Nidyek Language

= The Language of Nidyekian =

Natively Known As Nidyek
Nidyek word order: and he stood holding hat his and turned his face wet to the wind Official Language Of Nidyekia

Phonology
Consonant inventory: /b c dʒ f g h j k l n s t tʃ v z ɟ ɫ ɰ ɾ ʃ ʒ/

Syllable structure: (C)(C)(C)V(C) ? Stress pattern: No fixed stress ? Word initial consonants: b, c, ch, dʒ, f, fl, g, gj, glj, h, hlj, j, k, kj, kl, kɾ, l, lj, n, s, sf, sj, sk, skj, skl, sz, t, tj, tʃ, v, z, zz, ɟ, ɫ, ɾ, ʃ, ʒ Mid-word consonants: b, bt, bʃt, c, dʒ, f, ff, fl, g, gg, h, j, jj, jk, jɾ, k, kj, ks, kst, kstʃ, kt, ktj, l, lk, ll, n, nh, nj, nks, nn, ns, nsk, nsl, nsv, s, sfɾ, st, stj, t, tj, ts, tt, tʃ, v, vj, z, ɟ, ɫ, ɾ, ɾs, ʃ, ʒ, ʒj Word final consonants: b, c, dʒ, f, j, k, l, n, s, v, z, ɟ, ɰ, ɾ, ʒ

Phonological rules (in order of application): ?

Guide to phonological rules: e → i / _g means ‘e’ turns into ‘i’ before a ‘g’. C = consonant, V = vowel, S = stop, N = nasal consonant, F = fricative, K = velar, L = lateral, R = resonant/sonorant, P = labial/bilabial E = front vowel, B = back vowel, # = word boundary, Ø = null/nothing


 * v → Ø / u_i
 * s → h / V_V
 * s → h / #_
 * f → ʋ / #_
 * l → n / #_VN
 * i → e / _C
 * n → Ø / _s

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: prepositions ?

Noun morphology
Plurals are optional for non-human nouns.

Perfect aspect
‘have studied’

No perfect aspect.

Progressive aspect
‘am studying’

Uses the word for ‘be’ after main verb.

Imperative
‘study!’ (as a command)

First person: Prefix: go- /gɔ-/

Second person: Prefix: b(e)- /b(ɛ)-/

Negation
Uses the particle ru /ɾu/ after main verb phrase.

Derivational morphology
Noun → adjective: Prefix: i- /i-/ Adjective → noun: Prefix: i- /i-/ Noun → verb: Prefix: z(e)- /z(ɛ)-/ Verb → noun: Prefix: t(e)- /t(ɛ)-/ Verb → adjective: Prefix: že- /ʒɛ-/ Adjective → adverb: Prefix: u- /u-/ One who Xs (e.g. paint → painter): Prefix: i- /i-/ Place where (e.g. wine → winery): Prefix: skj(o)- /skj(ɔ)-/ Diminutive: Prefix: v(o)- /v(ɔ)-/ Augmentative: Prefix: bu- /bu-/