Biendon, language of the Anorn.

Natively known as: biendon /bjɛ̃ˈdɔ̃/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
reu sarse patre blige sorne biu reu blige piurme cleu trige veplorque cleute
Pronunciation: /ʁœ saʁs patʁ bliʒ soʁn bju ʁœ bliʒ pjuʁm klœ tʁiʒ veˈplɔʁk kløt/
Biendon word order: and he stood his hat holding and his wet face turned the wind to

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: b d f g j k l m n p s t v w z ɥ ɲ ʁ ʃ ʒ

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular
Nasal	m		n		ɲ
Stop	p b		t d			k g
Fricative		f v	s z	ʃ ʒ			ʁ
Approximant					j
Lateral approximant			l

Co-articulated phonemes

↓Manner/Place→	Labial-palatal	Labial-velar
Approximant	ɥ	w

Vowel inventory: a e i o u y ø œ ɑ̃ ɔ ɔ̃ ɛ ɛ̃

	Front	Back
High	i y	u
High-mid	e ø	o
Low-mid	ɛ ɛ̃ œ	ɔ ɔ̃
Low	a	ɑ̃

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

Pronunciation	Spelling
e	e*4 | er / _#
ksj	cti
ks	xe / _#
ks	x
k	que / _#
kt	ct
sk	squ
k	c / !_{i,e,ɛ}
k	qu
d	de / _#
t#	te
wi	oui
wɛ̃	oin
jɛ̃	ien
ɛ̃	in
wɑ{a,ɑ}	oi
ʒ	g / _{i,e,ɛ}
ʒm	gem
ɥ	u
y	u
j	i
ʒ	ge / _#
ʒ	j
ʃ	che / _#
ɲ	gn
∅	e / CC_#
v	ve / _#
ʃ	ch
ʁ	r | rd | rt / _#
ʁ	r
ɔ̃	on | om / _#
ɔ̃	on
ɔ	o
ɑ̃	an
ɛ	e
ø	eu
œ	eu
w	u

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Grammar

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

Nouns

Nouns have seven cases:

• Ergative is the doer of a verb, when the verb is done to something: dog bites man.
• Absolutive is used in two scenarios: the doer of a verb when not done to something (dog bites), and the done-to of a verb (man bites dog).
• Genitive is the possessor of something: dog’s tail hits man.
• Dative is the recipient of something: man gives ball to dog.
• Locative is the location of something: man is in town.
• Ablative is movement away from something: man walks from town.
• Instrumental is the use of something: man writes with (using) pen.

Ergative	Suffix -i pouicti /pwikˈti/ dog (doing a transitive verb)
Absolutive	No affix pouicte /pwikt/ dog (doing an intransitive verb)
Genitive	If ends with vowel: Suffix -f Else: Suffix -ɛf pouictef /pwikˈtɛf/ dogʼs
Dative	If ends with vowel: Suffix -t Else: Suffix -at pouictate /pwikˈtat/ to dog
Locative	Suffix -akt pouictacte /pwikˈtakt/ near/at/by dog
Ablative	Suffix -ø pouicteu /pwikˈtø/ from dog
Instrumental	If ends with vowel: Suffix -tʁ Else: Suffix -ɛ̃tʁ pouictintre /pwikˈtɛ̃tʁ/ with/using dog

Singular	No affix pouicte /pwikt/ dog
Plural	Reduplicate whole word pouictpouicte /pwiktˈpwikt/ dogs

