Udedeti

Natively known as: udedet /uˈdedet/

  ...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
ko pa mamar ngaren al minyo ko pa al co nal mok kiralo
Pronunciation: /ko pa maˈmar ŋaˈren al miˈɲo ko pa al co nal mok kiˈralo/
Udedeti word order: and he stood holding hat his and turned his face wet to the wind  

Spelling & Phonology

  Consonant inventory: b c d d̟ f g h j k l m n p r s t t̟ w x z ŋ ɲ ʃ ʒ  

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m		n		ɲ	ŋ
Stop	p b		t d		c	k g
Fricative		f	s z	ʒ ʃ		x	h
Approximant					j
Trill			r
Lateral approximant			l

  Co-articulated phonemes  

↓Manner/Place→	Labial-velar
Approximant	w

  Vowel inventory: a e i o u  

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

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

Pronunciation	Spelling
ɲ	ny
ŋ	ng
t̟	th
d̟	dh
tʃ	ch
j	y
dʒ	j

 

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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 after the noun.
Adposition: prepositions ?  

Nouns

 

	Singular	Plural
Masculine	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ŋi Else: Suffix -oŋi frikongi /friˈkoŋi/ boy	If ends with vowel: Suffix -h Else: Suffix -oh frikoh /friˈkoh/ boys
Feminine	Suffix -o laroano /laˈroaˌno/ girl	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ŋ Else: Suffix -aŋ laroanang /laˈroaˌnaŋ/ girls
Neuter	Suffix -a lana /laˈna/ dog	Suffix -eŋ laneng /laˈneŋ/ dogs

 

Articles

 

	Definite	Indefinite
Singular	ci /ci/ the	ca /ca/ a
Plural	pe /pe/ the	jo /dʒo/ some

  Uses of definite article that differ from English:

• Used to talk about countable nouns in general: English’s ‘I like cats’ would translate to ‘I like the cats’
• Not used for mass (uncountable) nouns: ‘Walking in the mud’ would always translate to ‘Walking in mud’.
• Used with place names: ‘The London’

 

Pronouns

 

1st singular	ma /ma/ I, me, mine
2nd singular	ke /ke/ you, yours
3rd singular masc	pa /pa/ he, him, his,
3rd singular fem	u /u/ she, her, hers,
3rd singular neuter	yong /joŋ/ it (neut), its (neut)
1st plural	mo /mo/ we, us, ours
2nd plural	pem /pem/ you all, yours (pl)
3rd plural masc	ta /ta/ they (masc), them (masc), theirs (masc)
3rd plural fem	a /a/ they (fem), them (fem), theirs (fem)
3rd plural neuter	ba /ba/ they (neut), them (neut), theirs (neut)

 

Possessive determiners

 

	Possessive
1st singular	mun /mun/ my
2nd singular	tyu /tju/ your
3rd singular masc	al /al/ his
3rd singular fem	tya /tja/ her
3rd singular neuter	tang /taŋ/ his, her, its (neut)
1st plural	i /i/ our
2nd plural	in /in/ your (pl)
3rd plural masc	ku /ku/ their (masc)
3rd plural fem	o /o/ their (fem)
3rd plural neuter	ong /oŋ/ their (neut)

 

Verbs

 

Present	If ends with vowel: Suffix -mo Else: Suffix -imo yurimo /juˈrimo/ learn
Past	If ends with vowel: Suffix -n Else: Suffix -en yuren /juˈren/ learned

  Udedeti uses a standalone particle word for future tense:

Future

Particle before the verb: mo - mo yur /mo jur/ will learn

 

Progressive aspect

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

Progressive

Suffix -et yuret /juˈret/ be 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).
Udedeti uses a standalone particle word for habitual:

Habitual

Particle before the verb: pi - pi yur /pi jur/ learn (often, habitually)

 

Numbers

  Udedeti has a base-12 number system:   1 - eny
2 - lar
3 - nin
4 - da
5 - mat
6 - gen
7 - kimewer
8 - cu
9 - bu
10 - pe
11 - men
12 - wo
144 - awo
1728 - kang
 

Derivational morphology

  Adjective → adverb = Suffix -o
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Suffix -oŋ
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = Suffix -ok
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Suffix -i
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ŋ
Else: Suffix -eŋ
Noun to verb = If ends with vowel: Suffix -k
Else: Suffix -ak
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -k
Else: Suffix -uk
Tending to = Suffix -il
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -h
Else: Suffix -eh
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -n
Else: Suffix -on
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Suffix -om
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Suffix -a
Diminutive = Suffix -e
Augmentative = If ends with vowel: Suffix -n
Else: Suffix -an