Vouidman, Language of the Riorvetia (vwidˈma)

Natively known as: vouidma /vwidˈma/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
dae̯ cruou̯que mie clau̯ cruou̯que sit dae̯ jard cruou̯que al toi̯ blae̯rge peː
Pronunciation: /dae̯ kʁwou̯k mje klau̯ kʁwou̯k sit dae̯ ʒaʁ kʁwou̯k al toi̯ blae̯ʁʒ peː/
Vouidman word order: and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind

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 ae̯ ai̯ ao̯ au̯ aː aːi̯ aːu̯ e eː i iː o oi̯ ou̯ oː u uː
Diphthongs: ae̯ ai̯ ao̯ au̯ aːi̯ aːu̯ oi̯ ou̯ ?

	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
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 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 before the noun.
Adposition: prepositions ?

Nouns

Nouns form plural with separate plural word:

Plural

Particle before the noun: gaːsk - gaːsque bruge /gaːsk bʁuʒ/ dogs

Articles

	Definite	Indefinite
Singular	traːi̯ble /tʁaːi̯bl/ the	sao̯lge /sao̯lʒ/ a
Plural	nouim /nwim/ the	turt /tuʁ/ some

Uses of definite article that differ from English:

• Used for languages: ‘The English’
• Used with place names: ‘The London’

Uses of indefinite article that differ from English:

• Not used for non-specific countable nouns: non-specific means ‘I am looking for a (any) girl in a red dress’, whereas specific means ‘I am looking for a (particular) girl in a red dress’
• Not used for non-specific mass (uncountable) nouns: non-specific means ‘Would you like some (any) tea?’ whereas specific means ‘Some tea (a specific amount) fell off the truck’

Pronouns

1st singular	clilque /klilk/ I, me, mine
2nd singular	nuaːu̯lque /nwaːu̯lk/ you, yours
3rd singular masc	cruou̯que /kʁwou̯k/ he, him, his,
3rd singular fem	buert /bweʁ/ she, her, hers,
3rd singular neuter	druae̯l /dʁwae̯l/ it (neut), its (neut)
1st plural	va /va/ we, us, ours
2nd plural	cuaːi̯ /kɥaːi̯/ you all, yours (pl)
3rd plural masc	ruːn /ʁuːn/ they (masc), them (masc), theirs (masc)
3rd plural fem	ai̯ /ai̯/ they (fem), them (fem), theirs (fem)
3rd plural neuter	luaːi̯l /lɥaːi̯l/ they (neut), them (neut), theirs (neut)

Possessive determiners

	Possessive
1st singular	clilque /klilk/ my
2nd singular	nuaːu̯lque /nwaːu̯lk/ your
3rd singular masc	cruou̯que /kʁwou̯k/ his
3rd singular fem	buerd /bweʁ/ her
3rd singular neuter	druae̯l /dʁwae̯l/ his, her, its (neut)
1st plural	va /va/ our
2nd plural	cuaːi̯ /kɥaːi̯/ your (pl)
3rd plural masc	ruːn /ʁuːn/ their (masc)
3rd plural fem	ai̯ /ai̯/ their (fem)
3rd plural neuter	luaːi̯l /lɥaːi̯l/ their (neut)

Verbs

Present	Prefix na- naradjopalme /naˌʁadʒoˈpalm/ learn
Past	No affix radjopalme /ʁadʒoˈpalm/ learned
Future	Prefix ai̯- ai̯radjopalme /ai̯ˌʁadʒoˈpalm/ 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).
Vouidman uses a standalone particle word for imperfective:

Imperfective

Particle before the verb: mwiʁs - mouirse radjopalme /mwiʁs ʁadʒoˈpalm/ learns/is learning

Numbers

Vouidman has a base-10 number system:
1 - iːs
2 - rua
3 - cuastre
4 - nau̯
5 - zoː
6 - ae̯jiae̯
7 - pou̯
8 - miaː
9 - fruaːi̯riau̯
10 - croui
100 - vau̯
1000 - luede

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = If starts with vowel: Prefix k-
Else: Prefix kai̯-
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix d-
Else: Prefix da-
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix aːfj-
Else: Prefix aːfjao̯-
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Prefix ʁoi̯-
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If starts with vowel: Prefix fʁ-
Else: Prefix fʁa-
Noun to verb = Prefix u-
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix gʁ-
Else: Prefix gʁa-
Tending to = If starts with vowel: Prefix nw-
Else: Prefix nwi-
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Prefix i-
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = If starts with vowel: Prefix agm-
Else: Prefix agmai̯-
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = If starts with vowel: Prefix nɥ-
Else: Prefix nɥe-
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = If starts with vowel: Prefix k-
Else: Prefix kai̯-
Diminutive = Prefix ao̯-
Augmentative = Prefix ʒiː-

Dictionary

3054 Words.