Χrycolidh

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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/

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 /kʰe xybʰro/ "the blood (nom.)", ce χhyphro /kʰe ɣybʰro/ "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.

Attributive verbs and adjectives (whose subject is the head) use -(i)l. Other relative clauses use the relativizer im.

Syntax

Chthryxolidin is SVO.