Ancient Argentin
Natively known as: argentin /ˈeɪ̯ɹgɛntɪn/
...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
gek troi penth mereltou thrims ana gek throi grang troi thear dror bray
Pronunciation: /gɛk tɹɔɪ̯ pɛnθ ˈmɛə̯ltʊə̯ θɹaɪ̯mz ˈeɪ̯nɑ gɛk θɹɔɪ̯ gɹɑŋ tɹɔɪ̯ ðɪə̯ dɹɔː bɹeɪ̯/
Argentin word order: and his hat holding he stood and to the wind his wet face turned
Numbers
Argentin has a base-10 number system:
1 - splu
2 - pra
3 - scret
4 - cor
5 - thri
6 - chy
7 - wu
8 - ou
9 - spear
10 - for
100 - dear
1000 - stro
Phonology
Consonant inventory: b d f g h j k l m n p s t v w z ð ŋ ɹ ʃ ʍ ʤ ʧ θ
Co-articulated phonemes
Vowel inventory: aɪ̯ aʊ̯ eɪ̯ iː oʊ̯ uː æ ɑ ɑː ɔɪ̯ ɔː ɛ ɛə̯ ɜː ɪ ɪə̯ ʊ ʊə̯ ʌ
Diphthongs: aɪ̯ aʊ̯ eɪ̯ oʊ̯ ɔɪ̯ ɛə̯ ɪə̯ ʊə̯ ?
Syllable structure: Custom defined ?
Stress pattern: Initial — stress is on the first syllable ? Spelling rules:
↓Manner/Place→ | Bilabial | Labiodental | Dental | Alveolar | Palato-alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||
Stop | p b | t d | k g | |||||
Affricate | ʧ ʤ | |||||||
Fricative | f v | θ ð | s z | ʃ | h | |||
Approximant | ɹ | j | ||||||
Lateral approximant | l |
↓Manner/Place→ | Labial-velar |
---|---|
Approximant | ʍ w |
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
High | iː | uː | |
Near-high | ɪ | ʊ | |
Low-mid | ɛ | ɜː | ʌ ɔː |
Near-low | æ | ||
Low | ɑ ɑː |
Stress pattern: Initial — stress is on the first syllable ? Spelling rules:
Pronunciation | Spelling |
---|---|
kw | qu |
kt | cked / _# |
k | c / !_{ɪ,i,ɛ,e,s} |
oʊ̯C₁ | oC₁e / _# |
uːC₁ | uC₁e / _# |
eɪ̯C₁ | aC₁e / _# |
eɪ̯ | ay / _# |
eɪ̯ | a |
ð | th |
θ | th |
ʍ | wh |
ŋg | ng |
ŋ{k,c} | nk |
ŋ | ng |
ʧ | ch |
ʃ | sh |
ɹ | r |
z | s / _# |
ju | u / C_ |
cc | ck |
c | k / _# |
{t,d} | ed / C_# |
aʊ̯ | ow / _# |
aʊ̯ | ou |
ʊə̯ | ou |
ɔɪ̯ | oi |
ɪə̯ | ear |
aɪ̯ | i |
ɪ | y / _# |
ɪ | i |
ji | yi |
j | y |
iː | y / _# |
yy | yi / _# |
y | i / #_# |
ʌ | u |
iː | ee |
oʊ̯ | o |
ʊ | oo |
ɛ | e |
ɑ(ː) | a |
t | tt / æ_# |
l | ll / æ_# |
s | ss / æ_# |
z | zz / æ_# |
æ | a |
ʤ | j / #_ |
ʤ | ge / _# |
ʤ | dg |
ɜː | ur |
ɔː | or |
uː | u |
quur | quir |
eə̯ | ere |
Morphology
Derivational morphology
Adjective → adverb = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ɹgɑElse: Suffix -ɛɹgɑ
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Suffix -eɪ̯
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = Suffix -ɪə̯
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Suffix -aʊ̯ɹt
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -θfɜː
Else: Suffix -ɛə̯θfɜː
Noun to verb = Prefix ɪ-
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix skw-
Else: Prefix skwɔɪ̯-
Tending to = Suffix -oʊ̯
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Suffix -aɪ̯lt
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ɹkt
Else: Suffix -ʌɹkt
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Suffix -uː
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = If starts with vowel: Prefix pɹ-
Else: Prefix pɹɛ-
Diminutive = Suffix -eɪ̯ld
Augmentative = Prefix skwɜː-
Vocabulary
Nouns
Nouns have two cases:- Nominative is the doer of a verb: dog bites man.
- Accusative is the done-to of a verb: man bites dog.
Nominative | No affix kinds /kɪndz/ dog (doing the verb) |
Accusative | Prefix æ- akinds /ˈækɪndz/ (verb done to) dog |
Definite | Indefinite | |
---|---|---|
Singular | No affix kinds /kɪndz/ the dog | Prefix kæ- cakinds /ˈkækɪndz/ a dog |
Plural | Prefix mɛ- mekinds /ˈmɛkɪndz/ the dogs | If starts with vowel: Prefix n- Else: Prefix nɜː- nurkinds /ˈnɜːkɪndz/ some dogs |
Dual | Prefix aɪ̯- ikinds /ˈaɪ̯kɪndz/ the two dogs | If starts with vowel: Prefix gl- Else: Prefix glɪə̯- glearkinds /ˈglɪə̯kɪndz/ a/some two dogs |
Articles
Argentin encodes definite article ‘the’, and indefinite article ‘a’ in noun affixes. See Noun section.Pronouns
Nominative | Accusative | |
---|---|---|
1st singular | lur /lɜː/ I | san /sæn/ me |
2nd singular | swerm /swɛɹm/ you | sy /siː/ you |
3rd singular masc | thrims /θɹaɪ̯mz/ he, it (masc) | sou /sʊə̯/ his, it (masc) |
3rd singular fem | or /ɔː/ she, it (fem) | vearnch /vɪə̯nʧ/ her, it (fem) |
1st plural inclusive | frirk /fɹaɪ̯ɹk/ we (including you) | tha /ðɑ/ us (including you) |
1st plural exclusive | tilds /tɪldz/ we (excluding you) | squaled /skwɑːld/ us (excluding you) |
2nd plural | soi /sɔɪ̯/ you all | sci /skaɪ̯/ you all |
3rd plural | ga /gɑ/ they | hur /hɜː/ them |
Possessive determiners
Possessive | |
---|---|
1st singular | stere /stɛə̯/ my |
2nd singular | thrumped /θɹʌmpt/ your |
3rd singular masc | troi /tɹɔɪ̯/ his |
3rd singular fem | coi /kɔɪ̯/ her |
1st plural inclusive | vab /vɑːb/ our (including you) |
1st plural exclusive | spoocts /spʊkts/ our (excluding you) |
2nd plural | woubl /wʊə̯bl/ your (pl) |
3rd plural | wur /wɜː/ their |
Tenses
Present | No affix bow /baʊ̯/ learn |
Past | Prefix twʊə̯- twoubow /ˈtwʊə̯baʊ̯/ learned |
Future | Particle before the verb: tɜː - tur bow /tɜː baʊ̯/ will learn |
Sentence Structure
Main word order: (Prepositional phrase) Object Subject Verb. “Mary opened the door with a key” turns into With a key the door mary opened.
Adjective Order
Adjectives are positioned before the noun.
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