Pùmasian, the Language of the Temer

Natively known as: pùmas /ˈpymas/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
sa sù khus a thure mal sa a ros urage khuma banna bes
Pronunciation: /sa sy xus a ˈthure mal sa a ros ˈurage ˈxuma ˈbanna bes/
Pùmasian word order: and he stood hat his holding and his face wet turned the wind to

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: b d g h k l m n p r s t x

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Alveolar	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m	n
Stop	p b	t d	g k
Fricative		s	x	h
Trill		r
Lateral approximant		l

Vowel inventory: a e i o u y

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

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

Pronunciation	Spelling
y	ù
x	kh

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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 after the noun.
Adposition: postpositions ?

Nouns

Nouns have four cases:

• Nominative is the doer of a verb: dog bites man.
• Accusative is 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.

Nominative	No affix pùgi /ˈpygi/ dog (doing the verb)
Accusative	If ends with vowel: Suffix -l Else: Suffix -il pùgil /ˈpygil/ (verb done to) dog
Genitive	If ends with vowel: Suffix -l Else: Suffix -yl pùgil /ˈpygil/ dogʼs
Dative	Suffix -ys pùgiùs /ˈpygiys/ to dog

	Singular	Plural
Definite	No affix pùgi /ˈpygi/ the dog	If ends with vowel: Suffix -n Else: Suffix -in pùgin /ˈpygin/ the dogs
Indefinite	Suffix -us pùgius /ˈpygius/ a dog	If ends with vowel: Suffix -n Else: Suffix -an pùgin /ˈpygin/ some dogs

Articles

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

Pronouns

	Nominative	Accusative	Genitive	Dative
1st singular	pùs /pys/ I	mel /mel/ me	tù /ty/ mine	mu /mu/ to me
2nd singular	pe /pe/ you	ba /ba/ you	pa /pa/ yours	pi /pi/ to you
3rd singular masc	sù /sy/ he, it (masc)	ù /y/ his, it (masc)	be /be/ his, its (masc)	tha /tha/ to his, to it (masc)
3rd singular fem	as /as/ she, it (fem)	su /su/ her, it (fem)	thal /thal/ hers, its (fem)	mo /mo/ to her, to it (fem)
1st plural	tùn /tyn/ we	a /a/ us	bi /bi/ ours	o /o/ to us
2nd plural	os /os/ you all	dù /dy/ you all	is /is/ yours (pl)	than /than/ to you all
3rd plural	pin /pin/ they	bil /bil/ them	u /u/ theirs	bu /bu/ to them

Possessive determiners

	Possessive
1st singular	rus /rus/ my
2nd singular	mil /mil/ your
3rd singular masc	a /a/ his
3rd singular fem	do /do/ her
1st plural	the /the/ our
2nd plural	mu /mu/ your (pl)
3rd plural	pal /pal/ their

Verbs

Present	No affix sùlu /ˈsylu/ learn
Past	Suffix -y sùluù /ˈsyluy/ learned
Future	If ends with vowel: Suffix -l Else: Suffix -il sùlul /ˈsylul/ will learn

Numbers

Pùmasian has a base-10 number system:
1 - thu
2 - son
3 - ol
4 - then
5 - thù
6 - ma
7 - bi
8 - mol
9 - sidi
10 - ru
100 - pus
1000 - khil

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = Suffix -en
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Suffix -an
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -n
Else: Suffix -in
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -s
Else: Suffix -es
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Suffix -an
Noun to verb = Suffix -a
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -s
Else: Suffix -os
Tending to = Suffix -a
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -n
Else: Suffix -an
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -s
Else: Suffix -as
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -s
Else: Suffix -os
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Suffix -a
Diminutive = If ends with vowel: Suffix -nne
Else: Suffix -inne
Augmentative = Suffix -al

Dictionary

3052 Words.