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...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
thu wa tan gavøp go nenle thu bedvig go gaz kunge bengig nu
Pronunciation: /θu wa tan ˈgavøp go ˈnenle θu ˈbedvig go gaz ˈkuŋe ˈbeŋig nu/
Main word order: and he stood holding hat his and turned his face wet the wind to

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: b d f g h k l m n p s t v w z ŋ ɹ θ

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Dental	Alveolar	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m			n	ŋ
Stop	b p			d t	g k
Fricative		f v	θ	s z		h
Approximant				ɹ
Lateral approximant				l

Co-articulated phonemes

↓Manner/Place→	Labial-velar
Approximant	w

Vowel inventory: a e i o u ø

	Front	Back
High	i	u
High-mid	e ø	o
Low	a

Syllable structure: (C)V(C) ?
Stress pattern: Penultimate — stress is on the second last syllable ?
Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
ŋ	ng
θ	th
ɹ	r

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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 after the noun.
Adposition: postpositions ?

Nouns

Singular	If ends with vowel: Suffix -z Else: Suffix -uz hituz /ˈhituz/ dog
Plural	If ends with vowel: Suffix -d Else: Suffix -ød hitød /ˈhitød/ dogs

Articles

Definite	nu /nu/ the
Indefinite	u /u/ a, some

Uses of definite article that differ from English:

• Used for personal names in third person: ‘The Maria has left for school’
• Used with place names: ‘The London’

Pronouns

1st singular	maz /maz/ I, me, mine
2nd singular	bu /bu/ you, yours
3rd singular masc	wa /wa/ he, him, his, it (masc), its (masc)
3rd singular fem	nø /nø/ she, her, hers, it (fem), its (fem)
1st plural	na /na/ we, us, ours
2nd plural	thep /θep/ you all, yours (pl)
3rd plural	øn /øn/ they, them, theirs

Possessive determiners

	Possessive
1st singular	ro /ɹo/ my
2nd singular	tha /θa/ your
3rd singular masc	go /go/ his
3rd singular fem	mo /mo/ her
1st plural	tøz /tøz/ our
2nd plural	big /big/ your (pl)
3rd plural	i /i/ their

Verbs

	Present	Past	Future
1st singular	If ends with vowel: Suffix -p Else: Suffix -up thesup /ˈθesup/ (I) learn	Suffix -o theso /ˈθeso/ (I) learned	Suffix -et theset /ˈθeset/ (I) will learn
2nd singular	If ends with vowel: Suffix -v Else: Suffix -av thesav /ˈθesav/ (you) learn	If ends with vowel: Suffix -g Else: Suffix -ug thesug /ˈθesug/ (you) learned	If ends with vowel: Suffix -n Else: Suffix -in thesin /ˈθesin/ (you) will learn
3rd singular	If ends with vowel: Suffix -n Else: Suffix -an thesan /ˈθesan/ (he/she/it) learns	If ends with vowel: Suffix -v Else: Suffix -ov thesov /ˈθesov/ (he/she/it) learned	If ends with vowel: Suffix -lbø Else: Suffix -olbø thesolbø /θeˈsolbø/ (he/she/it) will learn
1st plural	Suffix -ef thesef /ˈθesef/ (we) learn	Suffix -ep thesep /ˈθesep/ (we) learned	Suffix -u thesu /ˈθesu/ (we) will learn
2nd plural	If ends with vowel: Suffix -fɹa Else: Suffix -afɹa thesafra /θeˈsafɹa/ (you all) learn	If ends with vowel: Suffix -z Else: Suffix -øz thesøz /ˈθesøz/ (you all) learned	Suffix -i thesi /ˈθesi/ (you all) will learn
3rd plural	If ends with vowel: Suffix -b Else: Suffix -ob thesob /ˈθesob/ (they) learn	Suffix -øθ thesøth /ˈθesøθ/ (they) learned	If ends with vowel: Suffix -θ Else: Suffix -aθ thesath /ˈθesaθ/ (they) will learn

Progressive aspect

The ‘progressive’ aspect refers to actions that are happening at the time of speaking, such as I am learning.
Main uses a standalone particle word for progressive:

Progressive

Particle before the verb: wøm - wøm thes /wøm θes/ be learning

Habitual aspect

The ‘habitual’ aspect refers to actions that happen habitually, such as I learn (something new every day), as opposed to actions that happen once (I learned something).
Main uses a standalone particle word for habitual:

Habitual

Particle before the verb: ɹad - rad thes /ɹad θes/ learn (often, habitually)

Numbers

Main has a base-10 number system:
1 - hi
2 - bob
3 - bu
4 - miz
5 - puth
6 - hø
7 - guflez
8 - nubten
9 - og
10 - de
100 - kith
1000 - mup

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = If ends with vowel: Suffix -d
Else: Suffix -ud
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Suffix -u
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -v
Else: Suffix -av
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Suffix -a
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -n
Else: Suffix -øn
Noun to verb = If ends with vowel: Suffix -θi
Else: Suffix -aθi
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Suffix -e
Tending to = Suffix -o
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -f
Else: Suffix -of
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = Suffix -o
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Suffix -øb
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Suffix -e
Diminutive = Suffix -is
Augmentative = Suffix -an

Geographical Distribution

Spoken all throughout Maefyzer

Dictionary

1849 Words.

Spoken by

• Maefyz