Leonin | Raxæsian (/ˈraxæs/)

Natively known as: raxæs /ˈraxæs/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
lu gærd mərd se u süz lu köɛ u kɨyɘ mör pɶs drɒrgo
Pronunciation: /lʊ gært mərt se ʊ suz lʊ ˈkɵɛ ʊ ˈkɨjɘ mɵr pɶs ˈtrɒrgo/
Raxæsian word order: and he stood holding hat his and turned his face wet to the wind

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: b d g h j k l m n p r s t tʰ w x z ɮ

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m	n
Stop	p b	t tʰ d		k g
Fricative		s z		x	h
Approximant			j
Trill		r
Lateral fricative		ɮ
Lateral approximant		l

Co-articulated phonemes

↓Manner/Place→	Labial-velar
Approximant	w

Vowel inventory: a e i o u y æ ø œ ɐ ɑ ɒ ɔ ɘ ə ɛ ɜ ɞ ɤ ɨ ɪ ɯ ɵ ɶ ʉ ʊ ʌ ʏ

	Front	Central	Back
High	i y	ɨ ʉ	ɯ u
Near-high	ɪ ʏ		ʊ
High-mid	e ø	ɘ ɵ	ɤ o
Mid		ə
Low-mid	ɛ œ	ɜ ɞ	ʌ ɔ
Near-low	æ	ɐ
Low	a ɶ		ɑ ɒ

Syllable structure: Custom defined
Stress pattern: Initial — stress is on the first syllable
Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
w	b
t	d / !_ʰ
tʰ	t
ʧʰ	ch
ʧ	ch
ʦʰ	c
ʦ	c
kʰ	k
ɮ	l
ʃ	sh
ɔ	o
ɵ	ö
pʰ	p
u	ü
ʊ	u
j	y
ʲ

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Grammar

Main word order: Subject Verb Object (Prepositional phrase). “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 büd /bud/ dog
Plural	Prefix æ- æbüd /ˈæbud/ dogs

Articles

	Definite	Indefinite
Singular	ro /rɔ/ the	sdü /stu/ a
Plural	xœm /xœm/ the	mɤ /mɤ/ some

Uses of definite article that differ from English:

• Definite article can be omitted: ‘I am going to supermarket’
• Used to talk about countable nouns in general: English’s ‘I like cats’ would translate to ‘I like the cats’
• Used with place names: ‘The London’

Uses of indefinite article that differ from English:

• Not used for non-specific countable nouns: non-specific means ‘I am looking for a (any) girl in a red dress’, whereas specific means ‘I am looking for a (particular) girl in a red dress’
• 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

	Nominative	Accusative
1st singular	mi /mi/ I	kʌ /kʌ/ me
2nd singular	len /len/ you	sdʌ /stʌ/ you
3rd singular masc	gærd /gært/ he, it	san /san/ him, it
3rd singular fem	gɑ /gɑ/ she, it	dru /trʊ/ her, it
1st plural	prɛm /prɛm/ we	re /re/ us
2nd plural	ʌ /ʌ/ you all	prüm /prum/ you all
3rd plural	gurd /gʊrt/ they	drɨ /trɨ/ them

Possessive determiners

1st singular	o /ɔ/ my
2nd singular	drü /tru/ your
3rd singular masc	u /ʊ/ his
3rd singular fem	ri /ri/ her
1st plural	ma /ma/ our
2nd plural	gɐz /gɐz/ your (pl)
3rd plural	rab /raw/ their

Verbs

Future

If starts with vowel: Prefix r- Else: Prefix rɒ- rɒkenʉ /ˈrɒkenʉ/ will learn

Raxæsian uses a standalone particle word for past tense:

Past	Particle before the verb: sɔ - so kenʉ /sɔ ˈkenʉ/ learned

Imperfective aspect

The ‘imperfective’ aspect refers to ongoing actions, such as I am learning and habitual actions, such as I learn (something new every day).
Raxæsian uses an affix for imperfective:

Imperfective

Prefix ɵ- ökenʉ /ˈɵkenʉ/ learns/is learning

Numbers

Raxæsian has a base-10 number system:
1 - mæ
2 - lø
3 - ɤ
4 - drʏrd
5 - lɜr
6 - grü
7 - lo
8 - drɶ
9 - prʌs
10 - gra
11 - gra lu mæ “ten and one”
100 - mæ sdiɐnga “one hundred”
101 - mæ sdiɐnga lu mæ “one hundred and one”
200 - lø sdiɐnga
1000 - mæ ser “one thousand”

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = Prefix ø-
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Prefix pro-
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix pr-
Else: Prefix pri-
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Prefix xɜ-
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If starts with vowel: Prefix r-
Else: Prefix rɵ-
Noun to verb = If starts with vowel: Prefix k-
Else: Prefix kæ-
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix pr-
Else: Prefix pru-
Tending to = Prefix u-
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Prefix a-
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = Prefix ɤ-
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Prefix i-
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = If starts with vowel: Prefix g-
Else: Prefix gɔ-
Diminutive = Prefix ɯ-
Augmentative = If starts with vowel: Prefix tr-
Else: Prefix trɤ-

Dictionary

4374 Words.