Celermanish

Natively known as: omwruwaar /ˈoʊ̯mwɹʊwæːɹ/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
yawr lung khaw khewr lung mwaaso yawr yuwr lung mwrumrer waagh laaw mrongowwr
Pronunciation: /jawɹ lʊŋ χaw χɛwɹ lʊŋ ˈmwæːʃoʊ̯ jawɹ jʊwɹ lʊŋ ˈmwɹʊmɹɛɹ wæːɣ læːw ˈmɹoʊ̯ŋaʊ̯wɹ/
Celermanish word order: and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: b d g j k l m w ŋ ɣ ɸ ɹ ʃ ʧ χ

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular
Nasal	m				ŋ
Stop	b	d			g k
Affricate			ʧ
Fricative	ɸ		ʃ		ɣ	χ
Approximant		ɹ		j
Lateral approximant		l

Co-articulated phonemes

↓Manner/Place→	Labial-velar
Approximant	w

Vowel inventory: a aʊ̯ oʊ̯ æː ɛ ʊ
Diphthongs: aʊ̯ oʊ̯ ?

	Front	Back
Near-high		ʊ
Low-mid	ɛ
Near-low	æː
Low	a

Syllable structure: Custom defined ?
Stress pattern: Initial — stress is on the first syllable ?
Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
ɹ	r
ɣ	gh
j	y
χ	kh
ɸ	ph
ʧ	tc
ŋ	ng
ʃ	s
æː	aa
ɛ	e
oʊ̯	o
aʊ̯	ow
ʊ	u

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Grammar

Main word order: Subject Verb Object (Prepositional phrase). “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: prepositions ?

Nouns

	Animate	Inanimate
Singular	Suffix -oʊ̯ mramrawo /ˈmɹamɹawoʊ̯/ dog	If ends with vowel: Suffix -w Else: Suffix -oʊ̯w khowrow /ˈχaʊ̯ɹoʊ̯w/ tree
Plural	Suffix -æː mramrawaa /ˈmɹamɹawæː/ dogs	Suffix -aʊ̯ɹ khowrowr /ˈχaʊ̯ɹaʊ̯ɹ/ trees

Articles

Definite	mrar /mɹaɹ/ the
Indefinite	wowwr /waʊ̯wɹ/ a, some

Uses of definite article that differ from English:

• Used to talk about countable nouns in general: English’s ‘I like cats’ would translate to ‘I like the cats’

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’
• Not used for non-specific mass (uncountable) nouns: non-specific means ‘Would you like some (any) tea?’ whereas specific means ‘Some tea (a specific amount) fell off the truck’

Pronouns

1st singular	mroww /mɹaʊ̯w/ I, me, mine
2nd singular	mrewr /mɹɛwɹ/ you, yours
3rd singular	lung /lʊŋ/ he, him, his, she, her, hers, it, its
1st plural	wowwr /waʊ̯wɹ/ we, us, ours
2nd plural	mrew /mɹɛw/ you all, yours (pl)
3rd plural	yow /joʊ̯w/ they, them, theirs

Possessive determiners

	Possessive
1st singular	mroww /mɹaʊ̯w/ my
2nd singular	mrewr /mɹɛwɹ/ your
3rd singular	lung /lʊŋ/ his, her, its
1st plural	wowwr /waʊ̯wɹ/ our
2nd plural	mrew /mɹɛw/ your (pl)
3rd plural	yow /joʊ̯w/ their

Verbs

Present	No affix bewr /bɛwɹ/ learn
Past	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ɹaʊ̯ Else: Suffix -aɹaʊ̯ bewrarow /ˈbɛwɹaɹaʊ̯/ learned
Remote past	Suffix -æː bewraa /ˈbɛwɹæː/ learned (long ago)
Future	If ends with vowel: Suffix -w Else: Suffix -ʊw bewruw /ˈbɛwɹʊw/ will learn

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.
Celermanish uses an affix for the perfect aspect:

Perfect

Suffix -oʊ̯ bewro /ˈbɛwɹoʊ̯/ have learned

Numbers

Celermanish has a base-10 number system:
1 - kuw
2 - mrur
3 - khaar
4 - rowwr
5 - mwrow
6 - mraa
7 - mwraang
8 - yow
9 - mrorar
10 - mwarer
100 - khegh
1000 - mramrar

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = Suffix -oʊ̯
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -mɹaʊ̯
Else: Suffix -æːmɹaʊ̯
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = Suffix -æː
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Suffix -ɛw
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Suffix -ʊwɹ
Noun to verb = If ends with vowel: Suffix -mɹaʊ̯
Else: Suffix -aʊ̯mɹaʊ̯
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Suffix -ɛ
Tending to = Suffix -a
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Suffix -a
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ɹ
Else: Suffix -æːɹ
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -wɹ
Else: Suffix -aʊ̯wɹ
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Suffix -æː
Diminutive = Suffix -ʊ
Augmentative = Suffix -ʊɹ
Language of = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ɹ
Else: Suffix -æːɹ
People of = If ends with vowel: Suffix -w
Else: Suffix -æːw
Toponymy field = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ŋ
Else: Suffix -æːŋ
Toponymy grassland = If ends with vowel: Suffix -w
Else: Suffix -ɛw
Toponymy woods = If ends with vowel: Suffix -woʊ̯
Else: Suffix -awoʊ̯
Toponymy stream = Suffix -ʊ
Toponymy ford = If ends with vowel: Suffix -mwoʊ̯
Else: Suffix -ʊmwoʊ̯

Dictionary

3028 Words.

Spoken by

• Bowmrer
• Mrowmwuw