Dragonrider's Main Language • The Language of Chegian

Natively known as: cheg /c͡çeɣ/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
tê kap yiv wa kap î̃m tê fewpazwu kap awnûkh wegyo vũs sam
Pronunciation: /tɛ kap jiv wa kap ɪ̃m tɛ fewˈpazwu kap ˈɔnʊx ˈweɣjo vũs sam/
Chegian word order: and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: c͡ç f h j k m n p s t v w x z ŋ ɟ͡ʝ ɣ ɮ ʔ

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m		n		ŋ
Stop	p		t		k	ʔ
Affricate				c͡ç ɟ͡ʝ
Fricative		f v	s z		x ɣ	h
Approximant				j
Lateral fricative			ɮ

Co-articulated phonemes

↓Manner/Place→	Labial-velar
Approximant	w

Vowel inventory: a ã e i ĩ o u ũ ɔ ɛ ɪ ɪ̃ ʊ ʊ̃

	Front	Back
High	i ĩ	u ũ
Near-high	ɪ ɪ̃	ʊ ʊ̃
High-mid	e	o
Low-mid	ɛ	ɔ
Low	a ã

Syllable structure: Custom defined ?
Stress pattern: Penultimate — stress is on the second last syllable ?
Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
ʔ	ʻ
ɔ	aw
ɛ	ê
ɪ	î
ʊ	û
c͡ç	ch
j	y
x	kh
ŋ	ng
ɟ͡ʝ	j
ɣ	g
ɮ	zh

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Grammar

Main word order: Subject Verb Object (Prepositional phrase). “Mary opened the door with a key” turns into Mary opened the door with a key.
Adjective order: Adjectives are positioned before the noun.
Adposition: prepositions ?

Nouns

Singular	No affix umni /ˈumni/ dog
Plural	If starts with vowel: Prefix k- Else: Prefix ki- kumni /ˈkumni/ dogs

Articles

Chegian has no definite article ‘the’, or indefinite article ‘a’.

Pronouns

1st singular	ã /ã/ I, me, mine
2nd singular	gû̃ /ɣʊ̃/ you, yours
3rd singular masc	kap /kap/ he, him, his, it (masc), its (masc)
3rd singular fem	êm /ɛm/ she, her, hers, it (fem), its (fem)
1st plural	ta /ta/ we, us, ours
2nd plural	pã /pã/ you all, yours (pl)
3rd plural	yan /jan/ they, them, theirs

Possessive determiners

	Possessive
1st singular	ã /ã/ my
2nd singular	gû̃ /ɣʊ̃/ your
3rd singular masc	kap /kap/ his
3rd singular fem	êm /ɛm/ her
1st plural	ta /ta/ our
2nd plural	pã /pã/ your (pl)
3rd plural	yan /jan/ their

Verbs

	Present	Past
Singular	No affix î̃szitho /ɪ̃sˈzitho/ (I/you/he/she/it) learn(s)	Prefix pɛ- pêî̃szitho /ˌpɛɪ̃sˈzitho/ (I/you/he/she/it) learned
Plural	Prefix a- aî̃szitho /ˌaɪ̃sˈzitho/ (we/you all/they) learn	Prefix ɪ- îî̃szitho /ˌɪɪ̃sˈzitho/ (we/you all/they) learned

Chegian uses a standalone particle word for future tense:

Future

Particle before the verb: ɟ͡ʝe - je î̃szitho /ɟ͡ʝe ɪ̃sˈzitho/ will learn

Progressive aspect

The ‘progressive’ aspect refers to actions that are happening at the time of speaking, such as I am learning.
Chegian uses a standalone particle word for progressive:

Progressive

Particle before the verb: ɔ - aw î̃szitho /ɔ ɪ̃sˈzitho/ is learning

Habitual aspect

The ‘habitual’ aspect refers to actions that happen habitually, such as I learn (something new every day), as opposed to actions that happen once (I learned something).
Chegian uses an affix for habitual:

Habitual

If starts with vowel: Prefix m- Else: Prefix mʊ- mî̃szitho /mɪ̃sˈzitho/ learns

Numbers

Chegian has a base-10 number system:
1 - po
2 - hawkh
3 - wi
4 - pû̃
5 - kû
6 - taw
7 - fîz
8 - fêngkhêp
9 - ji
10 - yû̃
100 - e
1000 - kî̃hti

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = If starts with vowel: Prefix m-
Else: Prefix mũ-
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -hva
Else: Suffix -uhva
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -z
Else: Suffix -ãz
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -z
Else: Suffix -az
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Prefix ma-
Noun to verb = Prefix ɣa-
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Suffix -ʊx
Tending to = Suffix -ãw
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -f
Else: Suffix -ɔf
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = If starts with vowel: Prefix w-
Else: Prefix wu-
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Suffix -us
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Suffix -em
Diminutive = Suffix -ĩŋ
Augmentative = Suffix -ʊ̃ŋ
Dragonbondmate of = If starts with vowel: Prefix p-
Else: Prefix pɪ-
Spouse of = If starts with vowel: Prefix v-
Else: Prefix vi-
Partner of = Suffix -ũ
Enemy of = If starts with vowel: Suffix -mɔ
Else: Suffix -ʊmɔ
Of royals = If starts with vowel: Suffix -nã
Else: Suffix -znã
Child of = If starts with vowel: Suffix -kaz
Else: Suffix -az

Dictionary

4305 Words.

Common Unisex Names

Huhvaw /ˈhuhvɔ/ Fêkh /fɛx/ Chû̃ /c͡çʊ̃/ Kapmũs /ˈkapmũs/ Akwãp /ˈakwãp/ Khawng /xɔŋ/ Sûfku /ˈsʊfku/ Janvî̃ng /ˈɟ͡ʝanvɪ̃ŋ/ Ninhã /ˈninhã/ Fûkhwĩ /ˈfʊxwĩ/ Sãkêhun /sãˈkɛhun/ Hatim /ˈhatim/ Kêksĩji /kɛkˈsĩɟ͡ʝi/ Festã /ˈfestã/ Chû̃w /c͡çʊ̃w/ Kityã /ˈkitjã/ Tawkh /tɔx/ Mînũ /ˈmɪnũ/ Fãv /fãv/ Pû̃pmãj /ˈpʊ̃pmãɟ͡ʝ/ Hêmnãs /ˈhɛmnãs/