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
 A sentence consists of a topic followed by one or more focuses. You can have an unlimited number of focuses in a single sentence as long as


 * they provide information about the same topic.

The ordering of topic and focuses matters. A sentence always begins with a topic, or a pronoun referring to the most recent topic. The topic and all non-verb focuses, including the 'subject' of the sentence are inflected with case endings that relate that word to either the preceding word (a set of words conjoined by 'o' relate to the word prior to the set) or to the most recent verb focus or conjoined set of verb focuses.
 * all verb focuses are conjoined using 'o'
 * no non-verb focus has a differing semantic relationship with one of the verb focuses than with another verb focus.



Case Endings

 -i by (relates to nearest preceding verb focus(es))

 -o of, part of, from   (relates to immediate predecessor)

-a on, at   (relates to nearest preceding verb focus(es))

-u to, towards   (relates to nearest preceding verb focus(es))

-e with, having   (relates to immediate predecessor)

 <h3 class="MsoNormal">Pronouns <p class="MsoNormal"> t[case ending] – refer to topic subsequently.

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

<p class="MsoNormal"> v[case ending] – listener(s)

<p class="MsoNormal"> <h3 class="MsoNormal"> Examples <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                     ɉăb        tôza                 o       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.

<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">[Man-by (topic)]   [walking]  [yesterday-at]  [and]  [here-at]

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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          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]  [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             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                   pûje              mi.

<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-to]    [getting-attention]   [trying-with]  [speaker-by]

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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                biego         ṣobe                 mu.

<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]    [listening]     [negativity-with]  [speaker-to]

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