Mugmati - Dwarven Dialect of the High-Kingdom of Kekta Bandu

Natively known as: Mugmat /mugˈmæt/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
blus mud yä dindim now she yäv blus bäplu sheptu gundin she yäv än bäplu>
Pronunciation: /blus mud jɑ ˈdindim nʊw shɛ jɑv blus bɑˈplu shɛpˈtu ˈgundin shɛ jɑv ɑn ˈbɑplu/
Mugmati word order: and stood he holding hat his and turned his face wet to the wind

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: /b d g h j k l m n p s t v w ŋ ɹ/

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Labio-velar	Glottal
Nasal	m		n		ŋ
Stop	p b		t d		k g
Fricative		v	s				h
Approximant			ɹ	j		w
Lateral approximant			l

Vowel inventory: /i u æ ɑ ɛ ɪ ʊ ʌ/

	Front	Back
High	i	u
Near-high	ɪ	ʊ
Low-mid	ɛ	ʌ
Near-low	æ
Low		ɑ

Syllable structure: (C)(C)V(C)
Stress pattern: No fixed stress
Word initial consonants: b, bl, d, g, gl, gɹ, h, j, k, kl, kw, kŋ, l, m, n, p, s, sh, sk, sn, st, sŋ, t, tɹ, v, w, ŋ, ɹ
Mid-word consonants[pg]: b, d, g, gl, gm, h, j, k, ks, l, m, mp, n, nd, nl, ns, nv, p, pl, pt, pw, s, t, tk, tw, v, w, ŋ, ŋh, ɹ, ɹk, ɹm, ɹn, ɹp, ɹs
Word final consonants: b, d, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, s, t, v, w, ŋ

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Word initial: b*21 d*16 g*14 h*12 j*11 k*11 l*10 m*9 n*9 ŋ*9 p*8 ɹ*8 s*8 t*8 v*7 w*7 gɹ*21 sh*12 bl*11 tɹ*10 kl*9 gl*8 st*8 kw*7 sŋ*7 sk*7 sn*7 kŋ*6
Mid-word: m*21 k*16 j*14 p*12 w*11 n*11 s*10 t*9 b*9 l*9 h*8 g*8 ŋ*8 d*8 v*7 ɹ*7 nd*14 mp*12 ns*9 tw*9 pt*9 pl*8 ks*7 tk*7 ɹk*7 ɹs*7 ɹm*7 ɹn*6 nv*6 ɹp*6 gl*5 gm*5 ŋh*5 pw*5 nl*5
Word final: m*21 k*16 j*14 p*12 w*11 n*11 s*10 t*9 b*9 l*9 h*8 ŋ*8 d*8 v*7

Phonological changes (in order of application):

Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
j	y>
æ	a>
ŋ	ng>
ɑ	ä>
ɛ	e>
ɪ	ï>
ɹ	r>
ʊ	o>
ʌ	ü>

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Grammar

Main word order: Verb-Subject-Object-Oblique. "Mary opened the door with a key" turns into Opened Mary the door with a key.
Adjective order: Adjectives are positioned after the noun.
Adposition: prepositions

Noun

Nouns form plural with separate plural word:

Plural

shew> /shɛw/ plural particle

Nouns have two cases:
Ergative is the doer of a verb: dog bites man
The ergative affix only appears if there is an absolutive in the sentence
Absolutive is the done-to of a verb: man bites dog
Absolutives are always no affix

Ergative	If starts with vowel: Prefix b- Else: Prefix bæ- buglä> /buˈglɑ/
Absolutive	No affix uglä> /ˈuglɑ/

Articles

	Definite	Indefinite
Singular	li> /li/ the	tu> /tu/ a
Plural	blï> /blɪ/ the	gra> /gɹæ/ some

Pronouns

	Ergative	Absolutive
1st singular	trü> /tɹʌ/ I	blil> /blil/ me
2nd singular	gläm> /glɑm/ you	ngäh> /ŋɑh/ you
3rd singular	yä> /jɑ/ he, she, it	yäv> /jɑv/ him, her, it
1st plural	bäw> /bɑw/ we	ï> /ɪ/ us
2nd plural	blï> /blɪ/ you (all)	kwe> /kwɛ/ you (all)
3rd plural	snü> /snʌ/ they	gla> /glæ/ them

