Scalyearish

Natively known as: scalyear /ˈskɑljɪə̯/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
greined cha tere cha gai cooə greined lurlf fonge spa cha shooth thrai
Pronunciation: /gɹeɪ̯nd ʧɑ tɛə̯ ʧɑ gaɪ̯ kʊə̯ gɹeɪ̯nd lɜːlf foʊ̯nʤ spɑ ʧɑ ʃʊð θɹaɪ̯/
Scalyearish word order: and he holding his hat stood and the wind to turned his wet face

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: b d f g h j k l m n p r s t v w z ð ŋ ɹ ɾ ʃ ʍ ʤ ʧ θ

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Dental	Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m			n			ŋ
Stop	p b			t d			k g
Affricate					ʧ ʤ
Fricative		f v	θ ð	s z	ʃ			h
Approximant				ɹ		j
Tap				ɾ
Trill				r
Lateral approximant				l

Co-articulated phonemes

↓Manner/Place→	Labial-velar
Approximant	ʍ w

Vowel inventory: aɪ̯ aʊ̯ eɪ̯ iː oʊ̯ uː æ ɑ ɑː ɔɪ̯ ɔː ɛ ɛə̯ ɜː ɪ ɪə̯ ʊ ʊə̯ ʌ
Diphthongs: aɪ̯ aʊ̯ eɪ̯ oʊ̯ ɔɪ̯ ɛə̯ ɪə̯ ʊə̯

	Front	Central	Back
High	iː		uː
Near-high	ɪ		ʊ
Low-mid	ɛ	ɜː	ʌ ɔː
Near-low	æ
Low			ɑ ɑː

Syllable structure: Custom defined
Stress pattern: Penultimate — stress is on the second last syllable
Word initial consonants: b bl bɹ d dɹ f fl fɹ g gl gɹ h j k kl kw kɹ l m n p pl pɹ s sk skw skɹ sl sm sn sp spl spɹ st stɹ sw t th tw tɹ v w ð ɹ ʃ ʃɹ ʍ ʤ ʧ θ θɹ
Mid-word consonants: b bd bj bl bm bn bs bskj bskɹ bst bstɹ bt bv bz bɹ bɾ bʤ d df dg dgɹ dj dkw dl dm dn ds dv dw dɹ dʃ f fj fl fspɹ ft ftl ftw fɹ g gj gl gm gn gz gɹ gʤ h j k kd kf kgɹ kj kl km kn ks ksf ksk kskj kskl kskw ksm ksp kspl kspɹ kst kstɹ ksw ksʧ kt ktf ktl ktɹ kw kz kɹ kʃ kʧ l lb ld ldf ldh ldl ldn ldɹ lf lg lgɹ lj lk lkj ll lm ln lp lpf lpl lptj ls lsh lsʍ lt ltj ltɹ lv lw lð lɹ lʤ lʧ lθ m mb mbl mbɹ mf mfl mft mfɹ mh mj ml mn mp mpj mpl mpt mptl mpɹ mpʃ mpʧ ms mst mt mw mz mɹ mʧ mθ n nb nbɹ nd ndj ndl ndm ndɹ nf nfj nfl nfɹ ng ngɹ nh nj nk nkl nkw nkɹ nl nm nn npl ns nsf nsj nskɹ nsl nsm nsp nst nstɹ nt ntl ntm ntɹ nv nw nz nzl nzp nɹ nʃ nʤ nʤm nʧ nθj p pj pl pm pt pw pɹ pʃ pʧ s sd sf sg sgɹ sj sk skj skl skɹ sl sm sn sp spj spl st stj stl stm stw stɹ sw sʧ t tb tf tj tl tm tn ts tsm tw tɹ v vj vl vm vn vɹ w z zb zd zj zl zm ð ðdɹ ðst ŋ ŋg ŋgj ŋgl ŋgw ŋgɹ ŋk ŋkt ŋkw ŋkʃ ŋkʧ ŋl ɹ ɹb ɹd ɹf ɹg ɹk ɹl ɹm ɹml ɹn ɹpl ɹs ɹsm ɹt ɹtl ɹv ɹʃ ɹʤ ɹʧ ɹθw ɾ ʃ ʃm ʃn ʤ ʤm ʤt ʧ ʧl ʧm θ θf θl θɹ
Word final consonants: b bd bl bz d dst dz f fs ft g gd gz k ks kst kt kts l ld ldz lf lk lm ls lt lts lv lvd lvz lz lθ m md mp mps mpt mz n nd ndz ns nst nt nts nz nʤ nʤd nʧ nθ p ps pt r rm s sk sp spt st sts t ts v vd vz z zd ð ðz ŋ ŋd ŋk ŋks ŋkt ŋz ɹ ɹd ɹdz ɹk ɹks ɹkt ɹm ɹmd ɹmz ɹn ɹnd ɹs ɹst ɹt ɹts ɹz ɹʃ ɹʧt ɹθ ʃ ʃt ʤ ʤd ʧ ʧt θ θs
Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
kw	qu
kt	cked / _#
k	c / !_{ɪ,i,ɛ,e,s}
oʊC₁	oC₁e
uːC₁	uC₁e / _#
eɪC₁	aC₁e / _#
ð	th
θ	th
ʍ	wh
ŋg	ng
ŋk	nk
ŋ	ng
ʧ	ch
ʃ	sh
ɹ	r
z	s / _#
ju	u / C_
cc	ck
c	k / _#
{t,d}	ed / C_#
aʊ	ow / _#
aʊ	ou
ɔɪ	oi
ɪə	ear
ɪ	y / _#
ɪ	i
ji	yi
j	y
iː	y / _#
yy	yi / _#
y	i / #_#
ʌ	u
iː	ee
oʊ	o
ʊ	oo
ɛ	e
ɑ(ː)	a
t	tt / æ_#
l	ll / æ_#
s	ss / æ_#
z	zz / æ_#
æ	a
ʤ	j / #_
ʤ	ge / _#
ʤ	dg
ɜː	ur
ɔː	or
uː	u
quur	quir
eə	ere
̯

