Hannah's Languages • The Language of F̈eksĩkian

One of the many languages spoken by Hannah Hendrix, but this is her native tongue. 

Natively known as: F̈eksĩk /ɸekˈsĩk/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
i ãlt pa’ō supralk stekt low’ i steys stekt tūti awp yi steys
Pronunciation: /i ãlt paˈʔoː sɨˈpralk stekt lowʔ i stejs stekt ˈtɨːti awp ji stejs/
F̈eksĩkian word order: and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: /f h j k l m n p r s t w ɸ ʔ ʧ β/

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Labio-velar	Glottal
Nasal	m		n
Stop	p		t			k		ʔ
Affricate				ʧ
Fricative	ɸ β	f	s					h
Approximant					j		w
Trill			r
Lateral approximant			l

Vowel inventory: /a aː ã e eː ẽ i iː ĩ o oː õ ɨ ɨː ɨ̃/

	Front	Central	Back
High	i iː ĩ	ɨ ɨ̃ ɨː
High-mid	e eː ẽ		o oː õ
Low	a aː ã

Syllable structure: (C)(C)V(C)(C)
Stress pattern: No fixed stress
Word initial consonants: f, fr, h, hr, j, k, kl, l, m, n, p, pl, pr, r, s, sk, sl, st, t, w, ɸ, ʔ, ʔs, ʧ, β
Mid-word consonants: f, h, hw, j, jk, k, kp, ks, l, m, mp, n, nf, nh, ns, nt, p, pl, pr, pt, pw, r, rf, rk, rm, rs, rw, s, t, ts, w, ɸ, ʔ, ʧ, β
Word final consonants: f, ft, jn, jr, js, k, kl, ks, kt, l, lk, ls, lt, lʔ, m, mp, n, ns, nʔ, nʧ, p, pl, r, rn, rs, sk, st, t, tl, ts, wp, wʔ, ɸ, ʧ, β

Phonological rules (in order of application):

• j→ð / V_V
• K→ʔ / _s
• l→n / _#
• e→i / #N_C

Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
j	y
ɨ	u
ɸ	f̈
ʔ	’
ʧ	ch
ː	macron over vowel
β	v

Grammar

Main word order: Subject-Verb-Object-Oblique. "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

Noun

Singular	No affix ansī /anˈsiː/
Plural	Prefix sẽ- sẽansī /sẽˈansiː/

Articles

	Definite	Indefinite
Singular	wā /waː/ the	ālt /aːlt/ a
Plural	plẽ /plẽ/ the	yũyr /jɨ̃jr/ some

Pronouns

1st singular	hrūyn /hrɨːjn/ I, me
2nd singular	la /la/ you
3rd singular masc	ãlt /ãlt/ he, him, it
3rd singular fem	hrūf /hrɨːf/ she, her, it
1st plural	fōlk /foːlk/ we, us
2nd plural	tūm /tɨːm/ you (all)
3rd plural	i /i/ they, them

Possessive determiners

1st singular	suv /sɨβ/ my
2nd singular	pro /pro/ your
3rd singular masc	stekt /stekt/ his, its
3rd singular fem	ĩ /ĩ/ her, its
1st plural	yũtl /jɨ̃tl/ our
2nd plural	alt /alt/ your
3rd plural	ri /ri/ their

Verbs

Future tense is indicated with the word:

Future particle

nãm /nãm/ future tense particle

Present	No affix ãkt /ãkt/
Past	If starts with vowel: Prefix ɨ̃ns- Else: Prefix ɨ̃nse- ũnsãkt /ˈɨ̃nsãkt/
Remote past	Prefix wiː- wīãkt /ˈwiːãkt/

Perfect aspect

Perfect aspect in English is exemplified in ‘I have read this book’,
which expresses an event that took place before the time spoken
but which has an effect on or is in some way still relevant to the present.

In F̈eksĩkian, the perfect is constructed with the word for ‘finish’ wehesk + present tense of the verb.

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = If starts with vowel: Prefix k-
Else: Prefix koː-
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix kl-
Else: Prefix kleː-
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix aːr-
Else: Prefix aːro-
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Prefix ĩ-
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If starts with vowel: Prefix j-
Else: Prefix jõ-
Noun → verb (to create [noun]) = Prefix wo-
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix ʧ-
Else: Prefix ʧɨ-
Verb → adjective (likely to do [verb]) = Prefix i-
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix β-
Else: Prefix βa-
Verb → noun that verb physically produces (e.g. build → building) = Prefix a-
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Prefix i-
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = If starts with vowel: Prefix w-
Else: Prefix we-
Diminutive = Prefix ʧĩ-
Augmentative = Prefix õ-

Dictionary

4369 Words.