Morytian

Morytian
Language family	Morytic
Writing system	Latin
Official status
Spoken in	Xtrakva
Speaker
Endonym	Mürytaval [murətaval]
Exonym	Morytian
Technical information
Language code	MOR

Morytian is a language spoken in the Young Colony of Xtrakva.

Morytian is the main language in the larger Morytic language family which includes other languages such as Wentefian and Remÿsian. The language originates from the far-off land of Morytia. The language is part of the Central Morytic sub-family and evolved from New Imperial Morytian.

Phonology and Orthography

Consonants

	Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Post-Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Plosive	p <p> b <b>		t <t> d <d>			k <k> (kʶ) <kq> g <g>
Fricative	ɸ ~ f <f> β ~ v <v>	θ <th> ð <dh>	s <s> z <z>	ʃ <sh> ʒ <zh>	ç <jh> (ʝ) <zj>	x <x> ɣ <gh>	χ <q> (ʁ) <gq>	h <h>
Affricate			ts <c> dz <dz>	tʃ <ch> dʒ <cz>
Nasal	m <m>		n <n>		(ɲ) <nj>	ŋ <ng>
Approximant			l <l>		j <j>
Trill			r <r>

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i ~ ɪ <i> y ~ ɤ <u>		ɯ ~ ɤ <ÿ> u ~ ʊ <ü>
Mid	ɛ ~ æ <e>	ə ~ ɨ <y>	ɔ ~ o <o>
Open	a <a>		ɑ <ä>

Stress occurs on the second syllable, (eg. A word like "Agäl" (wind) would be pronounced /aˈgɑl/ and not /ˈagɑl/.)

Grammar

Word Worder

Morytian is an SOV language. The subject always comes first in a sentence and the verb at the very end. Indirect objects usually come before direct objects.

Pronouns

Nominative Pronouns

Pronouns		Singular	Dual	Paucal	Plural	Collective
First Person	Inclusive	Lem	Eln	Ilni	Üln	Ÿln
	Exclusive		Le/El	Il	Ül	Ÿl
Second Person		Ne		Ni	Nü	Nÿ
Third Person	Animate	E		I	Ü	Ÿ
	Inanimate	Me		Mi	Mü	Mÿ
	Abstract	Che		Chi	Chü	Chÿ
Impersonal		Ry	Ery	Iry	Üry	Ÿry

Genitive Pronouns

Pronouns		Singular	Dual	Paucal	Plural	Collective
First Person	Inclusive	Lesh	Elns	Ilns	Ülns	Ÿlns
	Exclusive		Lech/Elch	Ilch	Ülch	Ÿlch
Second Person		Nesh		Nish	Nüs	Nÿs
Third Person	Animate	Es		Is	Üs	Ÿs
	Inanimate	Mes		Mis	Müs	Mÿs
	Abstract	Ches		Chis	Chüs	Chÿs
Impersonal		Rys	Erys	Irys	Ürys	Ÿrys

Nouns

Nouns in Morytian are marked with case and number. There are four common numbers as well as a fifth which is mainly used in writing and poetry.

Grammatical number

Number	Morytian	English Translation
Singular	Mbÿr	Goat / A goat
Dual	Mbÿre	Two goats
Paucal	Mbÿri	Some goats
Plural	Mbÿrü	A lot of goats
Collective	Mbÿrÿ	All goats

Cases

Depending on dialects and the standards. Morytian has anywhere from seven to fourteen cases. These cases are commonly divided into two groups, the common cases and the poetic cases.

Common cases

Case	Morytian	English Translation
Nominative	Mbÿr / Mbÿrk	Goat
Accusative	Mbÿrt / Mbÿrth	Goat
Dative	Mbÿr / Mbÿrp	Goat
Genitive	Mbÿrsh	Goat's
Locative	Mbÿrzo	At the goat
Instrumental	Mbÿrgh	With/using a goat
Comitative	Mbÿrm	With/accompanying a goat

The poetic cases are mostly relegated to inanimate objects. They are completely optional and only really used in poetry

Poetic cases

Case	Morytian	English Translation
Vocative	Mirc / Mirch	House
Ablative	Mirv	Away from a house
Illative	Mirs / Mires	Into a house
Elative	Mirn / Miren	Out of a house
Perlative	Mir	Through a house
Distributive	Mirks	Each house
Superessive	Mirel	On top of a goat

Articles

Morytian makes use of articles, there is no indirect article but there is a direct article. The direct article is S'- and is a prefix. The definite article can be attached to nouns, pronouns, adjectives and verbs for added emphasis or importance.

Verbs

Morytian is an agglutinative language that attaches aspects to roots in the form of suffixes.

