Cosmic

Natively known as: cosːmic /ˈcosːmic/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
tril seort tés glia gí siort cus tril pir crai gí siort srílist fala gla
Pronunciation: /tʲɾʲɪlʲ ʃɔɾˠt̪ˠ tʲeːʃ gɫiə̯ giː ʃɔɾˠt̪ˠ kʊʃ tʲɾʲɪlʲ pʲɪɾʲ cɾʲəu̯ giː ʃɔɾˠt̪ˠ ˈsˠɾˠiːɫɪsˠt̪ˠ ˈfˠalʲa gɫa/
Cosmic word order: and he stood his hat holding and his wet face turned the wind to

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: bʲ bˠ c dʲ d̪ˠ fʲ fˠ g h k lʲ mʲ mˠ nʲ n̪ˠ pʲ pˠ sˠ tʲ t̪ˠ vʲ vˠ x ç ŋ ɟ ɫ ɲ ɾʲ ɾˠ ʃ

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Dental	Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	mˠ mʲ		n̪ˠ	nʲ		ɲ	ŋ
Stop	bˠ bʲ pˠ pʲ		d̪ˠ t̪ˠ	tʲ dʲ		c ɟ	k g
Fricative		fˠ fʲ vʲ vˠ		sˠ	ʃ	ç	x	h
Tap				ɾˠ ɾʲ
Lateral approximant				lʲ

Co-articulated phonemes

↓Manner/Place→	Velarized alveolar
Lateral approximant	ɫ

Vowel inventory: a eː ia̯ iə̯ iː oː uə̯ uː ɑː ɔ əi̯ əu̯ ɛ ɪ ʊ
Diphthongs: ia̯ iə̯ uə̯ əi̯ əu̯ ?

	Front	Back
High	iː	uː
Near-high	ɪ	ʊ
High-mid	eː	oː
Low-mid	ɛ	ɔ
Low	a	ɑː

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

Pronunciation	Spelling
ca	cea
coː	ceo
cu	ciu
kɪ	coi | cai | cui
k	c
h	th
x	ch
ç	ch
ɲ	nn
#n̪ˠ	n
nʲ	n
n̪ˠ	nn
ŋg	ng
ŋ	ng
mʲ	m
mˠ	m
pʲ	p
pˠ	p
bʲ	b
bˠ	b
lʲ	l
ɫ	l
ʃa	sea
sˠɪ	sai
sˠi	suí
sˠeː	sao
ʃɔ	seo | sio
ʃo	seo
ʃu	siu
ʃ	s
sˠ	s
tʲu	tiu
tʲ	te / _{a,ɑː}
tʲ	t
t̪ˠoː	teo
t̪ˠɛ	te
t̪ˠ	t
fˠi	faoi
fˠɪ	fui
fˠuː	fiú
fˠ	f
fʲ	f
ɟ	g
ɪ	i
ɑː	á
eːɾˠ	éar
ɾˠ	r
ɾʲ	r
vˠ	bh | mh
vʲ	bh
d̪ˠ	d
dʲ	d
əi	a
eː	é
ɛ	ei
ɔ	o
oː	ó
iː	í
uː	ú
iə	ia
əu	ai
uə	ua
ʊ	u
̯

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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 ?

Verb affixes

Past	If ends with vowel: Suffix -k Else: Suffix -ak sceanac /ˈʃcanʲak/ learned
Present	No affix scean /ʃcanʲ/ learn
Future	Suffix -iː sceaní /ˈʃcanʲiː/ will learn

Pronouns

1st person	grust /gɾˠʊʃtʲ/ I, me, mine, we, us, ours
2nd person	dei /dʲɛ/ you, you all, yours, yours (pl)
3rd person	siort /ʃɔɾˠt̪ˠ/ he, him, his, she, her, hers, it, its, they, them, theirs

Numbers

Cosmic has a base-10 number system:
1 - ló
2 - más
3 - diacht
4 - ca
5 - thia
6 - gi
7 - ala
8 - croch
9 - pá
10 - chia
100 - lu
1000 - cu

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = If ends with vowel: Suffix -n̪ˠt̪ˠa
Else: Suffix -ɔn̪ˠt̪ˠa
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Suffix -ɑːɲ
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ɾˠtʲ
Else: Suffix -ia̯ɾˠtʲ
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Suffix -iə̯
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -x
Else: Suffix -ia̯x
Noun to verb = Suffix -əi̯sˠ
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Suffix -ɑː
Tending to = Suffix -uː
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ɾʲ
Else: Suffix -uːɾʲ
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ɾʲ
Else: Suffix -uːɾʲ
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ɾʲ
Else: Suffix -iə̯ɾʲ
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Suffix -a
Diminutive = If ends with vowel: Suffix -vˠoː
Else: Suffix -avˠoː
Augmentative = Suffix -ɔk

Dictionary

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