Taurien: Natively known as: menmöv <ˈmenmɒv>

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
shalt ne höjeyr̀ shælchar chöth shördiüar shalt ne humma r̀ilt chum ǁulnël taar
Pronunciation: /ʃalt ne ˈhɒʤejɾ ʃælʧar ʧɒð ʃɒrdiʌar ʃalt ne ˈhumma ɾilt ʧum ˈǁulnɛl taar/
Menmövian word order: and his hat holding he stood and his wet face to the wind turned

Menmövian is the shared language of the Taurien: Centaurs and Minotaurs. It is used by Bahku, Moon People, and various wild and monstrous species in the far east as the common language as the Taurien states have over 6000 years of recorded history and regional impact. The Titans ancient language of Damamillian - Titanic fell out of use nearly 3000 years ago with the Fall of Damamila (Damamilia before the Fall ) and the rise of the DeadLords.

The ancient language of the classical period (approx 1850 to 3700 T) was heavier in vowel use and words differentiated by stresses. Significant change occurred in the Shadow period (3800- 5000 T) as the various republic states broke down and fragmented, warring amongst themselves, with the barbarian and monster races and the Oni, Yokai, demons and other invaders. The modern language was formalized in the Modern Period by scholars and researchers of the Shiddü (ʃiddʌ) school of the House of the Star of the state of The̊be̊ (ðɤbɤ) as the city state rebuilt the larger Republic aided by iron and steel. Missions from the Houses of Sun, Eclipse and Void, and the The Followers of the Book of Raervan, traditions of the Dreaming Tree helped spread and popularize the revised "new" Menmov via trade, education and religious texts produced in The̊be̊.

Phonology

Consonant inventory: b d g h j k l m n p r t v w z ð ǁ ɾ ʁ ʃ ʒ ʤ ʧ

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Dental	Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal	m			n
Stop	p b			t d			k g
Affricate					ʧ ʤ
Fricative		v	ð	z	ʃ ʒ			ʁ	h
Approximant						j
Tap				ɾ
Trill				r
Lateral approximant				l
Lateral click				ǁ

Co-articulated phonemes

↓Manner/Place→	Labial-velar
Approximant	w

Vowel inventory: a e i o u æ ɒ ɛ ɤ ɪ ʌ

	Front	Back
High	i	u
Near-high	ɪ
High-mid	e	ɤ o
Low-mid	ɛ	ʌ
Near-low	æ
Low	a	ɒ

Syllable structure: (C)V(C)(C) ?
Stress pattern: Penultimate — stress is on the second last syllable ?
Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
ɒ	ö
ɛ	ë
ɪ	ï
ɤ	e̊
ʌ	ü
j	y
ð	th
ʃ	sh
ʒ	zh
ʤ	j
ʧ	ch
ɾ	r̀
ʁ	r̂

ʁ ( r̂ )  is a heavier lingual trilled rolled "r", almost purred and sounding like “rhurh”

Morphology

Menmövian has a base-10 number system: 1 - tisht
2 - mü
3 - mu
4 - chi
5 - ket
6 - töb
7 - vï
8 - ke̊
9 - napr̂ö
10 - yël
100 - tetlath
1000 - tïnz

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = If starts with vowel: Prefix uvg-
Else: Prefix uvge-
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix k-
Else: Prefix kɛ-
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix ʒ-
Else: Prefix ʒɒ-
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix ð-
Else: Prefix ðɒ-
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Prefix kɒ-
Noun to verb = If starts with vowel: Prefix ɒʃk-
Else: Prefix ɒʃkɛ-
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Prefix ʌ-
Tending to = Prefix jʌ-
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Prefix a-
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = Prefix tɒ-
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = If starts with vowel: Prefix b-
Else: Prefix bɤ-
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = If starts with vowel: Prefix t-
Else: Prefix tɪ-
Diminutive = Prefix a-
Augmentative = Prefix ʌ-
Honorific/ Formal pronoun = Suffix -ɪʁ.  Anyone unfamiliar or holding a higher status in Honor or Glory.

Syntax

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.

Vocabulary

Nouns

Nouns have seven cases:

• Nominative is the doer of a verb: dog bites man.
• Accusative is the done-to of a verb: man bites dog.
• Genitive is the possessor of something: dog’s tail hits man.
• Dative is the recipient of something: man gives ball to dog.
• Locative is the location of something: man is in town.
• Ablative is movement away from something: man walks from town.
• Instrumental is the use of something: man writes with (using) pen.

Nominative	No affix yæzhur /ˈjæzhur/ dog (doing the verb)
Accusative	If starts with vowel: Prefix j- Else: Prefix jɛ- yëyæzhur /jɛˈjæzhur/ (verb done to) dog
Genitive	If starts with vowel: Prefix k- Else: Prefix ka- kayæzhur /kaˈjæzhur/ dogʼs
Dative	Prefix bu- buyæzhur /buˈjæzhur/ to dog
Locative	If starts with vowel: Prefix p- Else: Prefix pɛ- pëyæzhur /pɛˈjæzhur/ near/at/by dog
Ablative	If starts with vowel: Prefix p- Else: Prefix pɤ- pe̊yæzhur /pɤˈjæzhur/ from dog
Instrumental	If starts with vowel: Prefix ɾ- Else: Prefix ɾo- r̀oyæzhur /ɾoˈjæzhur/ with/using dog

