Grasschenkian (gʁaˈʃeŋkI:ɛn)

Natively known as: grasschenk /gʁaˈʃeŋk/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind... kungsdt schtra schloü lülk sa schmöch kungsdt bicho nö schloü trann glünts lo[alt] Pronunciation: /kʊŋst ʃtʁa ʃlɔʏ̯ lyːlk za ʃmøːx kʊŋst biˈxoː nøː ʃlɔʏ̯ tʁan glyːnts lo/ Grasschenkian word order: and he his hat holding stood and the wind to his wet face turned[/alt]

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: b d f g h j k l m n p s t v x z ç ŋ ʁ ʃ ʔ ʦ ʧ χ

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal	m		n			ŋ
Stop	p b		t d			k g		ʔ
Affricate			ʦ	ʧ
Fricative		f v	s z	ʃ	ç	x	χ ʁ	h
Approximant					j
Lateral approximant			l

Vowel inventory: a aɪ̯ aʊ̯ aː e eː i iː o oː u uː y yː øː œ ɐ ɔ ɔʏ̯ ə ɛ ɛː ɪ ʊ ʏ
Diphthongs: aɪ̯ aʊ̯ ɔʏ̯

	Front	Central	Back
High	i iː y yː		u uː
Near-high	ɪ ʏ		ʊ
High-mid	e eː øː		o oː
Mid		ə
Low-mid	ɛ ɛː œ		ɔ
Near-low		ɐ
Low	a aː

