Gnollspeak

Natively known as: Kampi /ˈkampi/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
mstitty pwoll njih qen mkendass rot mstitty njih kagu mvew jumka ju mlum
Pronunciation: /mstittj pwɔll nʤih qɛn ˈmkɛndass rɔt mstittj nʤih ˈkaɠu mvɛw ˈʄumka ʄu mlum/
Kampi word order: and he his hat holding stood and his wet face the wind to turned

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: /b d f h j k l m n p q r s t v w x z ð ŋ ɓ ɗ ɠ ɡ ɣ ɲ ʃ ʄ ʤ ʧ θ/

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Dental	Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal	m			n		ɲ	ŋ
Stop	p b			t d			k ɡ	q
Implosive	ɓ			ɗ		ʄ	ɠ
Affricate					ʧ ʤ
Fricative		f v	θ ð	s z	ʃ		x ɣ		h
Approximant						j
Trill				r
Lateral approximant				l

Co-articulated phonemes

↓Manner/Place→	Labial-velar
Approximant	w

Vowel inventory: /a i u ɔ ɛ/

	Front	Back
High	i	u
Low-mid	ɛ	ɔ
Low	a

Syllable structure: Custom defined
Stress pattern: No fixed stress
Word initial consonants: f, h, j, k, kr, kw, l, m, mb, mbw, mf, mk, ml, mp, mpj, mr, ms, mst, mt, mv, mw, mz, mɠ, mɲ, mʃ, mʄ, mʧ, n, nd, nn, nz, nʤ, nʧ, p, pr, pw, q, r, s, sw, t, tr, v, vj, w, z, ð, ŋɡ, ɓ, ɓl, ɓw, ɗ, ɠ, ɣ, ɲ, ɲw, ʃ, ʄ, ʧ, θ
Mid-word consonants: f, ff, fl, fs, h, j, k, ks, kt, kw, l, lf, lm, m, mb, mj, mk, ml, mp, mr, mt, mv, mw, mz, mʧ, n, nd, nk, ns, nz, nʤ, nʧ, p, r, rn, rð, s, sk, sl, st, t, tw, v, vj, w, z, zw, ð, ŋɡ, ŋɡw, ɓ, ɓl, ɓw, ɓɗ, ɗ, ɠ, ɣ, ɲ, ɲw, ʃ, ʄ, ʧ, ʧw, θ
Word final consonants: h, l, ll, m, n, nt, p, r, rʧ, sj, ss, t, ttj, w, x, ɣ

Phonological changes (in order of application):

• N → ŋ / _#
• k → ɡ / _{L,j}
• ɣ → ɡ / #_
• k → ʂ / _i
• n → Ø / _s

Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
j	y
nʤ	nj
x	kh
ð	dh
ŋ	ng'
ŋg	ng
ɓ	b
ɔ	o
ɗ	d
ɛ	e
ɠ	g
ɡ	g
ɣ	gh
ɲ	ny
ʃ	sh
ʄ	j
ʧ	ch
θ	th

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Grammar

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

Nouns

Nouns have two cases:

• Ergative is the doer of a verb, when the verb is done to something: dog bites man.
• Absolutive is used in two scenarios: the doer of a verb when not done to something (dog bites), and the done-to of a verb (man bites dog).

Ergative	Suffix -i mchusyi /ˈmʧusji/ doɡ (doinɡ the verb to somethinɡ)
Absolutive	No affix mchusy /mʧusj/ doɡ (doinɡ the verb, but not to somethinɡ)

	Singular	Plural
Definite	Suffix -aɣ mchusyagh /ˈmʧusjaɣ/ the doɡ	If ends with vowel: Suffix -rʧ Else: Suffix -urʧ mchusyurch /ˈmʧusjurʧ/ the doɡs
Indefinite	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ss Else: Suffix -ass mchusyass /ˈmʧusjass/ a doɡ	If ends with vowel: Suffix -r Else: Suffix -ar mchusyar /ˈmʧusjar/ some doɡs

Articles

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

Pronouns

	Ergative	Absolutive
1st singular	vyen /vjɛn/ I	va /va/ me, I
2nd singular	ndatty /ndattj/ you	gha /ɣa/ you
3rd singular	pwoll /pwɔll/ he, she, it	mwew /mwɛw/ him, her, it, he, she
1st plural	mpa /mpa/ we	mpyi /mpji/ us, we
2nd plural	tiw /tiw/ you all	mve /mvɛ/ you all
3rd plural	blo /ɓlɔ/ they	la /la/ them, they

