The Language of Doltri

Natively known as: Doltri /dolˈtri/

  ...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
do ie ana quonio ro ciuscscui do stricchi ro piestrutro olla na enne
Pronunciation: /do je aˈna kwɔˈnjo rɔ ʧuʃʃuˈi do strikˈki rɔ pjestruˈtrɔ ɔˈlla na ɛnˈne/
Doltri 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 r s t v w z ɲ ʃ ʎ ʣ ʤ ʦ ʧ/

↓Manner Place→	Bila bial	Labio- dental	Alve olar	Palato- alve olar	Pala tal	Vel ar	Labio velar
Nasal	m		n		ɲ
Stop	p b		t d			k g
Affricate			ʦ ʣ	ʧ ʤ
Fricative		f v	s z	ʃ
Approx- imant					j		w
Trill			r
Lateral approx- imant			l		ʎ

Vowel inventory: /a e i o u ɔ ɛ/

	Front	Back
High	i	u
High-mid	e	o
Low-mid	ɛ	ɔ
Low	a

Syllable structure: Custom defined
Stress pattern: Ultimate — stress is on the last syllable
Word initial consonants: b, bw, d, f, fr, fw, gr, gw, j, k, kj, kr, kw, l, m, n, nj, nw, p, pj, pr, r, s, sk, skw, sp, st, str, t, tr, v, w, ʃ, ʤ, ʦ, ʧ
Mid-word consonants: b, br, d, dd, dj, dr, dʣ, dʤ, f, ff, g, j, k, kk, kkj, kkw, l, lk, ll, lm, lp, lt, ltr, lv, m, mb, mbj, mp, n, nd, ng, ngl, ngw, nj, nk, nkw, nn, ns, nsj, nt, ntr, nʤ, nʦ, nʦj, p, pp, pr, prj, r, rd, rj, rk, rm, rn, rr, rs, rt, rtʃ, rv, rʦ, s, sp, ss, st, str, t, tr, tt, ttr, tʃ, tʦ, tʦj, tʧ, v, vv, z, ɲ, ʃ, ʃʃ, ʎʎ, ʤ, ʧ
Word final consonants: N/A   Phonological changes (in order of application):

• l → ɫ / V_V
• t → ʦ / _i
• o → Ø / _u
• o → u / _a

  Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
j	i
k(?![ieɛ])	c
k	ch
kw	qu
tʦ	zz
w	u
z	s
ɔ	o
ɛ	e
ɲ	gn
ʃ	sc
ʎʎ	gli
ʤ(?![ieɛ])	gi
ʤ	g
ʦ	z
ʧ(?![ieɛ])	ci
ʧ	c

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Grammar

  Main word order: Subject-Verb-Object-Oblique. "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
 

Noun

Singular	No affix niora /njɔˈra/
Plural	Suffix -nkwɔ nioranquo /njɔranˈkwɔ/

Articles

Definite	ui /wi/ the
Indefinite	ve /ve/ a, some

Pronouns

1st singular	o /ɔ/ I, me
2nd singular	va /va/ you
3rd singular masc	ie /je/ he, him, it
3rd singular fem	po /pɔ/ she, her, it
1st plural	a /a/ we, us
2nd plural	sta /sta/ you (all)
3rd plural	scu /ʃu/ they, them

Possessive determiners

1st singular	spi /spi/ my
2nd singular	co /ko/ your
3rd singular masc	ro /rɔ/ his, its
3rd singular fem	po /pɔ/ her, its
1st plural	u /u/ our
2nd plural	se /se/ your
3rd plural	ve /ve/ their

Verbs

Present	No affix dodole /dodɔˈle/
Past	Suffix -tʃe dodoletsce /doˌdɔletˈʃe/
Future	Prefix be- bedodole /beˌdodɔˈle/

Imperfective aspect

  The ‘imperfective’ aspect refers to ongoing actions, such as I am studying, and habitual actions, such as I study (every night).   It is indicated with the affix:

Imperfect

Prefix ma- madodole /maˌdodɔˈle/

Numbers

Doltri has a base-10 number system:

1 - i
2 - ui
3 - to
4 - prirvo
5 - ru
6 - piesca
7 - dorchi
8 - fitre
9 - scu
10 - firsurmi
11 - i do firsurmi “one and ten”
100 - i connuffo “one hundred”
101 - i connuffo do i “one hundred and one”
200 - ui connuffo
1000 - i guigiuprie “one thousand”