Patchélogue

This page is basically a English-translated English-rewritten version of 帕提语.



Classification and Dialects
Patigulh(/'pʌtɪgʊl/, Vżɑiκṡu/'pʰatʰik⁼uɫʷ/, lit."Language of vanila")

Metaly speaking, Patigulh is an artlang created by Kaihan Zhang, a Chinese student.

Settingly speaking, Patigulh is spoken by about 120 million people in Patikio and is the official language of it. Numerous colloquial varieties also exist.

Patikio(/'pʰatʰikʰjou/, lit."Land of vanila") is a great empire in an alternate universe which is isolated from ours.

Phonology
The stress is always on the syllable before the last one.

Vovel

 * 1) When [ɨ] appears after [s/ts⁼/tsʰ], it becomes [ɿ]，when after [ʂ/tʂ⁼/tʂʰ], it becomes[ʅ]，otherwise [ɨ/ɿ/ʅ] is all acceptable.
 * 2) Both[ᴀ/a] is acceptable.

Consonants

 * 1) [ʂ/tʂʰ/tʂ⁼/kʰ/k⁼] are palatalised [ɕ/tɕʰ/tɕ⁼/cʰ/c⁼] before [i].
 * 2) [pʰ/tʰ/kʰ] are disaspiratised [p⁼/t⁼/k⁼] after[s/ʂ].
 * 3) [p⁼/t⁼/k⁼] are unreleased [p̚/t̚/k̚] at the end of a syllable. Unless they were generated by rule 2.

Writing System
Patigulh is written in a letter system called Higilsamo(/'xik⁼iɬsamo/, lit."Letters of Saints"), which look like Latin letters. The reason is that a passing-by time-traveller accidently dropped his comic books into the Patigulh universe when getting lost in time-axis.

Settingly speaking, the Latin transliteration is never used by Patikio people. Because the transliteration is designed for meta people like you and me, in order to make Patigul more readable.

Punctuation

 * Vżɑbiṩni qʌiᴚ ẓ｡ ⌊żnṣʞżſṩ⨟ ȷṣ ʌiq Vżɑbiṩni,⌉, Δbiż qʌiᴚı̣u ƞz̊ƞ, Δbiż qʌiᴚı̣u ẓ ɑbiż ɒı̣q Vżɑbiṩni; ż｡｡｡ ſṣλṣ｡｡,
 * Patchouli says: "Hello! I am Pachouli". what did she say? She said that she is Patchouli! Ah... maybe....

If the quotation can be considered a word in the sentence, periods should be add both inside and outside the quotation. Otherwise, only inside the quotation needs a period.


 * ȷṣ qʌiᴚ ⌊żnṣʞżſṩ,⌉, (Wo sbik "Alohajou.".) I say "Hello.".
 * ȷṣ｡ ⌊żnṣʞżſṩ,⌉ (Wo, "Alohajou.") Me: "Hello."

If only the first half of the sentence needs exclaiming, an exclaim-comma should be used.


 * ȷị⨟ ȷṣ ʌiq ᴚṣᴚ, (Wei!, wo bis kok.) "Hey, I'm here!"

There is no question marks in Patigulh. In interrogative sentences, there should be a rising tone on the word being asked about, whose dots should be changed into rings (so-called "rising tone mark"):


 * ᴚṣu ɒı̣q ƞz̊ƞ. (kol des nan?.) "This is what?."
 * ɑs̥ƞɑ ɑżʌı̣u ᴚṣu. (talh? tabelh wi) "Who? ate this."

There is no colon in Patigulh. A comma is placed wherever, in English, a colon would be used.


 * ȷṣ qʌiᴚ｡⌊żnṣʞżſṩ,⌉, (Wo sbik,"Alohajou.".) I say:"Hello.".

Nouns
In Patigulh, nouns pluralize based on number and case, but not gender.

Usually, plural is made by adding plural suffix -ʎ(m) to the ending of the singular noun. But if the noun ends with a consonant, an "i" will be placed before the "m".

