Black Draconic

Natively known as: Seing /saɪŋ/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind... o i brunndt ün fau kärn o fuh fau knoʧ fuʧ wairl ollsch Pronunciation: /ɔ ɪ bʁʊnt yːn faʊ kɛːʁn ɔ fuː faʊ knoʧ fʊʧ vaɪʁl ɔlʃ/ Black Miyla word order: and he stood holding hat his and turned his face wet to the wind

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: /b d f g h j k l m n p s t v x z ç ŋ ʁ ʃ ʔ ʦ ʧ χ/

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal	m		n			ŋ
Stop	p b		t d			k g		ʔ
Affricate			ʦ	ʧ
Fricative		f v	s z	ʃ	ç	x	χ ʁ	h
Approximant					j
Lateral approximant			l

Vowel inventory: /a aɪ aʊ aː e eː i iː o oː u uː y yː øː œ ɐ ɔ ɔʏ ə ɛ ɛː ɪ ʊ ʏ/

Diphthongs: aɪ, aʊ, ɔʏ

	Front	Central	Back
High	iː i yː y		uː u
Near-high	ɪ ʏ		ʊ
High-mid	eː e øː		oː o
Mid		ə
Low-mid	ɛ ɛː œ		ɔ
Near-low		ɐ
Low	a aː

Syllable structure: Custom defined Stress pattern: No fixed stress Word initial consonants: b, bl, bʁ, d, dʁ, f, fl, fʁ, g, gl, gʁ, h, j, k, kl, kn, kv, kʁ, l, m, n, p, pf, pl, pʁ, s, t, tʁ, v, z, ʁ, ʃ, ʃl, ʃm, ʃn, ʃp, ʃpʁ, ʃt, ʃtʁ, ʃv, ʃʁ, ʔ, ʦ, ʦv Mid-word consonants: b, bl, bʁ, d, f, fg, fh, fn, fp, ft, ftʁ, fʁ, g, gn, h, j, k, kl, ks, kt, kv, kz, kʦ, l, lb, ld, lf, lft, lg, lk, lt, ltz, lz, lç, lʃ, m, mb, mbʁ, ml, mn, mp, mpf, mpj, n, nbl, nd, nf, ng, ngl, ngʁ, nh, nl, nm, nst, nt, ntk, ntl, ntv, ntʔ, nv, nz, nçm, nʁ, nʃ, nʦ, nʧ, p, pf, pl, pv, pz, s, sf, sh, sl, st, stk, sv, sz, sç, sʔ, t, tbʁ, tk, tn, tv, tz, tç, tʔ, v, x, xd, xt, xʁ, z, ç, çk, çl, çst, çt, çtl, ŋ, ŋk, ŋkʦj, ŋn, ŋz, ʁ, ʁb, ʁd, ʁdn, ʁf, ʁg, ʁh, ʁk, ʁkl, ʁl, ʁm, ʁn, ʁnz, ʁp, ʁt, ʁtl, ʁv, ʁz, ʁç, ʁçtb, ʁʃl, ʃ, ʃp, ʃpʁ, ʃt, ʃv, ʔ, ʦ, ʦd, ʦj, χ Word final consonants: f, ft, gŋ, k, ks, kt, l, lk, lp, lpst, ls, lt, lʃ, m, mpf, n, nf, nft, ns, nst, nt, nts, nʃ, p, pf, pt, pʃ, s, st, t, tl, ts, tst, x, xt, ç, çt, çts, ŋ, ŋk, ŋks, ŋkt, ŋst, ʁ, ʁf, ʁk, ʁl, ʁn, ʁnst, ʁt, ʁts, ʁç, ʁʃ, ʃ, ʧ

Phonological changes (in order of application):

• S → S[-voice] / _#
• sk → ʃ / V_{i,e}
• b → Ø / _#
• i → ə / _#
• d → Ø / n_#
• t → k / _l
• N → ŋ / _#
• L → d / #_

Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
([aeiouœɐɔɛɪʊʏ](?!ː))([mbltnps])	$1$2$2
([aeiouœɐɔɛɪʊʏ](?!ː))(k)	$1ck
aɪ	ei | ai
aʊ	au
aː	a
eː	ä | äh | e | eh | ee
iː	ie
ks	chs
oː	o | oh | oo
p#	b
t#	dt
uː	u | uh
v	w
x	ch
yː	ü
z	s
ç	ch
ø	ö
øː	ö
ŋ	ng
ŋk	nk
œ	ö
ɐ(?!r)	er
ɐ	e
ɔ	o
ɔʏ	eu
ə	e
ɛ	ä | e
ɛː	ä
ɪ	i
ʁ	r
ʃ	sch
ʊ	u
ʏ	ü
ʔ
ʦ#	zt
ʦ	z
ʦ	z
ʦj	ti

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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

	Masculine	Feminine
Definite	Suffix -ɪŋ pleing /pləˈɪŋ/ the man	Suffix -ɔʏ wetükoü /veːtˈʔyːkɔʏ/ the woman
Indefinite	Suffix -ɪ plei /ˈpləɪ/ a man	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʁfaɪ Else: Suffix -oːʁfaɪ wähtükorfei /ˌveːtʔyːˈkoːʁfaɪ/ a woman

Plural

	Masculine	Feminine
Definite	Suffix -œ pleö /ˈpləœ/ the men	If ends with vowel: Suffix -lk Else: Suffix -aɪlk wähtükailk /veːtˈʔyːkaɪlk/ the women
Indefinite	Suffix -ə plee /pləˈə/ some men	If ends with vowel: Suffix -stɛ Else: Suffix -aːstɛ wähtükastä /ˌveːtʔyːˈkaːstɛ/ some women

Articles

Black Miyla encodes definite article ‘the’, and indefinite article ‘a’ in noun affixes. See Noun section.

