Nynæshyey

Phonology

Natively known as: nynæshyey /ˈninæˌʃieɪ̯/

  ...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
bvur agh nûth rush crînoth ydthdrurû rush bvur syshûth a î oshæ nûth rush rushys
Pronunciation: /pu aɣ nəθ ɾuʃ ˈkɾɪnoθ ˈidɾuɾə ɾuʃ pu ˈsiʃəθ a i ˈoʃæ nəθ ɾuʃ ˈɾuʃis /
Polar Skogsalver Elvish word order: and hat his holding stood he and the wind to his face wet turned  

Spelling & Phonology

  Consonant inventory: d k l m n p r s t ð ɣ ɾ ʃ ʤ ʧ β θ  
↓Manner/Place→BilabialDentalAlveolarPalato-alveolarVelar
Nasalmn
Stoppd tk
Affricateʤ ʧ
Fricativeβð θsʃɣ
Tapɾ
Trillr
Lateral approximantl
  Vowel inventory: a eɪ̯ i o u æ ɔ ə ɛ ɪ ʊa̯   Diphthongs: eɪ̯ ʊa̯ ?  
FrontCentralBack
Highiu
Near-highɪ
High-mido
Midə
Low-midɛɔ
Near-lowæ
Lowa
  Syllable structure: Custom defined ?
Stress pattern: Initial — stress is on the first syllable ?   Sound changes (in order of application):  
  • ɾ → ∅ / _#
  • æθ → ə / _#
  • β → p / #_
  • β → v
  • ðdɾ → dɾ
  • ʤ → j
  • ɪ → i / _V
  • ɪ → i / _#
  Spelling rules:  
PronunciationSpelling
ə
eɪ̯ey
iy
ɪ
ɔ
θth
ʃsh
ðdth
βbv
̯
ʤj
ɾr
ɣgh
kc
 

Grammar

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

Pronouns

 
1st personûm /əm/ I
2nd personny /ni/ you, you all
3rd personrush /ɾuʃ/ he, her, it, they
 

Articles

 
Definitenu /nu/ the
Indefiniteclum /klum/ a, some
 

Noun affixes

 
Subject reflexive affixed to objectPrefix iəm-
yûmun /ˈiəmun/ dog
 
SingularNo affix
un /un/ dog
PluralSuffix -æs
unæs /ˈunæs/ dogs
 

Verb affixes

 
PastSuffix -æθ
sothæth /ˈsoθə/ learned
PresentNo affix
soth /soθ/ learn
FutureIf ends with vowel: Suffix -ʃ
Else: Suffix -aʃ
sothash /ˈsoθaʃ/ will learn
 


 

Numbers

  Polar Skogsalver Elvish has a base-20 number system:   1 - mûm
2 - ru
3 - jæs
4 - tûth
5 - ram
6 - ræsæ
7 - bvo
8 -
9 - myshyth
10 - aræth
11 - nuth
12 - u
13 - rû
14 -
15 - muruth
16 - rogh
17 - nî
18 - rænyn
19 - mæm
20 - sath
400 - clon
8000 - ænæs
 

Derivational morphology

  Adjective → adverb = If starts with vowel: Prefix ɪr-
Else: Prefix ɪro-
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix d-
Else: Prefix dæ-
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = Prefix ɪ-
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Prefix æ-
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -n
Else: Suffix -en
Noun to verb = Prefix ɾu-
Verb to adj = Suffix -æθ
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix n-
Else: Prefix næ-
Tending to = If starts with vowel: Prefix kl-
Else: Prefix klo-
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix s-
Else: Prefix sɪ-
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = Prefix klæ-
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = If starts with vowel: Prefix n-
Else: Prefix nɛ-
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Prefix æ-
Diminutive = If starts with vowel: Prefix n-
Else: Prefix nu-
Augmentative = Prefix Random MYSELF.REFLEXIVE. = iəm-
Language of = Suffix -eɪ̯

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