Draconic

Natively known as: chëmëqa /ʧɛˈmɛqa/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
hë tu er siqï chë reqe hë tr̈agëo che er himad chadøga sood
Pronunciation: /hɛ tu æɹ ˈsiqɪ ʧɛ ˈɹæqæ hɛ traˈgɛo ʧæ æɹ ˈhimaɾ ʧaˈɾøga soːɾ/
Draconic word order: and he his hat holding stood and the wind to his wet face turned

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: d g h j k l m n q r s t v x z ɣ ɹ ɾ ʃ ʒ ʧ

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal	m		n
Stop			t d			g k	q
Affricate				ʧ
Fricative		v	s z	ʃ ʒ		x ɣ		h
Approximant			ɹ		j
Tap			ɾ
Trill			r
Lateral approximant			l

Vowel inventory: a aʊ̯ aː i o oː u æ ø ɛ ɪ
Diphthongs: aʊ̯ ?

	Front	Back
High	i	u
Near-high	ɪ
High-mid	ø	o oː
Low-mid	ɛ
Near-low	æ
Low	a aː

Syllable structure: Custom defined ?
Stress pattern: Penultimate — stress is on the second last syllable ?
Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
æ	e
ɛ	ë
ɪ	ï
aʊ̯	ou
r	r̈
ɹ	r
ɾ	d
ʒ	zh
j	y
ʃ	sh
ʧ	ch
x	kh
ɣ	gh
Vː	VV
̯

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Grammar

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

Nouns

Nouns have two cases:

• Nominative is the doer of a verb: dog bites man.
• Accusative is the done-to of a verb: man bites dog.

	Nominative	Accusative
Singular	No affix tizgï /ˈtizgɪ/ dog (doing the verb)	If ends with vowel: Suffix -q Else: Suffix -æq tizgïq /ˈtizgɪq/ (verb done to) the/a dog
Plural	Suffix -iɹn tizgïirn /tizˈgɪiɹn/ dogs (doing the verb)	Suffix -aʊ̯ks tizgïouks /tizˈgɪaʊ̯ks/ (verb done to) dogs

Articles

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

Pronouns

	Nominative	Accusative
1st singular	søq /søq/ I	chaa /ʧaː/ me
2nd singular	tr̈ë /trɛ/ you	choo /ʧoː/ you
3rd singular	tu /tu/ he, she, it	too /toː/ his, her, it
1st plural	sëks /sɛks/ we	cho /ʧo/ us
2nd plural	cha /ʧa/ you all	soo /soː/ you all
3rd plural	tr̈øks /trøks/ they	khë /xɛ/ them

Possessive determiners

	Possessive
1st singular	choo /ʧoː/ my
2nd singular	tr̈aa /traː/ your
3rd singular	er /æɹ/ his, her, its
1st plural	r̈e /ræ/ our
2nd plural	tur /tuɹ/ your (pl)
3rd plural	haa /haː/ their

Verbs

Present	No affix huk /huk/ learn
Past	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ɹ Else: Suffix -æɹ huker /ˈhukæɹ/ learned
Remote past	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ɾ Else: Suffix -oːɾ hukood /ˈhukoːɾ/ learned (long ago)
Future	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ɹlø Else: Suffix -uɹlø hukurlø /huˈkuɹlø/ will learn

Imperfective aspect

The ‘imperfective’ aspect refers to ongoing actions, such as I am learning and habitual actions, such as I learn (something new every day).
Draconic uses a standalone particle word for imperfective:

Imperfective

Particle before the verb: ʧaː - chaa huk /ʧaː huk/ learns/is learning

Numbers

Draconic has a base-10 number system:
1 - o
2 - ern
3 - tr̈ër
4 - te
5 - khu
6 - tëq
7 - char
8 - r̈ooqa
9 - r̈a
10 - chamsï
100 - r̈ounsa
1000 - rës

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ɾ
Else: Suffix -æɾ
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -s
Else: Suffix -as
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = Suffix -aː
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Suffix -aː
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Suffix -ɛk
Noun to verb = Suffix -ɛ
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ga
Else: Suffix -aːga
Tending to = Suffix -aʊ̯q
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -q
Else: Suffix -aq
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = Suffix -oːs
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Suffix -oːk
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Suffix -a
Diminutive = Suffix -aʊ̯ks
Augmentative = Suffix -ɪ
Verb to adjective = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʧaː
Else: Suffix -aː

Dictionary

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Successor Languages

• Rego Draconic
• Ëdvuqëkan Draconic