Yusuteh [CCOG]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Yusuteh
Chech safik sík élnu sa Atlatti.
xɛx safɪk sik elnʊ sa atlattɪ
PRSPresent tense (tense).PROGProgressive (aspect)
be verb-ing-2SSecond person singular (person)
addressee (you) look DATDative (case)
indirect object; recipient, beneficiary, location.DEFDefinite
"the"-POSSDUnknown code language GENGenitive (case)
possessive.DEFDefinite
"the" Atlantis
"You are looking at the language of Atlantis."
Very fun language derived from my first conlang. Main features are:
- SVO
- sc [ʃ], zc [ʒ], kc [t͡ʃ], ch [x]
- article system: there are obligatory article adpositions before nouns and also verbs:
~~~ i iusc - a house, a iusc - the house, aia iusc - in the house
~~~ e kais - to eat, chek kais - i am eating
~~~ these articles are heavily agglutinating:
~~~~ naiascílchoscél iuscunscésá LOCLocative (case)
'in, on, at' etc.DEFDefinite
"the".PUnknown code-INESSUnknown code-3PThird person plural (person)
neither speaker nor addressee, they/them-NEGNegative (polarity)
not house-PUnknown code-none - not in none of their houses
~~~~ scétíllasofakái kais NEGNegative (polarity)
not-FUTFuture (tense)
action occurring after the moment of speech.PUnknown code.PASSPassive voice (valency)
be verb-ed-3PThird person plural (person)
neither speaker nor addressee, they/them-HABHabitual (aspect)
done often or out of habit-ABILAbilitative (mood)
expresses ability-POSSPossessive (case)
owns, has-REFLReflexive (valency)
argument acts on itself - it will not be possible that they will be able to habitually be eaten by themselves.
xɛx safɪk sik elnʊ sa atlattɪ
PRSPresent tense (tense).PROGProgressive (aspect)
be verb-ing-2SSecond person singular (person)
addressee (you) look DATDative (case)
indirect object; recipient, beneficiary, location.DEFDefinite
"the"-POSSDUnknown code language GENGenitive (case)
possessive.DEFDefinite
"the" Atlantis
"You are looking at the language of Atlantis."
Very fun language derived from my first conlang. Main features are:
- SVO
- sc [ʃ], zc [ʒ], kc [t͡ʃ], ch [x]
- article system: there are obligatory article adpositions before nouns and also verbs:
~~~ i iusc - a house, a iusc - the house, aia iusc - in the house
~~~ e kais - to eat, chek kais - i am eating
~~~ these articles are heavily agglutinating:
~~~~ naiascílchoscél iuscunscésá LOCLocative (case)
'in, on, at' etc.DEFDefinite
"the".PUnknown code-INESSUnknown code-3PThird person plural (person)
neither speaker nor addressee, they/them-NEGNegative (polarity)
not house-PUnknown code-none - not in none of their houses
~~~~ scétíllasofakái kais NEGNegative (polarity)
not-FUTFuture (tense)
action occurring after the moment of speech.PUnknown code.PASSPassive voice (valency)
be verb-ed-3PThird person plural (person)
neither speaker nor addressee, they/them-HABHabitual (aspect)
done often or out of habit-ABILAbilitative (mood)
expresses ability-POSSPossessive (case)
owns, has-REFLReflexive (valency)
argument acts on itself - it will not be possible that they will be able to habitually be eaten by themselves.
Sample of Yusuteh[view] Acho kifé sal léiok iai issul póku ín líiokon sató.
His boat had been swept to a distant island by the strong winds.[view all texts]
His boat had been swept to a distant island by the strong winds.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
[edit] [view] Ak Zéletta sa Iussutté ái Húsin/ Dialekt s\'Yusute ay Huzin (Húsin Suburbs Dialect)This dialect has some phonological changes:
- p, t, k, s become voiced between vowels
- long p, t, k, s become short
- final e and a is then removed
- ch merges into h
- stressed vowels don't exist
- b,d,g didn't become v,z,h
and it also has grammatical changes:
- DEF "a" is unmarked now
- POSSD case doesn't exist
- COM ar is used before, not after, the article.
Also, many German loanwords are added and [j,w] are written with instead of
- p, t, k, s become voiced between vowels
- long p, t, k, s become short
- final e and a is then removed
- ch merges into h
- stressed vowels don't exist
- b,d,g didn't become v,z,h
and it also has grammatical changes:
- DEF "a" is unmarked now
- POSSD case doesn't exist
- COM ar is used before, not after, the article.
Also, many German loanwords are added and [j,w] are written with
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | t | k | |||||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | x | ɦ | ||||||||
| Affricate | t͡ʃ | |||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||
| Approximant | [j]1 | [w]2 | ||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||
| Blends | kk |
- allophone of /ɪ/
- allophone of /ʊ/
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Near- back | Back | ||||
| Close | iˑ | uˑ | ||||||
| Near-close | ɪ | ʊ | ||||||
| Close-mid | eˑ | oˑ | ||||||
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | ||||||
| Open | a aˑ | |||||||
Syllable Structure(C)V(C) strict
Stress informationI know these look like long vowels, but they are actually stress marks. I kinda got it to work with PhoMo so I don't need to input the IPA of a word every time.
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Yusuteh. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 YusutehOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
| a Aa /a/ | á Áá /aˑ/ | x Ch ch /x/ | e Ee /ɛ/ | é Éé /eˑ/ | f Ff /f/ | h Hh /ɦ/ | i Ii /ɪ/, [j] | í Íí /iˑ/ |
| k Kk /k/ | q Kc kc /t͡ʃ/ | l Ll /l/ | m Mm /m/ | n Nn /n/ | ó Óó /oˑ/ | o Oo /ɔ/ | p Pp /p/ | r Rr /r/ |
| s Ss /s/ | c Sc sc /ʃ/ | t Tt /t/ | u Uu /ʊ/, [w] | ú Úú /uˑ/ | v Vv /v/ | z Zz /z/ | j Zc zc /ʒ/ | |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||
