Remÿsian

Remÿsian
Language family	Morytic (East Morytic)
Early form(s)	Old Remÿsian Middle Remÿsian
Writing system	Latin
Official status
Spoken in	Xtrakva Shroomland
Speaker
Endonym	Remÿvej /ˈɾɛm.œ.vɛɪ̯/
Exonym	Remÿsian
Technical information
Usage	Xtrakvan government Shroomland government ŊATO
Language code	REM

Remÿsian is one of the two official language spoken in the Young Colony of Xtrakva alongside Morytian. Remÿsian is a member of the Morytic language family which includes other languages such as Morytian The language originates from the far-off land of Remÿs. The language is part of the Eastern Morytic sub-family and evolved from Old Remÿsian.

Phonology and Orthography

Consonants

Consonants

	Labial	Alveolar	Post-Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Plosive	p <p> b <b>	t <t> d <d>		c <kj> ɟ <gj>	k <k> g <g>
Fricative	f <f> v <v>	s <s> z <z>	ʃ <š> ʒ <ž>	ç <hj> ʝ <zj>	x <x>	χ~h <h>
Affricate		ts <c>	tʃ <č>
Nasal	m <m>	n <n>		(ɲ) <nj>	ŋ <ng>
Approximant	ʋ <w>	l <l>		j <j> ʎ <lj>
Tap/flap		ɾ <r>
Trill		r <rr>

Vowels

Remÿsian is unique when it comes to Morytic languages as it features a nasal equivalent to every oral vowel. Nasal vowels are written with ogoneks.

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i ~ ɪ <i> y ~ ʏ <y> ĩ ~ ɪ̃ <į> ỹ ~ ʏ̃ <y̨>		u ~ ʊ <u> ũ ~ ʊ̃ <ų>
Mid	ɛ ~ e <e> œ <ÿ> ɛ̃ ~ ẽ <ę> œ̃ <ÿ̨>		ɔ ~ o <o> ɔ̃ ~ õ <ǫ>
Open		a <a> ã <ą>

Y̊

There is also the letter Y̊ ẙ which used to write the vowel sound /ʉ/ in old and middle Remÿsian, however, /ʉ/ gradually shifted toward /œ/ in late middle Remÿsian but the letter was kept around to differentiate homophones. In more modern spellings, ẙ has been completely removed from the alphabet.

Diphthongs

Remÿsian has 24 diphthongs (twelve oral, twelve nasal). The letter combinations <ij> and <uw> as well as their nasal equivalents are not diphthongs but rather long vowels /iː/ and /uː/ respectively. This vowel length is phonemic, an example of phonemic length is Kut (to turn) and Kuwt (to reveal). Additionally, in certain dialects, <yj> has become a long /y/.

Diphthongs

Oral	-j	-w	Nasal	-j	-w
a	aj /aɪ̯/	aw /aʊ̯/	ą	ąj /ãɪ̯̃/	ąw /ãʊ̯̃/
e	ej /ɛɪ̯/	ew /ɛʊ̯/	ę	ęj /ɛ̃ɪ̯̃/	ęw /ɛ̃ʊ̯̃/
i	ij /iː/	iw /iʊ̯/	į	įj /ĩː/	įw /ĩʊ̯̃/
o	oj /ɔɪ̯/	ow /ɔʊ̯/	ǫ	ǫj /ɔ̃ɪ̯̃/	ǫw /ɔ̃ʊ̯̃/
u	uj /uɪ̯/	uw /uː/	ų	ųj /ũɪ̯̃/	ųw /ũː/
y	yj /yɪ̯/	yw /yʊ̯/	y̨	y̨j /ỹɪ̯̃/	y̨w /ỹʊ̯̃/
ÿ	ÿj /œɪ̯/	ÿw /œʊ̯/	ÿ̨	ÿ̨j /œ̃ɪ̯̃/	ÿ̨w /œ̃ʊ̯̃/

Stress

Unlike other Morytic languages, Remÿsian has flexible stress. Stress is unmarked and has to be learned.

