Grammar
Case endings:

 -i by



-o of, part of, from

-a on, at

-u to, towards

-e with, having

 You can have an unlimited number of focuses in a single sentence as long as


 * they provide new information about the same topic.


 * all verb focuses can be treated as a unit, with all non-verb focuses relating to the unit in the same way.

t[case ending] – refer to topic subsequently.

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<p class="MsoNormal"> m[case ending] – speaker(s)

<p class="MsoNormal"> v[case ending] – listener(s) <p class="MsoNormal">A man walked by here yesterday talking to himself. I tried to get his attention, but he wouldn’t listen to me.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal">Fôzi                     ɉăbo                    tôza                    k<span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";color:black">ôga.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; color:black">Ti                         x<span style="font-size:10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; color:black">īn o                     r<span style="font-size:10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; color:black">ăfu.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; color:black">[Topic-by]              [talking-of]            [himself-to]

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; color:black">Tu                            pûjo                        p<span style="font-size:10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; color:black">auro                                     mi.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; color:black">Ti                             ṣobo                       biego                      mu.

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