Hrudjai (/xutˤʤai̯/)

Natively known as: xuţjai̯ /xutˤˈʤai̯/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
un hė hėʻmā yāar mamin rh̃æːţˌjaf un hiæ̯i ya hėʻmā lūfi ræḩ mikin
Pronunciation: /un hə həʕˈmaː jaːˈar maˈmin χœːtˤˈʤaf un hiœ̯ˈi ja həʕˈmaː luːˈfi rœħ miˈkin/
Hrudjai word order: and he his hat holding stood and the wind to his wet face turned

Sentences in Hrudjai

Hello (In reference to person) - "ḩau̯ xā" /ħau̯ xaː/
No / Yes - "noḩ / kia" /noħ / kiˈa/
Thank you - "di sūin" /di suːˈin/
How are you? - "ţā sain di" /tˤaː saˈin di/
I love you - "mi di malin" /mi di ma'lin/
I am good - "mi yė san" /mi jə san/
My name is ____ - "ma yamiḑui ____ sain" /ma jaˌmidˤuˈi ____ saˈin/
I am from ____ - "mi mai̯b ____ san" /mi mai̯b ____ san/
To ____ welcome - "ya ____ llā" /ja ____ llaː/
Two beers please - "tha mubiėxti rāi" /ða muˌbiəxˈti raːˈi/
It has been a while - "hė zum ɣi xukinid" /hə zum ɣi xukiˈnid/
How is the weather? - "ţā sain al rh̃irh̃m" /tˤaː saˈin al χiχm/
Are you sleepy? - "di sain ainiæ̯" /di saˈin aiˈniœ̯/
I am afraid - "mi āsim san" /mi aːˈsim san/
I can speak some Hrudjai - "mi kæin zum xuţjai̯ xunin" /mi kœˈin zum xutˤˈʤai̯ xuˈnin/
No problem - "ḑath bāsi" /dˤaðˤ baːˈsi/
Big dreams - "bişirā kiu̯i" /bisˤiˈraː kʰiu̯ˈi/
When are there food? - ḩān sain āb kuhʻzii /ħaːn saˈin aːb kuhʕziˈi/
Did you sleep well? - di ain yė sāḩinid /di saːħiˈnid aˈin jə/
Kasei Empire - "karh̃zaī frain'ud" /kaχ'zaˈiː frai̯n'ud/
May your fate, become a tale every told - "dim sʻihuş shāin , yėim ellalū shashin" /dim sʕiˈhusˤ ʃaːˈin , jəˈim ellaˈluː ʃaˈʃin/

father land control god - "karh̃m zaī frain kud" /kaχm zaˈiː fraˈin kud/

Cultural saying of strenght Power like god, live like king - "xė narj kud! , hālin narj şu!" /xə narʤ kud , haːˈlin narʤ sˤu/

Longer conversation sentence

Hi beautiful, i must tell you, your eyes shine like long lost diamonds
"ḩau̯ nashifl , mi di ella , dim xurbaril narj lusţīlū xirh̃mişamn lėmin"
/ħau̯ naˈʃifl , mi di eˈlla , dim xurbaˈril narʤ lustˤiːˈluː xiχmiˈsˤamn ləˈmin/

My daughter found true love in the capital, we are going to her wedding
"ma arh thūm malin al xārar ria̯k kainid, wæ ær hidi sir al xalisiid ya sain"
/ma arh ðuːm maˈlin al xaːˈrar ria̯k kaiˈnid, wœ œr hiˈdi sir al xaˌlisiˈid ja saˈin/

Only the worthy can go to Thėhafarh̃m to learn the ancient secrets of culture and its arcane power
rh̃uʻlæ al ɣiixė Thėhafarh̃m ya xunin laiin ţuin al tharh̃marīlū ya lali un māh nārarxė mārḩ
/χuˈʕlœ al ɣiiˈxə thehaˈfarhm ja xuˈnin laiˈin tˤuˈin al ðaχˌmariːˈluː ja laˈli un maːh naːrarˈxə maːrħ/

