Fylfathic

Fylfathic
Lojic
חְּנגַּפְלפַט, חְּנגַּלֹטַ׳
Pronunciation	[tyŋ.ga.fyl.fad͡z, tyŋ.ga.lo.d͡ʒa]
Created by	Melinoë
Date	June 13th, 2026
Native to	Lebanon
Ethnicity	Fylfans
Language family	Indo-European Para-Germanic Chlesamnic Fylfathic
Early forms	Proto-Chlesamnic Old Fylfathic Fylfathic
Writing systems	Hebrew Arabic
Official status
Recognised minority language in	Lebanon
Language codes
ISO 639-3	fulf

Fylfathic (/ˈfʊl.feɪ̯.ðɪk/, /ˈfʌl.feɪ̯.ðɪk/, also "Lojic" /loʊ̯.d͡ʒɪk/; Autonym: חְּנגַּפְלפַט (tüngafülfaẓ) /tyŋ.ga.fyl.fad͡z/; חְּנגַּלֹטַ׳ (tüngaloja) /tyŋ.ga.lo.d͡ʒa/) is a Chlesamnic language spoken on the northwest side of Mount Lebanon (Native: גַּבַּלֹֿטַ׳ (gaballoja)).

Etymology

חְּנגַּפְלפַט (tüngafülfaẓ) descends from Old Fylfathic חּוּנגּאפוּלפאט (tüngafülfaẓ), itself a reformation of the ancient *fülfanoṯatünga, all ultimately compounds of modern פְלפַט (fülfaẓ) + חְּנגַּ (tünga).

The לֹטַ׳־ (-loja) of חְּנגַּלֹטַ׳ (tüngaloja) is from לֹטַ׳ (loja), the word for a blinding white, though it is taken as a shortening of the name of Mount Lebanon.

Phonology

Consonants

		labial	dental	alveolar	palatal	velar
nasal		m ⟨מ⟩, ⟨m⟩		n ⟨נ⟩, ⟨n⟩
stop	unvoiced	p ⟨פּ⟩, ⟨p⟩		t ⟨תּ⟩, ⟨t⟩		k ⟨כּ⟩, ⟨k⟩
	voiced	b ⟨בּ⟩, ⟨b⟩		d ⟨דּ⟩, ⟨d⟩		g ⟨גּ⟩, ⟨g⟩
fricative	unvoiced	f ⟨פ⟩, ⟨f⟩	θ ⟨ת⟩, ⟨ṯ⟩	s ⟨ס⟩, ⟨s⟩	ʃ ⟨ש⟩, ⟨š⟩	x ⟨כ⟩, ⟨h⟩
	voiced	v ⟨ב⟩, ⟨v⟩	ð ⟨ד⟩, ⟨ḏ⟩	z ⟨ז⟩, ⟨z⟩	ʒ ⟨ז׳⟩, ⟨ž⟩	ɣ ⟨ג⟩, ⟨ḡ⟩
affricate	unvoiced			t͡s ⟨צ⟩, ⟨ṣ⟩	t͡ʃ ⟨צ׳⟩, ⟨c⟩
	voiced			d͡z ⟨ט⟩, ⟨ẓ⟩	d͡ʒ ⟨ט׳⟩, ⟨j⟩
approximant				l ⟨ל⟩, ⟨l⟩	j ⟨י⟩, ⟨y⟩
trill				r ⟨ר⟩, ⟨r⟩

Gemination is written using the rafe (⟨אֿ⟩).

Vowels

	front				back
	unround		round
	short	long	short	long	short	long
High	i ⟨אִ⟩, ⟨i⟩	iː ⟨אִי⟩, ⟨ī, ii⟩	y ⟨אְ⟩, ⟨ü⟩	yː ⟨אְי⟩, ⟨ǖ, üü⟩	u ⟨אֻ⟩, ⟨u⟩	uː ⟨אֻו⟩, ⟨ū, uu⟩
Mid	e ⟨אֵ⟩, ⟨e⟩	eː ⟨אֵי⟩, ⟨ē, ee⟩			o ⟨אֹ⟩, ⟨o⟩	oː ⟨אֹו⟩, ⟨ō, oo⟩
Low	a ⟨אַ⟩, ⟨a⟩	aː ⟨אַא⟩, ⟨ā, aa⟩

Morphology

Fylfathic is among the most divergent of all the Chlesamnic languages.

Nouns

You will notice a construct form, this descends from the "short genitive" (the form used in compounding), and this shift had been happening since at least the early 12th century and can be seen in the clear shift in how compounds are formed.

The definite article in Fylfathic is borrowed from Arabic "al-"

A-stem

A-stems distinguish four forms, these are:

• masculine
  • Nom/gen/con singular
  • Accusative (no number)
  • Dative (no number)
  • Nom/gen/con plural
• feminine
  • Nominative (no number) + Gen/con singular
  • Accusative (no number)
  • Dative (no number)
  • Gen/con plural
• Neuter
  • Direct singular
  • Gen/con singular
  • Dative (no number) + direct plural
  • Gen/con plural

a-stem

	פְלפַ (fülfa) (masc)		גַּבַלֹֿטַ׳ (gaballoja) (fem)		תַּפנַא (tafnā) (neut)
	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	פְלפַ fülfa	פְלפֹו fülfō	גַּבַלֹֿטַ׳ gaballoja	גַּבַלֹֿטַ׳ gaballoja	תַּפנַא tafnā	תַּפנַ tafna
accusative	פְלפַא fülfā	פְלפַא fülfā	גַּבַּלֹֿטַ׳א gaballojā	גַּבַּלֹֿטַ׳א gaballojā	תַּפנַא tafnā	תַּפנַ tafna
genitive	פְלפַ fülfa	פְלפֹו fülfō	גַּבַלֹֿטַ׳ gaballoja	גַּבַלֹֿטֹ׳ו gaballojō	תַּפנַ tafna	תַּפנֹו tafnō
dative	פְלפֵ fülfe	פְלפֵ fülfe	גַּהַּלֹֿטֵ׳ gaballoje	גַּהַּלֹֿטֵ׳ gaballoje	תַּפנֵ tafne	תַּפנֵ tafne
construct	פְלפַ־ fülfa-	פְלפֹו־ fülfō-	גַּבַלֹֿטַ׳־ gaballoja-	גַּבַלֹֿטֹ׳ו־ gaballojō-	תַּפנַ־ tafna-	תַּפנֹו־ tafnō-