Padien
Padien is the language spoken by the mornvan and celebvan of the Taenost Belt. These people were the first of their species to make it into space, and it has become the lingua franca of Lavan in space.
Phonology
Consonant inventory: /b d g h j l m n p r s t v w x ð ɸ ɹ ɾ ʣ ʦ θ/
Vowel inventory: /a ae ai au e i ie o u ui/
Word initial consonants: b, d, g, h, j, l, m, n, p, s, t, v, w, ð, ɸ, ɹ, ɾ, ʣ, ʦ, θ
Mid-word consonants: d, g, gl, h, l, lx, lθ, m, n, nd, r, s, v, x, ɸ, ɹ, ɹd, ɹg, ɹh, ɹl, ɹn, ɹð, ɹθ, ʣ, ʦ, θ
Word final consonants: d, l, m, n, s, ð, ɸ, ɹ, ɾ, ʣ, ʦ, θ
Morphology
Adjective → noun = Suffix -uim
Noun → adjective = Suffix -oɾ
Noun → verb = Suffix -uid
Verb → noun = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʦui
Else: Suffix -aʦui
Verb → adjective = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ho
Else: Suffix -eho
Adjective → verb = If ends with vowel: Suffix -da
Else: Suffix -uida
Adjective → adverb = Suffix -uiɸ
One who Xs (e.g. paint → painter) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -sai
Else: Suffix -esai
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ɾ
Else: Suffix -eɾ
Diminutive = If ends with vowel: Suffix -lθo
Else: Suffix -olθo
Augmentative = Suffix -ad
Syntax
Main word order: Subject-Oblique-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
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