Daemonic

Natively known as: Makhtitz /ˈmaχtiʦ/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
gitz shem esha 'o ku itona gitz nuf ku tzomtzo bu' mila stiv
Pronunciation: /giʦ ʃem ˈeʃa ʔo ku ˈitona giʦ nuf ku ˈʦomʦo buʔ ˈmila stiv/
Makhtitzian word order: and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face the wind to

Spelling & Phonology

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

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

Co-articulated phonemes

↓Manner/Place→	Labio-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: Initial — stress is on the first syllable
Word initial consonants: b, bn, d, dv, g, h, j, k, kl, km, kv, l, m, n, p, s, st, t, tm, wh, z, zm, ʁ, ʃ, ʔ, ʦ, χ
Mid-word consonants: b, d, f, fʃ, g, gm, h, j, jf, jl, k, kn, kʁ, l, lm, m, mh, mk, mn, mʁ, mʔ, mʦ, n, nχʁ, p, s, sχ, t, ts, tʁ, v, vχ, x, z, zd, ʁ, ʁb, ʃ, ʃb, ʃl, ʃm, ʃp, ʃt, ʔ, ʕ, ʦ, χ, χn, χt
Word final consonants: d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, s, t, v, ʁ, ʃ, ʔ, ʦ, χ
Phonological changes (in order of application):

• a → e / _p
• j → r / V_V
• b → Ø / _#
• b → m / V_V
• a → i / iC_
• t → ʦ / _ʔ
• d → ʔ / _#
• k → Ø / V_V

Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
j	y
ʁ	r
ʃ	sh
ʔ	'
ʦ	tz
χ	kh

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Grammar

Main word order: Subject-Verb-Object-Oblique. "Mary opened the door with a key" turns into Mary opened the door with a key.
Adjective order: Adjectives are positioned before the noun.
Adposition: postpositions

Nouns

Singular	No affix ivin /ˈivin/ dog
Plural	If ends with vowel: Suffix -j Else: Suffix -ej iviney /ˈivinej/ dogs

Articles

	Definite	Indefinite
Singular	she /ʃe/ the	na /na/ a
Plural	da /da/ the	sti /sti/ some

Pronouns

1st singular	la /la/ I, me, mine
2nd singular	u /u/ you, yours
3rd singular masc	shem /ʃem/ he, him, his
3rd singular fem	a /a/ she, her, hers
1st plural	da /da/ we, us, ours
2nd plural	pe /pe/ you (all), yours
3rd plural	she' /ʃeʔ/ they, them, theirs

Possessive determiners

1st singular	da /da/ my
2nd singular	kha /χa/ your
3rd singular masc	ku /ku/ his
3rd singular fem	sti /sti/ her
1st plural	me /me/ our
2nd plural	sih /sih/ your
3rd plural	ge /ge/ their

Verbs

Present	No affix kven /kven/ study
Past	If ends with vowel: Suffix -d Else: Suffix -od kvenod /ˈkvenod/ studied
Remote past	Suffix -oj kvenoy /ˈkvenoj/ studied (long ago)

Makhtitzian uses a standalone particle word for future tense:

Future

kve /kve/ will

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.
Makhtitzian uses an affix for the perfect aspect:

Perfect

Suffix -i kveni /ˈkveni/

Numbers

Makhtitzian has a base-20 number system:

• 1 - ih
• 2 - yom
• 3 - nukh
• 4 - da
• 5 - but
• 6 - bo
• 7 - kik
• 8 - la
• 9 - almas
• 10 - zmum
• 11 - 'ifukham
• 12 - gie
• 13 - nule
• 14 - pegme
• 15 - klakev
• 16 - meshpah
• 17 - peshbumhad
• 18 - whoshpig
• 19 - stishpufsho
• 20 - eʕam
• 21 - eʕam gitz ih “twenty and one”
• 400 - ih bozugme “one fourhundred”
• 401 - ih bozugme ih “one fourhundred one”
• 800 - yom bozugme “two fourhundred”
• 8000 - ih tmol “one eightthousand”

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = Suffix -aj
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -s
Else: Suffix -is
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = Suffix -o
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Suffix -uʦ
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʃi
Else: Suffix -aʃi
Noun → verb (to create [noun]) = Suffix -eʔ
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Suffix -en
Verb → adjective (likely to do [verb]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -j
Else: Suffix -ej
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Suffix -aʃ
Verb → noun that verb physically produces (e.g. build → building) = Suffix -eh
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Suffix -ah
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Suffix -aχ
Diminutive = Suffix -if
Augmentative = If ends with vowel: Suffix -mʦa
Else: Suffix -amʦa

Dictionary

4319 Words.

Root Languages

• First Celestial

Successor Languages

• Gnollspeak

Common Female Names

• Whode' /ˈwhodeʔ/
• Klagmufshe /ˈklagmufʃe/
• Whomutre /ˈwhomutʁe/
• Meda /ˈmeda/
• Ekrish /ˈekʁiʃ/
• Huded /ˈhuded/
• Etzam /ˈeʦam/
• Gikhnikh /ˈgiχniχ/
• Mimro /ˈmimʁo/
• Kmetsi /ˈkmetsi/

Common Male Names

• Mekhtushu /ˈmeχtuʃu/
• Regma /ˈʁegma/
• Giri /ˈgiʁi/
• Kokhteh /ˈkoχteh/
• Zmushpof /ˈzmuʃpof/
• Shemi /ˈʃemi/
• Axuhil /ˈaxuhil/
• Layir /ˈlajiʁ/
• Luyesh /ˈlujeʃ/
• Rete' /ˈʁeteʔ/

Common Unisex Names

• Tayle /ˈtajle/
• Bnuyan /ˈbnujan/
• Lamkef /ˈlamkef/
• Ogan /ˈogan/
• Zmukhi /ˈzmuχi/
• Mayfi /ˈmajfi/
• Melo /ˈmelo/
• Klaʕan /ˈklaʕan/
• Ishma /ˈiʃma/
• Repa /ˈʁepa/