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: b d dˤ f h j k kʰ l m n r s sˤ t tˤ w x z ð ðˤ ħ ɣ ʃ ʕ ʤ χ

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Dental	Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Pharyngeal	Glottal
Nasal	m			n
Stop	b			t tˤ d dˤ			k kʰ
Affricate					ʤ
Fricative		f	ð ðˤ	s sˤ z	ʃ		x ɣ	χ	ħ ʕ	h
Approximant						j
Trill				r
Lateral approximant				l

Co-articulated phonemes

↓Manner/Place→	Labial-velar
Approximant	w

Vowel inventory: a ai̯ au̯ aː i ia̯ iu̯ iœ̯ iː u uː œ œː ə
Diphthongs: ai̯ au̯ ia̯ iu̯ iœ̯

	Front	Central	Back
High	i iː		u uː
Mid		ə
Low-mid	œ œː
Low	a aː

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

Pronunciation	Spelling
ð	th
j	y
ʤ	j
ʃ	sh
sˤ	ş
dˤ	ḑ
tˤ	ţ
ʕ	ʻ
ħ	ḩ
aː	ā
iː	ī
uː	ū
œ	æ
œː	ǣ
χ	rh̃
ə	ė

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Noun number

Singular	No affix zūn /zuːn/ dog
Plural	If ends with vowel: Suffix -li Else: Suffix -il zūnil /zuːˈnil/ dogs
Dual objects	Suffix -əxti zūnėxti /zuːnəxˈti/ the two dogs

Verb tense

Remote past	If ends with vowel: Suffix -luː Else: Suffix -iːluː ţuinīlū /tˤuˌiniːˈluː/ learned (long ago)
Past	If ends with vowel: Suffix -n Else: Suffix -id ţuinid /tˤuiˈnid/ learned
Present	No affix ţuin /tˤuˈin/ learn
Future	If ends with consonant: Suffix -au̯ Else: Suffix -lau̯ ţuinau̯ /tˤuiˈnau̯/ will learn

Pronouns

	Nominative	Accusative
1st singular	mi /mi/ I	mi /mi/ me
2nd singular	di /di/ you	di /di/ you
3rd singular masc	hė /hə/ he, it	hėn /hən/ him, it
3rd singular fem	shæː /ʃœː/ she, it	shæːn /ʃœːn/ her, it
1st plural	wæ /wœ/ we	un /un/ us
2nd plural	din /din/ you all	dian /diˈan/ you all
3rd plural	dai̯ /dai̯/ they	diam /diˈam/ them

Possessive determiners

1st singular	mi /mi/ my
2nd singular	dim /dim/ your
3rd singular masc	hėʻmā /həʕˈmaː/ his
3rd singular fem	shæʻmā /ʃœʕˈmaː/ her
1st plural	wæ /wœ/ our
2nd plural	din /din/ your (pl)
3rd plural	dai̯ /dai̯/ their

Dictionary

1893 Words.

Grammar

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

Numbers

Hrudjai has a base-10 number system:
1 - ban or iban
2 - tha
3 - lad
4 - niu̯
5 - ḩāu
6 - yar
7 - nuah
8 - lal
9 - zu
10 - sa
Hundred - jab
Thousand - jiu̯

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = If ends with vowel: Suffix -m
Else: Suffix -aːm
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Suffix -im
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = Suffix -ə
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -fl
Else: Suffix -œfl
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Suffix -aː
Noun to verb = If ends with vowel: Suffix -x
Else: Suffix -iːx
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ll
Else: Suffix -ill
Tending to = Suffix -iœ̯
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Suffix -aː
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -m
Else: Suffix -uːm
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ll
Else: Suffix -all
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -d
Else: Suffix -ad
Diminutive = Suffix -ai̯
Augmentative = Suffix -œn
Noun safe = Suffix -is
Noun dangerous = Suffix -ar