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===Verbs===
===Verbs===
Verbs use ''-(e)n'' in the present, ''-zol'' in the past. The future is marked by an auxiliary ''sce'' (from ''scen'' "go") before the verb.
Verbs use ''-(e)n'' in the present, ''-zol'' in the past. The future is marked by an auxiliary ''sce'' (from *sken "go") before the verb.


*''φθon'' = 'eats'
*''φθon'' = 'eats'

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Chthryxolidin is a Clofabic language with initial consonant mutations.

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Dental Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m /m/ n /n/
Plosive tenuis b /p/ d /t/ g /k/
aspirated p /pʰ/ t /tʰ/ c /kʰ/
voiced bh /b/ dh /d/ gh /g/
breathy voiced ph /bʱ/ th /dʱ/ ch /gʱ/
Fricative voiceless φ /f/ θ /θ/ s /s/ χ /x/ h /h~ɦ/
voiced φh /v/ θh /ð/ sh /z/ χh /ɣ/
Approximant w /w/ r /r~l/ l /L/

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close i /i/ y /ÿ/ u /u/
Mid e /e/ o /o/
Open a /a/

Prosody

Stress

Intonation

Phonotactics

Morphophonology

Morphology

Nouns

Plurals and collectives are formed with -az and -os.

The definite article is ce(n). It triggers lenition in the accusative and genitive: ce χyphro "the blood (nom.)", ce χhyphro "the blood (acc., gen.)"

Adjectives and attributive verbs are also lenited after a noun in the accusative.

Verbs

Verbs use -(e)n in the present, -zol in the past. The future is marked by an auxiliary sce (from *sken "go") before the verb.

  • φθon = 'eats'
  • φθozol = 'ate'
  • sce φθo = 'will eat'

Syntax

Chthryxolidin is VSO but SVO is also common.