Keuian (Tongue of Madness)

The subtle, terrifying mumblings of chaos, of the Void, of Madness. The Black Mists, the evil of all things. Known to exist as a language, no one wants to talk about it, and no one learns it. Its illegal to even speak it.

Natively known as: Kʷeu /kʷeu̯/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind... yi ei auch røl ei sak͡ʃo yi giy ei ted͡z eʃ̄ chø gapu Pronunciation: /ji ei̯ au̯ʧ røl ei̯ ˈsɑk͡ʃo ji gij ei̯ ted͡z eʃː ʧø ˈgɑpu/ Kʷeuian word order: and he stood holding hat his and turned his face wet to the wind
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Translation:

kauta ge
/ˈkau̯tɑ ge/
Affixes in this language: ACT.OF | ADVERB | AUG | DIM | DOER | HAVING.QUALITY.OF | LIKELY.TO | NOUN.PLURAL | NOUN.SING | PLACE.OF | PRODUCT.OF | QUALITY.OF.BEING | RELATING.TO | RESULT.OF.DOING | TO.CREATE | TO.MAKE
[button]Generate unique name[/button] Puiyneich /ˈpui̯jnei̯ʧ/

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: /d͡z f g g͡z j jː k kʷ k͡s k͡ʃ l n p r s t t͡s v z ɲː ʃː ʤ ʧ/

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Palatal	Velar
Nasal			n		ɲː
Stop	p		t			k kʷ g
Affricate			t͡s d͡z	ʧ ʤ
Fricative		f v	s z	ʃː
Approximant					j jː
Trill			r
Lateral approximant			l

Vowel inventory: /au̯ e ei̯ eu̯ i o u ui̯ ø ɑ/
Diphthongs: au̯, ei̯, eu̯, ui̯ ?

	Front	Back
High	i	u
High-mid	e ø	o
Low		ɑ

Syllable structure: (C)V(C) ? Stress pattern: Initial — stress is on the first syllable ? Word initial consonants: d͡z, f, g, g͡z, j, jː, k, kʷ, k͡s, k͡ʃ, l, n, p, r, s, t, t͡s, z, ɲː, ʃː, ʤ, ʧ Mid-word consonants: d͡z, f, ff, fg, fj, fk, fp, fr, ft, g, gf, gg, gj, gk, gl, gn, gv, g͡z, j, jf, jl, jn, jr, js, jt, jv, jz, jː, k, kk, kl, kn, kv, kʷ, k͡s, k͡ʃ, l, lg, lk, ll, ln, lv, lz, n, nf, nj, nk, nl, nn, nr, ns, nt, nʤ, nʧ, p, pl, pr, pt, pv, r, rf, rk, rp, rr, rz, s, sj, sk, sl, sz, sʧ, t, tg, tk, tr, ts, tt, tz, tʤ, t͡s, v, z, zg, zj, zk, zr, zt, zz, ɲː, ʃː, ʤ, ʤt, ʧ, ʧf Word final consonants: d͡z, f, g, g͡z, j, jː, k, kʷ, k͡s, k͡ʃ, l, n, p, r, t, t͡s, ɲː, ʃː, ʧ
Phonological changes (in order of application): ?

• s → ʃ / _i

Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
(.)(?=ᴅ*)ː	$1̄
j	y
ɑ	a
ʤ	j
ʧ	ch
̯

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Grammar

Main word order: Subject-Verb-Object-Oblique. "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 yig /jig/ dog
Plural	Prefix ʧø- chøyig /ˈʧøjig/ dogs

Articles

	Definite	Indefinite
Singular	ye /je/ the	rø /rø/ a
Plural	eu /eu̯/ the	nu /nu/ some

Pronouns

1st singular	a /ɑ/ I, me, mine
2nd singular	li /li/ you, yours
3rd singular masc	ei /ei̯/ he, him, his
3rd singular fem	chø /ʧø/ she, her, hers
1st plural inclusive	ø /ø/ we, us, ours (including you)
1st plural exclusive	k͡ʃeir /k͡ʃei̯r/ we, us, ours (excluding you)
2nd plural	d͡zuit /d͡zui̯t/ you (all), yours
3rd plural	saȳ /sɑjː/ they, them, theirs

Possessive determiners

1st singular	a /ɑ/ my
2nd singular	li /li/ your
3rd singular masc	ei /ei̯/ his
3rd singular fem	chø /ʧø/ her
1st plural inclusive	ø /ø/ our (including you)
1st plural exclusive	ø /ø/ our (excluding you)
2nd plural	li /li/ your
3rd plural	saȳ /sɑjː/ their

Verbs

Kʷeuian uses a standalone particle word for past tense:

Past	k͡ʃeig͡z /k͡ʃei̯g͡z/ past particle

Kʷeuian uses a standalone particle word for future tense:

Future

k͡ʃeiɲ̄ /k͡ʃei̯ɲː/ will

Numbers

Kʷeuian has a base-10 number system:
1 - t͡si 2 - yeȳ 3 - t͡sek 4 - a 5 - ʃ̄e 6 - yif 7 - øk͡ʃ 8 - zayso 9 - ɲ̄o 10 - pøʃ̄ 11 - t͡si yi pøʃ̄ “one and ten” 100 - euk “hundred” 101 - euk yi t͡si “hundred and one” 200 - yeȳ euk 1000 - taʃ̄ “thousand”

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = Prefix ʤu- Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix j- Else: Prefix jo- Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = Prefix e- Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Prefix tɑ- Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If starts with vowel: Prefix k͡ʃ- Else: Prefix k͡ʃei̯- Noun → verb (to create [noun]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix z- Else: Prefix zɑ- Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix z- Else: Prefix zɑ- Verb → adjective (likely to do [verb]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix d͡z- Else: Prefix d͡zeu̯- Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Prefix ti- Verb → noun that verb physically produces (e.g. build → building) = If starts with vowel: Prefix k͡s- Else: Prefix k͡so- One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Prefix ɑ- Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Prefix sɑ- Diminutive = Prefix kʷei̯- Augmentative = Prefix ʃːɑ-

Geographical Distribution

It isn't spoken, or if it is, it must be by cults. It is illegal to speak this tongue, and it is a charge of high treason.

Vocabulary

Dictionary

4393 Words.