Korolevian

Natively known as: drakt /drakt/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
skhvur vrint vrint gri azhbo khamest skhvur vzru tresk vrint ushska ulm sve
Pronunciation: /sxvurʲ vrint vrint grʲi ˈaʐbo ˈxamesʲtʲ sxvurʲ vzru tresk vrint ˈuʂska ulʲm svʲe/
Korolevian word order: and he his hat holding stood and the wind to his wet face turned

Phonology

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: b bʲ d dʲ f fʲ g j k l lʲ m mʲ n nʲ p pʲ r rʲ s sʲ t tʲ v vʲ x z zʲ ɕː ʂ ʂː ʐ ʐː ʦ ʨ

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Retroflex	Alveolo-palatal	Palatal	Velar
Nasal	m mʲ		n nʲ
Stop	p pʲ b bʲ		t tʲ d dʲ				k g
Affricate			ʦ		ʨ
Fricative		f fʲ v vʲ	s sʲ z zʲ	ʂ ʂː ʐ ʐː	ɕː		x
Approximant						j
Trill			r rʲ
Lateral approximant			l lʲ

Vowel inventory: a e i o u

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

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

Pronunciation	Spelling
ʨ	ch
x	kh
ʐ	zh
ʂ	sh
ʦ	ts
ʲ
ɕː	shch

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Grammar

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

Nouns

Nouns have two cases:

• Nominative is the doer of a verb: dog bites man.
• Accusative is the done-to of a verb: man bites dog.

Nominative	No affix chespe /ˈʨespe/ dog (doing the verb)
Accusative	If starts with vowel: Prefix gl- Else: Prefix glu- gluchespe /gluˈʨespe/ (verb done to) dog

Singular	No affix chespe /ˈʨespe/ dog
Plural	If starts with vowel: Prefix sr- Else: Prefix sro- srochespe /sroˈʨespe/ dogs

Articles

Korolevian has no definite article ‘the’, or indefinite article ‘a’.

Pronouns

	Nominative	Accusative
1st singular	kho /xo/ I	esn /esʲnʲ/ me
2nd singular	vzril /vzril/ you	gist /gisʲtʲ/ you
3rd singular masc	vrint /vrint/ he, it (masc)	bas /bʲasʲ/ his, it (masc)
3rd singular fem	stso /sʦo/ she, it (fem)	dni /dni/ her, it (fem)
1st plural	uz /uz/ we	gan /gan/ us
2nd plural	stok /stok/ you all	e /e/ you all
3rd plural	vnit /vnʲit/ they	zva /zva/ them

Possessive determiners

	Possessive
1st singular	kho /xo/ my
2nd singular	vzril /vzril/ your
3rd singular masc	vrint /vrint/ his
3rd singular fem	stso /sʦo/ her
1st plural	uz /uz/ our
2nd plural	stok /stok/ your (pl)
3rd plural	vnit /vnʲit/ their

Verbs

1st singular	If starts with vowel: Prefix ukʦ- Else: Prefix ukʦo- uktsobrim /ukˈʦobrʲim/ (I) learn
2nd singular	If starts with vowel: Prefix strʲ- Else: Prefix strʲu- strubrim /ˈstrʲubrʲim/ (you) learn
3rd singular	If starts with vowel: Prefix omʲpʲ- Else: Prefix omʲpʲe- ompebrim /omʲˈpʲebrʲim/ (he/she/it) learns
1st plural	If starts with vowel: Prefix z- Else: Prefix zu- zubrim /ˈzubrʲim/ (we) learn
2nd plural	If starts with vowel: Prefix spr- Else: Prefix spro- sprobrim /ˈsprobrʲim/ (you all) learn
3rd plural	Prefix bi- bibrim /ˈbibrʲim/ (they) learn

Korolevian uses a standalone particle word for past tense:

Past	Particle before the verb: mla - mla brim /mla brʲim/ learned

Korolevian uses a standalone particle word for future tense:

Future

Particle before the verb: zne - zne brim /zne brʲim/ will learn

Numbers

Korolevian has a base-10 number system:
1 - fpe
2 - skit
3 - chert
4 - li
5 - sle
6 - vi
7 - ont
8 - gdek
9 - ple
10 - zvo
100 - pro
1000 - istr

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = Suffix -i
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Prefix vʲa-
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix nr-
Else: Prefix nri-
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʂ
Else: Suffix -eʂ
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -r
Else: Suffix -ar
Noun to verb = Suffix -a
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -blʲ
Else: Suffix -eblʲ
Tending to = If starts with vowel: Prefix s-
Else: Prefix so-
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Suffix -ust
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -j
Else: Suffix -ij
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Prefix o-
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -lʲ
Else: Suffix -ulʲ
Diminutive = If ends with vowel: Suffix -rʲ
Else: Suffix -erʲ
Augmentative = Suffix -est

Dictionary

1847 Words.

Spoken by

• Korolevian