Arborian

Arborian is a simple language made up by a goblin, it has short words and can be quickly translated
Arborian is siu ma pol made fastrul sca siu ax , cio has fic vords cre pa fod caecrint scars
/ˌarboˈrian is siu̯ maː pol ˈmade ˈfaːstruːl skaː siu̯ aks , kio̯ has fik words kre paː fod ˈkae̯krint skars/

Natively known as: arborian /arˈboriˌən/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
cre gra gru brartubs bseips lom cre rab bseips cist pau vi tanvar
Pronunciation: /kre graː gruː brarˈtubs bsei̯ps loːm kre rab bsei̯ps kist pau̯ wi ˈtanwar/
Arborian word order: and stood he holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: b d f g h k kʷ l m n p r s t w

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m		n
Stop	p b		d t	k kʷ g
Fricative		f	s		h
Trill			r
Lateral approximant			l

Co-articulated phonemes

↓Manner/Place→	Labial-velar
Approximant	w

Vowel inventory: a ae̯ au̯ aː e ei̯ eu̯ eː i io̯ iu̯ iː o oe̯ oː u ui̯ uː ə
Diphthongs: ae̯ au̯ ei̯ eu̯ io̯ iu̯ oe̯ ui̯ ?

	Front	Central	Back
High	i iː		u uː
High-mid	e eː		o oː
Mid		ə
Low	a aː

Syllable structure: Custom defined ?
Stress pattern: No fixed stress ?
Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
kʷ	qu
ks	x
k	c
w	v
aː	a
ae̯	ae
au̯	au
eː	e
ə	e
ei̯	ei
eu̯	eu
iː	i
io̯	io
iu̯	iu
oː	o
oe̯	oe
uː	u
ui̯	ui

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Grammar

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

Nouns

Nouns have three cases:

• Nominative is the doer of a verb: dog bites man.
• Accusative is the done-to of a verb: man bites dog.
• Genitive is the possessor of something: dog’s tail hits man.

Nominative	No affix not /not/ dog (doing the verb)
Accusative	Prefix oː- onot /ˈoːnot/ (verb done to) dog
Genitive	Prefix a- anot /ˈanot/ dogʼs

Singular	No affix not /not/ dog
Plural	Reduplicate whole word notnot /ˈnotnot/ dogs

Articles

Definite	ge /gə/ the
Indefinite	siu /siu̯/ a, some

Uses of definite article that differ from English:

• Used to talk about countable nouns in general: English’s ‘I like cats’ would translate to ‘I like the cats’
• Not used for mass (uncountable) nouns: ‘Walking in the mud’ would always translate to ‘Walking in mud’.

Uses of indefinite article that differ from English:

• Not used for non-specific countable nouns: non-specific means ‘I am looking for a (any) girl in a red dress’, whereas specific means ‘I am looking for a (particular) girl in a red dress’
• Not used for non-specific mass (uncountable) nouns: non-specific means ‘Would you like some (any) tea?’ whereas specific means ‘Some tea (a specific amount) fell off the truck’

Pronouns

	Nominative	Accusative	Genitive
1st singular	flo /flo/ I	i /i/ me	ca /ka/ mine
2nd singular	ge /gə/ you	mit /miːt/ you	fa /faː/ yours
3rd singular masc	gru /gruː/ he, it (masc)	bsu /bsu/ his, it (masc)	tio /tio̯/ his, its (masc)
3rd singular fem	cio /kio̯/ she, it (fem)	niu /niu̯/ her, it (fem)	tu /tuː/ hers, its (fem)
1st plural	greu /greu̯/ we	brer /brer/ us	bre /brə/ ours
2nd plural	steinc /stei̯nk/ you all	sin /siːn/ you all	cu /kuː/ yours (pl)
3rd plural	bru /bru/ they	lo /lo/ them	fo /fo/ theirs

Possessive determiners

	Possessive
1st singular	toe /toe̯/ my
2nd singular	ru /ruː/ your
3rd singular masc	bseips /bsei̯ps/ his
3rd singular fem	ce /kə/ her
1st plural	eul /eu̯l/ our
2nd plural	li /li/ your (pl)
3rd plural	io /io̯/ their

Verbs

Present	No affix te /te/ learn
Past	Prefix iː- ite /iːˈte/ learned

Arborian uses a standalone particle word for future tense:

Future

Particle before the verb: iː - i te /iː te/ will learn

Progressive aspect

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

Progressive

Particle before the verb: ple - ple te /ple te/ 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).
Arborian uses an affix for habitual:

Habitual

Prefix au̯- aute /ˈau̯te/ learns

Perfect aspect

The 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.
Arborian uses an affix for the perfect aspect:

Perfect

Reduplicate last part of last syllable tee /ˈtee/ have learned

Numbers

Arborian has a base-10 number system:
1 - flei
2 - cem
3 - uil
4 - bseim
5 - eps
6 - fli
7 - u
8 - uint
9 - prida
10 - priri
100 - sa
1000 - spa

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = If starts with vowel: Prefix k-
Else: Prefix kae̯-
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix ei̯ns-
Else: Prefix ei̯nse-
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix iu̯rr-
Else: Prefix iu̯rraː-
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix b-
Else: Prefix biu̯-
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Prefix pliu̯-
Noun to verb = If starts with vowel: Prefix d-
Else: Prefix dau̯-
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix f-
Else: Prefix fau̯-
Tending to = Prefix ui̯-
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Prefix bo-
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = If starts with vowel: Prefix bs-
Else: Prefix bso-
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Prefix ki-
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = If starts with vowel: Prefix fl-
Else: Prefix flei̯-
Diminutive = Prefix io̯-
Augmentative = If starts with vowel: Prefix uːll-
Else: Prefix uːllui̯-

Dictionary

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