fynoldtek
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fynoldtek is the first ever draft of fynotek, created in early 2021. it is very different from modern fynotek, and not nearly as useable. here's the documentation for it, last edited on january 11th, 2020:
phonology
consonants: /p t k m n ɲ ɾ f s x j w ʔ/
cowels: /a e i o u (ə) ɪ/
ɪ is pronounced as ə word-finally and in unstressed syllables, excluding dipthongs
romanization
consonants: < p t k m n ñ r f s h j w ‘ >
vowels: < a e i o u y >
capitals are used at the beginning of sentences and for names/proper nouns.
phonotactics
syllable structure: CCVVCC (no CCCC or CCC between syllables)
consonant clusters: non-stop + stop or non-stop + non-stop.
ns + ns clusters cannot be the same consonant twice in a row
diphthongs: any two vowels
grammar + friends
word order: SOV
modifier order: modified - modifier
phrases: expressed through particles at the beginning and end of the phrase. non-verb/noun/modifier phrases are used as modifiers in word order.
questions: all question words (other than what and who) are derived from “saraso” (what) + a preposition. what is the base word “saraso,” and who is its own word, “hofuy.”
- who = hofuy (who)
- what = saraso (what)
- why = saraso nep (for what)
- when = saraso in (during what)
- how = saraso poriu (via what)
- where = saraso ñue (at what)
verbs: verbs are conjugated for tense and person, making fynotek a pro-drop language. person conjugations are suffixes, and tense conjugations are ablaut.
- first person: unmarked
- second person: -a consonant, -na vowel
- third person: -o consonant, -no vowel
- present: unmarked
- past: last vowel becomes i (if it’s i, it becomes y)
- future: last vowel becomes o (if it’s o, it becomes u)
- hypothetical present: last vowel becomes a (if its a, it becomes e)
- hypothetical past: last vowel becomes e (if its e, it becomes i)
- hypothetical future: last vowel becomes u (if its u, it becomes o)
- gnomic: last vowel is reduplicated with a glottal stop between
- with diphthongs: whole diphthong is replaced with new vowel.
- gnomic with diphthongs is a reduplication of the last letter and a dropping of the first.
for example: nomyt (to open) -> nomuta (you might open)
lexicon
- ohto | greetings, hello | interjection
- ñeta | goodbye | interjection
- Fynotek | name of language | proper noun
- fmutue | humanity, people, humans, humanlike, humanoid | noun / modifier
- yumi | first person singular pronoun | pronoun
- yuma | first person plural pronoun, inclusive | pronoun
- yumae | first person plural pronoun, exclusive | pronoun
- ñaki | second person singular pronoun | pronoun
- ñaka | second person plural pronoun | pronoun
- eji | third person singular pronoun, animate | pronoun
- eja | third person plural pronoun, animate | pronoun
- yra | third person singular pronoun, inanimate | pronoun
- yri | third person plural pronoun, inanimate | pronoun
- tua | general pronoun, like “one” | pronoun
- my | appositive phrase marker | particle
- jo | prepositional phrase marker | particle
- ykñ | participial phrase marker | particle
- fiu | verb phrase marker | particle
- ñis | noun phrase marker | particle
- yhan | modifier phrase marker | particle
- saraso | what, general question word | pronoun (?)
- nep | for, because of | preposition
- in | during | preposition
- poriu | by, via | preposition
- ñue | on, at | preposition
- ñse | inside, within | preposition
- hofuy | who | pronoun
- fowi | door | noun
- nomyt | to open | verb
- wipy | easy, easily | modifier
- pert | wind, windy, windily | noun / modifier
- ew | and | conjunction
- eje | sun, sunny, sunnily | noun / modifier
- ahur | to argue, to dispute | verb
- ni | to be | verb
- sfeo | good, well | modifier
- ‘at | superlative suffix | modifier suffix
- enofeo | traveler, to travel | noun / verb
- my | coat, cloak | noun
- ru | warm, lukewarm, warmly | modifier
- mawak | to come, to arrive | verb
- nyom | to call, to refer to, to name, name | noun / verb
- hyr | to speak, to say, to talk, speech, language | noun / verb
- fui | zero | modifier
- ay | one | modifier
- fo | two | modifier
- us | three | modifier
- nos | four | modifier
- pur | five | modifier
- aypo | onesy (six) | modifier
- fopo | twosy (twelve) | modifier
- uspo | thirsy (eighteen) | modifier
- nospo | foursy (twenty four) | modifier
- purpo | fifsy (thirty) | modifier
- aypura | nif (thirty six) | modifier
- paoña | unexian (1296) | modifier
- ‘aku | dual | noun suffix
- ‘aku’u | plural | noun suffix