Χrycolidh

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/

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. The past tense is formed with a preposition al 'after' which triggers lenition. future is marked by an auxiliary se (from *sken "go").

• cen amφ certon = 'the man sleeps'
• cen amφ ur al cherto = 'the man slept'
• cen amφ se certo = 'the man will sleep'

Chthryxolidin is not zero-copula, unlike Eevo and Netagin. The copula is ur in the present, zol in the past and caphth in the future.

Syntax

Chthryxolidin is SVO.