Þeoþlewisæþ
Myuftseezh (xiø miøfcýż blotp) is a Mustlup (specifically, Ftseezhic) language inspired by my Germanic conlang Þiúdьsk, Russian and Old Chinese. Its descendants include Chick Corean.
0: xrikiø
1-12: sec, kvliø, sko, moj, fax, øσiø, cziøþø, poŋd, cian, xiatiø, kviotiø, ciu
gross: piorcz
great gross: syliø
world: sξiøf
fosnø = therefore
xvro = health
Phonology
Myuftseezh is notable for its phonemic palatalization and vowel reduction in unstressed syllables, similar to Irish and Russian.
Consonants
| Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Lateral | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| hard | soft | hard | soft | hard | soft | hard | soft | hard | soft | hard | soft | ||||
| Nasal | m mˠ | mь mʲ | n n̪ˠ | nь nʲ | ŋь ŋʲ | ŋ ŋ | |||||||||
| Plosive | tenuis | p pˠ | pь pʲ | t t̪ˠ | tь tʲ | kь kʲ | k k | q ʔ | qь ʔʲ | ||||||
| voiced | b bˠ | bь bʲ | d d̪ˠ | dь dʲ | gь gʲ | g g | |||||||||
| Affricate | c t̪sˠ | cь tsʲ | cz tʃˠ | czь tʃʲ | ξ tɬˠ | ξь tɬʲ | |||||||||
| Fricative | voiceless | f fˠ | fь fʲ | þ θˠ | þь θʲ | s sˠ | sь sʲ | sz ʃˠ | szь ʃʲ | σ ɬˠ | σь ɬʲ | xь xʲ | x x | ||
| voiced | v vˠ | vь vʲ | z zˠ | zь zʲ | ż ʒˠ | żь ʒʲ | λ ɮˠ | λь ɮʲ | |||||||
| Trill | r rˠ | rь rʲ | |||||||||||||
| Approximant | l ɫ | lь lʲ | j j | ||||||||||||
Clusters
Myuftseezh allows virtually any consonant cluster.
Vowels
For pairs of spellings, the non-palatalizing spelling (that doesn't palatalize the consonant cluster before it) is shown on the left and the palatalizing spelling is shown on the right. When ø is the only vowel in the word, the stressed syllable is marked with an acute accent.
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | y, i /i/ | u, iu /u/ | |
| Mid | e, ie /e/ | ø, iø /ə/ | o, io /o/ |
| Open | a, ia /a/ |
Two reduced vowels can occur in unstressed position: /ə/ and /u/ [ʊ].
Grammar
Adjectives precede nouns and inflect for gender, number and case. Demonstratives and determiners also inflect as adjectives.
Hard-stem nouns decline as follows:
| gørm 'reputation, rumor' (masculine) | ||
|---|---|---|
| State | Singular | Plural |
| Nominative | gørm | gørmx |
| Genitive | gǿrmø | gørmst |
Soft-stem nouns decline as follows:
| þanь 'house' (masculine) | ||
|---|---|---|
| State | Singular | Plural |
| Nominative | þanь | þanьx |
| Genitive | þániø | þanьst |
| szǿniø 'tree' (feminine) | ||
|---|---|---|
| State | Singular | Plural |
| Nominative | szǿniø | szønьf |
| Object | szǿniø | szønьst |
The definite article inflects as follows:
| xiø 'definite article' | ||
|---|---|---|
| State | Singular | Plural |
| Nominative | xiø | xiex |
| Object | xiu | xist |
Verbs
Present tense
- viømárø = I sit
- ŋiømárø = you sit
- márø = he sits
- zømárø = we sit
- stømárø = you people sit
- σømárø = they sit
si is used to negate a verb:
- si viømarø = I do not sit
Past tense
Past tense is usually formed with z-: viøzmarø, ŋiøzmarø, etc.