Lulylindelindoc (Brilliant Elvish)

LANGUAGE FAMILY: TOL YLIDOC   # SPEAKERS / WORLD RANKING:   SPOKEN IN: Bluepool, Dokeen   PERIOD OF USE:   SCRIPT USED:   PARENT LANGUAGE:  

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  "...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind..."
  ̗Translation: ar ˈteia suː r̥eːn ˈcaɨa ̗ar ˈquiːhuˌai gaːn r̥eːn ˈ̗aa chə
  Pronunciation: var ˈteia suː r̥eːn ˈkaɨa var ˈkiːhyˌai gaːn r̥eːn ˈvaa chə
    Lulylindelindoc word order: and he stood hat his holding and his face wet turned the wind to  

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		t d			k g
Fricative		f v	s z	ʃ ʒ			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/   Tones: ̋ ̏  

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

  Syllable structure: Custom defined
Stress pattern: Second — stress is on the second syllable
Word initial consonants: b, bj, bl, bw, bʁ, d, dw, dʁw, f, fl, fw, fʁ, fʁɥ, g, gl, gʁ, j, k, kl, kw, kɥ, kʁ, kʁw, l, lj, lw, lɥ, m, mj, mw, n, nw, nɥ, p, pj, pl, pw, pɥ, pʁ, s, sp, st, stʁ, sw, sɥ, t, tj, tʁ, tʁw, v, vj, vw, vʁ, w, z, ɥ, ʁ, ʁj, ʁw, ʃ, ʃw, ʒ, ʒw, ʒɥ
Mid-word consonants: b, bl, bɥ, bʁ, bʒ, d, dbʁ, dj, dm, dɥ, dʁ, dʒ, f, fj, fl, fw, fʁ, g, gl, gm, gz, gʁ, j, k, kl, km, kn, ks, ksj, ksp, kspl, kt, ktɥ, ktʁ, kʁ, l, lgʁ, lj, lk, ll, lm, ls, lt, lv, lw, lɥ, lʒ, m, md, mw, n, nd, nm, nɥ, p, pj, pl, plw, pm, psj, pt, pɥ, pʁ, s, sj, sk, sl, sm, sp, st, stj, stw, stʁ, stʁɥ, sɥ, t, tj, tm, tn, tw, tɥ, tʁ, v, vj, vl, vm, vn, vw, vʁ, z, zj, zn, zw, ɲ, ʁ, ʁd, ʁdɥ, ʁf, ʁfw, ʁj, ʁk, ʁkw, ʁl, ʁm, ʁn, ʁnj, ʁpʁ, ʁs, ʁsj, ʁsk, ʁsp, ʁsɥ, ʁt, ʁtj, ʁv, ʁw, ʁʃ, ʁʒ, ʃ, ʃt, ʒ, ʒj, ʒm
Word final consonants: N/A   Phonological changes (in order of application):  

• u → v / #_
• l → n / #_V[+nasal]
• p → bh / V_V
• k → g / _{w,j}

  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
ʁ	̄
v	̗
ɑ̃	̱

 

Grammar

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

Nouns

  Nouns have three cases:

• Nominative is the doer of a verb: dog bites man.
• Accusative is the done-to of a verb: man bites dog.
• Genitive is the possessor of something: dog’s tail hits man.

  Nouns have both a plural affix and dual affix for precisely two things.

Nominative	No affix geˈi /geˈi/ dog (doing the verb)
Accusative	Prefix pȅ- pȅˈgei /pȅˈgei/ (verb done to) dog
Genitive	If ends with vowel: Suffix -f Else: Suffix -űf geˈif /geˈif/ dogʼs

   

	Definite	Indefinite
Singular	If ends with vowel: Suffix -g Else: Suffix -a̋g geˈig /geˈig/ the dog	Suffix -ɔ̃̏l geˈion̏l /geˈiɔ̃̏l/ a dog
Plural	If ends with vowel: Suffix -j Else: Suffix -ȕj geˈii /geˈij/ the dogs	Suffix -ő geˈiő /geˈiő/ some dogs
Dual	Suffix -a̋j geˈia̋i /geˈia̋j/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -dʁ Else: Suffix -ɔ̃̏dʁ geˈidre /geˈidʁ/

 

Articles

  Lulylindelindoc encodes definite article ‘the’, and indefinite article ‘a’ in noun affixes. See Noun section.  

