Adjective order: Adjectives are positioned after the noun.
Adposition: prepositions ?
↓Manner/Place→ | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Palato-alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal |
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Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||
Stop | p | t d | c | k g | q | |||
Affricate | ʤ | |||||||
Fricative | f v | s z | x | h | ||||
Approximant | j | |||||||
Trill | r | |||||||
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 | i | u | |
Near-high | ɪ | ||
High-mid | e | o | |
Mid | ə˞ | ||
Low | a | ɑ |
Pronunciation | Spelling |
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Singular | No affix dog
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Plural | Reduplicate last part of last syllable dogs
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Zräysian has no definite article ‘the’, or indefinite article ‘a’.
1st singular | I, me, mine
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2nd singular | you, yours
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3rd singular masc | he, him, his, it, its
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3rd singular fem | she, her, hers, it, its
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1st plural | we, us, ours
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2nd plural | you all, yours (pl)
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3rd plural | they, them, theirs
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1st singular | my
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2nd singular | your
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3rd singular masc | his
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3rd singular fem | her
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1st plural | our
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2nd plural | your (pl)
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3rd plural | their
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Present | No affix learn
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Past | Prefix jɪ- learned
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Zräysian uses a standalone particle word for future tense:
Future | Particle before the verb: u - will learn
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Progressive | Particle before the verb: pre - is learning
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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).
Zräysian uses an affix for habitual:
Habitual | Prefix o- learns
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Zräysian 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 = Prefix cu-
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Prefix æ̝-
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix fj-
Else: Prefix fje-
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Prefix ə˞-
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Prefix i-
Noun to verb = Prefix grɑ-
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Prefix gra-
Tending to = If starts with vowel: Prefix sd-
Else: Prefix sdæ̝-
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix ij-
Else: Prefix iju-
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = If starts with vowel: Prefix d-
Else: Prefix de-
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Prefix zme-
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Prefix glo-
Diminutive = If starts with vowel: Prefix m-
Else: Prefix mə˞-
Augmentative = If starts with vowel: Prefix w-
Else: Prefix we-
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