Yatso

Meaning literally "worship", in Draconic, "Yatso" is the slang and nomenclature surrounding the Taishando Lizardfolk extremist organization known as The Ichik'ryu. In depth knowledge of the language is one of the ways to discern a cultist from a curious onlooker.

Based even more closely on Old Draconic than their own Lizardfolk Language, Yatso takes elements of both and combines them into its own distinct dialect. The need for this was forced upon them, they say, by the need for secrecy in their dealings. In the past, The Ichik'ryu were vilified and reviled; and, so to avoid persecution, they came up with code words and hidden meanings through which they could communicate without fear of reprisal.

A few hundred years ago, the Ossessian ordered the chronicling of their peculiar dialect, and it has been fine tuned and added to ever since, until at present time the language can be considered an entire, phonetically distinct, vernacular. There is much in the verbiage about exiling miscreants and unbelievers.

Preferring to hide and practice their unimaginably strange rituals undisturbed, The Ichik'ryu rarely get to speak Yatso exclusively. Usually, it is in furtive fits and spurts, brought about by the necessity of being unheard, and remaining unseen. The language evolved out of their perceived persecution, and it reflects that in its phrasings and common usage, being particularly hateful to humans and other elvenoids.

Other Lizardfolk view the language as uncouth, and vulgar, as it is full of references to exiling disbelievers and eating nonconformists. Indeed, much of the phrasing revolves around eating those who do not conform to the ways of The Ichik'ryu. Its imagery can be brutal, and anyone speaking it sounds as angry as can be.

The kings of the Lizardfolk have all learned it secretly, in order to be better informed about their subjects, since it became widely known about. It has helped them avert no less than two civil wars.

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Natively known as: yaht-so /yahtˈso/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
è chù poyku rong yːongkharr yːe è rong yːìng kuff sùl ùrri akh
Pronunciation: /ɛ cʊ pojˈku roŋ jːoŋˈxarː jːe ɛ roŋ jːɪŋ kufː sʊl ʊˈrːi ax/
Yatso word order: and he stood his hat holding and his wet face turned the wind to

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: c f fː h j jː k l m p r rː s t tː w x ŋ ʔ

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m				ŋ
Stop	p		t tː	c	k	ʔ
Fricative		f fː	s		x	h
Approximant				jː j
Trill			r rː
Lateral approximant			l

Co-articulated phonemes

↓Manner/Place→	Labial-velar
Approximant	w

Vowel inventory: a e i o u œ ɔ ɛ ɪ ʊ

	Front	Back
High	i	u
Near-high	ɪ	ʊ
High-mid	e	o
Low-mid	œ ɛ	ɔ
Low	a

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

Pronunciation	Spelling
ɛ	è
ɔ	aw
ʊ	ù
ɪ	ì
j	y
ŋ	ng
c	ch
x	kh
ʔ	ʻ
Cː	CC

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Grammar

Main word order: Subject Object Verb (Prepositional phrase). “Mary opened the door with a key” turns into Mary the door opened with a key.
Adjective order: Adjectives are positioned before the noun.
Adposition: postpositions ?

Nouns

Nouns have four cases:

• Nominative is the doer of a verb: dog bites man.
• Accusative is the done-to of a verb: man bites dog.
• Genitive is the possessor of something: dog’s tail hits man.
• Dative is the recipient of something: man gives ball to dog.

