Nimýric

The official language used throughout the Nimýric Empire.

Writing System

Letters

Nimýric letters are composed of curved lines. Loops mostly indicate vowels and softer sounds, whereas sharp corners indicate harsh consonants. Closed variants of the three vowels O, E and Y are marked with an accent above the letter.

A	O	U	E	I	Y	H

B	P	C	S	D	T	V

G	K	L	R	M	N	´

Numbers

Nimýrité indicate numbers with groups of up to five leaning slashes. The character for zero consists of two nested half circles.

1	2	3	4	5

6	7	8	9	0

Interpunctuation

.	,	!	?	:	"	(	)

Mathematical Symbols

Ordinal numbers are marked by placing the # symbol before them. The same goes for percentages. Amounts of currency are indicated by placing the Pécu symbol after them.

+	-	*	/	=

less	greater	#	%	Pécu

Morphology

Nouns

	Singular	Plural
Masculine	If the word ends with a consonant, add -ó to the end. Otherwise add -nó to the end. chývónó /kyˈvono/	If the word ends with a consonant, add -óé to the end. Otherwise add -nóé to the end. chývónóé /ˌkyvoˈnoe/
Feminine	If the word ends with a consonant, add -a to the end. Otherwise add -na to the end. chývóna /kyˈvona/	If the word ends with a consonant, add -aé to the end. Otherwise add -naé to the end. chývónaé /ˌkyvoˈnae/
Neuter	No affix chývó /ˈkyvo/	If the word ends with a consonant, add -é to the end. Otherwise add -né to the end. chývóné /kyˈvone/

Derivational morphology

Derivation	Prefix	Suffix
Adjective → adverb		-iter
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj])		-ty
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj])		-ar
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun])		-id
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic)		-ic
Noun → verb (to create [noun])		-génar
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb])		-at
Verb → adjective (likely to do [verb])		-ise
Verb → noun (the act of [verb])		-in
Verb → noun that verb physically produces (e.g. build → building)	dó-
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter)		-ór
Verb → verb in progress (e.g. does → is doing)		-ens
Place of (e.g. wine → winery)		-io
Location → adjective (originating from [location])		-ic
Ordinal number		-len
Diminutive		-lul
Augmentative		-lal
Negation	in-

Vocabulary

Pronouns

1st Person	Singular	Plural
Masculine	cýó /ˈsyo/ I (m)	cýóné /syˈone/ we (m)
Feminine	cýa /ˈsya/ I (f)	cýané /syˈane/ we (f)
Neuter	cý /sy/ I (n)	cýné /ˈsyne/ we (n)

2nd Person	Singular	Plural
Masculine	rýó /ˈʀyo/ you (m)	rýóné /ʀyˈone/ you (m)
Feminine	rýa /ˈʀya/ you (f)	rýané /ʀyˈane/ you (f)
Neuter	rý /ʀy/ you (n)	rýné /ˈʀyne/ you (n)

3rd Person	Singular	Plural
Masculine	týó /ˈtyo/ he (m)	týóné /tyˈone/ they (m)
Feminine	týa /ˈtya/ she (f)	týané /tyˈane/ they (f)
Neuter	tý /ty/ it (n)	týné /ˈtyne/ they (n)

Articles

	Definite	Indefinite
Singular	cu /ku/ the	ných /nych/ a
Plural	cué /ˈkue/ the	nýché /ˈnyche/ a

Numbers

Number	Word		Number	Word
0	tuv /tuv/		10	geg /gɛg/
1	phir /fiʀ/		11	gegephir /ˌgɛgɛˈfiʀ/
2	chý /ky/		12	gegechý /ˌgɛgɛˈky/
3	ryb /ʀʏb/		13	gegeryb /ˌgɛgɛˈʀʏb/
4	bip /bip/		14	gegebip /ˌgɛgɛˈbip/
5	chiph /kif/		15	gegechiph /ˌgɛgɛˈkif/
6	dil /dil/		16	gegedil /ˌgɛgɛˈdil/
7	vóph /vof/		17	gegevóph /ˌgɛgɛˈvof/
8	rug /ˈʀug/		18	gegerug /ˌgɛgɛˈʀug/
9	mým /mym/		19	gegemým /ˌgɛgɛˈmym/

