Çetuve /tɕεtu:βε:/ language

A a

/a/*

Ç ç

/tɕ/

G g

/g/

Ł ł

/ɬ/

O o

/o/

Š š

/ʃ/

Z z

/z/

B b

/b/

D d

/d/

I i

/i/**

L l

/l/

P p

/p/

T t

/t/

Ž ž

/ʒ/

C c

/ɕ/

E e

/ε/

J j

/dʒ/

M m

/m/

R r

/r/

U u

/u/

Ẑ ẑ

/dʑ/

Č č

/tʃ/

F f

/φ/

K k

/k/

N n

/n/

S s

/s/

V v

/β/

Ź ź

/ʑ/

*/æ/ used at end of words    **/I/ used at end of words 

Sentence structure

I played in/on/towards the water = water PAST jump 2ND.VB IND.1STPERS

Çel ig manam va ne = /tɕel ig manam βa: nε:/

I played over/out of/away from the water = jump water PAST 2ND.VB IND.1STPERS

Manam çel ig va ne = /manam tɕel ig βæ: nε:/

Tense markers

	Positive	Negative
Past tense	Ig	E
Future tense	It	Ei
Distant tense	Iš	Er

These always come after the direct object, to show which noun this is.

Indirect markers

These show that there is an indirect object and specifies the subject:

1st person	Ne
2nd person	Nei
3rd person	Af

The third person marker is always used with questioning.

In contexts where there is no indirect object, the subject is presumed. If it is necessary to be specified, then these must be used.

The plural article, "gu", can follow if the meaning must be distinguished.

Verb modifiers

Often, there are four different forms of each verb, specified by the markers va, u and za.

Other structures

Other clauses are often mixed together with the main clause, being positioned next to the same case of noun as in the previous cause.

The man held the stick above him and dropped it = stick-touch-PAST-untouch-2ND.VB-3RD.VB-IND.3RD PERS

Žas aka ig akali va u af. = /ʒas akæ ig akalI βæ: u: aφ/

All adjectives come after the rest of the clause, in the order that the word appears in the main section of the clause.

The phrases “but” and “if” (“am” and “ai” respectively) come at the end of the clause.

Sample text

Note that “ne” in this context, as the first person, refers to all humans ("we").

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. 

Egesp mak ten ig lakał za ne.      Free rights equal PAST originate 1ST.VB IND.1ST.PERS