Duhinos is a constructed language meant to be spoken and understood internationally. This includes Europe, the Middle East, India, Australia, and the Americas. In addition, Duhinos is used in writing and reading.
Phonology[]
Consonants[]
Bilabial
Labio-dental
Alveolar
Post-alveolar
Palatal
Labio-Velar
Velar
Pharyngeal
Nasal
M
N
Plosive
PB
DT
KG
Fricative
VF
ZS
H
Affricate
J
Approximant
Y
W
Trill
R
Lateral app.
L
Stop
When multiple consonants appear in a cell, the first one is voiced and the second is voicless.
Vowels[]
Front
Back
Close
I
U
Mid
E
O
Open
A
Alphabet[]
Duhinos uses a Latin-derived alphabet.
Phonotactics[]
In Duhinos, consonants that begin a syllable can only be followed by R, L, Y, or W.
Grammar[]
Gender
Cases
Numbers
Tenses
Persons
Moods
Voices
Aspects
Verb
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Nouns
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Adjectives
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Numbers
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Participles
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Adverb
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Pronouns
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
No
Adpositions
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Article
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Particle
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Duhinos has an SVO typology. It has no declensions or conjugations, and adjectives are placed after the nouns they modify. An interesting feature of Duhinos is its copulas. A word or phrase is connected to its definition by "es." When placing a word or phrase into a group, "esta" is used. "Stahes" is grammatically correct, too. All other copulas, including numerical equations, are expressed using "sta."
English
Duhinos
Are you Beryl?
Duhinos duhi es Beryl.
I may become South African.
Ohinos blegnepos esta tri South Africa blegnepos nesta.
Were some Americans in Canada?
Duhinos tritritri America blegnepose nesta sta henter Canada blegneposne.
Does 6/4 equal 3/2?
Duhinos uheks kweneslo kwetur sta tri kweneslo duhi.
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.
Esduhinostri blegneposne es uper kwe uperne. Uperne blegneposne sta duhinosne kwe bleg. Esduhinostri blegneposne es blegne.
Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
Pepene es duhinosuperne ohinos henter duhinosuper duhi.
When I got my first television set, I stopped caring so much about having close relationships.
Ohinos blegneposne henter bleghenterne ohinos ohinos blegneposne esta ohinos henter ne pepene.
