Wictyn

Natively known as: wictyn /ˈwictyn/

  ...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
in kan nimy nyenn sa manm in kwlɔ sa win tatyme a nilɔn
Pronunciation: /in kan ˈnimy ɲenn sa manm in kwlɔ sa win taˈtyme a ˈnilɔn/
Wictyn word order: and he stood holding hat his and turned his face wet to the wind  

Spelling & Phonology

  Consonant inventory: b c d f g h j k l m n p r s t v w z ɲ  

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

  Co-articulated phonemes  

↓Manner/Place→	Labial-velar
Approximant	w

  Vowel inventory: a e i o u y ɔ ɛ  

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

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

Pronunciation	Spelling
ɲ	ny

 

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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

 

	Masculine	Feminine
Singular	Suffix -i boi /ˈboi/ boy	Suffix -u lɔu /ˈlɔu/ girl
Plural	Suffix -ɔ boɔ /ˈboɔ/ boys	Suffix -a lɔa /ˈlɔa/ girls

 

Articles

 

Definite	wa /wa/ the
Indefinite	sy /sy/ a, some

  Uses of definite article that differ from English:

• Definite article can be omitted: ‘I am going to supermarket’
• Used for personal names in third person: ‘The Maria has left for school’

  Uses of indefinite article that differ from English:

• Not used for non-specific countable nouns: non-specific means ‘I am looking for a (any) girl in a red dress’, whereas specific means ‘I am looking for a (particular) girl in a red dress’

 

Pronouns

 

1st singular	ngla /ngla/ I, me, mine
2nd singular	i /i/ you, yours
3rd singular masc	kan /kan/ he, him, his, it (masc), its (masc)
3rd singular fem	ti /ti/ she, her, hers, it (fem), its (fem)
1st plural inclusive	kpin /kpin/ we (including you), us (including you), ours (including you)
1st plural exclusive	nɛn /nɛn/ we (excluding you), us (excluding you), ours (excluding you)
2nd plural	ɔ /ɔ/ you all, yours (pl)
3rd plural masc	nzra /nzra/ they (masc), them (masc), theirs (masc)
3rd plural fem	ɔm /ɔm/ they (fem), them (fem), theirs (fem)

 

Possessive determiners

 

	Possessive
1st singular	tɛ /tɛ/ my
2nd singular	si /si/ your
3rd singular masc	sa /sa/ his
3rd singular fem	e /e/ her
1st plural inclusive	nɛ /nɛ/ our (including you)
1st plural exclusive	nin /nin/ our (excluding you)
2nd plural	ngan /ngan/ your (pl)
3rd plural masc	sɛn /sɛn/ their (masc)
3rd plural fem	nglɔ /nglɔ/ their (fem)

 

Verbs

 

	Present	Past	Future
1st singular	Suffix -a lenna /ˈlenna/ (I) learn	If ends with vowel: Suffix -n Else: Suffix -ɛn lennɛn /ˈlennɛn/ (I) learned	If ends with vowel: Suffix -n Else: Suffix -in lennin /ˈlennin/ (I) will learn
2nd singular	Suffix -yn lennyn /ˈlennyn/ (you) learn	Suffix -ɔn lennɔn /ˈlennɔn/ (you) learned	If ends with vowel: Suffix -n Else: Suffix -un lennun /ˈlennun/ (you) will learn
3rd singular masc	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ssa Else: Suffix -issa lennissa /lenˈnissa/ (he/it (masc)) learns	If ends with vowel: Suffix -n Else: Suffix -ɔn lennɔn /ˈlennɔn/ (he/it (masc)) learned	Suffix -e lenne /ˈlenne/ (he/it (masc)) will learn
3rd singular fem	If ends with vowel: Suffix -n Else: Suffix -an lennan /ˈlennan/ (she/it (fem)) learns	Suffix -ɛn lennɛn /ˈlennɛn/ (she/it (fem)) learned	Suffix -an lennan /ˈlennan/ (she/it (fem)) will learn
1st plural inclusive	If ends with vowel: Suffix -n Else: Suffix -yn lennyn /ˈlennyn/ (we (including you)) learn	Suffix -ɔ lennɔ /ˈlennɔ/ (we (including you)) learned	If ends with vowel: Suffix -nngu Else: Suffix -anngu lennanngu /lenˈnanngu/ (we (including you)) will learn
1st plural exclusive	If ends with vowel: Suffix -nn Else: Suffix -ann lennann /ˈlennann/ (we (excluding you)) learn	If ends with vowel: Suffix -bɛ Else: Suffix -abɛ lennabɛ /lenˈnabɛ/ (we (excluding you)) learned	Suffix -in lennin /ˈlennin/ (we (excluding you)) will learn
2nd plural	If ends with vowel: Suffix -nn Else: Suffix -ɛnn lennɛnn /ˈlennɛnn/ (you all) learn	If ends with vowel: Suffix -nna Else: Suffix -enna lennenna /lenˈnenna/ (you all) learned	Suffix -i lenni /ˈlenni/ (you all) will learn
3rd plural masc	Suffix -em lennem /ˈlennem/ (they (masc)) learn	If ends with vowel: Suffix -lo Else: Suffix -ɛlo lennɛlo /lenˈnɛlo/ (they (masc)) learned	If ends with vowel: Suffix -cta Else: Suffix -icta lennicta /lenˈnicta/ (they (masc)) will learn
3rd plural fem	If ends with vowel: Suffix -kpe Else: Suffix -ukpe lennukpe /lenˈnukpe/ (they (fem)) learn	Suffix -im lennim /ˈlennim/ (they (fem)) learned	Suffix -un lennun /ˈlennun/ (they (fem)) will learn

 

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).
Wictyn uses an affix for imperfective:  

Imperfective

Suffix -y lenny /ˈlenny/ learn

 

Numbers

  Wictyn has a base-12 number system:   1 - mun
2 - nin
3 - lo
4 - mɔ
5 - nɔ
6 - can
7 - e
8 - kwle
9 - an
10 - lutɔnman
11 - wɛ
12 - ngu
144 - sikin
1728 - silan
 

Derivational morphology

  Adjective → adverb = If ends with vowel: Suffix -n
Else: Suffix -in
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -nn
Else: Suffix -ɔnn
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -n
Else: Suffix -ɔn
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -fɛ
Else: Suffix -afɛ
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Suffix -in
Noun to verb = If ends with vowel: Suffix -kpa
Else: Suffix -ikpa
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Suffix -ɛ
Tending to = Suffix -i
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Suffix -ɔ
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -my
Else: Suffix -imy
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Suffix -ɛn
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -n
Else: Suffix -in
Diminutive = If ends with vowel: Suffix -n
Else: Suffix -ɛn
Augmentative = If ends with vowel: Suffix -nmlɛ
Else: Suffix -ɔnmlɛ