Horgóne

/xoɹg'one/

Consonants
Aspiration is written in the orthography with an 'h' next to the plosive (ph, th, kh). Voiceless velar plosives are written with 'c' and palatalizes to /c/ when in front of a front vowel, (i, e, y) as does their voiced counterparts. The letter 'h' applies to 'c' and 'g' in the same way; while in front of a front vowel it palatalizes (/ç/), and in front of a back vowel/open vowel it velarizes (/x/). Dental fricatives are written in the Germanic style (þ, ð). The glottal stop is an apostrophe, always between vowels. Where a 'k' appears it must be pronounced as such, i.e., as to not stray to palatalization when with a front vowel.

Vowels
-circumflex for glottalization-

Clusters
In the table below, we see all the possible combinations of consonant clusters in Horgóne.

Grammar
Horgóne resembles a mix of Latin, Greek, and Arabic. Deriving noun and verb declensions/conjugations from Latin, the phonology and some of the grammar from Greek, and the root system from Arabic.

Nouns
Nouns are expressed in tri-consonantal root words that can relate phonetically to their verb roots (book is to read as song is to sing).

Cases
The suffixes for case must agree with the number and gender of the noun.

For c-d-h (book):

Pronouns
Since all verbs are marked for person, there are no nominative pronouns.

Verbs
Verbs fall into two categories of incorporating motion, where the object takes an Allative or Ablative (though can be any other case, if there is need for specifics), or verbs that occur in the mind (thinking, wanting, needing) that always take while in the first person a stem-like prefix yoï-. Thus yoïdeþánmu hûlué means Think harder. Stylistic uses of the prefix can be used with the other persons in fiction where perhaps telepathy is a factor.

Examples
cuzánbu

The root czb means to read.

The infix  -u- denotes that it is in the second person.

The infix  -an- puts the verb into the present tense, imperative mood, and imperfective aspect.

The suffix -u is the masculine singular gender/number.

(with common penultimate stress: ...á...)

Thus the word means: Keep reading.

kelélgu 'ol-cabámola 'iþ...

The root klg means to go.

The infix -e- denotes that it is in the first person.

The infix -el- puts the verb into the present tense, subjunctive mood, and habitual aspect.

The suffix -u marks the masculine gender.

(with common penultimate stress: ...á..., ...é...)

Thus the word means If I were to go to your house (every day)...

Tense, Mood, and Aspect
In Horgóne there are three moods: Indicative, Subjunctive, and Imperative. For English constructions such as let's, the imperative mood is used with the first person plural.

Adjectives
For the stem vól- (good).

Adverbs
Adverbs are formed with a beginning separate particle and the suffix -wjw (/əjə/) which means -ness in English. Similar to the construct with x-ness.

Examples
He ate the fastest not. - Côponu ja cûnulasa'wjw.

Infinitive
The infinitive is formed by putting neutral vowels between the root consonants. bgz - bagaz - to walk

Gerund
The gerundive form of verbs are made using the particle hù (grave accent used to differentiate from the third person masculine accusative pronoun) before the verb; meaning that which is.

Numerals
â - one

do - two

teh - three

cats - four

ceni - five

sen - six

psŷh - seven

ocat - eight

wtun - nine

zisc - ten

â-zisc - eleven

do-zisc - twelve

...

vîgu - twenty

â-vîgu - twenty-one

do-vîgu - twenty-two

...

degw - thirty

â-degw - thirty-one

do-degw - thirty-two

...

catsah - forty

cenah - fifty

senah - sixty

psŷhah - seventy

ocatah - eighty

wtunah - ninety

âhwl - one hundred

Nouns
cdh - book

hzg - door

zgb - letter

gpn - food

cbm - house

kgd - fish

Verbs
czb - to read

hdh - to open

zhb - to send

cpn - to eat

dþm - to think

klg - to go

gbn - to have

bvn - to give

bgz - to walk

Adjectives
vól- - good

hûl- - intense

cûn- - happy

Particles
ai - used to differentiate the formally conjugated verbs from the informal second person verbs, or to make the first person plural conjugated verbs inclusive.

hù - that which is

Simple Translations
He sent me the book. --- Zôhobu 'ol-cadáho 'ev.

Did she send you the book? --- Yau zôhulbi 'ol-cadáho las?