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| ==Grammar== | | ==Grammar== |
| ==Derivational morphology==
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| Some suffixes are pronounced differently depending on the final consonant of the root.
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| *''<sup>U</sup>(-n)'': nominalization, patient
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| **''Þiem'' 'deed' < ''þiom'' 'do'
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| *''be-'': intensive/applicative/denominal verb prefix; common like in German
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| **'''''be'''rast'' 'make powerful, strengthen' < ''Rast'' 'power'
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| *''deß-'': detransitivizing/valency-decreasing
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| *''em-/(w)en-'': perfective; causative/valency-incrementing
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| *''<sup>U</sup>-em'': adjectival/attributive/place noun suffix
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| **''Jünd'''em'''ruoger'' 'tapestry of life'
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| *''-er'': collective, augmentative, place noun, resultative
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| **''Puog'''er''''' 'throne' < ''Puog'' 'chair'
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| **''Ruog'''er''''' 'statue' < ''ruog, rieg, Ruogs'' 'carve'
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| **''Jeng'''er''''' 'ocean, sea' < ''Jeng'' 'water'
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| *''ger-'': inceptive, dynamic
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| **'''''ger'''zißt'': 'initiate' < ''zißt'' 'run' (intransitive)
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| *''i-'' (< PWio {{recon|''ī''}} < PGam {{recon|''hiz''}}): negative
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| **'''''i'''biul'' 'not straight, unjust' < ''biul'' 'straight, just'
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| *''-li'' agent noun, someone associated with [NOUN]
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| **''Winkli'' 'mortal' < ''wink-'' 'die' + ''-li''
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| *''-mack'': resultative, ability
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| *''-null'': prototypical member of a set, ''Ur-''
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| *''-ung'': singulative/some singular nouns
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| *''-s'' (< PGam {{recon|''λ''}} ~ Thm. supine ''-dh''): verbal nouns, nominalization
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| *''-zi'': abstract noun, -ness/-hood
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| *''uo-'' (< PWio {{recon|''ā-''}} < PGam {{recon|''ʔāz-''}}): augmentative
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| **'''''Uo'''res, '''Uo'''rs'' 'wolf, predatory beast' < euphemistically derived from ''Rüös'' 'dog'
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| *''wech-'': perfective/telic
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| *''-zim'': characterized by [noun]
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| ==Phrasebook== | | ==Phrasebook== |
| *''Pei-käh-kiob, in gerbänk-klers iete!'' (''bi-ga-dźu, yn fạng-dlái ed!'') | | *''Pei-käh-kiob, in gerbänk-klers iete!'' (''bi-ga-dźu, yn fạng-dlái ed!'') |