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").

• certon cen amφ = 'the man sleeps'
• ur cen amφ al cherto = 'the man slept'
• se cen amφ 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 VSO but SVO is used in certain subordinate clauses (as in Welsh).