Adjective order: Adjectives are positioned after the noun.
Adposition: postpositions ?
↓Manner/Place→ | Bilabial | Labiodental | Dental | Alveolar | Palato-alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal |
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Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||
Stop | b p | d t | g k | |||||
Affricate | ʧ ʤ | |||||||
Fricative | f v | θ ð | s z | ʃ ʒ | h | |||
Approximant | ɹ | j | ||||||
Lateral approximant | l |
Co-articulated phonemes
↓Manner/Place→ | Labial-velar |
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Approximant | w |
Vowel inventory:
Front | Central | Back | |
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High | iː | uː | |
Near-high | ɪ | ʊ | |
Low-mid | ɛ | ɜː | ɔː ʌ |
Near-low | æ | ||
Low | ɑ |
Pronunciation | Spelling |
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Nouns have two cases:
Nominative | Prefix ʃiː- dog (doing the verb)
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Accusative | Prefix ʃɜː- (verb done to) dog
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Singular | Plural | |
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Definite | Prefix sʊ- the dog
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Prefix jɑ- the dogs
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Indefinite | Prefix nɪ- a dog
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Prefix wʌ- some dogs
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Yoùhïian encodes definite article ‘the’, and indefinite article ‘a’ in noun affixes. See Noun section.
Nominative | Accusative | |
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1st singular | I
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me
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2nd singular | you
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you
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3rd singular | he, she, it
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his, her, it
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1st plural inclusive | we (including you)
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us (including you)
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1st plural exclusive | we (excluding you)
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us (excluding you)
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2nd plural | you all
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you all
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3rd plural | they
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them
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Possessive | |
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1st singular | my
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2nd singular | your
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3rd singular | his, her, its
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1st plural inclusive | our (including you)
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1st plural exclusive | our (excluding you)
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2nd plural | your (pl)
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3rd plural | their
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Present | Past | |
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1st singular | Prefix sɪ- (I) learn
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Prefix wɪ- (I) learned
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2nd singular | Prefix ʒʊ- (you) learn
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Prefix sæ- (you) learned
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3rd singular | Prefix ʧɔɪ̯- (he/she/it) learns
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Prefix wæ- (he/she/it) learned
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1st plural inclusive | Prefix hiː- (we (including you)) learn
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Prefix siː- (we (including you)) learned
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1st plural exclusive | Prefix liː- (we (excluding you)) learn
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Prefix ɹʊ- (we (excluding you)) learned
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2nd plural | Prefix nɪ- (you all) learn
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Prefix niː- (you all) learned
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3rd plural | Prefix weɪ̯- (they) learn
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Prefix nɔː- (they) learned
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Yoùhïian uses a standalone particle word for future tense:
Future | Particle before the verb: leɪ̯ - will learn
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Yoùhïian has a base-10 number system:
1 -
2 -
3 -
4 -
5 -
6 -
7 -
8 -
9 -
10 -
100 -
1000 -
Adjective → adverb = Prefix soʊ̯-
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Prefix woʊ̯-
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = Prefix jaʊ̯-
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Prefix ʤʊ-
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Prefix ʃæ-
Noun to verb = Prefix bʌ-
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Prefix jaɪ̯-
Tending to = Prefix wɔː-
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Prefix zɑ-
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = Prefix niː-
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Prefix jɜː-
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Prefix jɛ-
Diminutive = Prefix heɪ̯-
Augmentative = Prefix saʊ̯-
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