Verb suffixes

Suffix	Meaning	Example	Notes
-(y)m	Past tense	Lem fun acym I read (past tense) a book	Example
-(y)r	Future tense	Lem fun acyr I will read a book	Example
-(y)th(e)	Continuous	Lem fun acyth I am reading a book	Example
-du	Habitual	Lem fun acdu I regularly read a book	Example
-po(n)	Ability	Lem s'fun acpo I can read the book	Ability to perform action
-(y)ch	Want	Lem fun acych I want to read a book	Wanting to perform action
-xe	Passive	Lem acxe I read (know) myself	Example
-va	Causative	Lem nev s'funt acva I make you read the book	Example
-jo	Imperative	acjo! read!	Example
-kÿ	Intensifier Added stress	Lem s'fun ackÿ I Read a book	Example
-xüb	Something Unspecified object	Lem acxüb I read (something)	Example
-(h)äb	Negation	Lem funü acäb I don't read books	Example

Verb suffixes can stack to create a more precise meaning, (eg. "Lem s'fun acymponäb", meaning "I could not read a book".)

Together with verb suffix are Nominalizers which turn verbs into nouns.

Nominalizers

Suffix	Meaning	Example	Note
-a	Common Nominalizer	S'fun jän acyma The book was a good read	Turns verb into a normal noun
-da	Concept Nominalizer	Lem mys acda I like (the concept of) reading	Turns verb into a concept noun
-ral	Doer -er	Lem acral I am a reader	Doer of a verb or is of the state
-cy	Place	Lem s'acyzo I am at the reading place	Place where the action is performed

Vocabulary

Numbers

Numbers 1-10

Morytian Numbers	English Number
Än(ä)	One
En(ä)	Two
Jil(ä)	Three
Ic(ä)	Four
Jek(ä)	Five
Üz(ä)	Six
Ül(ä)	Seven
Om(ä)	Eight
Yd(ä)	Nine
Dzän(ä)	Ten

Common phrases

Common prhases

Morytian Phrase Pronunciation	English Translation Word for word	Notes
Kavs! /kavs/	Hello!/Goodbye!	Simple greeting used both formally and informally. If you are greeting multiple people, you attach a number suffix (eg. Kavsi - for a few people, Kavsü - for several people, kavsÿ - everyone in a group or setting)
Ne canem ha? /nɛ t͡saˈnɛm ha/	How are you? You (with) emotion what?	To ask a question, you put the question word at the end of the sentence.
Lem geltom. /lɛm gɛlˈtɔm/	I am happy. "I (am with) happiness"	To tell people that you have a certain emotion, you put the emotion or mood in the comitative case (eg. You "appear alongside" the emotion).
Ne xonch? /nɛ xɔnt͡ʃ/	Want to eat? "you eat-want?"	One can omit the subject
Äb, lem en omze myha, xonym. /ɑb lɛm ɛn ɔmˈzɛ məˈha xɔˈnəm/	No, I ate two hours ago. No, I, at two hours before, ate

Word list

Below is a list of common words. A more complete dictionary can be found whenever it is ready.

Vocabulary

Word	Meaning	Notes
Ac /at͡s/	Read	Verb
Agäl /aˈgɑl/	Wind	Noun
Agh /aɣ/	Decide	Verb
Ajx(y) /ajx/	Guard	Verb & Noun
Ädo /ɑˈdɔ/	Key	Noun
Äs /ɑs/	Pure	Adjective
Ävam /ɑˈvam/	Without	Adposition
Bi /bi/	Head	Noun
Bor /bɔr/	Time	Noun
Bores /bɔˈrɛs/	Clock	Noun
Chän /t͡ʃɑn/	Money	Noun
Crüx /t͡srux/	Pain	Noun
Chÿl /t͡ʃɯl/	Hope	Noun
Cy /t͡sə/	Place	Noun
Dos /dɔs/	Have	Verb
Fal /fal/	Speak	Verb
Fun /fʏn/	Book	Noun
Jü /ju/	At	Adposition
Klash /klaʃ/	Advantage	Noun
Lan /lan/	Big	Adjective
Mbÿr /mbɯr/	Goat	Noun
Mirke /mɪrˈkɛ/	House	Noun
Nal /nal/	Water	Noun
Nala /naˈla/	River	Noun
Ngü /ŋu/	Hall	Noun
Nyr /nər/	Study	Verb
Ras /ras/	Love (Platonic)	Verb
Rata /raˈta/	Over there	Adverb
Rathe /raˈθɛ/	Beauty	Noun
Res /rɛs/	Eye	Noun
Säk /sɑk/	Meat	Noun
Sap /sap/	Cheese	Noun
Täl /tɑl/	Wear	Verb
Thÿqe /θɯˈχɛ/	Fool	Noun
Trek /trɛk/	Year	Noun
Val /val/	Language	Noun
Voj /vɔj/	Song	Noun
Xyx /xəx/	Town/City	Noun