Pecouian

This is the language of the Pecou.  

Natively known as: blacle /blakl/

  ...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
cher vuam dinrtan roin vuam lonsque che jua vuam erle ver quinrche vref
Pronunciation: /ʃe vwam ˈdɛ̃ʁtɑ̃ ʁwɛ̃ vwam lɔ̃sk ʃe ʒwa vwam ɛʁl ve kɛ̃ʁʃ vʁɛf/
Pecouian word order: and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind  

Spelling & Phonology

  Consonant inventory: b d f g j k l m n p s t v w z ɥ ɲ ʁ ʃ ʒ  

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular
Nasal	m		n		ɲ
Stop	p b		d t			k g
Fricative		f v	s z	ʒ ʃ			ʁ
Approximant					j
Lateral approximant			l

Co-articulated phonemes  

↓Manner/Place→	Labial-palatal	Labial-velar
Approximant	ɥ	w

Vowel inventory: a e i o u y ø œ ɑ̃ ɔ ɔ̃ ɛ ɛ̃  

	Front	Back
High	i y	u
High-mid	e ø	o
Low-mid	ɛ ɛ̃ œ	ɔ ɔ̃
Low	a	ɑ̃

Syllable structure: Custom defined ?
Stress pattern: Penultimate — stress is on the second last syllable ?   Spelling rules:  

Pronunciation	Spelling
e	e*4 | er / _#
ksj	cti
ks	xe / _#
ks	x
k	que / _#
kt	ct
sk	squ
k	c / !_{i,e,ɛ}
k	qu
d	de / _#
t#	te
wi	oui
wɛ̃	oin
jɛ̃	ien
ɛ̃	in
wɑ{a,ɑ}	oi
ʒ	g / _{i,e,ɛ}
ʒm	gem
ɥ	u
y	u
j	i
ʒ	ge / _#
ʒ	j
ʃ	che / _#
ɲ	gn
∅	e / CC_#
v	ve / _#
ʃ	ch
ʁ	r | rd | rt / _#
ʁ	r
ɔ̃	on | om / _#
ɔ̃	on
ɔ	o
ɑ̃	an
ɛ	e
ø	eu
œ	eu
w	u

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Grammar

  Main word order: Subject Verb Object (Prepositional phrase). “Mary opened the door with a key” turns into Mary opened the door with a key.
Adjective order: Adjectives are positioned before the noun.
Adposition: prepositions ?  

Nouns

 

Singular	No affix frulme /fʁulm/ dog
Plural	Prefix ɔ- ofrulme /ˈɔfʁulm/ dogs

Articles

  Pecouian has no definite article ‘the’, or indefinite article ‘a’.
 

Pronouns

 

1st singular	do /dɔ/ I, me, mine
2nd singular	vrin /vʁɛ̃/ you, yours
3rd singular masc	vuam /vwam/ he, him, his, it (masc), its (masc)
3rd singular fem	e /ɛ/ she, her, hers, it (fem), its (fem)
1st plural inclusive	fu /fy/ we (including you), us (including you), ours (including you)
1st plural exclusive	pran /pʁɑ̃/ we (excluding you), us (excluding you), ours (excluding you)
2nd plural	spe /spɛ/ you all, yours (pl)
3rd plural	ostre /ɔstʁ/ they, them, theirs

Possessive determiners

 

	Possessive
1st singular	do /dɔ/ my
2nd singular	vrin /vʁɛ̃/ your
3rd singular masc	vuam /vwam/ his
3rd singular fem	e /ɛ/ her
1st plural inclusive	fu /fy/ our (including you)
1st plural exclusive	pran /pʁɑ̃/ our (excluding you)
2nd plural	spe /spɛ/ your (pl)
3rd plural	ostre /ɔstʁ/ their

Verbs

 

Present	No affix zeustre /zœstʁ/ learn
Past	Prefix bʁo- brozeustre /ˈbʁozœstʁ/ learned
Remote past	Prefix ka- cazeustre /ˈkazœstʁ/ learned (long ago)

Pecouian uses a standalone particle word for future tense:

Future

Particle before the verb: fwolk - fuolque zeustre /fwolk zœstʁ/ will learn

Progressive aspect

  The ‘progressive’ aspect refers to actions that are happening at the time of speaking, such as I am learning.
Pecouian uses a standalone particle word for progressive:  

Progressive

Particle before the verb: fwɑ̃ - fuan zeustre /fwɑ̃ zœstʁ/ is learning

Habitual aspect

  The ‘habitual’ aspect refers to actions that happen habitually, such as I learn (something new every day), as opposed to actions that happen once (I learned something).
Pecouian uses an affix for habitual:

Habitual

If starts with vowel: Prefix uʁ- Else: Prefix uʁa- urazeustre /uˈʁazœstʁ/ learns

Numbers

  Pecouian has a base-10 number system:   1 - cre
2 - pi
3 - e
4 - oz
5 - truestre
6 - vadre
7 - a
8 - uin
9 - er
10 - clan
100 - pei
1000 - nan
 

Derivational morphology

  Adjective → adverb = Prefix o-
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Prefix œ-
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = Prefix ga-
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix sp-
Else: Prefix spu-
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Prefix bwi-
Noun to verb = If starts with vowel: Prefix kl-
Else: Prefix kle-
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Prefix pa-
Tending to = Prefix ɔ̃-
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Prefix i-
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = Prefix kla-
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Prefix ɔ̃-
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = If starts with vowel: Prefix idj-
Else: Prefix idjɔ-
Diminutive = If starts with vowel: Prefix k-
Else: Prefix kœ-
Augmentative = If starts with vowel: Prefix ap-
Else: Prefix apy-