Fliytuian

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...

baṭ en yetpov vdo kmifa nyín baṭ hi vdo ktoṭ hidmu yonchum ftí

Pronunciation: /baʈ en ˈjetpov vdo ˈkmifa njɨn baʈ hi vdo ktoʈ ˈhidmu ˈjonʧum ftɨ/

Fliytuian word order: and stood holding hat his he and turned his face wet the wind to

Spelling & Phonology
Consonant inventory: b d f h j k l m n p t v ɖ ɣ ɳ ɸ ʃ ʈ ʒ ʤ ʧ ⱱ

Click IPA symbols for audio Vowel inventory: a e i o u ɨ Syllable structure: (C)(C)V(C) ?

Stress pattern: Penultimate — stress is on the second last syllable ?

Word initial consonants: b d dn fj fl ft h hj j km kn kt l m mj n nj nl pj t v vd ɖ ɣ ɳ ɸ ʃk ʃl ʈ ʒ ʤd ʧ ʧh ⱱ

Mid-word consonants: b bb bd bj bm bn bv d db dd dj dm dt dʃ dʒ f fd fj fk fm fn ft h hb hd hj hk ht j jb jd jf jj jl jt jv jʃ k kb kd kf kj kl km kt kv kʃ kʧ l ll lm ln lp lv lʃ m mf mh mm mn mp mt mv mʃ mʒ mʤ mʧ n nb nf nj nk nɣ nʃ nʤ nʧ p pj pl pm pv pʃ pʧ t th tp tʃ tʤ v vb vd vv ɖ ɣ ɣj ɳ ɸ ʃ ʃb ʃj ʃn ʃt ʃv ʈ ʈn ʒ ʒd ʒl ʒn ʤ ʤm ʧ ʧf ʧl ʧm ⱱ

Word final consonants: d l m n p t v ɖ ɣ ɳ ɸ ʃ ʈ ʒ ʤ ʧ ⱱ

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Grammar
Main word order: Verb Object (Prepositional phrase) Subject. “Mary opened the door with a key” turns into Opened the door with a key Mary.

Adjective order: Adjectives are positioned after the noun.

Adposition: postpositions ?

Nouns
Nouns have three cases:


 * Nominative is the doer of a verb: dog bites man.
 * Accusative is the done-to of a verb: man bites dog.
 * Genitive is the possessor of something: dog’s tail hits man.

Articles
Fliytuian has no definite article ‘the’, or indefinite article ‘a’.

Numbers
Fliytuian has a base-10 number system:

1 - ṭoṇ

2 - ṇe

3 - kmul

4 - lu

5 - kmu

6 - bofmochi

7 - lapma

8 - ṭopodich

9 - zash

10 - vol

11 - vol baṭ ṭoṇ “ten and one”

100 - ṭoṇ ṇo “one hundred”

101 - ṭoṇ ṇo ṭoṇ “one hundred one”

200 - ṇe ṇo

1000 - ṭoṇ zuch “one thousand”

Derivational morphology
Adjective → adverb = If starts with vowel: Prefix fj-

Else: Prefix fju-

Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix j-

Else: Prefix ju-

Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʈ

Else: Suffix -aʈ

Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ɣ

Else: Suffix -eɣ

Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -t

Else: Suffix -ɨt

Noun to verb = If ends with vowel: Suffix -l

Else: Suffix -il

Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʧ

Else: Suffix -iʧ

Tending to = Suffix -e

Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Suffix -e

Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -m

Else: Suffix -am

One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ⱱ

Else: Suffix -oⱱ

Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -d

Else: Suffix -id

Diminutive = If starts with vowel: Prefix vd-

Else: Prefix vda-

Augmentative = If ends with vowel: Suffix -m