The Ranic Language (ˈbehjan)

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
te to rumpi mompu to yumpo te wapin to kahen tente go horu
Pronunciation: /te to ˈɾumpi ˈmompu to ˈjumpo te ˈwapin to ˈkahen ˈtente go ˈhoɾu/
Behyan word order: and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: b d g h j k m n p s t w z ŋ ɾ

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m	n		ŋ
Stop	p b	t d		k g
Fricative		s z			h
Approximant			j
Tap		ɾ

Co-articulated phonemes

↓Manner/Place→	Labial-velar
Approximant	w

Vowel inventory: a e i o u

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

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

Spelling rules

Pronunciation	Spelling
j	y
ŋ	ng
ɾ	r

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Grammar

Main word order: Subject Verb Object (Prepositional phrase). “Hina opened the door with a key” remains Hina opened the door with a key.

Adjective order: Adjectives are positioned before the noun.

Adposition: prepositions

Nouns

	Singular	Plural
Definite	No affix sogi /ˈsogi/ the dog	Prefix jo- yosogi /joˈsogi/ the dogs
Indefinite	If starts with vowel: Prefix z- Else: Prefix zu- zusogi /zuˈsogi/ a dog	Prefix u- usogi /uˈsogi/ some dogs

Articles

Behyan encodes definite article ‘the’, and indefinite article ‘a’ in noun affixes. See Noun section.

Pronouns

1st singular	ten /ten/ I, me, mine
2nd singular	wa /wa/ you, yours
3rd singular masc	to /to/ he, him, his, it, its
3rd singular fem	sen /sen/ she, her, hers, it, its
1st plural	yu /ju/ we, us, ours
2nd plural	kun /kun/ you all, yours (pl)
3rd plural	ko /ko/ they, them, theirs

Possessive determiners

1st singular	ten /ten/ my
2nd singular	wa /wa/ your
3rd singular masc	to /to/ his
3rd singular fem	sen /sen/ her
1st plural	yu /ju/ our
2nd plural	kun /kun/ your (pl)
3rd plural	ko /ko/ their

Verbs

Singular	No affix honse /ˈhonse/ (I/you/he/she/it) learn/learned/will learn
Plural	Reduplicate last part of last syllable honsee /honˈsee/ (we/they) learn/learned/will learn

Behyan uses a standalone particle word for past tense:

Past	Particle before the verb: nu - nu honse /nu ˈhonse/ learned

Behyan uses a standalone particle word for future tense:

Future

Particle before the verb: bo - bo honse /bo ˈhonse/ will learn

Progressive aspect

The ‘progressive’ aspect refers to actions that are happening at the time of speaking, such as I am learning.

Behyan uses an affix for progressive:

Progressive

Prefix u- uhonse /uˈhonse/ 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).

Behyan uses an affix for habitual:

Habitual

If starts with vowel: Prefix t- Else: Prefix ta- tahonse /taˈhonse/ learns

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = Prefix a-

Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix ɾ- Else: Prefix ɾu-

Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix m- Else: Prefix ma-

Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Prefix u-

Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If starts with vowel: Prefix m- Else: Prefix mi-

Noun to verb = If starts with vowel: Prefix k- Else: Prefix ki-

Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Prefix u-

Tending to = If starts with vowel: Prefix k- Else: Prefix ka-

Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Prefix mi-

Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = Prefix e-

One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Prefix ku-

Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = If starts with vowel: Prefix k- Else: Prefix ku-

Diminutive = If starts with vowel: Prefix p- Else: Prefix po-

Augmentative = Prefix me-

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Numbers

Behyan has a base-10 number system:

1	ri
2	mire
3	son
4	ku
5	mi
6	kibun
7	sen
8	to
9	sa
10	ki
Hundred	zon
Thousand	kohodon

Dictionary

3093 Words.

Common Phrases

Yara gogi ren zukuuna.

Each mistake is a teacher.

Wa yokugambo zumun t zate.

Your eyes can't see.

Bumpan lets wa kumin gi.

Silence lets you hear more.