Yutch

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Yutch (/jʌtʃ/) is a Gallo-Romance language closely related to Twench.

Yutch
Yutch
Pronunciation[jʌtʃ]
Created byShariifka

Introduction

Etymology

Yutch is ultimately derived from Iuti, the Latin name for the Jutes.

Phonology

Orthography

Consonants

Vowels

Prosody

Stress

Intonation

Phonotactics

Morphophonology

Morphology

Nouns

Nouns are not declined for case.

There in no grammatical gender besides natural gender (similar to English).

Plural is usually formed in -(e)s.

Articles

Precede the noun they modify.

  • Definite article: le
  • Indefinite article (only in the singular): a (before consonants), an (before vowels)

Pronouns

Person/ Number Subject Object Possessive
Adjective Pronoun
1S you me my mine
2S (arch.) tou te ty tine
3SM el el sy sine
3SF lay lay ly line
3SN lou lou louse louse
1P noose noose noster noster
2S+P woose woose woster woster
3P else else lour lour

Numerals

Twench numerals
Cardinal Ordinal Fractional
0 null nullem
1 une prime
2 doose second demy
3 treece terce terce
4 quatter quart quart
5 cink kint kint
6 six sixem sixem
7 set settem settem
8 ought oughtem oughtem
9 noove noovem noovem
10 deace deacem deacem
11 onze onzem onzem
12 dozz dozzem dozzem
13 trezz trezzem trezzem
14 quatterze quatterzem quatterzem
15 kinze kinzem kinzem
16 sezz sezzem sezzem
17 setdiss setdissem setdissem
20 waint waintem waintem
21 waint-une waint-prime waint-unem
30 traint traintem traintem
40 quarant quarantem quarantem
50 cinkant cinkantem cinkantem
60 sixant sixantem sixantem
70 settant settantem settantem
80 oughtant oughtantem oughtantem
90 noovant noovantem noovantem
100 cent centem centem
1000 mill millem millem
10⁶ million millionem millionem

Verbs

Principal parts

Verb classes

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Examples of verbs

Syntax

Constituent order

Noun phrase

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Example texts

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Article 1)

Toot human esters nasce liver et equal in dignitate et draights. Else son endootet of raison et conscience, et else deve at age of une alter in a spirit de frathertate.

/tuːt ˈçuːmən ˈɛstəɹz næs ˈlɪvəɹ ət iːkwəl ɪn ˈdɪɡnɪtət ət dɹeɪts ‖ ɛls sʌn ənˈdutət əv ˈɹeɪzən ət ˈkɔnʃəns | ət ɛls diːv æt eɪdʒ əv juːn ɔːltəɹ ɪn ə ˈspɪɹɪt də frɑːðəɹtət/

Other resources

Swadesh list