Number	Word		Number	Word
20	chýgeg /ˈkygɛg/		200	chýphan /ˈkyfan/
30	rygeg /ˈʀʏbɛg/		300	ryphan /ˈʀʏfan/
40	bipeg /ˈbipɛg/		400	biphan /ˈbifan/
50	chipheg /ˈkifɛg/		500	chiphan /ˈkifan/
60	dileg /ˈdilɛg/		600	dilphan /ˈdilfan/
70	vópheg /ˈvofɛg/		700	vóphan /ˈvofan/
80	rugeg /ˈʀugɛg/		800	ruphan /ˈrufan/
90	mýmeg /ˈmymɛg/		900	mýphan /ˈmyfan/
100	phan /fan/		1000	utcých /ˈutsyk/

Prepositions

Colors

Color	Word		Color	Word		Color	Word
	rotu /ˈʀɔtu/			chybik /ˈkʏbik/			chymu /ˈkʏmu/
	chymis /ˈkʏmis/			mispus /ˈmispus/			mimur /ˈmimuʀ/
	lanik /ˈlanik/			gomurik /gɔˈmuʀik/			murik /ˈmuʀik/
	ryr /ʀʏʀ/			vél /vel/			véluró /veˈluʀo/
	být /byt/			hébtý /ˈhebty/			da /da/
	dyge /ˈdʏgɛ/			dynte /ˈdʏntɛ/			evód /ˈɛvod/

Phonetics

Consonants

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal	m		n
Stop	p b		t d	k g
Fricative		f v	s			h
Trill					ʀ
Lateral approximant			l

Vowels

	Front	Back
High	i y	u
Near-high	ʏ
High-mid	e	o
Low-mid	ɛ	ɔ
Low	a

Tenses

Present	No affix phóvar /ˈfovar/
Past	If the word begins with a consonant, add a- to the beginning. Otherwise add ab- to the beginning. aphóvar /aˈfovar/
Distant past	If the word begins with a consonant, add abo- to the beginning. Otherwise add abon- to the beginning. abóphóvar /ˌaboˈfovar/
Future	If the word begins with a consonant, add i- to the beginning. Otherwise add ir- to the beginning. iphóvar /iˈfovar/
Distant future	If the word begins with a consonant, add ira- to the beginning. Otherwise add irad- to the beginning. iraphóvar /ˌiraˈfovar/

Sentence Structure

The fundamental structure is subject-verb-object.

Adjective Order

Adjectives are placed before the noun they describe, and after adverbs modifying them.

Dictionary

4408 Words.

Successor Languages

• ROCHIM Terminology
• Eastern Hechalic

Spoken by

• Nimýrité

Sayings and Mottos

English

Enlightened we swim above the darkness.

— motto of the Nimýric Empire

Nimýric

Lia noarens cýné cobel bombity phasar.

— ipa de cu Nimýric Mameóna

Nimýric

Lia noarens cýné cobel bombity phasar.

— ipa de cu Nimýric Mameóna

Audio

English

Knowledge is our weapon.

— motto of ROCHIM

Nimýric

Dómua pahar decýné rycó.

— ipa de ROCHIM

Nimýric

Dómua pahar decýné rycó.

— ipa de ROCHIM

Colloquial Phrases

English

My bygeó contains too much blood.

— Nimýric phrase, meaning that someone is very tired

Nimýric

Decýó bygeó óar purýr hém.

— Nimýric chyua, chyoarens bi rybdi gybar sa rýl

Nimýric

Decýó bygeó óar purýr hém.

— Nimýric chyua, chyoarens bi rybdi gybar sa rýl

English

Did you run against a tree during childhood?

— Eastern Hechalic phrase, used to call someone stupid

Nimýric

Avéar ryn ných nol phó icýnéló?

— Pheanid Hechalic chyua, dymuarat di chiar rybdi lur

Nimýric

Avéar ryn ných nol phó icýnéló?

— Pheanid Hechalic chyua, dymuarat di chiar rybdi lur