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IlL/Spare pages 1/5 (Tsjoenz-blotp; sometimes affectionately called tsje-blotp 'the tsje language', referring to the "unusual" sound [!] represented by tsj) is a modern descendant of Myuftseezh (with Varquun influence) and a lingua franca of Xjeof. It's inspired aesthetically by Swedish and Sino-Korean words in Korean.

Todo

• hael = ego
• hjeo (before C), hjeor (before V) = this
• tjaleo = exist
• fosn = therefore; beugju = ergo
• Ngjodav. = Hello.
• Eobak. = Greetings. (somewhat more formal)
• Tsuxa. = Thank you.
• Sjapt otsn. = Bye.
• ink (mae) = name
• rip = learn
• nim (mae) = water
• zjeosm (lek) = wife
• keokeortjar = strict
• gdeoz = to think
• eobak (mae) 'greeting'
• muk 'bad'
• fljeongar 'round'
• vael 'I (when speaking to a stranger or a superior)' (< yavvál 'servant')
• bjaels 'state'
• vjeorkun 'Varquun'
• blotp /blotp/ 'tongue, language' (Myuftseezh blotp < Proto-Ftseezhic blōtp < Proto-Myuftseezh *blātʼpʼ)
• rjeonmok /rjʌnmok/ 'hero (often used ironically)' < Varquun rannammókk "raven-joy", i.e. warrior
• eotijeo = prove < Varquun atiyah 'prove, demonstrate'
• Vael osr eukng ti fjuxt taek. = I speak of love and hate.
• Hveol ngeo kjo xi mul hi? = Are you saving it for me?
• Vael tat vaegar mae gzeos fae mydar mae gzeos, klje xjod kyks pju. = 'I mixed the blue liquid and the orange liquid, and then there was an explosion.'
• Si tje vlek tsjatmaengal! = Not my president!
• ke = ovum, genesis (Varquun kké 'egg')
• bljedin = theorem
• hveol 'question particle' < kʷa-ləy; kjo 'for' < q'əw, mul 'keep' < muyλay

Phonology

Chick Corean has an average-sized (~25, depending on who's counting) consonant inventory and a rather large (10) vowel inventory.

Consonants

IlL/Spare pages 1/5 consonants

		Labial	Alveolar	Lateral	Click	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m /m/	n /n/				ng /ŋ/
Plosive	voiceless	p /p/	t /t/	tx /tɬ/	tsj /!/	tj* /t͡ɕ/	k /k/
	voiced	b /b/	d /d/			dj* /d͡ʑ/	g /g/
Fricative	voiceless	f /f/	s /s/	x /ɬ/	sj /ɧ/	hj /ç/		h /h/
	voiced	v /v/	z /z/		zj /ζ/1
Affricate			ts /ts/
Resonant		[w]	r /r/	l /l/		j /j/

¹ In this article the symbol /ζ/ is used for [ɧ̬] (voiced sje-sound).

kv, gv, ngv, hv are pronounced [kw, gw, ŋw, hw].

nk is pronounced /ŋk/.

* t and d are also pronounced as /t͡ɕ/ before /i/ and /y/.

Vowels

Chick Corean has 10 vowel phonemes. There are no diphthongs.

	Front		Back
	unrounded	rounded	unrounded	rounded
Close	i /i/	y /y/	eu /ɯ/	u /u/
Close-mid	e /e/	oe /ø~œ/		o /o/
Open-mid	ae /ɛ/		eo /ʌ~ɔ/
Open			a /a/

Myuftseezh i u e ø o a

• (no umlaut) > a (open)/ɯ (closed) u ə ə o a
• (umlaut) > i u i e ø ɛ

Morphology

Chick Corean grammar is mostly analytic and SVO.

Nouns

Chick Corean nouns do not inflect for number but take possessive prefixes for inalienable possession. Chick Corean has various classifiers, which mark definiteness, come in singular and plural forms, and take possessive prefixes. Classifiers with possessive prefixes mark alienable possession.

Inalienable possession is most commonly used for family members, body parts and inherent properties but may used for other nuances as well. As an example, vaeraev eotijin (with alienable possession) would be the usual way of saying 'my proof' (i.e. the proof that I devised of a mathematical statement), while veotijin (using inalienable possession) suggests a more special or unique relationship, e.g. I am the one who discovered the proof to a theorem.

Chick Corean uses a possessive prefix, either on a classifier placed before the possessum (classifiers are also used as definite articles) for alienable possession or directly on the possessum for inalienable possession.

Example:

Inalienable: Teuk sraev hundeofin = the man's song (e.g. a song that he is singing)

Alienable: Teuk seohundeofin = the man's song (i.e. a song authored by him)

The possessive prefixes are as follows:

Present subject affixes
	Singular	Plural
1 (informal)	xi-, x-, xj-	tsa-, ts-
1 (formal)	vae-, v-
2	lju-	krjeo-, krj-
3 (animate)	sju-, s-
3 (inanimate)	reo-, r-