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Rumritch
Rümreetch
Type
Fusional
Alignment
Accusative
Head direction
Initial
Tonal
No
Declensions
No
Conjugations
No
Genders
No
Nouns decline according to...
Case Number
Definiteness Gender
Verbs conjugate according to...
Voice Mood
Person Number
Tense Aspect



General information[]

 Rumritch is a West Germanic language. 

Phonology[]

Consonants[]

Bilabial Labio-dental Dental Alveolar Post-alveolar Retroflex Alveolo-Palatal Palatal Velar Uvular Pharyngeal Epiglottal Glottal
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Plosive b p t d c ɟ k g
Fricative f v θ s z ʃ ʒ ɕ ʑ χ h
Affricate t͡ʃ d͡ʒ t͡ɕ d͡ʑ
Approximant j ɥ w
Trill
Flap or tap ɾ
Lateral fric.
Lateral app. l ʎ
Lateral flap

Vowels[]

Front Near-front Central Near-back Back
Close i y ɨ ʉ ɯ u
Near-close
Close-mid e o
Mid ə
Open-mid ɛ œ ɔ
Near-open ɐ
Open a ɑ

Alphabet[]

Main article: Rumritch orthography
Letter Name IPA Example Text English
Aa a [a], [ɑ] abrikotam (apricot) f​ather
Bb be [b] brij (bridge) bar
Cc ce

[θ] (before e, i, y)

[k] (elsewhere)

cêntchuri (century)

cordten (court)

think

cake

Dd de [d]
Ee e [e], [ɛ]
Ff ef [f] fol (foul) foul
Gg ge

[ʒ] (before e, i, or y)

[g] (elsewhere)

vigien (vision)

gůd (good)

vision

good

Hh haatch [h] hârdt (heart) heart
Ii i [i] iys (ice) reed
Jj ji [d͡ʒ] Juli (July) juice
Kk ka [k] kemestre(chemistry) kettle
Ll el [l] liv(live) live
Mm em [m] miniskyuel(miniscule) miniscule
Nn en [n]
Oo o [o], [ɔ]
Pp pe [p]
Qq kyu [k]
Rr ar [ɾ]
Ss ess [s]
Tt te [t]
Uu u [u]
Vv ve [v]
Ww wa

[w]

[ɥ]

Xx eks

[ks]

[gz]

Yy yot [j]
Zz zat [z] Zi (the) zoo

Note: Diacritcs are not independent letters

Phonotactics[]

Grammar[]

Gender Cases Numbers Tenses Persons Moods Voices Aspects
Verb Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Nouns Yes No Yes No Yes No No No
Adjectives No No No No No No No No
Numbers Yes 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 Yes 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


Nouns[]

has three genders(masculine, feminine, and neuter), and has three cases(nominative, accusative, and dative). These are marked morphologically on determiners and pronouns. As in German, there is no morphological gender distinction in the plural.

Personal Pronouns[]

Modern Rumritch personal pronouns
Singular Plural
Subject Object Possessive determiner Possessive pronoun Reflexive Subject Object Possessive determiner Possessive pronoun Reflexive
First E me my mine mye wye wes or ours oun
Second jar jaur jaurs jye jar jaur jaurs jye
Third Masculine hi hich hisch zich ci cem cen cenne cich
Feminine sie herch hersch
Neuter ihr ich

Like some other European languages, Rumritch does not have a T-V distinction in its pronouns.

Demonstrative pronouns[]

Interrogative pronouns[]

Wo - Who

Wad - What

Wer - Where

Wonn - When

Wei - 

Wie

Vocabulary[]

 

Main article: Rumritch Dictionary


No. English
1I
2you (singular)
3he
4we
5you (plural)
6they
7this
8that
9here
10there
11who
12what
13where
14when
15how
16not
17all
18many
19some
20few
21other
22one
23two
24three
25four
26five
27big
28long
29wide
30thick
31heavy
32small
33short
34narrow
35thin
36woman
37man (adult male)
38man (human being)
39child
40wife
41husband
42mother
43father
44animal
45fish
46bird
47dog
48louse
49snake
50worm
51tree
52forest
53stick
54fruit
55seed
56leaf
57root
58bark
59flower
60grass
61rope
62skin
63meat
64blood
65bone
66fat
67egg
68horn
69tail
70feather
71hair
72head
73ear
74eye
75nose
76mouth
77tooth
78tongue
79fingernail
80foot
81leg
82knee
83hand
84wing
85belly
86guts
87neck
88back
89breast
90heart
91liver
92drink
93eat
94bite
95suck
96spit
97vomit
98blow
99breathe
100laugh
101see
102hear
103know
104think
105smell
106fear
107sleep
108live
109die
110kill
111fight
112hunt
113hit
114cut
115split
116stab
117scratch
118dig
119swim
120fly
121walk
122come
123lie
124sit
125stand
126turn
127fall
128give
129hold
130squeeze
131rub
132wash
133wipe
134pull
135push
136throw
137tie
138sew
139count
140say
141sing
142play
143float
144flow
145freeze
146swell
147sun
148moon
149star
150water
151rain
152river
153lake
154sea
155salt
156stone
157sand
158dust
159earth
160cloud
161fog
162sky
163wind
164snow
165ice
166smoke
167fire
168ash
169burn
170road
171mountain
172red
173green
174yellow
175white
176black
177night
178day
179year
180warm
181cold
182full
183new
184old
185good
186bad
187rotten
188dirty
189straight
190round
191sharp
192dull
193smooth
194wet
195dry
196correct
197near
198far
199right
200left
201at
202in
203with
204and
205if
206because
207name


Example text[]

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