Fae

Natively known as: Fae / fae/

  ...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
lay a müwp hüv fü bavd lay lal fü yendor prodreveb lal wriv>
Pronunciation: /laj a mywp hyv fy bavd laj lal fy ˈjendor proˈdreveb lal wriv/
Iheren word order: and he stood holding hat his and turned his face wet the wind to  

Spelling & Phonology

  Consonant inventory: /b d f g h j l m n p r v w/

     

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Labio-velar	Glottal
Nasal	m		n
Stop	p b		d		g
Fricative		f v					h
Approximant				j		w
Trill			r
Lateral approximant			l

 

Vowel inventory: /a e i o u y/

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

 

  Syllable structure: (C)(C)V(C)(C)
Stress pattern: Penultimate — stress is on the second last syllable
Word initial consonants: b, bl, d, dr, f, g, gr, h, j, l, m, mb, mr, n, p, pl, pr, r, v, w, wr
Mid-word consonants[pg]: b, bd, d, dr, f, fl, g, gm, h, hw, j, l, m, mb, n, nd, nf, ng, nl, nv, p, pl, r, rg, v, w
Word final consonants: b, bl, d, f, g, j, l, lb, ld, m, nd, p, pl, r, rv, v, vd, wp

Show frequency stats  

Word initial: l*17 h*13 j*11 g*10 r*9 w*9 v*8 b*8 d*7 f*7 m*7 n*7 p*6 mb*17 bl*13 dr*11 pl*10 wr*9 pr*7 gr*7 mr*7
Mid-word: m*17 j*13 p*11 w*10 n*9 b*9 l*8 h*8 g*7 d*7 f*7 r*7 v*6 nd*13 ng*10 mb*9 pl*8 rg*8 dr*7 bd*6 nf*6 nv*6 fl*6 gm*6 hw*6 nl*5
Word final: m*17 j*13 p*11 b*9 l*8 g*7 d*7 f*7 r*7 v*6 wp*17 ld*11 bl*7 nd*7 pl*6 vd*6 rv*6 lb*6

  Phonological changes (in order of application):  

• ja → iː / C_C
• N → m / _#
• d → l / #_
• h → Ø / V_V
• b → β / V_V

  Spelling rules:  

Pronunciation	Spelling
j	y>
y	ü>

 

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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 after the noun.
Adposition: postpositions
 

Noun

Definite

                 

	Singular	Plural
Masculine	Prefix a- aplald> /ˈaplald/	Prefix y- üplald> /ˈyplald/
Feminine	If starts with vowel: Prefix gr- Else: Prefix gro- groplald> /ˈgroplald/	If starts with vowel: Prefix arg- Else: Prefix argu- arguplald> /arˈguplald/
Neuter	If starts with vowel: Prefix b- Else: Prefix be- beplald> /ˈbeplald/	Prefix ga- gaplald> /ˈgaplald/

Indefinite

         

	Singular	Plural
Masculine	Prefix i- iplald> /ˈiplald/	If starts with vowel: Prefix p- Else: Prefix pu- puplald> /ˈpuplald/
Feminine	Prefix o- oplald> /ˈoplald/	If starts with vowel: Prefix mb- Else: Prefix mbi- mbiplald> /ˈmbiplald/
Neuter	If starts with vowel: Prefix yw- Else: Prefix ywa- üwaplald> /yˈwaplald/	If starts with vowel: Prefix b- Else: Prefix ba- baplald> /ˈbaplald/

 

Pronouns

                           

1st singular	ild> /ild/ I, me
2nd singular	li> /li/ you
3rd singular masc	a> /a/ he, him, it
3rd singular fem	gro> /gro/ she, her, it
1st plural inclusive	fü> /fy/ we, us (including you)
1st plural exclusive	lal> /lal/ we, us (excluding you)
2nd plural	prowp> /prowp/ you (all)
3rd plural masc	am> /am/ they, them (masculine)
3rd plural fem	gruy> /gruj/ they, them (feminine)

 

Possessive determiners

                           

1st singular	rim> /rim/ my
2nd singular	mre> /mre/ your
3rd singular masc	fü> /fy/ his, its
3rd singular fem	ri> /ri/ her, its
1st plural inclusive	ü> /y/ our (including you)
1st plural exclusive	pla> /pla/ our (excluding you)
2nd plural	pu> /pu/ your
3rd plural masc	ho> /ho/ their (masculine)
3rd plural fem	druld> /druld/ their (feminine)

 

Verbs

               

Present	Prefix dru- druafunvi> /ˌdruaˈfunvi/
Past	If starts with vowel: Prefix pr- Else: Prefix pro- prafunvi> /praˈfunvi/
Remote past	If starts with vowel: Prefix n- Else: Prefix nu- nafunvi> /naˈfunvi/
Future	Prefix a- aafunvi> /ˌaaˈfunvi/

 

Perfect aspect

Perfect aspect in English is exemplified in ‘I have read this book’,
which expresses an event that took place before the time spoken
but which has an effect on or is in some way still relevant to the present.

In Iheren, the perfect is constructed with the word for ‘finish’ druwrinvehiv + present tense of the verb.  

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = Prefix i-
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Prefix a-
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix dr-
Else: Prefix dru-
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix dr-
Else: Prefix dru-
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Prefix mba-
Noun → verb (to create [noun]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix ef-
Else: Prefix efi-
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix am-
Else: Prefix ami-
Verb → adjective (likely to do [verb]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix p-
Else: Prefix pe-
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Prefix o-
Verb → noun that verb physically produces (e.g. build → building) = If starts with vowel: Prefix bl-
Else: Prefix bly-
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = If starts with vowel: Prefix h-
Else: Prefix ho-
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Prefix u-
Diminutive = Prefix a-
Augmentative = Prefix e-