Syllable structure: Custom defined Stress pattern: Ultimate — stress is on the last syllable Word initial consonants: b bl bʁ d dʁ f fl fʁ g gl gʁ h j k kl kn kv kʁ l m n p pf pl pʁ s t tʁ v z ʁ ʃ ʃl ʃm ʃn ʃp ʃpʁ ʃt ʃtʁ ʃv ʃʁ ʔ ʦ ʦv Mid-word consonants: b bl bʁ d f fg fh fn fp ft ftʁ fʁ g gn h j k kl ks kt kv kz kʦ l lb ld lf lft lg lk lt ltz lz lç lʃ m mb mbʁ ml mn mp mpf mpj n nbl nd nf ng ngl ngʁ nh nl nm nst nt ntk ntl ntv ntʔ nv nz nçm nʁ nʃ nʦ nʧ p pf pl pv pz s sf sh sl st stk sv sz sç sʔ t tbʁ tk tn tv tz tç tʔ v x xd xt xʁ z ç çk çl çst çt çtl ŋ ŋk ŋkʦj ŋn ŋz ʁ ʁb ʁd ʁdn ʁf ʁg ʁh ʁk ʁkl ʁl ʁm ʁn ʁnz ʁp ʁt ʁtl ʁv ʁz ʁç ʁçtb ʁʃl ʃ ʃp ʃpʁ ʃt ʃv ʔ ʦ ʦd ʦj χ Word final consonants: f ft gŋ k ks kt l lk lp lpst ls lt lʃ m mpf n nf nft ns nst nt nts nʃ p pf pt pʃ s st t tl ts tst x xt ç çt çts ŋ ŋk ŋks ŋkt ŋst ʁ ʁf ʁk ʁl ʁn ʁnst ʁt ʁts ʁç ʁʃ ʃ ʧ
Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
v	w
p	b / _#
t	dt / _#
ks	chs
x	ch
ç	ch
ʃ	sch
ʁ	r
z	s
ʦ	z
k	ck / {a,e,i,o,u,œ,ɐ,ɔ,ɛ,ɪ,ʊ,ʏ}_
{m,b,l,t,n,p,s}	@ / {a,e,i,o,u,œ,ɐ,ɔ,ɛ,ɪ,ʊ,ʏ}_
ŋk	nk
ŋ	ng
ʦj	ti
ʦ	zt / _#
ʦ	z
iː	ie
ɛː	ä
ɛ	ä pen. Nouns form plural with separate plural word: Plural Particle before the noun: bʁɔʏ̯t - broüdt da /bʁɔʏ̯t daː/ dogs Nominative No affix da /daː/ dog (doing the verb) Accusative If ends with vowel: Suffix -s Else: Suffix -us das /daːs/ (verb done to) dog Genitive Suffix -ol daoll /daːˈol/ dogʼs Dative Suffix -aːŋ daang /daːˈaːŋ/ to (the/a) dog Locative Suffix -a daa /daːˈa/ near/at/by (the/a) dog Ablative Suffix -aːks daachs /daːˈaːks/ from (the/a) dog Instrumental Suffix -aː daa /daːˈaː/ with/using (the/a) dog Articles Grasschenkian has no definite article ‘the’, or indefinite article ‘a’. Pronouns 1st singular 2nd singular 3rd singular masc 3rd singular fem 1st plural 2nd plural 3rd plural Nominative tiens /tiːns/ I fepf /fəpf/ you schtra /ʃtʁa/ he, it jirsch /jiʁʃ/ she, it sölls /zœls/ we glel /gleːl/ you all schöchdt /ʃœçt/ they Accusative möch /møːx/ me folls /fols/ you ter /tɐ/ him, it preh /pʁeː/ her, it schpröʧ /ʃpʁœʧ/ us pu /pʊ/ you all wei /vaɪ̯/ them Genitive wi /vɪ/ mine dree /dʁeː/ yours schloü /ʃlɔʏ̯/ his, its üllsch /ʔʏlʃ/ hers, its ke /ke/ ours frels /fʁəls/ yours(pl) a /ʔa/ theirs Dative pi /pi/ to me schtuh /ʃtuː/ to you schei /ʃaɪ̯/ to him, at it u /ʔu/ to her, at it klomm /klom/ to us gle /gle/ to you all schtagng /ʃtaːgŋ/ to them Locative si /zɪ/ at me ge /ge/ at you sassdt /zast/ at him, at it ich /ix/ at her, at it schluh /ʃluː/ at us ge /gə/ at you all knu /knʊ/ at them Ablative ma /maː/ from me hau /haʊ̯/ from you ruppsch /ʁʊpʃ/ from him, from it zor /ʦoːʁ/ from her, from it drykdt /dʁykt/ from us si /zi/ from you all onn /ɔn/ from them Instrumental schwe /ʃvə/ with/using me i /ɪ/ with/using you korl /kɔʁl/ with/using him/it schterdt /ʃtəʁt/ with/using her/it knerlldt /knɐlt/ with/using us schru /ʃʁu/ with/using you all schlalsch /ʃlaːlʃ/ with/using them Possessive determiners 1st singular wi /vɪ/ my 2nd singular dreh /dʁeː/ your 3rd singular masc schloü /ʃlɔʏ̯/ his 3rd singular fem üllsch /ʔʏlʃ/ her 1st plural ke /ke/ our 2nd plural frels /fʁəls/ your (pl) 3rd plural a /ʔa/ their Verbs Present Past Remote past Future 1st singular If ends with vowel: Suffix -ns Else: Suffix -ans schwanntanns /ʃvanˈtans/ (I) learn If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʁl Else: Suffix -uːʁl schwannturl /ʃvanˈtuːʁl/ (I) learned Suffix -iːft schwanntiefdt /ʃvanˈtiːft/ (I) learned (long ago) If ends with vowel: Suffix -m Else: Suffix -əm schwanntem /ʃvanˈtəm/ (I) will learn 2nd singular If ends with vowel: Suffix -k Else: Suffix -ɪk schwanntick /ʃvanˈtɪk/ (you) learn Suffix -e schwannte /ʃvanˈte/ (you) learned Suffix -ɔʏ̯nʃ schwanntoünsch /ʃvanˈtɔʏ̯nʃ/ (you) learned (long ago) Suffix -øːkt schwanntökdt /ʃvanˈtøːkt/ (you) will learn 3rd singular Suffix -ɛ schwanntä /ʃvanˈtɛ/ (he/she/it) learns Suffix -iːn schwanntien /ʃvanˈtiːn/ (he/she/it) learned Suffix -ʊnʃ schwanntunnsch /ʃvanˈtʊnʃ/ (he/she/it) learned (long ago) Suffix -aʊ̯ schwanntau /ʃvanˈtaʊ̯/ (he/she/it) will learn 1st plural If ends with vowel: Suffix -p Else: Suffix -əp schwannteb /ʃvanˈtəp/ (we) learn If ends with vowel: Suffix -lk Else: Suffix -ɐlk schwannterllk /ʃvanˈtɐlk/ (we) learned If ends with vowel: Suffix -ŋ Else: Suffix -eːŋ schwanntäng /ʃvanˈteːŋ/ (we) learned (long ago) If ends with vowel: Suffix -n Else: Suffix -ɪn schwanntinn /ʃvanˈtɪn/ (we) will learn 2nd plural Suffix -ot schwanntodt /ʃvanˈtot/ (you all) learn Suffix -ə schwannte /ʃvanˈtə/ (you all) learned If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʁ Else: Suffix -ɛʁ schwannter /ʃvanˈtɛʁ/ (you all) learned (long ago) Suffix -ʏʁts schwanntürts /ʃvanˈtʏʁts/ (you all) will learn 3rd plural If ends with vowel: Suffix -nst Else: Suffix -anst schwanntannsdt /ʃvanˈtanst/ (they) learn Suffix -ilt schwanntilldt /ʃvanˈtilt/ (they) learned Suffix -aː schwannta /ʃvanˈtaː/ (they) learned (long ago) If ends with vowel: Suffix -m Else: Suffix -ɪm schwanntimm /ʃvanˈtɪm/ (they) will learn Numbers Grasschenkian has a base-20 number system: 1 - kattl 2 - schpussonnf 3 - gre 4 - er 5 - schtachdt 6 - fü 7 - fra 8 - lee 9 - doürl 10 - dyng 11 - boünkdt 12 - schohgng 13 - jammpf 14 - frötts 15 - rills 16 - densdt 17 - knenngütsdt 18 - schyrn 19 - kank 20 - dynts 21 - kattl kungsdt dynts “one and twenty” 400 - kattl schtuh “one fourhundred” 401 - kattl schtuh kattl “one fourhundred one” 800 - schpussonnf schtuh “two fourhundred” 8000 - kattl nagoch “one eightthousand” Derivational morphology Adjective → adverb = Suffix -øː Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Suffix -ɛ Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -lpst Else: Suffix -ɛlpst Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Suffix -aː Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Suffix -u Noun to verb = Suffix -a Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Suffix -a Tending to = Suffix -an Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -p Else: Suffix -ɔʏ̯p Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = Suffix -ɔç One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Suffix -ɐçts Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -çts Else: Suffix -aʊ̯çts Diminutive = Suffix -ɛ Augmentative = Suffix -u

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