Veskari

Natively known as: uvdyd /ʌvˈdɪd/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
a tvi onvema stegobro tvi svuda a yyznu tvi svesh vrodù dru tut
Pronunciation: /ɑ tvɪ onˈvɛmɑ stɛˈgobɹo tvɪ svʌˈdɑ ɑ ʤɪzˈnʌ tvɪ svɛʃ vɹoˈdi dɹʌ tʌt/
Uvdidian word order: and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: b d g h j k l m n r s t v z

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m		n
Stop	b		t d		k g
Fricative		v	s z			h
Approximant				j
Trill			r
Lateral approximant			l

Vowel inventory: a e i o u y

	Front	Back
High	i y	u
High-mid	e	o
Low	a

Syllable structure: Custom defined ?
Stress pattern: Second — stress is on the second syllable ?
Sound changes (in order of application):

• a → ɑ
• b → b
• ch → ʧ
• c → k
• d → d
• e → ɛ
• f → f
• g → g
• h → h
• i → ɪ
• j → ʤ
• kk → k
• k → k
• ll → l
• l → l
• m → m
• ng → ŋ
• nn → n
• n → n
• o → o
• p → p
• q → k
• r → ɹ
• sh → ʃ
• s → s
• th → θ
• t → t
• u → ʌ
• v → v
• w → w
• x → ks
• y → i
• z → z

Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
y	ù
j	y
ɑ	a
b	b
ʧ	ch
d	d
ɛ	e
f	f
g	g
h	h
i	y
ɪ	i
ʤ	j
k	k
l	l
m	m
ŋ	ng
n	n
o	o
p	p
ɹ	r
ʃ	sh
s	s
θ	th
t	t
ʌ	u
v	v
w	w
x	ks
z	z

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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 ash /ɑʃ/ dog
Plural	Prefix vri- vryash /vɹɪˈɑʃ/ dogs

Articles

Definite	stu /stʌ/ the
Indefinite	ye /ʤɛ/ a, some

Uses of definite article that differ from English:

• Definite article can be omitted: ‘I am going to supermarket’
• Not used for mass (uncountable) nouns: ‘Walking in the mud’ would always translate to ‘Walking in mud’.
• Used for personal names in third person: ‘The Maria has left for school’
• Used for languages: ‘The English’
• Used with place names: ‘The London’

Pronouns

1st singular	gnù /gni/ I, me, mine
2nd singular	tvu /tvʌ/ you, yours
3rd singular masc	tvy /tvɪ/ he, him, his, it, its
3rd singular fem	a /ɑ/ she, her, hers, it, its
1st plural	bro /bɹo/ we, us, ours
2nd plural	at /ɑt/ you all, yours (pl)
3rd plural	o /o/ they, them, theirs

Possessive determiners

1st singular	gni /gnɪ/ my
2nd singular	tvu /tvʌ/ your
3rd singular masc	tvi /tvɪ/ his
3rd singular fem	a /ɑ/ her
1st plural	bro /bɹo/ our
2nd plural	at /ɑt/ your (pl)
3rd plural	o /o/ their

Verbs

	Present	Past
1st singular	If starts with vowel: Prefix dm- Else: Prefix dmi- dmybuma /dmɪˈbʌmɑ/ (I) learn	If starts with vowel: Prefix k- Else: Prefix ko- kobuma /koˈbʌmɑ/ (I) learned
2nd singular	Prefix i- ybuma /ɪˈbʌmɑ/ (you) learn	If starts with vowel: Prefix z- Else: Prefix zu- zubuma /zʌˈbʌmɑ/ (you) learned
3rd singular	Prefix o- obuma /oˈbʌmɑ/ (he/she/it) learns	If starts with vowel: Prefix dr- Else: Prefix dre- drebuma /dɹɛˈbʌmɑ/ (he/she/it) learned
1st plural	Prefix jo- yobuma /ʤoˈbʌmɑ/ (we) learn	If starts with vowel: Prefix b- Else: Prefix bi- bybuma /bɪˈbʌmɑ/ (we) learned
2nd plural	If starts with vowel: Prefix br- Else: Prefix bru- brubuma /bɹʌˈbʌmɑ/ (you all) learn	If starts with vowel: Prefix inv- Else: Prefix invo- ynvobuma /ɪnˈvobʌˌmɑ/ (you all) learned
3rd plural	Prefix a- abuma /ɑˈbʌmɑ/ (they) learn	Prefix u- ubuma /ʌˈbʌmɑ/ (they) learned

Uvdidian uses a standalone particle word for future tense:

Future

Particle before the verb: ryz - rùz buma /ɹiz bʌˈmɑ/ will learn

Numbers

Uvdidian has a base-20 number system:
1 - u
2 - ba
3 - ed
4 - gesk
5 - bra
6 - ma
7 - bryg
8 - ya
9 - sta
10 - droky
11 - kadet
12 - brùbo
13 - ek
14 - yùn
15 - yaslety
16 - svary
17 - synvu
18 - bro
19 - vash
20 - uz
400 - zru
8000 - gys

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = Prefix y-
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Prefix kni-
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix dr-
Else: Prefix dra-
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix om-
Else: Prefix omy-
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Prefix a-
Noun to verb = Prefix svo-
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Prefix tri-
Tending to = Prefix dmi-
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix kr-
Else: Prefix kru-
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = If starts with vowel: Prefix b-
Else: Prefix ba-
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Prefix bu-
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Prefix i-
Diminutive = Prefix e-
Augmentative = Prefix u-

Dictionary

3138 Words.