Adjective order: Adjectives are positioned before the noun.
Adposition: prepositions ?
↓Manner/Place→ | Bilabial | Labiodental | Dental | Alveolar | Palato-alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal |
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Nasal | m | ɱ | n | ɲ | ŋ | |||
Stop | p pʰ b | p̪ b̪ | t tʰ d | k kʰ g | ||||
Affricate | ʧ ʤ | |||||||
Fricative | f fʰ v | θ ð | s sʰ 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 | ʌ ɔː |
Near-low | æ | ||
Low | ɑ ɒ |
Pronunciation | Spelling |
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Remote past | If ends with vowel: Suffix -w Else: Suffix -ɑw learned (long ago)
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Past | If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʃ Else: Suffix -uːʃ learned
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Present | Suffix -ʌθ learn
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Future | If ends with vowel: Suffix -w Else: Suffix -iːw will learn
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Remote future | Suffix -ɑɱ will learn (long way away)
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Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
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1st person | I/we (top)
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I/we (bottom)
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I/we (switch)
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2nd person | you (top)
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you (bottom)
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you (switch)
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3rd person | he/they (top)
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she/they (bottom)
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she/they (switch)
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Masculine | Suffix -æ |
Feminine | Suffix -iː |
Neuter | Suffix -ɜː |
Goblin has a base-20 number system:
1 -
2 -
3 -
4 -
5 -
6 -
7 -
8 -
9 -
10 -
11 -
12 -
13 -
14 -
15 -
16 -
17 -
18 -
19 -
20 -
400 -
8000 -
Adjective → adverb = If ends with vowel: Suffix -k
Else: Suffix -ɛ˧k
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ɱb̪v
Else: Suffix -ɛ˥˩ɱb̪v
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = Suffix -ɔː˧s
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -g
Else: Suffix -eɪ̯˥˩g
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -m
Else: Suffix -ɔː˥m
Noun to verb = If ends with vowel: Suffix -s
Else: Suffix -ɒ˥˩s
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ð
Else: Suffix -ɒ˧ð
Tending to = If ends with vowel: Suffix -s
Else: Suffix -æ˦s
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -w
Else: Suffix -iː˥˩w
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ɱp̪fʰ
Else: Suffix -ɪ˦ɱp̪fʰ
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Suffix -iː˥
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Suffix -uː˩˥mb
Diminutive = If ends with vowel: Suffix -nd
Else: Suffix -ɑ˥nd
Augmentative = Suffix -ɔɪ̯˩˥
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