Mynedoc (Old Elvish)

LANGUAGE FAMILY: TOL YLIDOC
PERIOD OF USE:
SCRIPT USED:
PARENT LANGUAGE: UNKNOWN
DESCENDANT LANGUAGES: Varidoc (High Elvish), Dokkand, Camerentidoc (Craft Elvish), Tullimendoc (Forest Elvish), Lulylindelindoc (Brilliant Elvish), Yendirdoc (Foreigners Elvish)

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"...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind..."

Translation: far cly˧ teia caya a˥ sw far faa a˥ gan chy

Pronunciation: var klɨ˧ ˈteia ˈkaɨa a˥ suː var ˈvaa a˥ gaːn chə

Mynedoc word order: and he stood holding hat his and turned his face wet to the wind

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: /b c d g h j k l m n n̥ p r r̥ s t v w ð ŋ ɬ ʃ θ χ/

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Dental	Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal	m			n n̥			ŋ
Stop	p b			t d		c	k g
Fricative		v	θ ð	s	ʃ			χ	h
Approximant						j
Trill				r̥ r
Lateral fricative				ɬ
Lateral approximant				l

Co-articulated phonemes

↓Manner/Place→	Labial-velar
Approximant	w

Vowel inventory: /a ai au aɨ aː ei eɨ eː i iː oː u uː y ɔ ɔi ɔɨ ə əu ɛ ɛu ɨ ɨu ɨː ɪ ɪu ʊ ʊɨ/
Diphthongs: ai, au, aɨ, ei, eɨ, ɔi, ɔɨ, əu, ɛu, ɨu, ɪu, ʊɨ
Tones: ˧ ˥ ˧˥ ˨˩˦ ˥˩

	Front	Central	Back
High	iː i y	ɨ ɨː	u uː
Near-high	ɪ		ʊ
High-mid	eː		oː
Mid		ə
Low-mid	ɛ		ɔ
Low	a aː

Syllable structure: Custom defined
Stress pattern: Initial — stress is on the first syllable
Word initial consonants: b, bl, ch, d, dr, dw, g, h, j, k, kl, l, m, n, nt, n̥, p, pl, pr, r, rn, r̥, s, sd, sn, t, tr, v, w, ð, ɬ, ʃ, θ, θj, χ
Mid-word consonants: b, d, dl, dr, g, gl, h, l, m, ml, mr, ms, n, nr̥, nt, nw, r, rb, rd, rv, rw, rɬ, sg, tbl, v, vj, vl, vn, ð, ðj, ŋ, ɬ, θ, χ, χr
Word final consonants: b, d, g, h, k, l, ld, m, n, nd, nn, nt, r, rs, rθ, s, sg, t, v, vn, vr, ð, ŋ, ɬ, θ, χ
Phonological changes (in order of application):

• w → v / #_
• l → n / #_V[+nasal]
• p → b / V_V
• k → g / _{w,j}

Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
f	ph
v	f
k	c
ŋ	ng
χ	ch
θ	th
r̥	rh
ɬ	ll
ð	dd
ɪu	iw
ɨu	uw
ʊɨ	wy
ɛu	ew
ɔi	oi
əu	yw
eɨ	ey
aː	a
ɔ	o
oː	o
iː	i
ɪ	i
eː	e
ɛ	e
uː	w
j	i
ɨː	y
ɨ	y
ə	y
ʃ	si
n̥	n

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 after the noun.
Adposition: prepositions

Nouns

Singular	No affix gei /ˈgei/ dog
Plural	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ð Else: Suffix -ɨː˨˩˦ð geidd /ˈgeið/ dogs

Articles

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

Pronouns

1st singular	rho˥˩ll /r̥oː˥˩ɬ/ I, me, mine
2nd singular	sdey˧˥f /sdeɨ˧˥v/ you, yours
3rd singular masc	cly˧ /klɨ˧/ he, him, his, it, its
3rd singular fem	swy˨˩˦ /sʊɨ˨˩˦/ she, her, hers, it, its
1st plural inclusive	ney˥nd /neɨ˥nd/ we (including you), us (including you), ours (including you)
1st plural exclusive	sia˧˥ /ʃa˧˥/ we (excluding you), us (excluding you), ours (excluding you)
2nd plural	driw˨˩˦ /drɪu˨˩˦/ you all, yours (pl)
3rd plural	sia˨˩˦ /ʃa˨˩˦/ they, them, theirs

Possessive determiners

1st singular	dai˥g /dai˥g/ my
2nd singular	ddi˥˩ /ðiː˥˩/ your
3rd singular masc	a˥ /a˥/ his
3rd singular fem	li˧ /lɪ˧/ her
1st plural inclusive	proy˥rth /prɔɨ˥rθ/ our (including you)
1st plural exclusive	sia˧ /ʃa˧/ our (excluding you)
2nd plural	cy˧ /ky˧/ your (pl)
3rd plural	fa˧ /va˧/ their

Verbs

Present	No affix geicha /ˈgeiχa/ learn
Past	Prefix ʊ˥- ʊ˥geicha /ˈʊ˥geˌiχa/ learned
Future	Suffix -ai˥˩nt geichaai˥˩nt /ˈgeiˌχaai˥˩nt/ will learn

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.
Mynedoc uses an affix for the perfect aspect:

Perfect

Suffix -au˨˩˦ɬ geichaau˨˩˦ll /ˈgeiˌχaau˨˩˦ɬ/ have learned

Numbers

Mynedoc has a base-20 number system:
1 - omba
2 - binarah
3 - hoys
4 - ti
5 - samloo
6 - nau
7 - nwnn
8 - sattoo
9 - ru
10 - ntin
11 - conrhodd
12 - nuth
13 - thioint
14 - ddiry
15 - hywr
16 - ys
17 - cʊhu
18 - paild
19 - sdydru
20 - efr
21 - efromba “twenty-one”
400 - ble “fourhundred”
401 - ble omba “fourhundred one”
800 - binarah ble “two fourhundred”
8000 - gythir “eightthousand”

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ld Else: Suffix -ɔld
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Suffix -hai
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = Suffix -thun
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Prefix u-
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -t Else: Suffix -aɨt
Noun to verb = Suffix -a
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Suffix -si
Tending to = Suffix -a
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Suffix -dwa
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = Suffix -əu
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Suffix -ai
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -n Else: Suffix -ɛn
Diminutive = Suffix -ɨr
Augmentative = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ð Else: Suffix -aið

Dictionary

4519 Words.