Singular

	Nominative	Accusative	Genitive	Dative
Masculine	Suffix -ap ttongap /tːoˈŋap/ boy (doing the verb)	If ends with vowel: Suffix -r Else: Suffix -ɔr ttongawr /tːoˈŋɔr/ (verb done to) the/a boy	If ends with vowel: Suffix -rwʊ Else: Suffix -irwʊ ttongirwù /tːoŋiˈrwʊ/ boyʼs	If ends with vowel: Suffix -fː Else: Suffix -ofː ttongoff /tːoˈŋofː/ to the/a boy
Feminine	If ends with vowel: Suffix -tsɔ Else: Suffix -otsɔ tawwlilotsaw /tɔˌwlilotˈsɔ/ girl (doing the verb)	If ends with vowel: Suffix -fː Else: Suffix -œfː tawwliloff /tɔwliˈlofː/ (verb done to) the/a girl	If ends with vowel: Suffix -s Else: Suffix -is tawwlilos /tɔwliˈlos/ girlʼs	Suffix -uʔ tawwlilouʻ /tɔˌwliloˈuʔ/ to the/a girl

Plural

	Nominative	Accusative	Genitive	Dative
Masculine	Suffix -œrː ttongœrr /tːoˈŋœrː/ boys (doing the verb)	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ŋ Else: Suffix -aŋ ttongang /tːoˈŋaŋ/ (verb done to) boys	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʔ Else: Suffix -aʔ ttongaʻ /tːoˈŋaʔ/ boysʼ	Suffix -œ ttongœ /tːoˈŋœ/ to boys
Feminine	If ends with vowel: Suffix -x Else: Suffix -ax tawwlilokh /tɔwliˈlox/ girls (doing the verb)	If ends with vowel: Suffix -l Else: Suffix -ɪl tawwlilol /tɔwliˈlol/ (verb done to) girls	Suffix -ɔ tawwliloaw /tɔˌwliloˈɔ/ girlsʼ	Suffix -œp tawwliloœp /tɔˌwliloˈœp/ to girls

Articles

Definite	hi /hi/ the
Indefinite	mìl /mɪl/ a, some

Uses of definite article that differ from English:

• Used to talk about countable nouns in general: English’s ‘I like cats’ would translate to ‘I like the cats’

Uses of indefinite article that differ from English:

• 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

	Nominative	Accusative	Genitive	Dative
1st singular	ka /ka/ I	fep /fep/ me	rù /rʊ/ mine	a /a/ to me
2nd singular	pa /pa/ you	o /o/ you	yːù /jːʊ/ yours	pu /pu/ to you
3rd singular masc	chù /cʊ/ he, it (masc)	long /loŋ/ his, it (masc)	wung /wuŋ/ his, its (masc)	pawkh /pɔx/ to his, to it (masc)
3rd singular fem	khul /xul/ she, it (fem)	rrup /rːup/ her, it (fem)	ngawng /ŋɔŋ/ hers, its (fem)	sa /sa/ to her, to it (fem)
1st plural	li /li/ we	ro /ro/ us	khùl /xʊl/ ours	u /u/ to us
2nd plural	kì /kɪ/ you all	hu /hu/ you all	law /lɔ/ yours (pl)	rrul /rːul/ to you all
3rd plural masc	ùf /ʊf/ they (masc)	kong /koŋ/ them (masc)	rraw /rːɔ/ theirs (masc)	wùk /wʊk/ to them (masc)
3rd plural fem	eff /efː/ they (fem)	i /i/ them (fem)	fa /fa/ theirs (fem)	si /si/ to them (fem)

Possessive determiners

	Possessive
1st singular	ra /ra/ my
2nd singular	ì /ɪ/ your
3rd singular masc	rong /roŋ/ his
3rd singular fem	œ /œ/ her
1st plural	rœ /rœ/ our
2nd plural	pi /pi/ your (pl)
3rd plural masc	i /i/ their (masc)
3rd plural fem	khu /xu/ their (fem)

