Humild

Humild
Language family	Language isolate
Writing system	Humild Script, Latin
Official status
Spoken in	Hummland
Speaker
Demonym	Humild
Number of speakers	2
Technical information
Usage	Native language, Government language

Humild is a language spoken in Hummland.

Phonology

Consonants

		Labials	Dentals	Palatals	Velars
Plosives		p b	t d		k g
Nasals		m	n		ŋ ⟨ṇ⟩
Fricatives		f v	s~z θ~ð ⟨s ð⟩	ɕ ⟨ś⟩	h~x ⟨h⟩
Trills			r̥ r ⟨ŕ r⟩
Approximant			l	j

• the consonants m, n, l, s, and ɕ may be syllabic, and are written 'm, 'n, 'l, 's, and 'ś.

Vowels

	Front				Back
	Short	Long	Short	Long	Short	Long
Close	i	iː ⟨í⟩	y	yː ⟨ý⟩	u	uː ⟨ú⟩
Mid	e	eː ⟨é⟩	ø	øː ⟨ǿ⟩	o	oː ⟨ó⟩
Open	æ	æː ⟨ǽ⟩			ɑ ⟨a⟩	ɑː ⟨á⟩

• Also there are the diphthongs: au, ou, yi, ui, ai, and oi

Orthography

IPA Humild Script Romanization Alternative Consonants /p/ p p /b/ b b /t/ t t /d/ d d /k/ k k /g/ g g /m/ m m /n/ n n /ŋ/ ṇ ṇ ng /f/ f f /v/ v v /s/ s s /ð/ ð ð th /ɕ/ ś ś sh /h/ h h /r̥/ ŕ ŕ rh /r/ r r /l/ l l /j/ j j

Vowels IPA Humild Script Romanization Alternative /i/ i i /y/ y y /u/ u u /e/ e e /ø/ ø ø oe /o/ o o /æ/ æ æ ae /ɑ/ a a /ɑu/ â au /ou/ ô ou /yi/ ỳ yi /ui/ ù ui /ɑi/ à ai /oi/ ò oi Suprasegmentals IPA Humild Script Romanization Notes /◌̩/ ◌̇ (M N L S Ś) '◌ ('m 'n 'l 's 'ś) Syllabic consonant /◌ː/ ◌̇ (í ý ú é ǿ ó ǽ á) ◌́ (í ý ú é ǿ ó ǽ á) Long vowel

Grammar

The word order of Humild is subject object verb. There are no articles.

Noun Declension

Humild has 3 numbers: the singular for one of something, the plural for many of something, and the superplural for loads upon loads of something, and 5 cases: the nominative used for the agent, the accusative used for the patient, the genitive used for posession, the positive locative used for loacation at or on a high place, and the negative locative used for location at or in a low place.

is "food"		Singular	Plural	Superplural
Nominative		is	isil	isiln
Accusative		ís	ísil	ísiln
Genitive		sanis	sanisil	sanisiln
Locative +		lis	lisil	lisiln
Locative -		kis	kisil	kisiln

ṇu "Ŋearth"		Singular	Plural	Superplural
Nominative		ṇu	ṇuśil	ṇuśiln
Accusative		ṇy	ṇyśil	ṇyśiln
Genitive		saṇu	saṇuśil	saṇuśiln
Locative +		'lṇu	'lṇuśil	'lṇuśiln
Locative -		keṇu	keṇuśil	keṇuśiln

Verb Conjugation

In Humild there are only two tenses and two aspects.

dag "eat"		Past	Nonpast
Imperfective		däg	dag
Perfective		gedäg	-

copula		Past	Nonpast
Imperfective		vä	va
Perfective		gä	-