Ibrizian

Natively known as: ibriz /ˈibriʒ/

  ...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
di a vuk mamwi a huchi di vak a wik r̂arnyi abma vuch
Pronunciation: /di a vuk ˈmamwi a ˈhuʧi di vak a wik ˈɾarɲi ˈabma vuʧ/
Ibrizian word order: and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face the wind to  

Spelling & Phonology

  Consonant inventory: b c d f h j k l m n p r t v w ɟ ɣ ɲ ɾ ʃ ʒ ʤ ʧ    

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m		n		ɲ
Stop	p b		t d		c ɟ	k
Affricate				ʧ ʤ
Fricative		f v		ʃ ʒ		ɣ	h
Approximant					j
Tap			ɾ
Trill			r
Lateral approximant			l

  Co-articulated phonemes    

↓Manner/Place→	Labial-velar
Approximant	w

  Vowel inventory: a i u  

	Front	Back
High	i	u
Low	a

  Syllable structure: (C)V(C) ?
Stress pattern: Penultimate — stress is on the second last syllable ?   Spelling rules:  

Pronunciation	Spelling
ɾ	r̂
ʒ	z
j	y
ʃ	sh
ʤ	j
ɟ	jy
c	chy
ʧ	ch
ɲ	ny
ɣ	gh

 

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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: postpositions ?  

Nouns

  Nouns form plural with separate plural word:

Plural

Particle before the noun: ɟi - jyi mid /ɟi mid/ dogs

 

Articles

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

Pronouns

             

1st singular	chab /ʧab/ I, me, mine
2nd singular	vi /vi/ you, yours
3rd singular	a /a/ he, him, his, she, her, hers, it, its
1st plural inclusive	ba /ba/ we (including you), us (including you), ours (including you)
1st plural exclusive	lich /liʧ/ we (excluding you), us (excluding you), ours (excluding you)
2nd plural	vat /vat/ you all, yours (pl)
3rd plural	jyach /ɟaʧ/ they, them, theirs

 

Possessive determiners

               

	Possessive
1st singular	chab /ʧab/ my
2nd singular	vi /vi/ your
3rd singular	a /a/ his, her, its
1st plural inclusive	ba /ba/ our (including you)
1st plural exclusive	lich /liʧ/ our (excluding you)
2nd plural	vat /vat/ your (pl)
3rd plural	jyach /ɟaʧ/ their

 

Verbs

       

Present	No affix chyur̂i /ˈcuɾi/ learn
Past	If ends with vowel: Suffix -b Else: Suffix -ib chyur̂ib /ˈcuɾib/ learned
Remote past	If ends with vowel: Suffix -k Else: Suffix -uk chyur̂ik /ˈcuɾik/ learned (long ago)
Future	Suffix -i chyur̂ii /cuˈɾii/ will learn

 

Progressive aspect

  The ‘progressive’ aspect refers to actions that are happening at the time of speaking, such as I am learning.
Ibrizian uses an affix for progressive:  

Progressive

Suffix -uʃ chyur̂iush /cuˈɾiuʃ/ 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).
Ibrizian uses a standalone particle word for habitual:

Habitual

Particle before the verb: da - da chyur̂i /da ˈcuɾi/ learns

 

Perfect aspect

  The perfect aspect in English is exemplified in ‘I have read this book’, which expresses an event that took place before the time spoken but which has an effect on or is in some way still relevant to the present.
Ibrizian uses the word for ‘finish’ yib for the perfect aspect.  

Numbers

  Ibrizian has a base-10 number system:   1 - u
2 - dijy
3 - ni
4 - dash
5 - vam
6 - halchyukwut
7 - sha
8 - chinchi
9 - dub
10 - yany
100 - kuj
1000 - nit
 

Derivational morphology

  Adjective → adverb = If ends with vowel: Suffix -c
Else: Suffix -ac
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Suffix -ub
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = Suffix -i
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -t
Else: Suffix -at
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -m
Else: Suffix -um
Noun to verb = Suffix -a
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -t
Else: Suffix -ut
Tending to = Suffix -i
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Suffix -uɣ
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -m
Else: Suffix -am
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Suffix -aʤ
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -hbu
Else: Suffix -ihbu
Diminutive = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʧ
Else: Suffix -aʧ
Augmentative = Suffix -a