Yutch

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

Yutch
Yutch
Pronunciation	[jʌtʃ]
Created by	Shariifka
Language family	Indo-European Romance Western Romance Gallo-Romance Yutch

Introduction

Etymology

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

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.

The possessive is formed in -'s (-' after -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	lay	lays
3SN	lou	lou	louse	louse
1P	noose	noose	noster	nosters
2S+P	woose	woose	woster	wosters
3P	else	else	lour	lours

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

For the majority of verbs, the full conjugation can be determined from two principal parts: the (non-third person singular) simple present and the past participle.

These forms are given in dictionaries. Otherwise, the infinitive is used as the citation form.

Verb classes

Verbs may be regular or irregular.

In regular verbs, the past stem is derived regularly from the infinitive stem with the suffix -et (-t after final -e).

Irregular verbs form their past stem irregularly.

A few verbs have a past participle distinct from the past stem. For those verbs, the past tense is included as a citation form between the present and the past participle.

Personal endings

The following personal endings are used in the present tense:

• -(e)s in the third person singular (archaic: -(e)th)
• -(e)st in the archaic second person singular

Besides the above endings, only the highly irregular verb at est "to be" has differing personal forms. .

Tenses

As in English, continuous tenses are formed with the verb at est followed by the present participle, and the perfect is formed with the verb at have "to have" followed by the past participle.

Voice

The passive is formed with the verb at est "to be" followed by the past participle.

Non-finite forms

Infinitive: at + present stem

Present participle: present stem + -(e)nd

Past participle: past stem

Examples of verbs

Regular - at cant "to sing"

Conjugation of at cant "to sing"

Infinitive		at cant
Present participle		cantent
Past participle		cantet
	Present	Past	Imperative
you	cant	cantet
tou	cantest	cantetst	cant
el/lay/lou	cants	cantet
noose	cant	cantet
woose	cant	cantet	cant
else	cant	cantet

Irregular - at cathe "to fall"

Conjugation of at cathe "to fall"

Infinitive		at cathe
Present participle		cathent
Past participle		case
	Present	Past	Imperative
you	cathe	case
tou	cathest	casest	cathe
el/lay/lou	cathes	case
noose	cathe	case
woose	cathe	case	cathe
else	cathe	case

Irregular - at dice "to say"

Conjugation of at dice "to say"

Infinitive		at dice
Present participle		dicent
Past participle		dight
	Present	Past	Imperative
you	dice	diss
tou	dicest	dissest	dice
el/lay/lou	dices	diss
noose	dice	diss
woose	dice	diss	dice
else	dice	diss

Irregular - at est "to be"

Conjugation of at est "to be"

Infinitive		at est
Present participle		estend
Past participle		estet
	Present	Past	Imperative
you	son	fow
tou	ist	fowst	est
el/lay/lou	is	fow
noose	son	fore
woose	son	fore	est
else	son	fore

Irregular: at have "to have"

Conjugation of at have "to have"

Infinitive		at have
Present participle		havent
Past participle		hat
	Present	Past	Imperative
you	have	hat
tu	hast	hatst	have
el/lay/lou	has	hat
noose	have	hat
woose	have	hat	have
else	have	hat	have

Example texts

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Article 1)

Toot human estants 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 ˈɛstənts 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