Proper nouns never pluralize:


 * Aṡiᴚż ɑżʌ qṡiᴚżȷṣ(Suika tab suikawo)"Suika eats watermelon"

Pronouns
In Patigulh, pronouns are divided as personal pronouns and demonstrative pronouns.

Personal pronouns pluralize based on person, number and case, but not gender.
 * 1) ṣnᴉqż(ole)"you&we" is inclusive and żɑżi(atai)"we" is exclusive. That is： ṣnᴉqż(ole)"you&we" includes "you" inside "we", while żɑżi(atai)"we" does not:
 * Vżɑqiṩni qʌiᴚ biƞᴚi ẓ｡ ⌊żnżṡ (ṣnı̣/żɑżi) ȷı̣ɒṣƞ qʎiɒż,⌉,
 * Patsiouli sbik Cinki r: "Alau (ole/atai) wedon smida.".
 * Patchouli tells Shinki: "Please allow (you&me/us) get married".
 * →Patchouli wants to marry (Shinki/Alice).
 * 1) Patigulh features a "fourth person" pronoun ᴚṡ(ku)"alt-he" . It is used when the "third person" pronoun had already referred to someone else, i.e.:
 * vżɑqiṩni ɑqı̣ƞı̣u ẓ ʎżniqż ɒı̣qɑ ɑżɑbiƞ (ɑbiżq/ᴚṡq) ṩvżi,
 * Patciouli tsenelh r Malisa dest tatcin (tcias/kus) oupai.
 * Patchouli saw Marisa touching (her/alt-her) chest.
 * →Marisa is touching (herselfs/Patchouli's) chest.

The possessive form of personal pronouns can be made by adding an "s", though other nouns' can only made by adding the possessive preposition ᴚżi(kai)"xx's"

The reflexive form of these pronouns can be made by adding the suffix -ᴚżṡɑṣ(kauto)"xx's self", which is developed fron the phrase ᴚżi żṡɑṣ(kai auto)"xx's self".

Demonstrative pronouns is very regular in Patigulh. It can be numerously generated by using the prefixes shown below:


 * 1) The difference between qṣƞ(son)"this" and ṣƞ(on)"thy" is that qṣƞ is something close to the listener, while ṣƞ is something far from both the listener and the speaker.
 * 2) ɑṣƞɑ(tont)"whichbody" and ɑżu(talh)"who" means the same, expect that the former one is more formal. And the same goes with ɑṣu(tolh)"which thing" and ƞżƞ(nan)"what".

Adjectives
Adjectives in Patigul do not decline. Shoot, I forgot Comparatives and Superlatives.

Verbs
In Patigulh, verbs conjugate based on tense, voice and number, but not person.

The tense system of Patigulh consists of twelve(that is, 3×4) tenses, three simple tenses and four aspects.

The simple tenses are: past tense, present tense and future tense.

The aspects are: completed aspect, simple aspect progressive aspect and so-called "starting aspect".

About the "-elh" and "-en" suffix, if the root word:
 * 1) Ends with an consonant, the suffix does not change: ɑżʌ(tab)"eat" → ɑżʌ ı̣u (tabelh)"ate"
 * 2) Ends with a non-e vovel, a "j" appears before the suffix: ᴚiƞṣ(kino)"throw" → ᴚiƞṣ ſı̣u (kinojel)"threw"
 * 3) Ends with an "e", the suffix appears without an "e": ṣqı̣(ose)"teach" → ṣqı̣ u (osel)"taught"

About the "-olh" and "-on" suffix, if the root word:
 * 1) Ends with an consonant, the suffix does not change: ɑżʌ(tab)"eat" → ɑżʌ ṣu (tabolh)"will eat"
 * 2) Ends with a non-o vovel, a "w" appears before the suffix: ṣqı̣(ose)"teach" → ṣqı̣ ȷṣu (osewol)"will teach"
 * 3) Ends with an "o", the suffix appears without an "o": ᴚiƞṣ(kino)"throw" → ᴚiƞṣ u (kinol)"will throw"

Irregular verbs like： ɒı̣q(des)"be", ʞı̣ɒ(hed)"have" , κṣɑ(got)"get" , qṡu(sul)"do" conjugate irregularly.
 * The word "be" conjugates based on person, so every form has itself's tense conjugatation.

