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Phonology[]
Letter | Name | IPA |
A | a | ɑ |
Á | átta | æ |
AU | autta | au |
B | bé | b |
BH | bhétta | p |
C | cé | k |
D | dé | d |
DH | dhétta | ð |
TH | thétta | θ |
E | e | ɛ |
É | étta | eɪ |
F | fé | f |
FH | fhétta | v |
G | ge | ɡ |
GH | ghétta | j |
H | há | h |
I | i | i |
J | jé | ʒ |
JH | jhétta | dʒ |
L | la | l |
LH | lhétta | ʃ |
M | mé | m |
MH* | mhétta | m |
N | né | n |
NH | nhétta | ɲ |
O | o | ɵ |
Ó | ótta | ø |
R | ra | r |
RH** | rhétta | ɾ (trilled) |
S | sé | s |
T | té | t |
U | u | u |
Ú | ú | ʊ |
Y | ytta | aɪ |
Z | zé | z |
' | lhamdé greth |
ʔ |
- This form is used before vowels.
- Replaced by 'rr' in proper nouns.
If a consonant is doubled, it is held for a longer amount of time, and both ends the syllable before it, and begins the next.
If a consonant formed with an 'h' (bh, dh, jh, etc.) is doubled only the first letter is doubled.
Ex. nosa (no - sa) 'nose' vs. nossa (nos - sa) 'note'
'cabha' (ca - bha) 'compartment' vs. 'cabbha' (cabh - bha) 'cap/ hat'
Nouns[]
Nouns have two genders, two numbers, and five cases:
Masculine | Feminine | Plural | |
Nominative | tul | mhanna | mhanné |
Accusative | tulen | mhannen | mhanném |
Dative | tules | mhannes | mhannéc |
Genitive | tuled | mhanned | mhannédh |
Prepositional | tulelh | mhannelh | mhannébh |
Pronouns[]
I | You | He | She | We | You | They | |
Nominative | A | Ta | Dhe | Fhe | Lhém | Tém | Jhén |
Accusative | En | Tan | Erh | Irh | Os | Es | Jherh |
Dative | Út | Tot | Rha | Rhé | Un | Enem | Rhen |
Genitive | Et | Tet | Dhedh | Fhedh | Ijhé | Ujha | Jhedh |
Prepositional | Alh | Tagha | Est | Ust | Y | Rhi | Jhást |
Verbs[]
All verbs are regular.
A verb infinitive is a blank verb, meaning that it is simply a root waiting for endings.
Present[]
Pronoun | A | Ta | Dhe / Fhe | Lhém | Tém | Jhém |
Ending | o | a | e | os | as | es |
Take for instance the verb 'lhen' (to see), it's conjugations would be lheno, lhena, lhene, lhenos, lhenas, and lhenes.
The pronoun may be dropped.
Past[]
Pronoun | A | Ta | Dhe / Fhe | Lhém | Tém | Jhém |
Ending | úlo | úla | úle* | olo | ola | ole |
- This ending (minus the 'e') creates the past participle, which can then be made into an adjective.
Future[]
Pronoun | A | Ta | Dhe / Fhe | Lhém | Tém | Jhém |
Ending | alo | ala | ale | uto | uta | ute |
Example Text[]
I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.
~Galileo Galilei
Nu trhergho mhúsdhúlta, é dhebh Dhoselh posterhitelh, ne fharbúle un takten, sulunnen, fha neghonifhen, ytalúle un é nu-etteth namhinen jhedh.