Or'axun

Natively known as: or'axoun /oɹ ɒksʊɳ/

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: b d f k m s v ɢ ɭ ɳ ɹ

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Retroflex	Velar	Uvular
Nasal	m			ɳ
Stop	b		d		k	ɢ
Fricative		f v	s
Approximant			ɹ
Lateral approximant				ɭ

Vowel inventory: aɪ̯ e o u ɒ ʊ ʌ Diphthongs: aɪ̯

	Front	Back
High		u
Near-high		ʊ
High-mid	e	o
Low-mid		ʌ
Low		ɒ

Syllable structure: Custom defined
Stress pattern: No stress Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
ks	x
u	oo
ʌ	u
ɒ	a
ʊ	ou
ɭ	l
ɢ	g
e	e
ɹ	r
ɳ	n
ɪ	i

Grammar

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

Verb tense

Past	Suffix -ʌ smurau /smʌɹɒʌ/ learned
Present	No affix smura /smʌɹɒ/ learn
Future	Suffix -m smuram /smʌɹɒm/ will learn

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = If ends with vowel: Suffix -sm
Else: Suffix -usm
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ks
Else: Suffix -ɒks
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ɢ
Else: Suffix -oɒ̯ɢ
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Suffix -oɒ̯
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ksɒʊ̯
Else: Suffix -ɒksɒʊ̯
Noun to verb = Suffix -oʊm
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Suffix -ʌɳ
Tending to = Suffix -ɒʊ̯ks
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Suffix -aɪ̯
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = Suffix -ɒ
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Suffix -ʊsm
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -s
Else: Suffix -eo̯s
Diminutive = Suffix -ɒɭ
Augmentative = Suffix -ʊs

Adjective Order

Noun, Adjective

Numbers

Or'Axun has a base-20 number system: 1 - es
2 - a
3 - dak
4 - ou
5 - voa̯
6 - dre
7 - so
8 - ai̯
9 - sudra
10 - soxo
11 - esoxo
12 - aoxo
13 - dakoxo
14 - ouoxo
15 - voa̯oxo
16 - dreoxo
17 - soxo
18 - ai̯oxo
19 - sudraoxo
20 - soxoxo
hundred - sle
thousand - brou

Dictionary

3134 Words.

Local Sayings

Beastmaster provides. slenadrookxaou oaroo /sɭeɳɒdɹuk ksɒʊ oɒɹu/ Referring to Marken the Beastmaster and his forest.
Forest temple. vroodres nomoona /vɹudɹes ɳomuɳɒoɒ̯/ The forest is our temple. We worship in the forest.
Keep a happy hog. Brogue oa̯dra drer. /bɹʊɢe oɒ̯dɹɒ dɹeɹ/ Keep hog happy. Keep your home happy for everyone.
Feeling stabby. xasmooum vonousman. /ksɒsmoʊm voɳʊsmʌɳ/ I am angry and agitated.
Nothing without cost. rkun noovrai̯ rkoos. /ɹkʌɳ ɳuvɹaɪ̯ ɹkus/ There is nothing in this world that is effortless.
Skeletal hand. noonoo va ounoa /ɳuɳu vɒ ʊɳoɒ̯/ Boney Hand. Death, referring to LLontel the master of The Deadlands.

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