Teician, Language of the Aulion, otherwise known as the Luclon (tei̯k)

Natively known as: teic /tei̯k/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
tut pa hoen um mapsix ʋio tut hal ʋo hoen lem ʋel sen
Pronunciation: /tut pa hoe̯n um mapˈsiks ʋio̯ tut haːl ʋo hoe̯n leːm ʋeːl seːn/
Teician word order: and he his hat holding stood and the wind to his wet face turned

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: b d f g h j k kʷ l m n p r s t w ʋ

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

Co-articulated phonemes

↓Manner/Place→	Labial-velar
Approximant	w

Vowel inventory: a ae̯ au̯ aː e ei̯ eu̯ eː i io̯ iu̯ iː o oe̯ oː u ui̯ uː
Diphthongs: ae̯ au̯ ei̯ eu̯ io̯ iu̯ oe̯ ui̯ ?

	Front	Back
High	i iː	u uː
High-mid	e eː	o oː
Low	a aː

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

Pronunciation	Spelling
kʷ	qu
ks	x
k	c
w	v
ː
̯

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Grammar

Main word order: Subject (Prepositional phrase) 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 ?

Nouns

Nouns have two cases:

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

Nominative	No affix seispi /sei̯sˈpi/ dog (doing the verb)
Accusative	If ends with vowel: Suffix -nk Else: Suffix -iːnk seispinc /sei̯sˈpink/ (verb done to) dog

Singular	No affix seispi /sei̯sˈpi/ dog
Plural	Suffix -io̯ seispiio /sei̯spiˈio̯/ dogs

Articles

	Definite	Indefinite
Singular	hut /huːt/ the	mau /mau̯/ a
Plural	jaent /jae̯nt/ the	ups /ups/ some

Uses of definite article that differ from English:

• Definite article can be omitted: ‘I am going to supermarket’
• Used to talk about countable nouns in general: English’s ‘I like cats’ would translate to ‘I like the cats’
• Used for personal names in third person: ‘The Maria has left for school’
• Used for languages: ‘The English’
• Used with place names: ‘The London’

Pronouns

	Nominative	Accusative
1st singular	seun /seu̯n/ I	rei /rei̯/ me
2nd singular	tom /tom/ you	sa /sa/ you
3rd singular masc	pa /pa/ he, it (masc)	mis /miːs/ his, it (masc)
3rd singular fem	caus /kau̯s/ she, it (fem)	pa /paː/ her, it (fem)
1st plural	tars /taːrs/ we	se /seː/ us
2nd plural	cab /kaːb/ you all	jal /jaːl/ you all
3rd plural	rit /rit/ they	pi /pi/ them

Possessive determiners

	Possessive
1st singular	pa /paː/ my
2nd singular	sis /sis/ your
3rd singular masc	hoen /hoe̯n/ his
3rd singular fem	pud /pud/ her
1st plural	cus /kus/ our
2nd plural	ʋet /ʋeːt/ your (pl)
3rd plural	ta /taː/ their

Verbs

Present	No affix astroec /asˈtroe̯k/ learn
Past	If ends with vowel: Suffix -b Else: Suffix -ub astroecub /astroe̯ˈkub/ learned
Remote past	Suffix -er astroecer /astroe̯ˈker/ learned (long ago)

Teician uses a standalone particle word for future tense:

Future

Particle before the verb: ruː - ru astroec /ruː asˈtroe̯k/ will learn

Imperfective aspect

The ‘imperfective’ aspect refers to ongoing actions, such as I am learning and habitual actions, such as I learn (something new every day).
Teician uses a standalone particle word for imperfective:

Imperfective

Particle before the verb: jis - jis astroec /jis asˈtroe̯k/ learns/is learning

Perfect aspect

The perfect aspect in English is exemplified in ‘I have read this book’, which expresses an event that took place before the time spoken but which has an effect on or is in some way still relevant to the present.
Teician uses an affix for the perfect aspect:

Perfect

If ends with vowel: Suffix -r Else: Suffix -ir astroecir /astroe̯ˈkir/ have learned

Numbers

Teician has a base-20 number system:
1 - pom
2 - je
3 - ens
4 - toe
5 - ceb
6 - cu
7 - cer
8 - cimvix
9 - sers
10 - rinc
11 - cins
12 - ced
13 - ʋato
14 - ceu
15 - ni
16 - tad
17 - ha
18 - ʋox
19 - torruic
20 - se
400 - ʋaers
8000 - ʋen

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = If ends with vowel: Suffix -l
Else: Suffix -il
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -s
Else: Suffix -iu̯s
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = Suffix -aː
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -l
Else: Suffix -ol
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ns
Else: Suffix -ons
Noun to verb = If ends with vowel: Suffix -rs
Else: Suffix -irs
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -st
Else: Suffix -iːst
Tending to = If ends with vowel: Suffix -m
Else: Suffix -uːm
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Suffix -oː
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -t
Else: Suffix -ui̯t
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Suffix -ei̯
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Suffix -aːk
Diminutive = Suffix -ei̯t
Augmentative = If ends with vowel: Suffix -st
Else: Suffix -uːst

Dictionary

3073 Words.