Crozii
Natively known as: krɔzī /kʰrɔtˈsiː/
...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...boo ip kha fsa i kist boo klelˈkoo i grɵ sprirˈshorʧ dzhɪst ploogts
Pronunciation: /bʲʊ ip xa fsʲa i kisʲtʲ bʲʊ klelʲˈkʊ i grʲɵ sprʲirˈʂorʧʰ dʐɪsʲtʲ plʊgʦʰ/
Crozii word order: and stood he holding hat his and turned his face wet to the wind
Spelling & Phonology
Consonant inventory: b bʲ d dʲ f fʲ g j k kʰ l lʲ m mʲ n nʲ p pʲ r rʲ s sʲ t tʰ tʲ v vʲ w wʲ x xʲ z zʲ ɕː ɮ ɮʲ ʂ ʂː ʃ ʐ ʐː ʒ ʦ ʦʰ ʧ ʧʰ ʨ↓Manner/Place→ | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Palato-alveolar | Retroflex | Alveolo-palatal | Palatal | Velar |
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Nasal | m mʲ | n nʲ | ||||||
Stop | p b pʲ bʲ | d t dʲ tʲ tʰ | k g kʰ | |||||
Affricate | ʦ ʦʰ | ʧʰ ʧ | ʨ | |||||
Fricative | v vʲ f fʲ | s z sʲ zʲ | ʃ ʒ | ʐ ʂ ʂː ʐː | ɕː | x xʲ | ||
Approximant | j | |||||||
Trill | r rʲ | |||||||
Lateral fricative | ɮ ɮʲ | |||||||
Lateral approximant | lʲ l |
↓Manner/Place→ | Labial-velar |
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Approximant | w wʲ |
Front | Central | Back | |
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High | i | u | |
Near-high | ɪ | ʊ | |
High-mid | e | ɵ | o |
Low-mid | ɔ | ||
Low | a |
Stress pattern: Second — stress is on the second syllable ? Spelling rules:
Pronunciation | Spelling |
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ʨ | ch |
x | kh |
ʐ | zh |
ʂ | sh |
tˈs | z |
ʦ | ts |
iː | ī |
ɕː | shch |
ʊ | oo |
ɮ | sh |
ʲ | |
ʰ |
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 ?
Pronouns
Masculine
Singular | Plural | |
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1st person | slo /sʲlʲo/ I (masc), me (masc), mine (masc) | |
2nd person | o /o/ you (masc), yours (masc) | |
3rd person | kha /xa/ he, him, his | mɪ /mɪ/ they (masc), them (masc), theirs (masc) |
Feminine
Singular | Plural | |
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1st person | srelm /srʲelʲm/ I (fem), me (fem), mine (fem) | |
2nd person | joo /jʊ/ you (fem), yours (fem) | |
3rd person | do /do/ she, her, hers | a /a/ they (fem), them (fem), theirs (fem) |
Neuter
Singular | Plural | |
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1st person | dun /dun/ I (neut), me (neut), mine (neut) | srɔ /srʲɔ/ we (neut), us (neut), ours (neut) |
2nd person | fste /fste/ you (neut), yours (neut) | vnɪntr /vnɪntr/ you (neut) all |
3rd person | drat /dratʲ/ they (neut), them (neut), theirs (neut) | smɵ /smʲɵ/ they (neut), them (neut), theirs (neut) |
Possessive determiners
Singular
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
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Possessive | lam /lʲamʲ/ my | mnɔ /mnʲɔ/ your | i /i/ his, her, their, its |
Plural
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
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Possessive | u /u/ our | khri /xri/ your (pl) | a /a/ their |
Numbers
Crozii has a base-10 number system: 1 - shchust2 - stsokt
3 - la
4 - nɵst
5 - shchoort
6 - zɵlp
7 - kɔdz
8 - doo
9 - vzdɵj
10 - gla
100 - stro
1000 - pishˈnunre
Derivational morphology
Adjective → adverb = Suffix -iAdjective → 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 -jskʊ
Else: Suffix -ajskʊ
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ɮs
Else: Suffix -ɔɮs
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -r
Else: Suffix -ʊr
Noun to verb = Suffix -olʲ
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ɕːa
Else: Suffix -ɔɕːa
Tending to = If ends with vowel: Suffix -lpu
Else: Suffix -alpu
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Suffix -ɵ
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -rɔ
Else: Suffix -ʊrɔ
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -sʲlʲ
Else: Suffix -isʲlʲ
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -blʲ
Else: Suffix -ɔblʲ
Diminutive = Suffix -ɔ
Augmentative = If ends with vowel: Suffix -nʲ
Else: Suffix -enʲ
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