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

/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 Ill 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