Χrycolidh

Χrycolidh /xrykʰolid/ is a Clofabic language with initial consonant mutations.

Ideas

Use some ideas from my old Tíogall

Phonology

Consonants

		Labial	Dental	Alveolar	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 /z/	χh /ɣ/
Approximant		w /w/		r /r/	l /ʟ/

Vowels

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

Morphology

Nouns

Chthryxolidin has three cases: nominative, accusative and genitive.

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

The definite article is ce(n) ___, which is cel in the genitive. It triggers lenition in the accusative and genitive:

• ce χyphro /kʰe xybʰro/ "the blood (nom.)"
• ce χhyphro /kʰe ɣybʰro/ "the blood (acc.)"
• cel χhyphro /kʰeʟ ɣybʰro/ "the blood (gen.)"

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

Verbs and adjectives

Verbs use -(e)n in the present. The past tense is formed with a preposition al 'after' which triggers lenition. Future is marked by an auxiliary se (from *sken "go").

• cen am certon /kʰen am kʰertʰo/ = 'the man sleeps'
• cen am al cherto /kʰen am aʟ gʰertʰo/ = 'the man slept'
• cen am se certo /kʰen am se kʰertʰo/ = 'the man will sleep'

Chthryxolidin is zero-copula. The copula is zol /zoʟ/ in the past and caphth /kʰavð/ in the future.

Attributive verbs and adjectives (whose subject is the head) use -(i)l. Other relative clauses use the relativizer im.

Syntax

Chthryxolidin is SVO.