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 |