Pronouns

 

	Nominative	Accusative	Genitive
1st singular	mő /mő/ I	ȅ /ɛ̏/ me	ta̋lque /ta̋lk/ mine
2nd singular	ȉ /ȉ/ you (masc)	quȉi /kȉj/ you	ban̏cle /bɑ̃̏kl/ yours
3rd singular masc	nȉ /nȉ/ he, it	mȕ /mȕ/ him, it	fȍ /fȍ/ his, its
3rd singular fem	ȅ /ȅ/ she, it	qui̋ /ki̋/ her, it	mȉte /mȉt/ hers, its
1st plural	iȉ /jȉ/ we	nȁ /nȁ/ us	mi̋ /mi̋/ ours
2nd plural	quȉ /kȉ/ you all	̗ȍ /vȍ/ you all	ȁ /ȁ/ yours (pl)
3rd plural	e̋ /ɛ̋/ they	eȕ /ø̏/ them	moui̋f /mwi̋f/ theirs

 

Possessive determiners

 

1st singular	ma̋g /ma̋g/ my
2nd singular	nȁ /nȁ/ your
3rd singular masc	ȍ /ȍ/ his
3rd singular fem	pűi /pűj/ her
1st plural	tȍ /tȍ/ our
2nd plural	prű /pʁű/ your (pl)
3rd plural	e̋ /ɛ̋/ their

 

Verbs

 

Future

If starts with vowel: Prefix k- Else: Prefix kȉ- quȉˈgeiˌχa /kȉˈgeiˌχa/ will learn

  Lulylindelindoc uses a standalone particle word for past tense:

Past	Particle before the verb: sɔ̏ - sȍ geˈiχa /sɔ̏ geˈiχa/ learned

  Imperfective aspect   The ‘imperfective’ aspect refers to ongoing actions, such as I am learning and habitual actions, such as I learn (something new every day).   Lulylindelindoc uses an affix for imperfective:  

Imperfective

Suffix -a̋bʁ geˈiχaˌa̋bre /geˈiχaˌa̋bʁ/ learns/is learning

 

Numbers

  Lulylindelindoc has a base-20 number system:   1 - omˈba
2 - biˈnarah
3 - hoˈɨs
4 - tɪ
5 - saˈmloo
6 - naˈu
7 - nuːnne
8 - satˈtoo
9 - ru
10 - ntɪn
11 - coːˈnr̥oð
12 - n̥uθ
13 - θioˈinte
14 - ðiːˈrɨː
15 - həˈur
16 - us
17 - cʊˈhu
18 - paˈilde
19 - sdɨˈdru
20 - e̗re
21 - omˈba ̗ar e̗re “one and twenty”
400 - omˈba bleː “one fourhundred”
401 - omˈba bleː omˈba “one fourhundred one”
800 - biˈnarah bleː “two fourhundred”
8000 - omˈba gɨˈθɪr “one eightthousand”  

Derivational morphology

  Adjective → adverb = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ld Else: Suffix -ɔld
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Suffix -hod
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = Suffix -to
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Prefix aul-
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -t Else: Suffix -ash
Noun to verb = Prefix na-
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Prefix su-
Tending to = Suffix -alii
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Prefix di-
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = Suffix -əu
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Suffix -asc
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -n Else: Suffix -ɛn
Diminutive = Prefix i-
Augmentative = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ð Else: Suffix -aið
Opposite = Prefix uth-