Verbs

	Present	Past	Future
1st singular	If ends with vowel: Suffix -sje Else: Suffix -œsje yːorœsye /jːorœˈsje/ (I) learn	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʔ Else: Suffix -iʔ yːoriʻ /jːoˈriʔ/ (I) learned	Suffix -ʊ yːorù /jːoˈrʊ/ (I) will learn
2nd singular	If ends with vowel: Suffix -kjœ Else: Suffix -akjœ yːorakyœ /jːoraˈkjœ/ (you) learn	If ends with vowel: Suffix -s Else: Suffix -œs yːorœs /jːoˈrœs/ (you) learned	If ends with vowel: Suffix -rː Else: Suffix -erː yːorerr /jːoˈrerː/ (you) will learn
3rd singular masc	Suffix -a yːora /jːoˈra/ (he/it (masc)) learns	Suffix -ɛrː yːorèrr /jːoˈrɛrː/ (he/it (masc)) learned	If ends with vowel: Suffix -r Else: Suffix -or yːoror /jːoˈror/ (he/it (masc)) will learn
3rd singular fem	Suffix -u yːoru /jːoˈru/ (she/it (fem)) learns	If ends with vowel: Suffix -kra Else: Suffix -okra yːorokra /jːoroˈkra/ (she/it (fem)) learned	Suffix -ɛ yːorè /jːoˈrɛ/ (she/it (fem)) will learn
1st plural	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʔ Else: Suffix -œʔ yːorœʻ /jːoˈrœʔ/ (we) learn	If ends with vowel: Suffix -x Else: Suffix -ax yːorakh /jːoˈrax/ (we) learned	Suffix -ɛs yːorès /jːoˈrɛs/ (we) will learn
2nd plural	Suffix -ɔ yːoraw /jːoˈrɔ/ (you all) learn	If ends with vowel: Suffix -rː Else: Suffix -ɪrː yːorìrr /jːoˈrɪrː/ (you all) learned	Suffix -efː yːoreff /jːoˈrefː/ (you all) will learn
3rd plural masc	Suffix -ip yːorip /jːoˈrip/ (they (masc)) learn	Suffix -ap yːorap /jːoˈrap/ (they (masc)) learned	If ends with vowel: Suffix -hœ Else: Suffix -ahœ yːorahœ /jːoraˈhœ/ (they (masc)) will learn
3rd plural fem	Suffix -of yːorof /jːoˈrof/ (they (fem)) learn	Suffix -oŋ yːorong /jːoˈroŋ/ (they (fem)) learned	If ends with vowel: Suffix -p Else: Suffix -ip yːorip /jːoˈrip/ (they (fem)) will learn

Progressive aspect

The ‘progressive’ aspect refers to actions that are happening at the time of speaking, such as I am learning.
Yatso uses a standalone particle word for progressive:

Progressive

Particle before the verb: jːap - yːap yːor /jːap jːor/ be learning

Habitual aspect

The ‘habitual’ aspect refers to actions that happen habitually, such as I learn (something new every day), as opposed to actions that happen once (I learned something).
Yatso uses a standalone particle word for habitual:

Habitual

Particle before the verb: liʔ - liʻ yːor /liʔ jːor/ learn (often, habitually)

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.
Yatso uses the word for ‘already’ nge for the perfect aspect.

Numbers

Yatso has a base-10 number system:
1 - u
2 - yːu
3 - fœ
4 - lo
5 - a
6 - wì
7 - su
8 - i
9 - chu
10 - pè
100 - khœ
1000 - fu

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = If ends with vowel: Suffix -p
Else: Suffix -ep
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ŋʊ
Else: Suffix -œŋʊ
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -rːo
Else: Suffix -ɛrːo
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Suffix -ɔp
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -pxʊ
Else: Suffix -ʊpxʊ
Noun to verb = Suffix -ir
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Suffix -is
Tending to = Suffix -ɛ
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -fː
Else: Suffix -ʊfː
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -the
Else: Suffix -ɔthe
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Suffix -aʔ
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Suffix -op
Diminutive = Suffix -ɛp
Augmentative = If ends with vowel: Suffix -x
Else: Suffix -œx

Dictionary

3027 Words.

Root Languages

• Draconic
• Lizardfolk (Language)

Spoken by

• Taishando Lizardfolk