Fenrian Language

Natively known as: Fenrian /Feˈnrian/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
lùó ki ló ówo’ ti ùk lùó ti’ ti hopū yúy lópwūf u
Pronunciation: /ɬɨə ki ɬəː əˈwɔʔ ti ɨk ɬɨə tiʔ ti ˈhɔpuː jyj ˈɬəpwuːf u/
Fenrian word order: and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face the wind to

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: /f h j k m p t w ɬ ʔ/

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Labio-velar	Glottal
Nasal	m
Stop	p		t		k		ʔ
Fricative		f					h
Approximant				j		w
Lateral fricative			ɬ

Vowel inventory: /a aː i iə iɛ iː u uə uː y yə ɔ ɔː ə əː ɛ ɨ ɨə ɨː/
Diphthongs: iə, iɛ, uə, yə, ɨə

	Front	Central	Back
High	i iː y	ɨ ɨː	u uː
Mid		ə əː
Low-mid	ɛ		ɔ ɔː
Low	a aː

Syllable structure: (C)(C)V(C)
Stress pattern: No fixed stress
Word initial consonants: f, h, j, k, m, p, t, w, ɬ, ʔ
Mid-word consonants: f, h, hw, j, k, kp, m, p, pw, t, tw, w, ɬ, ʔ
Word final consonants: f, j, k, p, w, ɬ, ʔ

Phonological rules (in order of application):

• i→j / V_V
• N→m / _#
• p→h / #_
• ʔ→Ø / C_
• w→Ø / #_
• p→f / #_
• p→f / V_
• j→ʤ / #_
• t→c / _E

Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
j	y
y	ú
ɔ	o
ə	ó
ɛ	e
ɨ	ù
ɬ	l
ʔ	’
ː	macron over vowel

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 before the noun.
Adposition: postpositions

Noun

Singular	No affix kiep /kiɛp/
Plural	If starts with vowel: Prefix ik- Else: Prefix ikiɛ- ikiekiep /ikiɛˈkiɛp/

Articles

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

Pronouns

1st singular	mu /mu/ I, me
2nd singular	pi /pi/ you
3rd singular masc	ki /ki/ he, him, it
3rd singular fem	tu /tu/ she, her, it
1st plural	po’ /pɔʔ/ we, us
2nd plural	u /u/ you (all)
3rd plural	ie /iɛ/ they, them

Possessive determiners

1st singular	pī /piː/ my
2nd singular	wā /waː/ your
3rd singular masc	ti /ti/ his, its
3rd singular fem	ó /əː/ her, its
1st plural	wie /wiɛ/ our
2nd plural	lā /ɬaː/ your
3rd plural	yúl /jyɬ/ their

Verbs

Future tense is indicated with the word:

Future particle

yù /jɨ/ future tense particle

	Present	Past
1st singular	Prefix ɬɔː- lōfúmu /ɬɔːfyˈmu/	If starts with vowel: Prefix yəkp- Else: Prefix yəkpaː- úókpāfúmu /yəkˌpaːfyˈmu/
2nd singular	If starts with vowel: Prefix w- Else: Prefix wɨː- wùfúmu /wɨːˈfymu/	If starts with vowel: Prefix əhw- Else: Prefix əhwɨ- óhwùfúmu /ˌəhwɨˈfymu/
3rd singular masc	If starts with vowel: Prefix əːh- Else: Prefix əːhə- óhófúmu /ˌəːhəˈfymu/	Prefix y- úfúmu /yˈfymu/
3rd singular fem	If starts with vowel: Prefix iːk- Else: Prefix iːkɔː- īkōfúmu /ˌiːkɔːˈfymu/	If starts with vowel: Prefix ɔkp- Else: Prefix ɔkpiː- okpīfúmu /ˌɔkpiːˈfymu/
1st plural	Prefix i- ifúmu /iˈfymu/	Prefix ɬɔ- lofúmu /ɬɔˈfymu/
2nd plural	If starts with vowel: Prefix t- Else: Prefix tɨə- tùófúmu /tɨəfyˈmu/	If starts with vowel: Prefix p- Else: Prefix pyə- púófúmu /pyəˈfymu/
3rd plural	If starts with vowel: Prefix uəw- Else: Prefix uəwiɛ- uówiefúmu /ˌuəwiɛˈfymu/	If starts with vowel: Prefix f- Else: Prefix fəː- fófúmu /fəːˈfymu/

Imperfective aspect

The ‘imperfective’ aspect refers to ongoing actions, such as I am studying,
and habitual actions, such as I study (every night).

It is indicated with the affix:

Imperfect

Prefix fyə- fúófúmu /fyəˈfymu/

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = If starts with vowel: Prefix uːɬ-
Else: Prefix uːɬiː-
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix im-
Else: Prefix imiː-
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = Prefix yə-
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix w-
Else: Prefix wuː-
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Prefix ɬɔː-
Noun → verb (to create [noun]) = Prefix ɨə-
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Prefix fɨː-
Verb → adjective (likely to do [verb]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix j-
Else: Prefix jiɛ-
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Prefix ɬaː-
Verb → noun that verb physically produces (e.g. build → building) = Prefix i-
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Prefix iə-
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Prefix a-
Diminutive = If starts with vowel: Prefix h-
Else: Prefix huː-
Augmentative = If starts with vowel: Prefix t-
Else: Prefix tu-

Dictionary

4306 Words.