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 used in certain subordinate clauses (as in Welsh).