Rock Gnomish

Natively known as: spripeursei /spriˈpøːrseɪ̯/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
me zwo bak ang nuilf ij me zwo sted brocht sprak slie eeng
Pronunciation: /mə zʋoː bɑk ɑŋ nœy̯lf ɛi̯ mə zʋoː stɛt brɔxt spraːk sli eːŋ /
Rock Gnomish word order: and his hat holding stood he and his wet face to the wind turned

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: b d f g j k l m n p r s t v x z ŋ ɦ ʋ

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m		n		ŋ
Stop	b p		d t		g k
Fricative		v f	z s		x	ɦ
Approximant		ʋ		j
Trill			r
Lateral approximant			l

Vowel inventory: aː eː i oː u y øː œy̯ ɑ ɑu̯ ɔ ə ɛ ɛi̯ ɪ ʏ
Diphthongs: œy̯ ɑu̯ ɛi̯ ?

	Front	Central	Back
High	i y		u
Near-high	ɪ ʏ
High-mid	eː øː		oː
Mid		ə
Low-mid	ɛ		ɔ
Low	aː		ɑ

Syllable structure: Custom defined ?
Stress pattern: Penultimate — stress is on the second last syllable ?
Sound changes (in order of application):

• ɣ → g

Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
sx	sch
x	g / _#
x	ch
ʋ	w
p	b / _#
t	d / _#
d	t / C_#
ɣ	g
ɦ	h
ŋk	ng
ŋ	ng
yu	uw
u	oe / !_w
ɑoe̯	ou
eː	ee
aː	a
ɑ	a
oː	o
ɛi̯	ij / _#
ɛi̯	ei
ɛ	e
ɔ	o
i	ie / C_#
œy̯	ui
ɪ	i
ʏ	u
y	u
øː	eu
ə	e
̯

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Grammar

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

Nouns

	Singular	Plural
Definite	No affix spreun /sprøːn/ the dog	If starts with vowel: Prefix əʋ- Else: Prefix əʋɛ- ewespreun /əˈʋɛsprøːn/ the dogs
Indefinite	If starts with vowel: Prefix t- Else: Prefix tə- tespreun /ˈtəsprøːn/ a dog	Prefix ɛ- espreun /ˈɛsprøːn/ some dogs

Articles

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

Pronouns

1st singular	eift /ɛi̯ft/ I, me, mine
2nd singular	zui /zœy̯/ you, yours
3rd singular masc	ij /ɛi̯/ he, him, his, it (masc), its (masc)
3rd singular fem	scheecht /sxeːxt/ she, her, hers, it (fem), its (fem)
1st plural	kwe /kʋɛ/ we, us, ours
2nd plural	lan /laːn/ you all, yours (pl)
3rd plural	volf /vɔlf/ they, them, theirs

Possessive determiners

	Possessive
1st singular	vokt /vɔkt/ my
2nd singular	uircht /œy̯rxt/ your
3rd singular masc	zwo /zʋoː/ his
3rd singular fem	dreecht /dreːxt/ her
1st plural	bud /byt/ our
2nd plural	twint /tʋɪnt/ your (pl)
3rd plural	roe /ru/ their

Verbs

Present	No affix vroed /vrut/ learn
Past	If starts with vowel: Prefix ɦ- Else: Prefix ɦʏ- huvroed /ˈɦʏvrut/ learned
Future	If starts with vowel: Prefix v- Else: Prefix vɔ- vovroed /ˈvɔvrut/ will learn

Numbers

Rock Gnomish has a base-10 number system:
1 - u
2 - pu
3 - tong
4 - tart
5 - meek
6 - vlist
7 - renden
8 - gad
9 - kwans
10 - schrus
100 - poer
1000 - pant

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = If starts with vowel: Prefix st-
Else: Prefix stʏ-
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix ufx-
Else: Prefix ufxɑ-
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = Prefix mɪ-
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix p-
Else: Prefix pœy̯-
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Prefix plaː-
Noun to verb = Prefix jɛ-
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix kʋ-
Else: Prefix kʋeː-
Tending to = If starts with vowel: Prefix p-
Else: Prefix pɔ-
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix b-
Else: Prefix bɔ-
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = Prefix pri-
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Prefix ə-
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = If starts with vowel: Prefix z-
Else: Prefix zə-
Diminutive = If starts with vowel: Prefix bl-
Else: Prefix bleː-
Augmentative = Prefix ɪ-
Language of = If starts with vowel: Prefix n-
Else: Prefix nɛ-

Spoken by

• Alt
• Maisign
• Toume
• Veen
• Wakt