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Tritonian Nalvic is like Titanian Hafnic, but spoken in the future state of Nalvia, a colony on Triton, and spoken since the late 32nd century. It has some influence from Earth's languages. It also has some influence from Titanian Hafnic.

Phonology (WIP)[]

Consonants[]

Bilabial Labiodental Dental Alveolar Post-Alveolar Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
Nasal m ɱ n ɲ ŋ ɴ
Plosive p b t d c ɟ k g q ɢ
Fricative ɸ β f v θ ð s z ʃ ʒ ç ʝ x ɣ χ ʁ h ɦ
Affricate p͡ɸ b͡β p͡f b͡v t̪͡θ d̪͡ð t͡s d͡z t͡ʃ d͡ʒ c͡ç ɟ͡ʝ k͡x ɡ͡ɣ q͡χ ɢ͡ʁ
Approximant β̞ j
Lateral Approximant l ʎ
Trill ʙ̥ ʙ r̥ r ʀ̥ ʀ
Click ʘ ǀ ǂ

Vowels[]

Front Near-Front Central Near-back Back
Close i y ɨ ʉ ɯ u
Near-Close ɪ ʏ ʊ
Close-mid e ø ɘ ɵ ɤ o
Mid ə
Open-mid ɛ œ ɜ ɞ ʌ ɔ
Near-Open æ ɐ
Open a ɶ ä ɑ ɒ

Alphabet[]

The alphabet is like Titanian Hafnic but with more letters and stuff (uppercase versions too):

diphthongs/diagraphs that now have 1 letter:

ae = ǐ, ay = ē, ie = ī, oe = ò, ôe = ồ, ue = ù, ch = ḫ, cj = ȼ, gj = ĝ, ħ = hj

new letters and diagraphs:

à = /æ/, ă = /ɐ/, ã = /a/, ả = /ɑ/, å = /ɔ/, ḁ = /ɒ/, ą = /ɶ/, ƀ = /β/, ƀx = /b͡β/, ᵬ = /β̞/, bb = /ʙ/, ĕ = /ə/, ðx = /d̪͡ð/, ẽ = /ɘ/, ẻ = /ɜ/, ę = /ɞ/, fx = /p͡f/, ǥ = /ɣ/, gx = /ɡ͡ɣ/, hz = /ɦ/, ì = /ɪ/, î = /ɨ/, jxs = /ç/, jxsx = /c͡ç/, jxz = /ʝ/, jxzx = /ɟ͡ʝ/, ꝁ = /x/, kx = /k͡x/, ll = /ʎ/, ṁ = /ɱ/, ŋ = /ŋ/, ŏ = /ɤ/, õ = /ɘ/, ø = /ø/, ǫ = /ɵ/, ᵽ = /ɸ/, pp = /ʙ̥/, ɋ = /ɴ/, qq = /q/, qqh = /χ/, qqhx = /q͡χ/, qqəg = /ɢ/, qqəgh = /ʁ/, qqəghx = /ɢ͡ʁ/, qəθ = /ǀ/, qəy = /ǂ/, r̥ = /r̥/, rrh = /ʀ/, r̥r̥h = /ʀ̥/, sx = /t͡s/, θ = /θ/, θx = /t̪͡θ/, û = /ʊ/, vx = /b͡v/, ỳ = /ɯ/, ŷ = /ʏ/, zx = /d͡z/

r no longer says /ʀ/ between vowels.

Grammar[]

Nouns[]

Nouns change depending on a/an vs. the, the owner, and gender of the owner.

Example word: glâv (Etymology: Russian глава (glava)), meaning "head".

a/an the
my (masculine) ùglâvoe ùglâvoi
my (feminine) ùglâvae ùglâvai
my (neuter) ùglâvĕe ùglâvĕi
your (masculine) ûglâvoe ûglâvoi
your (feminine) ûglâvae ûglâvai
your (neuter) ûglâvĕe ûglâvĕi
his ŭglâvoe ŭglâvoi
her ŭglâvae ŭglâvai
their ŭglâvĕe ŭglâvĕi

Pronouns[]

Pronouns change depending on gender and person.

Masculine Feminine Neuter
1st Person ebo eba ebĕ
2nd Person ibo iba ibĕ
3rd Person ubo uba ubĕ

Verbs[]

Verbs change depending on tense and gender of do-er.

Example word: môst (Etymology: Titanian Hafnic nôdram, Czech jíst), meaning "to eat".

He She They
Past omôstu amôstu ĕmôstu
Present omôsti amôsti ĕmôsti
Future omôste amôste ĕmôste

Adverbs[]

Adverbs don't do anything special. To create an adverb, add the affix vŷ- to the start of an adjective.

Adjectives[]

Adjectives have comparative and superlative forms. ả- is comparative, and ḁ- is superlative.

Additional notes[]

  • Adverbs and verbs are smashed together sometimes, about as often as we use contractions in English.

Agreement template[]

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


Lexicon[]

Tritonian Nalvic/Lexicon

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