The Goblinoid Language

Natively known as: Hunyesh /huˈɲeʃ/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
guny su khetwan kowuka khew buj guny jimi khew jishin kokno nyasib och
Pronunciation: /guɲ su xeˈtwan kowuˈka xew buɟ guɲ ɟiˈmi xew ɟiˈʃin kokˈno ɲaˈsib oc/
Hunyeshi word order: and he stood holding hat his and turned his face wet the wind to
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Translation:

ad bu ada, hungiw

/ad bu aˈda, hunˈgiw/

Affixes in this language:

ACT.OF | ADVERB | AUG | DIM | DOER | HAVING.QUALITY.OF | LIKELY.TO | NOUN.PLURAL.DEF | NOUN.PLURAL.INDEF | NOUN.SING.DEF | NOUN.SING.INDEF | PLACE.OF | PRODUCT.OF | QUALITY.OF.BEING | RELATING.TO | RESULT.OF.DOING | TO.CREATE | TO.MAKE | VERB.PAST | VERB.PERF | VERB.PRES

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Mekhij /meˈxiɟ/

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: /b c d g h j k m n p s t w x ɟ ɲ ʃ ʦ θ/

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↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Dental	Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Labio-velar	Glottal
Nasal	m		n		ɲ
Stop	p b		t d		c ɟ	k g
Affricate			ʦ
Fricative		θ	s	ʃ		x		h
Approximant					j		w

Vowel inventory: /a e i o u/

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

Syllable structure: (C)V(C)
Stress pattern: Ultimate — stress is on the last syllable
Word initial consonants: b, c, d, g, h, j, k, m, n, p, s, t, w, x, ɟ, ɲ, ʃ, ʦ, θ
Mid-word consonants: b, c, d, g, gm, h, hw, j, k, kn, kw, m, mb, n, nd, ng, p, s, sp, t, tg, ts, tw, w, x, ɟ, ɲ, ʃ, ʃt, ʦ, θ
Word final consonants: b, c, d, g, m, n, p, w, x, ɟ, ɲ, ʃ, θ
Phonological changes (in order of application):

• k → g / _{L,j}
• j → s / #_
• c → ʧ / i_
• n → Ø / _s

Spelling rules:

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Pronunciation	Spelling
c	ch
j	y
x	kh
ɟ	j
ɲ	ny
ʃ	sh
ʦ	ts
θ	th

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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: postpositions

Noun

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	Singular	Plural
Definite	If ends with vowel: Suffix -tso Else: Suffix -otso pegotso /pegotˈso/	Suffix -om pegom /peˈgom/
Indefinite	If ends with vowel: Suffix -d Else: Suffix -ed peged /peˈged/	Suffix -o pego /peˈgo/

Pronouns

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1st singular	hu /hu/ I, me
2nd singular	si /si/ you
3rd singular masc	su /su/ he, him, it
3rd singular fem	a /a/ she, her, it
1st plural	bu /bu/ we, us
2nd plural	do /do/ you (all)
3rd plural	sha /ʃa/ they, them

Possessive determiners

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1st singular	tseb /ʦeb/ my
2nd singular	buny /buɲ/ your
3rd singular masc	khew /xew/ his, its
3rd singular fem	yo /jo/ her, its
1st plural	khe /xe/ our
2nd plural	wuch /wuc/ your
3rd plural	me /me/ their

Verbs

Future tense is indicated with the word:
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Future particle

khim /xim/ future tense particle

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Present	No affix metha /meˈθa/
Past	If ends with vowel: Suffix -θ Else: Suffix -uθ methath /meˈθaθ/

Perfect aspect

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.
In Hunyeshi, the perfect is constructed with an affix
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Perfect

Suffix -e methae /meθaˈe/

Numbers

Hunyeshi has a base-10 number system:

1 - wuth
2 - dami
3 - mem
4 - wikhish
5 - bo
6 - nyan
7 - oe
8 - wembuko
9 - yad
10 - kamo
11 - wuth guny kamo “one and ten”
100 - ej “hundred”
101 - ej guny wuth “hundred and one”
200 - dami ej
1000 - yog “thousand”

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = Suffix -em
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -tso
Else: Suffix -otso
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = Suffix -oɲ
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Suffix -o
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -m
Else: Suffix -em
Noun → verb (to create [noun]) = Suffix -ow
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Suffix -om
Verb → adjective (likely to do [verb]) = Suffix -o
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -mbo
Else: Suffix -ambo
Verb → noun that verb physically produces (e.g. build → building) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -g
Else: Suffix -eg
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Suffix -o
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -w
Else: Suffix -ew
Diminutive = Suffix -od
Augmentative = Suffix -o

Dictionary

4284 Words.