Demonic

Demonic or Suwwo is the language of the Higher Demons.

Natively known as: Suwwo /ˈsuwwo/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind... jod’ dli byês srok dli aj jod’ êkrê dli pêj ub’ pyi klab’ Pronunciation: /ʄoɗ dli bjɛs srok dli aʄ ʄoɗ ˈɛkrɛ dli pɛʄ uɓ pji klaɓ/ Suwwoian word order: and he stood holding hat his and turned his face wet to the wind

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: /b d f g j k l p r s t w ŋ ɓ ɗ ɦ ʂ ʄ ʔ/

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal						ŋ
Stop	p b		t d			k g	ʔ
Implosive	ɓ		ɗ		ʄ
Fricative		f	s	ʂ			ɦ
Approximant					j
Trill			r
Lateral approximant			l

Co-articulated phonemes

↓Manner/Place→	Labio-velar
Approximant	w

Vowel inventory: /a e i o u ɔ ɛ/

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

Syllable structure: (C)(C)V(C) ? Stress pattern: Penultimate — stress is on the second last syllable ? Word initial consonants: b, bj, bw, d, df, dl, dw, f, fj, fl, g, gj, gl, gw, j, k, kl, kr, l, p, pj, pl, ps, r, rj, rw, s, sl, sr, sw, t, tj, tw, w, ŋ, ŋw, ɓ, ɗ, ʂ, ʄ Mid-word consonants: b, bw, d, dd, df, dg, dj, dt, dw, f, ff, fg, fj, fk, fp, fw, fʂ, g, gb, gd, gk, gr, gt, j, jb, jd, jf, jj, jr, jʂ, k, kb, kd, kf, kj, kl, kr, ks, kw, kɦ, l, lj, lp, lr, ls, lt, lw, p, pj, pk, pp, ps, pw, r, rb, rd, rf, rj, rk, rp, rɦ, s, sd, sj, sk, sp, ss, t, tb, td, tg, tj, tk, tl, tp, tr, ts, tw, tʔ, w, wb, wg, wk, wl, ww, ŋ, ŋf, ŋj, ŋk, ŋp, ŋt, ŋw, ŋɦ, ŋʂ, ɓ, ɗ, ɦ, ʂ, ʂk, ʂt, ʄ, ʔ Word final consonants: b, d, f, g, k, l, r, s, w, ɓ, ɗ, ɦ, ʂ, ʄ
Phonological changes (in order of application): ?

• j → ʤ / V_V
• k → ʧ / _i
• iu → ju / #_
• t → k / _l

Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
j	y
tʂ	ts
ŋ	ng
ɓ	b’
ɔ	aw
ɗ	d’
ɛ	ê
ʂ	ṣ
ʄ	j
ʔ	ʻ

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Grammar

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

Nouns

Singular	No affix plikɦu /ˈplikɦu/ dog
Plural	If starts with vowel: Prefix j- Else: Prefix ja- yaplikɦu /jaˈplikɦu/ dogs

Articles

	Definite	Indefinite
Singular	klaɦ /klaɦ/ the	beb’ /beɓ/ a
Plural	yaf /jaf/ the	dfaw /dfɔ/ some

Pronouns

1st singular	u /u/ I, me, mine
2nd singular	deb /deb/ you, yours
3rd singular masc	dli /dli/ he, him, his
3rd singular fem	pyi /pji/ she, her, hers
1st plural	swe /swe/ we, us, ours
2nd plural	yad’ /jaɗ/ you (all), yours
3rd plural	fawb /fɔb/ they, them, theirs

Possessive determiners

1st singular	u /u/ my
2nd singular	deb /deb/ your
3rd singular masc	dli /dli/ his
3rd singular fem	pyi /pji/ her
1st plural	swe /swe/ our
2nd plural	deb /deb/ your
3rd plural	fawb /fɔb/ their

Verbs

	Present	Past	Remote past
1st singular	No affix etkêw /ˈetkɛw/ (I) study	If starts with vowel: Prefix ɛb- Else: Prefix ɛbe- êbetkêw /ɛˈbetkɛw/ (I) studied	If starts with vowel: Prefix ar- Else: Prefix ara- aretkêw /aˈretkɛw/ (I) studied (long ago)
2nd singular	No affix etkêw /ˈetkɛw/ (you) study	If starts with vowel: Prefix dw- Else: Prefix dwi- dwetkêw /ˈdwetkɛw/ (you) studied	If starts with vowel: Prefix r- Else: Prefix ra- retkêw /ˈretkɛw/ (you) studied (long ago)
3rd singular masc	No affix etkêw /ˈetkɛw/ (he) studies	If starts with vowel: Prefix eɗ- Else: Prefix eɗɛ- ed’etkêw /eˈɗetkɛw/ (he) studied	If starts with vowel: Prefix k- Else: Prefix kɛ- ketkêw /ˈketkɛw/ (he) studied (long ago)
3rd singular fem	No affix etkêw /ˈetkɛw/ (she) studies	Prefix ŋu- nguetkêw /ŋuˈetkɛw/ (she) studied	If starts with vowel: Prefix s- Else: Prefix si- setkêw /ˈsetkɛw/ (she) studied (long ago)
1st plural	No affix etkêw /ˈetkɛw/ (we) study	If starts with vowel: Prefix j- Else: Prefix jɔ- yetkêw /ˈjetkɛw/ (we) studied	If starts with vowel: Prefix ʄ- Else: Prefix ʄo- jetkêw /ˈʄetkɛw/ (we) studied (long ago)
2nd plural	If starts with vowel: Prefix ig- Else: Prefix igu- igetkêw /iˈgetkɛw/ (you all) study	Prefix a- aetkêw /aˈetkɛw/ (you all) studied	If starts with vowel: Prefix aɦ- Else: Prefix aɦa- aɦetkêw /aˈɦetkɛw/ (you all) studied (long ago)
3rd plural	No affix etkêw /ˈetkɛw/ (they) study	Prefix pɛ- pêetkêw /pɛˈetkɛw/ (they) studied	Prefix o- oetkêw /oˈetkɛw/ (they) studied (long ago)

Suwwoian uses a standalone particle word for future tense:

Future

wawk /wɔk/ will

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. Suwwoian uses the word for ‘finish’ rweu for the perfect aspect.

Numbers

Suwwoian has a base-10 number system:
1 - waws 2 - yak 3 - be 4 - psawf 5 - êyê 6 - kak 7 - kaka 8 - sos 9 - sod’ 10 - ra 11 - waws jod’ ra “one and ten” 100 - waws glof “one hundred” 101 - waws glof jod’ waws “one hundred and one” 200 - yak glof 1000 - waws tuk “one thousand”

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = Prefix u- Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix ʂ- Else: Prefix ʂɛ- Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix osk- Else: Prefix oski- Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix b- Else: Prefix bɔ- Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Prefix o- Noun → verb (to create [noun]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix tw- Else: Prefix twe- Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Prefix ɔ- Verb → adjective (likely to do [verb]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix ʄ- Else: Prefix ʄo- Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix ɗ- Else: Prefix ɗɛ- Verb → noun that verb physically produces (e.g. build → building) = If starts with vowel: Prefix oʔ- Else: Prefix oʔe- One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Prefix ɔ- Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Prefix pli- Diminutive = If starts with vowel: Prefix fj- Else: Prefix fja- Augmentative = Prefix ɛ-

Dictionary

301 Words.