Tordoci

The Tordoci lexicon can be found at https://conlang.wikia.com/wiki/Tordoci/Lexicon

General Information
Tordoci (native "Toŧdoči") is the language of a fictional ancient clan, the "Tordo".

The fictional "Tordo" were known for their appreciation of nature, heavy use of mind altering substances, and their heavy trade influences with mind altering substances.

Tordo heavily focus on simplistic happy lifestyles, interpersonal relationships, and mind-expansion (intoxication).

Writing System
The table below shows the Tordoci alphabet. Voiced and unvoiced versions of each consonant are grouped. The name of each letter is in parentheses below it.

Phonotactics

 * The possible syllables in Tordoci are (C)(C)V(V)(C)(C)
 * Vowels may NOT appear next to the same vowel (aa, ee, ii, oo, uu, yy)
 * The following diphthongs may NOT exist: ao, ay, ei, ie, ou, uo, ya, yo
 * If an illegal diphthong is forced by affixes, a stop is introduced between the two vowels. In written form, a stop is denoted by "^"
 * When t is the first letter in a consonant pair, it is pronounced more like a stop. The only exception to this is "tŧ" in which the "t" is pronounced normally.
 * Consonants may NOT appear next to the same consonant, or a grouped consonant (pp, bb, td, vf, etc...)

Capitalization
The following rules apply to capitalizing letters: (note: "unmodified" words here refer to words before affixes are placed on them).
 * The first letter of unmodified proper nouns (names of people and places) are capitalized. This means that if a prefix were put on "Tony", it would look like prefTony.


 * The first letter of honorifics are capitalized.
 * The first letter of each sentence is capitalized.

Punctuation

 * A period "." is used at the end of sentences.
 * A "-" is used to denote a stop between two vowels which form a forced illegal diphthong.
 * An apostrophe ' is used to attach affixes.
 * The - takes precedence over the apostrophe.

Consonantal Root System
All words are formed using a biliteral, triliteral, or quadraliteral root.

Root Anatomy
The root of a word has 3 main parts: the major consonants(C), the vowel slots(V), and the extensions (E).
 * Biliteral structure C(V)C(E) for broad categories.
 * Triliteral structure: C(V)C(V)C(E) for sub-categories.
 * Quadraliteral structure: C(V)C(V)C(V)C(E) for sub-categories.
 * Vowel slots may be filled by any single vowel or legal diphthong.
 * Vowel slots may not contain any consonants.
 * Extension slots may be up to 3 syllables.

Affixes

 * In written form, an apostrophe ' is added between the word and the affix. The apostrophe has no effect on spoken language.
 * Prefixes always end with a vowel.
 * Suffixes always begin with a vowel.
 * If the the word being modified begins with a vowel, the letter "l" is inserted between the word and affix.
 * If the word being modified end with a vowel, the letter "l" is inserted between the word and affix.

Noun Declension
Nouns decline based on number and case in suffixes.   The table below lists all of the cases for nouns, as well as some explanation.

Honorifics
Honorific titles go before a person's name. Honorific titles have formal and informal forms. The informal form is used when the title is being used as a pronoun (like saying "Good morning, Captain" without the person's name). The formal form is used before a person's name, and is a sign of respect. The table below shows all honorific titles, both formal and informal (in no particular order):

Verb Conjugation
Verbs conjugate based on Tense and Aspect in a prefix, and has other modifier suffixes.

Verb Modifiers
Simple present verbs (verbs with no Tense/Aspect suffix) can be modified with the following other suffixes:

Comparison
Comparisons are made by adding a comparative prefix on the adjective

Particles
Particles use biliteral roots.

Sentence Particles (KV)
All sentence types use a particle at the beginning of the sentence to denote the type of sentence. The particles usually are not necessary to understand the type of sentence, given the context, but are still always used. Sentence particles are of the KV root.
 * Simple declarative sentences begin with "Kova"
 * Sentences which the speaker feels positively about end with "Ikyvy"
 * Sentences which the speaker feels neutral about end with "Akovy"
 * Sentences which the speaker feels negatively about end with "Ukyvy"
 * Requests begin with "Kevu"
 * Requests in which the speaker intends on the requestee to benefit, and the requester's benefit is of no concern, or the requester will explicitly not benefit from the request, end with "Ikevy"
 * Requests in which the speaker intends on both themselves and the requestee to benefit relatively equally end with "Akuvy"
 * Requests in which the speaker intends on their own benefit, and the requestee's benefit is of no concern, or the requestee will explicitly not benefit from the request, end with "Ukevy"

''note: these do not necessarily have any negative ideas associated with them. It is not rude to request something to your benefit. It simply denotes the type of transaction that will occur.''
 * Commands begin with "Keviy"
 * Commands which are non-consequential (are not demands, but friendly, such as "Come here and give me a hug" or "go over there") end with "Ikuvi"
 * Commands which must be met to avoid consequences (such as "put your hands up" during a police situation) end with "Ukiovy"
 * Exclamatory sentences begin with "Kovi"
 * Exclamatory sentences which the speaker feels positively about end with "Ikivy"
 * Exclamatory sentences which the speaker feels negatively about end with "Ukyvo"
 * Interrogative sentences being with "Kave"
 * Simple questions end with "Ikava"
 * Questions in which the speaker is demanding information end with "Akave"
 * Rhetorical questions end with "Okuvy"

Conjunctions (KD)
''note: this section is currently being modified. Text inside brackets [ABC] is a placeholder in English until a word is created for the definition.''

Coordinating conjunctions join two or more items of equal syntactic importance. Correlative conjunctions work in pairs to serve a single function, but are separate from each other in the sentence.
 * Ekad
 * Presents non-contrasting clauses. (And)
 * Presents multiple items in a list. [AND] is inserted after every item in a list. The last item in the list replaces [AND] with [END LIST]
 * [FOR / BECAUSE]
 * Presents rationale or reason.
 * [BUT]
 * Presents a contrast or exception.
 * [OR]
 * Presents an alternative item or idea.
 * [SO]
 * Presents a consequence.

Syntax
Tordoci uses SVO word order. It uses only prepositions, not postpositions.