Slĩsgian

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

chha kku zmï ik ɥɥẽ olf chha ik kkâyf mu ḧàw sä ffõmm

Pronunciation: /ʧːa kːu zmɨ ik ɥːẽ olf ʧːa ik kːəjf mu ʕɜw sɑ fːõmː/

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

Spelling & Phonology
Consonant inventory: b d f fː g g͡b h j k kː k͡p l m mː q s t w z zː ħ ŋ ɢ ɢː ɥ ɥː ʕ ʤ ʧ ʧː

Click IPA symbols for audio Co-articulated phonemes Vowel inventory: a ã e ẽ i ĩ o õ u ɑ ɒ ə ə̃ ɜ ɨ Syllable structure: (C)(C)V(C)(C) ?

Stress pattern: Initial — stress is on the first syllable ?

Word initial consonants: b bl d dj fj ft fː gj gl g͡b j kː k͡p l lj m mj ml mː q s sj sl sm t tj tm z zb zl zm zː ŋ ɢ ɢː ɥː ʕ ʤ ʤd ʤj ʧt ʧː

Mid-word consonants: b bj bl bs bʕ d dd ds dt dɥ dʤ f ff fg fh fj fl fm ft fː g gg gj gs gw g͡b h hb hd hk hl hm j jb jd jl jm jt k kd kh kl ks kʧ kː k͡p l ld lg lj ll lm ls lw lz lħ lʧ m md mh mk mt mz mʤ mː q s sf sg sh sj t tb td ts tt tw tʤ w wd wg wk wl wq ws wt z zd zh zk zl zm zw zː ħ ħt ŋ ŋb ŋkː ŋl ŋt ɢ ɢː ɥ ɥː ʕ ʕl ʕt ʤ ʤt ʧ ʧg ʧk ʧː

Word final consonants: b d dz f ft fː gh gz gʧ g͡b jd jf jl k ks kː k͡p l lf ll lz lħ m mb mf ms mt mː s sg t ts w wʤ z zː ŋ ŋd ŋs ŋz ɢ ɢː ɥ ɥː ʕ ʧ ʧː

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

Adjective order: Adjectives are positioned before the noun.

Adposition: postpositions ?

Nouns
Nouns have two cases:


 * Nominative is the doer of a verb: dog bites man.
 * Accusative is the done-to of a verb: man bites dog.

Articles
Uses of definite article that differ from English:


 * Definite article can be omitted: ‘I am going to supermarket’
 * Not used for mass (uncountable) nouns: ‘Walking in the mud’ would always translate to ‘Walking in mud’.
 * Used with place names: ‘The London’

Uses of indefinite article that differ from English:


 * Not used for non-specific countable nouns: non-specific means ‘I am looking for a (any) girl in a red dress’, whereas specific means ‘I am looking for a (particular) girl in a red dress’

Verbs
Slĩsgian uses a standalone particle word for future tense: Imperfective aspect

The ‘imperfective’ aspect refers to ongoing actions, such as I am learning and habitual actions, such as I learn (something new every day).

Slĩsgian uses a standalone particle word for imperfective:

Numbers
Slĩsgian has a base-10 number system:

1 - smift

2 - g̊g̊ẽ

3 - si

4 - zzẫmti

5 - fto

6 - chhuzmẽqulz

7 - kka

8 - jäm

9 - blã

10 - chta

11 - chtasmift “ten-one”

100 - ffig̊g̊ “hundred”

101 - ffig̊g̊ chha smift “hundred and one”

200 - g̊g̊ẽ ffig̊g̊

1000 - g̊g̊àksit “thousand”

Derivational morphology
Adjective → adverb = Suffix -ɜ

Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Suffix -a

Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = Suffix -i

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

Else: Suffix -oks

Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Suffix -ət

Noun to verb = Suffix -ẽl

Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Suffix -õ

Tending to = If ends with vowel: Suffix -mː

Else: Suffix -ɑmː

Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʧː

Else: Suffix -eʧː

Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = Suffix -e

One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = If starts with vowel: Prefix b-

Else: Prefix bõ-

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

Else: Suffix -ɒts

Diminutive = Suffix -umː

Augmentative =