Frimarlü*

LANGUAGE FAMILY: NORAY
PERIOD OF USE:
SCRIPT USED:
PARENT LANGUAGE:

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"...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind..."
Translation: mers barg ninds klayn sans vorsa mers chyegen sans puta proy li güginhi
Pronunciation: mers barg ninds klajn sans ˈvorsa mers ˈcegen sans ˈputa proj li ˈgyginhi
Frimarlu word order: and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: /b c d f g h j k l m n p r s t v w z/

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

Co-articulated phonemes

↓Manner/Place→	Labial-velar
Approximant	w

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
Word initial consonants: b, c, d, g, h, k, kl, l, m, n, p, pl, pr, r, s, sl, st, t, v, w, z
Mid-word consonants: b, bb, br, bs, c, cht, ct, d, dv, fg, g, gn, gr, jd, jg, jk, k, kk, kr, kt, l, ld, m, n, nd, ndj, nf, ng, ngr, nh, nl, ns, nt, nw, nz, r, rb, rd, rgv, rk, rm, rn, rs, rst, rt, rtn, rz, s, sl, sm, st, stg, stt, t, ts, tt, v, w, z
Word final consonants: ch, chts, ct, d, f, g, j, jk, jn, k, kt, l, ld, ldt, lf, m, md, n, nd, nds, ng, ns, nt, p, pp, pps, r, rd, rdt, rg, rs, s, st, t, w, ws
Phonological changes (in order of application):

• t → k / _l

Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
y	ü
c	chy
j	y

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

Definite

	Singular	Plural
Masculine	If ends with vowel: Suffix -n Else: Suffix -en deten /ˈdeten/ the man	If ends with vowel: Suffix -nds Else: Suffix -inds detinds /ˈdetinds/ the men
Feminine	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ch Else: Suffix -ach pronachyh /ˈpronach/ the woman	If ends with vowel: Suffix -rd Else: Suffix -erd pronerd /ˈpronerd/ the women
Neuter	Suffix -o nirso /ˈnirso/ the dog	Suffix -e nirse /ˈnirse/ the dogs

Indefinite

	Singular	Plural
Masculine	Suffix -i deti /ˈdeti/ a man	Suffix -erdt deterdt /ˈdeterdt/ some men
Feminine	Suffix -a prona /ˈprona/ a woman	If ends with vowel: Suffix -w Else: Suffix -iw proniw /ˈproniw/ some women
Neuter	If ends with vowel: Suffix -t Else: Suffix -et nirset /ˈnirset/ a dog	Suffix -et nirset /ˈnirset/ some dogs

Articles

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

Pronouns

1st singular	zent /zent/ I, me, mine
2nd singular	wol /wol/ you, yours
3rd singular masc	barg /barg/ he, him, his
3rd singular fem	te /te/ she, her, hers
3rd singular neut	bans /bans/ it, its
1st plural	wo /wo/ we, us, ours
2nd plural	zer /zer/ you all, yours (pl)
3rd plural masc	gin /gin/ they (masc), them (masc), theirs (masc)
3rd plural fem	e /e/ they (fem), them (fem), theirs (fem)
3rd plural neut	ge /ge/ they (neut), them (neut), theirs (neut)

Possessive determiners

1st singular	en /en/ my
2nd singular	ma /ma/ your
3rd singular masc	sans /sans/ his
3rd singular fem	wi /wi/ her
3rd singular neut	ne /ne/ its
1st plural	nun /nun/ our
2nd plural	pen /pen/ your (pl)
3rd plural masc	tek /tek/ their (masc)
3rd plural fem	mar /mar/ their (fem)
3rd plural neut	war /war/ their (neut)

Verbs

Masculine	Suffix -en veren /ˈveren/
Feminine	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ws Else: Suffix -uws veruws /ˈveruws/
Neuter	Suffix -oldt veroldt /ˈveroldt/

Frimarlu uses a standalone particle word for past tense:

Past	Particle before the verb: pun - pun ver /pun ver/ learned

Frimarlu uses a standalone particle word for future tense:

Future

Particle before the verb: vi - vi ver /vi ver/ will learn

Numbers

Frimarlu has a base-20 number system:
1 - hopp
2 - do
3 - gen
4 - ni
5 - men
6 - gechyt
7 - kla
8 - won
9 - sa
10 - tepps
11 - chyeslelf
12 - nuvo
13 - storbeg
14 - pütichyet
15 - mangrüde
16 - zeslak
17 - rechyh
18 - nünsia
19 - vegreg
20 - vunfe
21 - vunfe mers hopp “twenty and one”
400 - vep “fourhundred”
401 - vep mers hopp “fourhundred and one”
800 - do vep “two fourhundred”
8000 - ving “eightthousand”

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = Suffix -en
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Suffix -en
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -s Else: Suffix -os
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Suffix -en
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -l Else: Suffix -il
Noun to verb = If ends with vowel: Suffix -t Else: Suffix -et
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -nd Else: Suffix -end
Tending to = If ends with vowel: Suffix -w Else: Suffix -ow
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Suffix -e
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = Suffix -arg
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -rd Else: Suffix -erd
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Suffix -e
Diminutive = Suffix -e
Augmentative = If ends with vowel: Suffix -r Else: Suffix -er

Dictionary

4465 Words.