Patchélogue

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



Classification and Dialects
Patigulh(/'pʌtɪkʊl/, Vżɑiκṡu/'pʰatʰikuɫʷ/, lit."Language of vanila")

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

Canonly 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.

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(/'xikiɬsamo/, 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.

Metaly 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

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

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. The dots should be changed into rings (so-called "rising tone mark"):


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

Nouns
In Patigulh, nouns pluralize based on number, but neither case nor gender.

Usually, plural is made by adding -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".


 * ƞı̣qʎi(nesmi)"mouse" → ƞı̣qʎi ʎ (nesmim)"mice"
 * qżʌżu(sabalh)"cat" → qżʌżn iʎ (sabalim)"cats"

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

Personal pronouns pluralize based on person, number and case, but not gender.

Patigulh features a "fourth person" pronoun ᴚṡ(ku)"alt-he". It is used when the "third person" pronoun had already referred to someone else.
 * 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 these pronouns can be made by adding an "s", though other noun's can only made by adding the possessive preposition ᴚżi(kai)"'s"

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

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

Tje same goes with "ɑṣu(tolh)which thimg" and "ƞżƞ(nan)what".
 * 1) The difference between qṣƞ(son) and ṣƞ(on) 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" "ɑżu(talh)who" means the same, expect that the former is more formal.

Adjectives
Adjectives in Patigul do not decline.

Verbs
In Patigulh, verbs conjugate based on tense 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)"

Syntax
Patigulh follows an SVO grammatical system. It features a head directionality that is mixed, but mostly head-initial.