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Grammar

Main word order: Subject (Prepositional phrase) Verb Object. “Mary opened the door with a key” turns into Mary with a key opened the door.
Adjective order: Adjectives are positioned before the noun.
Adposition: postpositions

Nouns

	Masculine	Feminine
Singular	No affix coofou /ˈkʊfaʊ̯/ man	No affix moi /mɔɪ̯/ woman
Plural	Prefix skɛ- skecoofou /skɛˈkʊfaʊ̯/ men	Prefix eɪ̯- eimoi /ˈeɪ̯mɔɪ̯/ women

Articles

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

Pronouns

1st singular	strere /stɹɛə̯/ I, me, mine
2nd singular	sneeksed /sniːkst/ you, yours
3rd singular masc	cha /ʧɑ/ he, him, his, it, its
3rd singular fem	trasp /tɹɑsp/ she, her, hers, it, its
1st plural	scru /skɹuː/ we, us, ours
2nd plural	lasp /læsp/ you all, yours (pl)
3rd plural masc	grinch /gɹɪnʧ/ they (masc), them (masc), theirs (masc)
3rd plural fem	fei /feɪ̯/ they (fem), them (fem), theirs (fem)

Possessive determiners

1st singular	strere /stɹɛə̯/ my
2nd singular	sneeksed /sniːkst/ your
3rd singular masc	cha /ʧɑ/ his
3rd singular fem	trasp /tɹɑsp/ her
1st plural	scru /skɹuː/ our
2nd plural	lasp /læsp/ your (pl)
3rd plural masc	grinch /gɹɪnʧ/ their (masc)
3rd plural fem	fei /feɪ̯/ their (fem)

Verbs

	Future
Masculine	Prefix ɪ- iswood /ˈɪswʊd/
Feminine	Prefix taɪ̯- taiswood /ˈtaɪ̯swʊd/

Scalyearish uses a standalone particle word for past tense:

Past	Particle before the verb: ʃoʊ̯sts - shosts swood /ʃoʊ̯sts swʊd/ learned

Perfect aspect

The perfect aspect in English is exemplified in ‘I have read this book’, which expresses an event that took place before the time spoken but which has an effect on or is in some way still relevant to the present.
Scalyearish uses the word for ‘finish’ brooəgor for the perfect aspect.

Numbers

Scalyearish has a base-10 number system:
1 - megs
2 - roi
3 - jy
4 - sei
5 - whei
6 - ere
7 - fro
8 - i
9 - mou
10 - flu
11 - flu greined megs “ten and one”
100 - megs quir “one hundred”
101 - megs quir megs “one hundred one”
200 - roi quir
1000 - megs scra “one thousand”

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = If starts with vowel: Prefix ʧ-
Else: Prefix ʧɛ-
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix v-
Else: Prefix veɪ̯-
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = Prefix uː-
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix l-
Else: Prefix lɪ-
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If starts with vowel: Prefix sn-
Else: Prefix snɑː-
Noun to verb = If starts with vowel: Prefix kl-
Else: Prefix klɪə̯-
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Prefix dʊə̯-
Tending to = Prefix ʌ-
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Prefix ʃɹæ-
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = If starts with vowel: Prefix tɹ-
Else: Prefix tɹɜː-
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = If starts with vowel: Prefix l-
Else: Prefix lɑː-
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Prefix ʌ-
Diminutive = Prefix ɛ-
Augmentative = Prefix ʊə̯-

Geographical Distribution

Originates from the island of Scalyear, and has since spread the vast reaches of the Empire of Equileya

Dictionary

4580 Words.

Spoken by

• Scalyearan