Ebludian/Centaur

a language spoken by most centaurs and goblins.

Natively known as: eblud /ˈewɮʊt/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
ü gaorch rü ese rü nurd ü cü rü ni ölcü xa bumch
Pronunciation: /u ˈgaɔrʧʰ ru ˈese ru nʊrt u ʦʰu ru ni ˈɵɮʦʰu xa bʊmʧ/
Ebludian word order: and stood he holding hat his and turned his face wet to the wind

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: b f g j kʰ m n nʲ r s t tʰ w wʲ x xʲ ɮ ɮʲ ʃ ʦ ʦʰ ʧ ʧʰ

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Palatal	Velar
Nasal	m		n nʲ
Stop	b		tʰ t			kʰ g
Affricate			ʦ ʦʰ	ʧʰ ʧ
Fricative		f	s	ʃ		x xʲ
Approximant					j
Trill			r
Lateral fricative			ɮ ɮʲ

Co-articulated phonemes

↓Manner/Place→	Labial-velar
Approximant	w wʲ

Vowel inventory: a e i u ɔ ɵ ʊ

	Front	Central	Back
High	i		u
Near-high			ʊ
High-mid	e	ɵ
Low-mid			ɔ
Low	a

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: Verb Subject Object (Prepositional phrase). “Mary opened the door with a key” turns into Opened mary the door with a key.
Adjective order: Adjectives are positioned after the noun.
Adposition: prepositions ?

Nouns

Nouns have two cases:

• Nominative is the doer of a verb: dog bites man.
• Accusative is the done-to of a verb: man bites dog.

Nouns form plural with separate plural word:

Plural

Particle before the noun: ɔ - o balch /ɔ baɮʧ/ dogs

Nominative	No affix balch /baɮʧ/ dog (doing the verb)
Accusative	Prefix xa- xabalch /ˈxabaɮʧ/ (verb done to) dog

Articles

Definite	dön /tɵn/ the
Indefinite	bü /bu/ a, some

Uses of definite article that differ from English:

• Definite article can be omitted: ‘I am going to supermarket’
• Used for languages: ‘The English’

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’

Pronouns

	Nominative	Accusative
1st singular	bülch /buɮʧ/ I	bi /bi/ me
2nd singular	ga /ga/ you	chi /ʧʰi/ you
3rd singular masc	rü /ru/ he, it (masc)	xün /xun/ his, it (masc)
3rd singular fem	tö /tʰɵ/ she, it (fem)	mi /mi/ her, it (fem)
1st plural	rö /rɵ/ we	ol /ɔɮ/ us
2nd plural	fö /fɵ/ you all	und /ʊnt/ you all
3rd plural	chöd /ʧɵt/ they	et /etʰ/ them

Possessive determiners

	Possessive
1st singular	bülch /buɮʧ/ my
2nd singular	ga /ga/ your
3rd singular masc	rü /ru/ his
3rd singular fem	tö /tʰɵ/ her
1st plural	rö /rɵ/ our
2nd plural	fö /fɵ/ your (pl)
3rd plural	chöd /ʧɵt/ their

Verbs

	Present	Past	Remote past	Future
1st singular	If starts with vowel: Prefix tʰ- Else: Prefix tʰi- tixo /ˈtʰixɔ/ (I) learn	Prefix xu- xüxo /ˈxuxɔ/ (I) learned	Prefix xɵ- xöxo /ˈxɵxɔ/ (I) learn (long ago)	If starts with vowel: Prefix b- Else: Prefix ba- baxo /ˈbaxɔ/ (I) will learn
2nd singular	Prefix ɔ- oxo /ˈɔxɔ/ (you) learn	Prefix xa- xaxo /ˈxaxɔ/ (you) learned	If starts with vowel: Prefix s- Else: Prefix se- sexo /ˈsexɔ/ (you) learn (long ago)	If starts with vowel: Prefix ʃ- Else: Prefix ʃu- shüxo /ˈʃuxɔ/ (you) will learn
3rd singular	Prefix tʰa- taxo /ˈtʰaxɔ/ (he/she/it) learns	Prefix bɮu- blüxo /ˈbɮuxɔ/ (he/she/it) learned	Prefix bɔ- boxo /ˈbɔxɔ/ (he/she/it) learns (long ago)	If starts with vowel: Prefix s- Else: Prefix su- süxo /ˈsuxɔ/ (he/she/it) will learn
1st plural	Prefix ʊ- uxo /ˈʊxɔ/ (we) learn	If starts with vowel: Prefix tʰ- Else: Prefix tʰɵ- töxo /ˈtʰɵxɔ/ (we) learned	If starts with vowel: Prefix tʰ- Else: Prefix tʰa- taxo /ˈtʰaxɔ/ (we) learn (long ago)	If starts with vowel: Prefix kʰ- Else: Prefix kʰi- kixo /ˈkʰixɔ/ (we) will learn
2nd plural	If starts with vowel: Prefix eg- Else: Prefix ege- egexo /ˈegexɔ/ (you all) learn	Prefix i- ixo /ˈixɔ/ (you all) learned	If starts with vowel: Prefix j- Else: Prefix je- yexo /ˈjexɔ/ (you all) learn (long ago)	If starts with vowel: Prefix ʃ- Else: Prefix ʃe- shexo /ˈʃexɔ/ (you all) will learn
3rd plural	If starts with vowel: Prefix bɮ- Else: Prefix bɮi- blixo /ˈbɮixɔ/ (they) learn	Prefix ʧʰa- chaxo /ˈʧʰaxɔ/ (they) learned	Prefix u- üxo /ˈuxɔ/ (they) learn (long ago)	Prefix nʲɔ- noxo /ˈnʲɔxɔ/ (they) will learn

Numbers

Ebludian has a base-20 number system:
1 - dö
2 - gu
3 - blöx
4 - cha
5 - di
6 - blar
7 - blu
8 - si
9 - ya
10 - sebxö
11 - fu
12 - subsi
13 - geca
14 - u
15 - ört
16 - ne
17 - döx
18 - nördlols
19 - be
20 - blüx
400 - gübsu
8000 - bogt

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʧʰ
Else: Suffix -uʧʰ
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Suffix -i
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix ʊstʰ-
Else: Prefix ʊstʰɔ-
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Suffix -ʊstʰ
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Prefix xɔ-
Noun to verb = Suffix -ɔr
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Suffix -un
Tending to = If starts with vowel: Prefix ʧʰ-
Else: Prefix ʧʰi-
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Prefix fʊ-
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = Suffix -ɔʦ
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -r
Else: Suffix -ir
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Suffix -a
Diminutive = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʦʰ
Else: Suffix -iʦʰ
Augmentative = If starts with vowel: Prefix n-
Else: Prefix na-

Dictionary

3030 Words.

Spoken by

• Centaur
• Goblin