Grammar

Word Order

Unlike most Morytic languages who are SOV or SVO, Remÿsian is a VSO language. In Remÿsian, the verb is initial and the subject is often skipped entirely through context.

Pronouns

While most Morytic languages have heavily inflected pronouns, Remÿsian pronouns remain relatively analytical, having only nominative and accusative forms.

Nominative Pronouns

Pronouns		Singular	Paucal	Plural
First Person		Wej	Wij	Wu
Second Person		Nej	Nij	Nuw
Third Person	Animate	I	Ij	U
	Inanimate	Mej	Mij	Mu
	Abstract	Tej	Ti	Tu
Impersonal		Dÿ	Ri	Ru

Accusative Pronouns

Pronouns		Singular	Paucal	Plural
First Person		Weč	Wič	Wuč
Second Person		Neč	Nič	Nuč
Third Person	Animate	Jič		Juč
	Inanimate	Meč	Mič	Muč
	Abstract	Teč	Tič	Tuč
Impersonal		Dÿč	Rič	Ruč

Nouns

Like other Morytic languages, Remÿsian is very compound-heavy. A noun tends to have multiple suffixes to denote what role the noun serves.

Noun Suffixes

Suffix	Meaning	Example	Notes
-ÿ	Thing	Tuwÿ /ˈtuː.œ/ a tangible idea (a plan)	Often used with abstract nouns/concepts to turn them into a concrete thing that can be interacted with. A notable example is in the language name Remÿvej where the turns the idea of Rem into a thing used for interactions. It is a very important suffix as with it you can make a word like Remÿžij meaning country of Remÿs.
-dÿ	Abstract/Concept	gjaldÿ /ˈɟal.dœ/ a non-physical mountain	Used to turn an otherwise physical object into a non-physical one. Used for concepts of things. Compare 'legejl' (human) to 'legejldÿ' (humanity).
-šiw	Grouping	gjalešiw /ˈɟa.lɛ.ʃiʊ̯/ A group of mountains (mountain chain)
-gejl	Type/Species	vejgejl /ˈvɛɪ̯.gɛɪ̯l/ A type of mushroom (fungus)
-žew	Doer / person who is	Ketrejwežew /kɛˈtɾɛɪ̯.ʋɛ.ʒɛʊ̯/ Xtrakvan
-wÿ	Augmentative	Rrÿfwÿ /ˈrœf.ʋœ/ big fish
-čį	Diminutive	Nejlčį /ˈnɛɪ̯l.tʃĩ/ Small/short river
-čÿ	Place	Čǫčÿ /ˈtʃɔ̃.tʃœ/ place with money (Bank)

Remÿsian nouns inflect on both number and case. The language has four cases and three numbers.

Below is the declension table using the word gjale (mountain) as an example.

Cases

	Singular	Paucal	Plural
Nominative	gjale /ɟalɛ/	gjalji /ɟaʎi/	gjalwu /ɟa(l)ʋu/
Accusative	gjalč /ɟalt͡ʃ/	gjalči /ɟalt͡ʃi/	gjalču /ɟalt͡ʃu/
Instrumental	gjalek /ɟalɛk/	gjaleki /ɟalɛki/	gjaleku /ɟalɛku/
Comitative	gjalem /ɟalɛm/	gjalemi /ɟalɛmi/	gjalemu /ɟalɛmu/

Verbs

Remÿsian, like other Morytic languages, is agglutinative and makes use of several suffixes to mark person, number, tense, aspect and mood among other things all on verbs.

To explain the verb system, the word ÿnt _{(to climb)} will be used as an example.

Person Marking and Number

The subject is marked with a suffixed vowel.