	Animate	Inanimate
Singular	Prefix ju- yumözh /ˈjumɒʒ/ dog	Prefix pɒ- pöme̊tchë /pɒˈmɤtʧɛ/ tree
Plural	Prefix ti- timözh /ˈtimɒʒ/ dogs	If starts with vowel: Prefix m- Else: Prefix ma- mame̊tchë /maˈmɤtʧɛ/ trees

Articles

	Definite	Indefinite
Singular	nelt /nelt/ the	the̊ /ðɤ/ a
Plural	mo /mo/ the	mï /mɪ/ some

Uses of definite article that differ from English:

• Not used for mass (uncountable) nouns: ‘Walking in the mud’ would always translate to ‘Walking in mud’.
• Used for personal names in third person: ‘The Maria has left for school’
• Used with place names: ‘The London’

Uses of indefinite article that differ from English:

• Not used for non-specific mass (uncountable) nouns: non-specific means ‘Would you like some (any) tea?’ whereas specific means ‘Some tea (a specific amount) fell off the truck’

Pronouns

	1st singular	2nd singular	3rd singular masc	3rd singular fem	1st plural	2nd plural	3rd plural
Nominative	bam /bam/ I	zhi /ʒi/ you	chöth /ʧɒð/ he, it (masc)	ke /ke/ she, it (fem)	yïl /jɪl/ we	bëk /bɛk/ you all	hak /hak/ they
Accusative	na /na/ me	zha /ʒa/ you	ne /ne/ his, it (masc)	thun /ðun/ her, it (fem)	chïth /ʧɪð/ us	zhöj /ʒɒʤ/ you all	thæ /ðæ/ them
Genitive	bi /bi/ mine	po /po/ yours	yapt /japt/ his, its (masc)	nish /niʃ/ hers, its (fem)	pëgz /pɛgz/ ours	ǁe̊ /ǁɤ/ yours (pl)	nït /nɪt/ theirs
Dative	nagz /nagz/ to me	hö /hɒ/ to you	mök /mɒk/ to his, to it (masc)	zhæ /ʒæ/ to her, to it (fem)	mö /mɒ/ to us	kï /kɪ/ to you all	he /he/ to them
Locative	yisht /jiʃt/ to me	zhe̊vd /ʒɤvd/ to you	në /nɛ/ to his, to it (masc)	r̀ar /ɾar/ to her, to it (fem)	pömch /pɒmʧ/ to us	r̂o /ʁo/ to you all	yo /jo/ to them
Ablative	math /mað/ from me	ke̊n /kɤn/ from you	tö /tɒ/ from his, from it (masc)	kë /kɛ/ from her, from it (fem)	vi /vi/ from us	r̀e̊ /ɾɤ/ from you all	hïrsh /hɪrʃ/ from them
Instrumental	no /no/ with/using me	ǁe̊v /ǁɤv/ with/using you	palt /palt/ with/using his, with/using it (masc)	r̀ö /ɾɒ/ with/using her, with/using it (fem)	ki /ki/ with/using us	hedd /hedd/ with/using you all	yüth /jʌth/ with/using them

Possessive determiners

	Possessive
1st singular	bi /bi/ my
2nd singular	po /po/ your
3rd singular masc	ne /ne/ his
3rd singular fem	nish /niʃ/ her
1st plural	pëgz /pɛgz/ our
2nd plural	ǁe̊ /ǁɤ/ your (pl)
3rd plural	nït /nɪt/ their

Verbs

	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Present	If starts with vowel: Prefix ɾ- Else: Prefix ɾɒ- r̀öthæar /ɾɒˈðæar/ (I/we) learn	Prefix ɒ- öthæar /ɒˈðæar/ (you/you all) learn	Prefix e- ethæar /eˈðæar/ (he/she/it/they) learn(s)
Past	Prefix bɒ- böthæar /bɒˈðæar/ (I/we) learned	Prefix na- nathæar /naˈðæar/ (you/you all) learned	If starts with vowel: Prefix ɛz- Else: Prefix ɛza- ëzathæar /ˌɛzaˈðæar/ (he/she/it/they) learned
Remote past	If starts with vowel: Prefix k- Else: Prefix ku- kuthæar /kuˈðæar/ (I/we) learned (long ago)	If starts with vowel: Prefix m- Else: Prefix mɤ- me̊thæar /mɤˈðæar/ (you/you all) learned (long ago)	Prefix po- pothæar /poˈðæar/ (he/she/it/they) learned (long ago)
Future	Prefix i- ithæar /iˈðæar/ (I/we) will learn	If starts with vowel: Prefix n- Else: Prefix ne- nethæar /neˈðæar/ (you/you all) will learn	Prefix ka- kathæar /kaˈðæar/ (he/she/it/they) will learn

Progressive aspect

The ‘progressive’ aspect refers to actions that are happening at the time of speaking, such as I am learning.
Menmövian uses an affix for progressive:

Progressive

If starts with vowel: Prefix ɾ- Else: Prefix ɾɛ- r̀ëthæar /ɾɛˈðæar/ is learning

Habitual aspect

The ‘habitual’ aspect refers to actions that happen habitually, such as I learn (something new every day), as opposed to actions that happen once (I learned something).
Menmövian uses an affix for habitual:

Habitual

Prefix ʌ- üthæar /ʌˈðæar/ learns

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.
Menmövian uses an affix for the perfect aspect:

Perfect

Prefix ɾa- r̀athæar /ɾaˈðæar/ have learned

Dictionary

3069 Words.