About the irregular verbs, their (past/present/future) participle is their (past/present/future) tense form with the suffix -iƞ(in), and their (past/present/future) gerund is their (past/present/future) tense form with the suffix -iև(ing). That is:


 * ʌiqɑ(bist)"was" → ʌiqɑ iƞ (bistin)"been" → ʌiqɑ iև (bisting)"being(gerund)"

Verbs also have a passive voice conjugation.

Possession
Possession is made by using the particle ᴚżi(kai)xx's, which is similar to "xx's" in English. Anyway, pronouns' possessive form is made by adding suffix q(s)xx's. For example:


 * ȷṣq qżκṣ｡ ɒṡq qżκṣ,(Wos sago, dus sago.)"My apple, your apple."
 * Vżɑbiṩni ᴚżi qżκṣ,(Patciouli kai sago.)"Patchouli's apple."

Possessive pronoun is made by using the particle ᴚż(ka)xx's. Anyway, pronouns' possessive pronoun is same as theirs possessive form.


 * ȷṣq｡ ɒṡq,(Wos, dus.)"Mine, yours."
 * Vżɑbiṩni ᴚż,(Patciouli ka.)"Patchouli's."

Voices
In Patigulh, active voice uses a Subject-Verb-Object word order.

Passive voice uses a OVS word order. It is formed by adding the prefix ʌi(bi) before the verb:


 * qżʌżnż ɑżʌ ʎiᴚiȷṣ,(Sabala tab mikiwo)"Cat eats mouse."
 * ʎiᴚiȷż ʌi ɑżʌ qżʌżnṣ,(Mikiwa bitab sabalo)"Mouse is eaten by cat."

Interrogative
Questioning sentences in patigul is devided into "general question" and "special questions".

General questons (Yes/No questions) are created by taking the verb(and its adverb) to the beginning of the sentence.


 * ɒṡ ſṩᴚni ɑżʌı̣u ị qżκṣ,(Du joukli tabelh ei sago,)You ate an apple slowly.
 * ſṩᴚni ɑżʌı̣u ɒṡ ị qżκṣ,(Joukli tabelh du ei sago,)Did you eat an apple slowly?(Lit. Slowly ate you an apple?)

Moods
Conditional mood can be made by adding the suffix -iu(ilh) to the ending of the verb. But if the verb ends with a vovel, an "k(')" will be placed before the "i".

Lexicon
The table of personal pronouns and demonstrative pronouns can be found above.

Suffixes
Suffixes can change word's meaning from verb to noun, noun to adjective/adverb, and so on.

When adding suffixes before a word that ends with an u(lh), the u(lh) should be turned into n(l).

When adding sifdixes that starts with an i(i) after a word that ends with an q(s), the q(s) should be turned into b(c).


 * vżɑq(pats)Knowledge→vżɑbi(patci)Knowledgable

Preffixes
Preffixes can change word's meaning to a related one.


 * (an-)"didn't xx": tab->antab(didn't eat)

Daily phrase

 * 1) żnṣʞżſṩ;(Alohajou!) Hello!
 * 2) żnṩ;(Alou!) Hi!
 * 3) qżnṡiƞżnż;(Saluinara!) Goodbye!
 * 4) qżnị;(Salei!) Bye!
 * 5) qṣniʎżqı̣ƞ,(solimasen.) Sorry.
 * 6) żniκżƞqż,(Aligansa) Thank you!
 * 7) qκı̣ɒżi;(Sgedai) Fuск уоu!
 * 8) *Because if you can't swear in a conlang, it will be a totally failure.