The Language of Fliguian

Natively known as: fligu /ˈfligu/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
or fo radia do chonsseis jaus or do jes jandu rai nanr mer
Pronunciation: /oʁ fo ˈʁɐdjɐ dɔ ˈʃõʃsɨjs ʒɐwʃ oʁ dɔ ʒɛʃ ˈʒɐ̃du ʁɐj nɐ̃ʁ mɛɾ/
Fliguian word order: and he stood his hat holding and his wet face turned the wind to

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: b d f g j k l m n p s t v w z ɲ ɾ ʁ ʃ ʎ ʒ

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular
Nasal	m		n		ɲ
Stop	p b		t d			k g
Fricative		f v	s z	ʃ ʒ			ʁ
Approximant					j
Tap			ɾ
Lateral approximant			l		ʎ

Co-articulated phonemes

↓Manner/Place→	Labial-velar
Approximant	w

Vowel inventory: a e ẽ i ĩ o õ u ũ ɐ ɐ̃ ɐ̃w̃ ɔ ɛ ɨ
Diphthongs: ɐ̃w̃ ?

	Front	Central	Back
High	i ĩ	ɨ	u ũ
High-mid	e ẽ		o õ
Low-mid	ɛ		ɔ
Near-low		ɐ ɐ̃
Low	a

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

Pronunciation	Spelling
kw	qu
k	qu / _{i,e,ɛ}
k	c
ʎ	lh
j	i
ʒ	j
ɾ	r
ʁ	r
ʃ	s / _#
ʃ	s / _C
ʃ	ch
ɲ	nh
ɐ̃w̃	ão
w	u
ɨ	e
ɛ	e
ɔ	o
ĩ	im / _#
ĩ	im / _{p,b}
ĩ	in
ũ	um / _#
ũ	um / _{p,b}
ũ	un
ẽ	em / _#
ẽ	em / _{p,b}
ẽ	en
ɐ̃	am / _#
ɐ̃	am / _{p,b}
ɐ̃	an
ɐ	a
õ	om / _#
õ	im / _{p,b}
õ	on

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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.

Nominative	No affix flum /flũ/ dog (doing the verb)
Accusative	Suffix -ɛ flune /ˈflũɛ/ (verb done to) dog
Genitive	Suffix -e flune /ˈflũe/ dogʼs
Dative	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ɲʃ Else: Suffix -ɐɲʃ flunnhs /flũɲʃ/ to dog

Singular	No affix flum /flũ/ dog
Plural	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ɲs Else: Suffix -ẽɲs flunnhs /flũɲs/ dogs

Articles

Definite	cunnhs /kũɲʃ/ the
Indefinite	crãol /kɾɐ̃w̃l/ 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’
• Used for languages: ‘The English’
• Used with place names: ‘The London’

Uses of indefinite article that differ from English:

• Not used for non-specific countable nouns: non-specific means ‘I am looking for a (any) girl in a red dress’, whereas specific means ‘I am looking for a (particular) girl in a red dress’

Pronouns

	Nominative	Accusative	Genitive	Dative
1st singular	o /o/ I	va /va/ me	trur /tɾuɾ/ mine	froi /fɾoj/ to me
2nd singular	am /ɐ̃/ you	pem /pẽ/ you	i /i/ yours	flem /flẽ/ to you
3rd singular masc	fo /fo/ he, it (masc)	do /dɔ/ his, it (masc)	due /dwe/ his, its (masc)	que /kwɨ/ to his, to it (masc)
3rd singular fem	cãous /kɐ̃w̃wʃ/ she, it (fem)	ponu /põw/ her, it (fem)	rianhs /ʁjɐɲʃ/ hers, its (fem)	e /ɨ/ to her, to it (fem)
1st plural	bre /bɾe/ we	ge /gɨ/ us	quim /kĩ/ ours	ti /ti/ to us
2nd plural	franr /fɾɐ̃ɾ/ you all	inl /ĩl/ you all	pa /pa/ yours (pl)	plos /plos/ to you all
3rd plural	ju /ʒu/ they	pa /pɐ/ them	pro /pɾo/ theirs	fam /fɐ̃/ to them

Possessive determiners

	Possessive
1st singular	trur /tɾuɾ/ my
2nd singular	i /i/ your
3rd singular masc	do /dɔ/ his
3rd singular fem	rianhs /ʁjɐɲʃ/ her
1st plural	quim /kĩ/ our
2nd plural	pa /pa/ your (pl)
3rd plural	pro /pɾo/ their

Verbs

	Present	Past
Singular	No affix ius /iwʃ/ (I/you/he/she/it) learn(s)	If ends with vowel: Suffix -js Else: Suffix -ɨjs iucheis /ˈiwʃɨjs/ (I/you/he/she/it) learned
Plural	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʁ Else: Suffix -ɐʁ iuchar /ˈiwʃɐʁ/ (we/you all/they) learn	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ɲs Else: Suffix -eɲs iuchenhs /ˈiwʃeɲs/ (we/you all/they) learned

Fliguian uses a standalone particle word for future tense:

Future

Particle before the verb: mo - mo ius /mo iwʃ/ will learn

Progressive aspect

The ‘progressive’ aspect refers to actions that are happening at the time of speaking, such as I am learning.
Fliguian uses an affix for progressive:

Progressive

If ends with vowel: Suffix -jʃ Else: Suffix -ɔjʃ iuchois /ˈiwʃɔjʃ/ is 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).
Fliguian uses a standalone particle word for habitual:

Habitual

Particle before the verb: pi - pi ius /pi iwʃ/ learns

Numbers

Fliguian has a base-20 number system:
1 - enr
2 - ria
3 - fou
4 - gar
5 - cla
6 - fe
7 - dostu
8 - ju
9 - fro
10 - frous
400 - mani
8000 - ches

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = If ends with vowel: Suffix -l
Else: Suffix -ɐl
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -jdu
Else: Suffix -ẽjdu
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʃ
Else: Suffix -ɐʃ
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Suffix -iwʃ
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ɲʃ
Else: Suffix -ũɲʃ
Noun to verb = If ends with vowel: Suffix -js
Else: Suffix -ɛjs
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -wtu
Else: Suffix -awtu
Tending to = Suffix -ɐ̃
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Suffix -ɐ̃w̃
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ɲ
Else: Suffix -ẽɲ
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Suffix -il
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Suffix -ɐɾ
Diminutive = If ends with vowel: Suffix -s
Else: Suffix -es
Augmentative = Suffix -a

Dictionary

213 Words.

Spoken by

• Witches of the dawn