Infernal

Natively known as: væˈẑáṭʼ /væˈʑɐʈʼ/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind... zat lith r̂œts ur̂ oṭʼ zat chàˈŕàsh ˈœsøṭʼ r̂œts døts dheṭʼ táŝ[alt] Pronunciation: /zat liθ ɾœʦ yɾ ɒʈʼ zat ʧɑˈʀɑʃ ˈœsøʈʼ ɾœʦ ɖøʦ ðeʈʼ tɐɕ/ Infernal word order: and he his hat holding stood and his wet face the wind to turned[/alt]

Grammar

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

Singular	ezĥ /eɮ/ dog
Plural	àṭʼ /ɑʈʼ/ dog

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = If starts with vowel: Prefix ð- Else: Prefix ðœ- Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix ǂ- Else: Prefix ǂɑ- Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = Prefix ʃɐ- Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix ɖ- Else: Prefix ɖɶ- Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Prefix æ- Noun to verb = Prefix lɑ- Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Prefix e- Tending to = If starts with vowel: Prefix l- Else: Prefix lɐ- Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix z- Else: Prefix zi- Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = Prefix ɑ- One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Prefix œ- Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = If starts with vowel: Prefix l- Else: Prefix lø- Diminutive = Prefix ø- Augmentative = If starts with vowel: Prefix v- Else: Prefix vœ-

Phonology

Consonant inventory: c cʼ k l s t tʼ v z ð ǂ ɕ ɖ ɬ ɮ ɽ ɾ ʀ ʁ ʃ ʈ ʈʼ ʐ ʑ ʒ ʣ ʥ ʦ ʧ β θ ⱱ

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Dental	Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Retroflex	Alveolo-palatal	Palatal	Velar	Uvular
Stop				t tʼ		ʈ ʈʼ ɖ		c cʼ	k
Affricate				ʦ ʣ	ʧ		ʥ
Fricative	β	v	θ ð	s z	ʃ ʒ	ʐ	ɕ ʑ			ʁ
Tap		ⱱ		ɾ		ɽ
Trill										ʀ
Lateral fricative				ɬ ɮ
Lateral approximant				l
Click								ǂ

Vowel inventory: a e i y æ ø œ ɐ ɑ ɒ ɶ

	Front	Central	Back
High	i y
High-mid	e ø
Low-mid	œ
Near-low	æ	ɐ
Low	a ɶ		ɑ ɒ

Syllable structure: (C)V(C) Stress pattern: No fixed stress Word initial consonants: c cʼ l s t tʼ v z ð ǂ ɖ ɬ ɮ ɽ ɾ ʃ ʈ ʈʼ ʐ ʑ ʣ ʥ ʦ ʧ β ⱱ Mid-word consonants: c cs ct cʃ cʼ k kl kt kv kɾ kʁ kʈ kʧ l ls lt lv lʃ lʐ lʒ lθ s sc sʈ sθ t tk tl ts tt tz tɕ tɮ tɾ tʀ tʁ tʃ tʦ tʼ v vl vð vɾ z zk zl zt zz ð ǂ ɕ ɖ ɬ ɮ ɮs ɮɮ ɽ ɾ ɾl ɾs ɾð ɾʃ ɾʒ ɾβ ʀ ʁ ʁl ʁv ʁʃ ʃ ʃc ʃs ʃt ʈ ʈʼ ʐ ʑ ʒ ʒl ʣ ʥ ʦ ʦk ʦl ʦɮ ʧ ʧk ʧl β βɾ θ θl ⱱ Word final consonants: c cʼ k s t tʼ v z ð ǂ ɕ ɖ ɬ ɮ ɽ ɾ ʀ ʁ ʃ ʈ ʈʼ ʐ ʑ ʒ ʣ ʥ ʦ ʧ β θ ⱱ
Phonological changes (in order of application):

• ɾ → s / _s
• s → x / #_
• ɕ → ʃ / #_
• t → d / V_
• ʀ → h / _#
• s → h / V_V
• ɕ → t / _#
• t → ʔ / #_
• ɾ → s / _t

Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
y	u
ɒ	o
ɐ	á
ɑ	à
ɶ	ó
c	chy
ʧ	ch
θ	th
ɖ	d
ð	dh
ʃ	sh
ʒ	zh
ɽ	r
ʈ	ṭ
ʐ	ẓ
ʥ	j
ʣ	dz
ʦ	ts
β	b
ɕ	ŝ
ɬ	sĥ
ⱱ	v̂
ʑ	ẑ
ɾ	r̂
ɮ	zĥ
ʀ	ŕ
ʁ	r̈

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