Pronouns

1st singular	dru /dʁuː/ I, me, mine
2nd singular	weh /veː/ you, yours
3rd singular masc	i /ɪ/ he, him, his
3rd singular fem	prürts /pʁʏʁts/ she, her, hers
1st plural	kni /kni/ we, us, ours
2nd plural	onn /ɔn/ you (all), yours
3rd plural masc	lull /lul/ they, them, theirs
3rd plural fem	so /zo/ they, them, theirs

Possessive determiners

1st singular	schtrinns /ʃtʁins/ my
2nd singular	greem /gʁeːm/ your
3rd singular masc	fau /faʊ/ his
3rd singular fem	fies /fiːs/ her
1st plural	i /ɪ/ our
2nd plural	ple /plə/ your
3rd plural masc	meins /maɪns/ their
3rd plural fem	o /oː/ their

Verbs

	Present	Past
1st singular	Suffix -øːçts frällöchts /ˈfʁɛløːçts/ (I) study	No affix fräll /fʁɛl/ (I) studied
2nd singular	Suffix -os frelloss /ˈfʁɛlos/ (you) study	No affix frell /fʁɛl/ (you) studied
3rd singular masc	Suffix -ən frellen /ˈfʁɛlən/ (he) studies	No affix frell /fʁɛl/ (he) studied
3rd singular fem	Suffix -aɪʁl frällairl /ˈfʁɛlaɪʁl/ (she) studies	No affix fräll /fʁɛl/ (she) studied
1st plural	Suffix -ə frälle /ˈfʁɛlə/ (we) study	No affix frell /fʁɛl/ (we) studied
2nd plural	If ends with vowel: Suffix -tl Else: Suffix -yːtl frällütl /ˈfʁɛlyːtl/ (you all) study	No affix frell /fʁɛl/ (you all) studied
3rd plural masc	Suffix -ɐç frällerch /ˈfʁɛlɐç/ (they) study	No affix fräll /fʁɛl/ (they) studied
3rd plural fem	Suffix -a frella /fʁɛˈla/ (they) study	Suffix -eːns frälleens /ˈfʁɛleːns/ (they) studied

Black Miyla uses a standalone particle word for future tense:

Future

runk /ʁʊŋk/ will

Imperfective aspect

The ‘imperfective’ aspect refers to ongoing actions, such as I am studying and habitual actions, such as I study (every night). Black Miyla uses an affix for imperfective:

Imperfective

If ends with vowel: Suffix -beː Else: Suffix -abeː frällabbä /fʁɛˈlabeː/ is studying

Numbers

Black Miyla has a base-10 number system:

1 - scheif 2 - hassdt 3 - a 4 - tra 5 - ills 6 - brasschwerʧ 7 - de 8 - lunnlei 9 - er 10 - frä 11 - schaif o fre “one and ten” 100 - schaif öf “one hundred” 101 - scheif öf o scheif “one hundred and one” 200 - hassdt öf 1000 - scheif ai “one thousand”

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʁts Else: Suffix -yʁts Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ŋ Else: Suffix -ɐŋ Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʁnaɪ Else: Suffix -øːʁnaɪ Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Suffix -aʊt Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Suffix -ɪ Noun → verb (to create [noun]) = Suffix -ɪt Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Suffix -i Verb → adjective (likely to do [verb]) = Suffix -øː Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Suffix -ɐʁ Verb → noun that verb physically produces (e.g. build → building) = Suffix -aɪtst One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʃto Else: Suffix -aʃto Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Suffix -a Diminutive = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ks Else: Suffix -ɪks Augmentative = If ends with vowel: Suffix -fpoː

Else: Suffix -ɐfpoː

Dictionary

4314 Words.

Root Languages

• Draconic

Successor Languages

• Dark Wave Language
• Crisis Script

Spoken by

• Black Wing Flight

Common Female Names

Acku /aˈkʊ/ Iersa /ˈiːʁza/ Fachts /faːçts/ Er /ʔɐʁ/ Gaus /gaʊs/ Hassie /ˈhaziː/ Kwäl /kvɛːl/ Schlär /ʃlɛːʁ/ Arde /aʁˈdə/ Tannra /tanˈʁa/ Glungai /gluˈŋaɪ/ Agänchmi /agɛːnçˈmɪ/ Blarhi /blaʁˈhɪ/ Unnfdt /ʊnft/

Common Male Names

Dussch /duʃ/ Wensurl /ˈveːnzʊʁl/ Pfucha /ˈpfuça/ Gurf /guːʁf/ Draukdt /dʁaʊkt/ Blallo /ˈblaloː/ Kryfgafdt /ˈkʁyfgaːft/ Soül /zɔʏl/ Büssoo /ˈbʏzoː/ Sochdt /zoçt/ Nach /nax/ Trab /tʁaːp/ Konns /kons/ Gornsdt /goːʁnst/

Common Unisex Names

Alls /als/ Jienü /ˈjiːnyː/ Lyfhasch /ˈlyfhaːʃ/ Plensdt /plənst/ Wammbau /ˈvambaʊ/ Blanngli /ˈblanglɪ/ Schnurch /ʃnʊʁç/ Glychau /ˈglyçaʊ/ Wachte /ˈvaxtə/ Weeldai /ˈveːldaɪ/ Rulle /ˈʁʊlə/ Draung /dʁaʊŋ/ Gress /gʁɛs/ Weidt /vaɪt/