Person Conjugation

	First	Second	Third(Physical)	Third(Non-Physical)	Impersonal
Singular	-a	-e	-i	-ÿ	-u
	ÿnta	ÿnte	ÿnti	ÿntÿ	ÿntu
Paucal	-aj	-ej	-ij	-ÿj	-uj
	ÿntaj	ÿntej	ÿntij	ÿntÿj	ÿntuj
Plural	-aw	-ew	-iw	-ÿw	-uw
	ÿntaw	ÿntew	ÿntiw	ÿntÿw	ÿntuw

Tense, Aspect & Mood

Tenses and Aspects

Suffix	Translation	Example	Notes
-m	Past Tense	Ÿntawm We(many) climbed
-rr	Future Tense	Ÿntarr I will climb
-čV	Distal Particle	Ÿntamča I climbed long ago
-tV	Continuous	Ÿntajta We(few) are climbing
-dV	Habitual	Ÿntede You climb(regularly)
-fV	Ability	Ÿntifi (S)he can climb
-kV	Passive	Ÿntÿkÿ It's being climbed
-o	Imperative	Ÿnto! Climb!
-k	Intensifier Added stress	Ÿntewk You(many) climb
-(o)b	Negation	Ÿntab I don't climb
-šy	Question	Ÿntešy Do you climb?

Many of these suffixes can stack

Ÿnt-ew-m-če-k-de-fe-b-šy? - Could y'all not climb regularly back then?

Vocabulary

Numbers

Numbers

Remÿsian Digits 0-9	English Translation	Remÿsian Numbers 10-19	English Translation
Ewe /ˈɛʊ̯.ɛ/	Zero	Šown /ʃɔʊ̯n/	Ten
Ojn /ɔɪ̯n/	One	Šojn /ʃɔɪ̯n/	Eleven
Ejn /ɛɪ̯n/	Two	Šejn /ʃɛɪ̯n/	Twelve
Jil /jil/	Three	Šil /ʃil/	Thirteen
Ič /itʃ/	Four	Šič /ʃitʃ/	Fourteen
Ikj /ic/	Five	Šikj /ʃic/	Fifteen
Wÿz /ʋœz/	Six	Šowÿz /ˈʃɔ.ʋœz/	Sixteen
Wÿl /ʋœl/	Seven	Šowÿl /ˈʃɔ.ʋœl/	Seventeen
Um /um/	Eight	Šowum /ˈʃɔ.ʋum/	Eighteen
Wÿd /ʋœd/	Nine	Šowÿd /ˈʃɔ.ʋœd/	Nineteen

Numbers

Remÿsian Numbers 20-100	English Translation	Remÿsian Numbers 200-1000	English Translation
Ešown /ˈɛ.ʃɔʊ̯n/	Twenty	Emelč /ˈɛ.mɛltʃ/	Two-hundred
Jišown /ˈji.ʃɔʊ̯n/	Thirty	Jimelč /ˈji.mɛltʃ/	Three-hundred
Ičown /ˈitʃ.ɔʊ̯n/	Forty	Ičelč /ˈitʃ.ɛltʃ/	Four-hundred
Ikown /ˈik.ɔʊ̯n/	Fifty	Ikmelč /ˈik.mɛltʃ/	Five-hundred
Wÿžown /ˈʋœʒ.ɔʊ̯n/	Sixty	Wÿželč /ˈʋœʒ.ɛltʃ/	Six-hundred
Wÿllown /ˈʋœlː.ɔʊ̯n/	Seventy	Wÿllelč /ˈʋœlː.ɛltʃ/	Seven-hundred
Umown /ˈum.ɔʊ̯n/	Eighty	Umelč /ˈum.ɛltʃ/	Eight-hundred
Wÿdown /ˈʋœd.ɔʊ̯n/	Ninety	Wÿdelč /ˈʋœd.ɛltʃ/	Nine-hundred
Melč /mɛltʃ/	Hundred	Mixt /mixt/	Thousand

The current year, 2026, is 'Emixt-ešowÿz'.

Names in Other Languages

Name in other languages:

• Morytian: Remÿval /rɛˈmɯval/