Possessive determiners

1st singular	la /la/ my
2nd singular	nya /ɲa/ your
3rd singular	njih /nʤih/ his, her, its
1st plural	votty /vɔttj/ our
2nd plural	mvo /mvɔ/ your (pl)
3rd plural	weh /wɛh/ their

Verbs

1st singular	Suffix -iw mfantiw /ˈmfantiw/
2nd singular	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ɣ Else: Suffix -ɔɣ mfantogh /mfanˈtɔɣ/
3rd singular	Suffix -ɔ mfanto /ˈmfantɔ/
1st plural	If ends with vowel: Suffix -p Else: Suffix -ap mfantap /ˈmfantap/
2nd plural	If ends with vowel: Suffix -rʧ Else: Suffix -urʧ mfanturch /ˈmfanturʧ/
3rd plural	If ends with vowel: Suffix -t Else: Suffix -at mfantat /ˈmfantat/

Kampi uses a standalone particle word for past tense:

Past	Particle before the verb: tih - tih mfant /tih mfant/ learned

Kampi uses a standalone particle word for future tense:

Future

Particle before the verb: nnuw - nnuw mfant /nnuw mfant/ will learn

Progressive aspect

The ‘progressive’ aspect refers to actions that are happening at the time of speking, such as I am learning.
Kampi uses a standalone particle word for progressive:

Progressive

Particle before the verb: nzɔ - nzo mfant /nzɔ mfant/ is learninɡ

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).
Kampi uses a standalone particle word for habitual:

Habitual

Particle before the verb: ɓa - ba mfant /ɓa mfant/ learns

Numbers

Kampi has a base-10 number system:
1 - gha
2 - doss
3 - mshu
4 - chugh
5 - qur
6 - ho
7 - mve
8 - yong'ga
9 - mwekse
10 - pru
11 - gha mstitty pru “one and ten”
100 - gha dorass “one hundred”
101 - gha dorass mstitty gha “one hundred and one”
200 - doss dorass
1000 - gha krasku “one thousand”

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = Suffix -a
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -r
Else: Suffix -ar
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -p
Else: Suffix -ap
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Suffix -ir
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Suffix -ɔ
Noun → verb (to create [noun]) = Suffix -ɔn
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Suffix -al
Verb → adjective (likely to do [verb]) = Suffix -ɛ
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Suffix -a
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = Suffix -am
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ɣ
Else: Suffix -ɔɣ
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ll
Else: Suffix -ull
Diminutive = If ends with vowel: Suffix -h
Else: Suffix -ah
Augmentative = Suffix -a

Dictionary

4394 Words.

Root Languages

• Daemonic

Common Female Names

• Suwi /ˈsuwi/
• Mwedher /ˈmwɛðɛr/
• Mkenjobduh /mkɛnʤɔɓˈɗuh/
• Mifsi /ˈmifsi/
• Ndabdah /ˈndaɓɗah/
• Katetty /ˈkatɛttj/
• Nywozwobet /ɲwɔˈzwɔɓɛt/
• Mchutty /mʧuttj/
• Njinyi /ˈnʤiɲi/
• Mketha /ˈmkɛθa/

Common Male Names

• Fawa /ˈfawa/
• Vornut /ˈvɔrnut/ 
• Mweslell /ˈmwɛslɛll/ 
• Zinunt /ˈzinunt/
• Sunde /sunˈdɛ/ 
• Zighill /ˈziɣill/ 
• Mkelfu /ˈmkɛlfu/ 
• Njinka /ˈnʤinka/ 
• Ng'guka /ˈŋɡuka/ 
• Trekonar /trɛˈkɔnar/

Common Unisex Names

• Mimya /miˈmja/ 
• Karu /ˈkaru/
• Famru /ˈfamru/ 
• Nywoi /ˈɲwɔi/ 
• Jute /ʄuˈtɛ/ 
• Tiku /ˈtiku/ 
• Njisleh /nʤiˈslɛh/ 
• Mstimlu /mstiˈmlu/ 
• Swevat /ˈswɛvat/ 
• Miko /miˈkɔ/