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/ |
Prosody
Stress
Intonation
Phonotactics
Morphophonology
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").
- φθon cen amφ = 'the man eats'
- ur cen amφ al φhθho = 'the man ate'
- se cen amφ φθo = 'the man will eat'
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 also common.