Lhodhkje
/ɬoðkʲe/
Consonants | Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Post Alveolar | Palatal | Dorsal | Glottal |
Plosive | b p | t d | k g | ||||
Fricative | f v | th/θ/, dh/ð/ | s z | sh/ʃ/, zh/ʒ/ | x/χ/ | h | |
Tap/Flap | r/ɾ/ | ||||||
Nasal | m | n | ŋ | ||||
Lateral | l ,lh/ɬ/ | ||||||
Approximant | j | w |
Vowels | Front | Central | Back |
Closed | i | y/ʉ/ | u |
Mid | e | ı/ə/ | o |
Open | a | ||
Diphthongs | iı/ɪɛ/ yu/iʊ/ | ai ei/æi/ | io/ɪɒ/ uı/uʌ/ |
Note: Vowel length is determined by phonotactics and is not written.
◃Phonotactics▹
Lhodhkje mainly follows 3 word spelling and pronunciation rules.
1 ▸ A word can only be all consonants if a nasal is included at the end.
2 ▸ If a voiced consonant comes before a vowel, the vowel is elongated.
3 ▸ A consonant cluster can only contain all unvoiced or voiced unless the consonant comes from an affix.
◃Word order▹
This is kind of a gray area, VSO is the default though other ones are also valid to use, and it really depends on what is most important.
For example:
SVO Ikhuxterkex ynar poryl kuekxıreksh ⇌ The man is carrying the ducks.
VSO Mojehge yjen ikeiŋ e’netor livanruı ⇌ I’ll be blessing you with love.
OVS Katanıdh seŋ ynar ⇌ Those are two cats.
◃Plurality▹
As in most languages, plurality is marked with an affix
No cats ⇌ Katanulh
A cat ⇌ Katan
Two cats ⇌ Katanıdh
A lot of cats ⇌ Kataneksh
(Measurement) of cats ⇌ Katanmah
Note: (Measurement) comes after the noun.
◃Tence▹
Just like Plurality, it's more affixes.
Tence | Past | Present | Future |
Short | -kezh | -yl | -rera |
Long | -vat | -vie | -niorı |
Continuous | -posh | -nuılh | -ge |
Cases | English | Affix |
Nominative | (Subject marker) | kex- |
Accusative | (Object marker) | xır- |
Vocative | (Name call) | ydzen- |
Genitive | From | zhym- |
Possessive | (Possession) | hed- |
Instrumental | Using/With | ruı- |
Locative | At | tah- |
Illative | Into | rojh- |
Auxiliary Verbs | Past | Present | Future |
Affirmative | ynkesh | ynar | yjen |
Negative | kezh | narsh | hjen |
There's also auxiliary verbs
◃Cases▹
◃Pronouns▹
Lhodhkje has A LOT of pronouns, 98 to be precise, you can find them all in the dictionary tab.
Exclusion | Nominative | Accusative | Other |
First person | -et | -edh | -zhuı |
Second person | -ix | -ex | -ox |
Masculine | -er | -pex | -ra |
Feminine | -ush | -uf | -ulh |
Neuter | -ŋet | -ŋej | -ŋah |
Object | -pet | -petsh | -peg |
Abstract | -xot | -xod | -txob |
Noun prospective | Affix |
First person | ik- |
Third person | ir- |
These can stack on top of each other so you can say.
Damerki'kenah ⇌ Dark, pale, natural blue.
◃Auxiliary modal affix▹
Tell ⇌ Doxu
Can tell ⇌ Doxutsh
Could tell ⇌ Doxunlx
Might tell ⇌ Doxunoŋ
Shall tell ⇌ Doxueŋ
Should tell ⇌ Doxuiŋ
Need to tell ⇌ Doxuk
◃Word variants▹
Nouns don’t have articles, but instead they have different forms:
A mouse ⇌ Muhus
The mouse ⇌ Murus
Part of/Some of the/a mouse ⇌ Murk
Verbs change based on the perspective of who is doing it
I hold ⇌ Pher
You hold ⇌ Pier
They/He/She/It ⇌ Por
Adjectives gain affixes based on the nouns class
Pretty (living) ⇌ Bjarne
Pretty (Non ⇌ Bjort