Possessive determiners

1st singular	she> /shɛ/ my
2nd singular	ä> /ɑ/ your
3rd singular	ul> /ul/
1st plural	lï> /lɪ/ our
2nd plural	ï> /ɪ/ your
3rd plural	kngo> /kŋʊ/ their

Verbs

	Present	Past	Remote past	Future
1st singular	If ends with vowel: Suffix -pti Else: Suffix -ʊpti kerkoäpti> /ˌkɛɹkʊˈɑpti/	Suffix -ɑ kerkoää> /kɛɹˌkʊɑˈɑ/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -mæ Else: Suffix -æmæ kerkoäma> /kɛɹˌkʊɑˈmæ/	Suffix -æk kerkoäak> /kɛɹˌkʊɑˈæk/
2nd singular	Suffix -i kerkoäi> /ˌkɛɹkʊˈɑi/	Suffix -æ kerkoäa> /ˌkɛɹkʊˈɑæ/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -nlʊ Else: Suffix -ʌnlʊ kerkoänlo> /ˌkɛɹkʊˈɑnlʊ/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -pʌ Else: Suffix -æpʌ kerkoäpü> /ˌkɛɹkʊˈɑpʌ/
3rd singular	Suffix -ɑn kerkoään> /ˌkɛɹkʊˈɑɑn/	Suffix -ʊs kerkoäos> /ˌkɛɹkʊˈɑʊs/	Prefix ŋɑ- ngäkerkoä> /ˌŋɑkɛɹˈkʊɑ/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -mɑ Else: Suffix -ɪmɑ kerkoämä> /kɛɹˌkʊɑˈmɑ/
1st plural	If starts with vowel: Prefix æɹ- Else: Prefix æɹɪ- arïkerkoä> /æɹɪˌkɛɹkʊˈɑ/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -n Else: Suffix -ɪn kerkoän> /kɛɹˈkʊɑn/	Suffix -ɑm kerkoääm> /ˌkɛɹkʊˈɑɑm/	If starts with vowel: Prefix ʊnd- Else: Prefix ʊndʌ- ondükerkoä> /ʊnˌdʌkɛɹˈkʊɑ/
2nd plural	Suffix -ʊl kerkoäol> /ˌkɛɹkʊˈɑʊl/	Suffix -ʌk kerkoäük> /ˌkɛɹkʊˈɑʌk/	Suffix -ʌ kerkoäü> /ˌkɛɹkʊˈɑʌ/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ɹmæ Else: Suffix -iɹmæ kerkoärma> /ˌkɛɹkʊˈɑɹmæ/
3rd plural	Prefix pæ- pakerkoä> /pæˌkɛɹkʊˈɑ/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -m Else: Suffix -æm kerkoäm> /kɛɹkʊˈɑm/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -v Else: Suffix -ʌv kerkoäv> /kɛɹˈkʊɑv/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ɹmæ Else: Suffix -ɛɹmæ kerkoärma> /ˌkɛɹkʊˈɑɹmæ/

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = Prefix ɹæ-
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Prefix u-
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix kl-
Else: Prefix klɑ-
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix ʊnd-
Else: Prefix ʊndʌ-
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Prefix ɹɛ-
Noun → verb (to create [noun]) = Prefix u-
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix m-
Else: Prefix mu-
Verb → adjective (likely to do [verb]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix b-
Else: Prefix bɑ-
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Prefix tɹʌ-
Verb → noun that verb physically produces (e.g. build → building) = If starts with vowel: Prefix uɹm-
Else: Prefix uɹmæ-
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Prefix ɑ-
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = If starts with vowel: Prefix k-
Else: Prefix kɛ-
Diminutive = If starts with vowel: Prefix ʊɹp-
Else: Prefix ʊɹpi-
Augmentative = If starts with vowel: Prefix bl-
Else: Prefix bli-

Dictionary

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