Articles

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

Pronouns

	1st singular	2nd singular	3rd singular masc	3rd singular fem	1st plural	2nd plural	3rd plural
Ergative	suan /sɥɑ̃/ I	va /va/ you	sarse /saʁs/ he, it (masc)	stin /stin/ she, it (fem)	clu /kly/ we	muevre /mwɛvʁ/ you all	trord /tʁoʁ/ they
Absolutive	trutme /tʁytm/ me	poui /pwi/ you	blige /bliʒ/ his, it (masc)	sin /sɛ̃/ her, it (fem)	cuarne /kɥaʁn/ us	grin /gʁɛ̃/ you all	gre /gʁɛ/ them
Genitive	ton /tɔ̃/ mine	muobre /mwobʁ/ yours	lebre /lebʁ/ his, its (masc)	spaxte /spakst/ hers, its (fem)	plocte /plɔkt/ ours	cruetre /kʁwetʁ/ yours (pl)	vuan /vwɑ̃/ theirs
Dative	ma /ma/ to me	vianbre /vjɑ̃bʁ/ to you	piel /pjel/ to his, to it (masc)	trirche /tʁiʁʃ/ to her, to it (fem)	flab /flab/ to us	juatre /ʒɥatʁ/ to you all	fin /fɛ̃/ to them
Locative	tade /tad/ to me	fra /fʁa/ to you	cruonble /kʁwɔ̃bl/ to his, to it (masc)	gob /gob/ to her, to it (fem)	cuan /kɥɑ̃/ to us	miu /mju/ to you all	cue /kɥɛ/ to them
Ablative	fa /fa/ from me	zuz /zyz/ from you	cua /kɥa/ from his, from it (masc)	muo /mwo/ from her, from it (fem)	vupre /vupʁ/ from us	iu /ju/ from you all	treu /tʁø/ from them
Instrumental	mietre /mjɛtʁ/ with/using me	spo /spɔ/ with/using you	flexte /flɛkst/ with/using his, with/using it (masc)	glitre /glitʁ/ with/using her, with/using it (fem)	cuelque /kɥɛlk/ with/using us	jeurque /ʒøʁk/ with/using you all	greu /gʁœ/ with/using them

Possessive determiners

	Possessive
1st singular	tom /tɔ̃/ my
2nd singular	muobre /mwobʁ/ your
3rd singular masc	blige /bliʒ/ his
3rd singular fem	spaxte /spakst/ her
1st plural	plocte /plɔkt/ our
2nd plural	cruetre /kʁwetʁ/ your (pl)
3rd plural	vuan /vwɑ̃/ their

Verbs

	Present	Past
1st singular	Suffix -a satria /satʁiˈa/ (I) learn	Suffix -œg satrieug /satʁiˈœg/ (I) learned
2nd singular	If ends with vowel: Suffix -stjɔ̃ Else: Suffix -ɔstjɔ̃ satristion /satʁisˈtjɔ̃/ (you) learn	Suffix -oʁ satriord /satʁiˈoʁ/ (you) learned
3rd singular	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʁfa Else: Suffix -ɛʁfa satrirfa /satʁiʁˈfa/ (he/she/it) learns	Suffix -ø satrieu /satʁiˈø/ (he/she/it) learned
1st plural	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʁn Else: Suffix -ɔ̃ʁn satrirne /satˈʁiʁn/ (we) learn	Suffix -ɛ satrie /satʁiˈɛ/ (we) learned
2nd plural	If ends with vowel: Suffix -tʁ Else: Suffix -atʁ satritre /satˈʁitʁ/ (you all) learn	Suffix -ebl satrieble /satʁiˈebl/ (you all) learned
3rd plural	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʁ Else: Suffix -iʁ satrird /satˈʁiʁ/ (they) learn	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ɲa Else: Suffix -aɲa satrigna /satʁiˈɲa/ (they) learned

Biendon uses a standalone particle word for future tense:

Future

Particle before the verb: glikl - glicle satri /glikl satˈʁi/ will learn

Numbers

Biendon has a base-10 number system:
1 - sotre
2 - cruonfre
3 - preu
4 - po
5 - mote
6 - tin
7 - suacmo
8 - blelge
9 - rarme
10 - gin
100 - mia
1000 - sonrve

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = If ends with vowel: Suffix -kst
Else: Suffix -ɑ̃kst
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Suffix -o
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = Suffix -ofʁ
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Suffix -ɛl
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -bl
Else: Suffix -ɔbl
Noun to verb = Suffix -y
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Suffix -o
Tending to = Suffix -eʁs
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Suffix -a
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = Suffix -ilk
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -kt
Else: Suffix -ikt
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Suffix -a
Diminutive = Suffix -i
Augmentative = If ends with vowel: Suffix -lm
Else: Suffix -elm

Dictionary

3080 Words.