Míbvui

Consonants
Notes (still being tweeked)

2. Some speakers are turning / ʔ/ into /h/

 3. /n/ turns into [ɲ] before /e/, /i/, /o/, and /u/.

 4. /f/ becomes [ θ] before /s/, unless it is preceeded by / ɐ/ (/efs/ becomes [e θs], but / ɐfs/ doesn't change).

5. Some speakers may merge /t/ and /k/ to from [ t͡k]. This mainly occured in southern dialects.

6. /s/ becomes [ʃ] before ī

7. /v/ becomes [f] before a, ā, o, and ō

Vowels
Notes



Alphabet
Most letters are the same as their IPA counterparts. The ones that aren't are listed below. Long vowels may be marked by a macron, or by two vowels (ī or ii).

Stress
In words that end with vowels, stress is usually placed on the last vowel. However, if the letter before the last vowel is also vowel, then stress is placed on the second to last vowel. If a word ends with a consonant, stress is placed on the first vowel, unless a word is more than 4 syllables long. Then stress is placed on the 2nd vowel.

Syllable
Syllables in Mibvūe can become complex. (d/l)(d/V)(V)(C)V(C). where d is dental, and l is labiodental. If the word starts with a labiodental, then a dental may follow. Otherwise a vowel must follow.

Examples: ma, mē, dēma, flemō, frīdib

Nouns
Nouns have two genders, and decline according to 8 cases: Nominative, Accusative, Dative, Genitive, Allative, Ablative, Locative, and Vocative. Unlike some languages, the feminine gender is dominant compared to the masculine gender (if one object is feminine, the entire group is feminine).

The genitive case is used for possession of objects. The possessor noun is declined in the genitive case, and the possessed noun is declined in the accusative case (asi talīta - his cloth).

Pronouns
Pronoun declensions are completely irregular. There is no distinction between he/she/it, except for gender.