Χrycolidh
Chthryxolidin is a Clofabic language with initial consonant mutations.
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Dental | Alveolar | 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 /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 and adjectives
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").
- cen amφ certon = 'the man sleeps'
- cen amφ al cherto = 'the man slept'
- cen amφ se certo = 'the man will sleep'
Chthryxolidin is zero-copula, like Eevo and Netagin. The copula is zol in the past and caphth in the future.
Syntax
Chthryxolidin is SVO.