Martolian language

Orthography

A a	/a/	I i	/i/	S s	/s/
 â	/aɪ/	K k	/k/	Ş ş	/ʃ/
B b	/b/	L l	/l/	T t	/t/
C c	/ʦ/	M m	/m/	Ŧ ŧ	/θ/
D d	/d/	N n	/n/	U u	/ʊ/
Đ đ	/ð/	O o	/o/	Û û	/oʊ/
E e	/ɛ/	Ô ô	/aʊ/	V v	/v/
F f	/f/	P p	/p/	Y y	/y/
G g	/g/	Q q	/ʧ/	Z z	/z/
H h	/x/	R r	/r/

Syntax

Sentence order is typically VSO, but this can change for interrogatives or when vowel sounds clash – for example, “Where are you from?” – “Mo di at’e?”, which literally translates as “are you of where?”.

Inflection of nouns

Nouns are inflected for definiteness in three forms – indefinite “a”, proximal “this” and distant “that”. Take, for example, the noun “grûş”, meaning “rock”:

	Sing	Plu		Sing	Plu
Ind	Grûş	Grûşt	Ind	A rock	(some) rocks
Pro	Grûşe	Grûşen	Pro	This rock	These rocks
Def	Grûşa	Grûşeh	Def	That rock	Those rocks

Inflection patterns

1a		1b		2a		2b		3
-s, -ş, -r, -h, -c, -q, -l, -k, -p, -f		-z –m, -n		-t, - ŧ, -đ		-d, -n, -v, -g, -b		All vowels
-	-t	-	-d	-	-a	-	-an	-	-n
-e	-en	-e	-en	-	-an	-a	-en	-k	-gan
-a	-eh	-a	-ah	-i	-in	-i	-eh	-n	-h

Articles

To indicate the case of the noun, an article often precedes the noun regardless of the definiteness or number:

	1 & 3 nouns	2 nouns
Nom (subject)	A	At
Acc (object)	-	A
Dat (“to”)	An	An
Gen (“of”,”from”)	At	At
Ade (“on”)	Am	Am
Sub (“under”)	Ar	Ar

Prepositions, as always, precede these articles.

Class 1 verbs

Infinitive ending: “-ô”

Example: bidcô = to break

	Present	Past	Future perfect	Future imperfect	Conditional
1st. sing	Bidca is	Bidcar is	Lil is bidca	Li’s bidcô	Bidcal is
2nd. sing	Bidcot di	Bidcetar di	Lil di bidcot	Lit di bidcô	Bidcol di
3rd. sing	Bidcôt ka/vi	Bidcûtar ka/vi	Lil ka/vi bidcôt	Let ka/vi bidcô	Bidcôl ka/vi
1st. plu	Bidcan nô	Bidcar nô	Lil nô bidcan	Li nô bidcô	Bidcanil nô
2nd. plu	Bidcin dân	Bidcer dân	Lil dân bidcin	Li dân bidcô	Bidcinil dân
3rd. plu	Bidcôk’in (kin)	Bidcor kin	Lil kin bidcok	Lek’in bidcô	Bidcôkil kin

Note: ka = he/it, vi = she

Class 2 verbs

Infinitive ending: “-â”

Example: sadnâ = to grow

	Present	Past	Future perfect	Future imperfect	Conditional
1st. sing	Sadni’s	Sadnir is	Lil is’adnt	Li’s sadnâ	Sadnail is
2nd. sing	Sadnit di	Sadnatar di	Lil di sadnit	Lit di sadnâ	Sadnil di
3rd. sing	Sadnet ka/vi	Sadnotar ka/vi	Lil ka/vi sadnet	Let ka/vi sadnâ	Sadnel ka/vi
1st. plu	Sadni nô	Sadnotir nô	Lil nô sadni	Li nô sadnâ	Sadnil nô
2nd. plu	Sadnin dân	Sadnotirn dân	Lil dân sadnin	Li dân sadnâ	Sadninil dân
3rd. plu	Sadnek’in	Sadnar kin	Lil kin sadnek	Lek’in sadnâ	Sadnekil kin

Numerals

1	Oyn	11	Oynşodem	21	Oynşotvilne
2	Tû	12	Tûşodem	22	Tûşotvilne
3	Dri	13	Drişodem	30	Drâne
4	Keri	14	Kerşodem	40	Kerâne
5	Âni	15	Ânşodem	50	Anâne
6	Zâ	16	Zâşodem	60	Zâne
7	Zôn	17	Zônşodem	70	Zoşne
8	Alti (ôti)	18	Alşodem	80	Alâne
9	Nûdi	19	Nolşodem	90	Nolne
10	Đem	20	Tvilne	100	Kûnt

Adjectives & interrogatives

All adjectives, except for those ending in “-y” are inflected in the same way and according to the same pattern as the nouns to which they refer. However, only adjectives pertaining to 1a, 2a, or 3 class nouns are inflected.

The interrogatives are as follows:

-          Kes = what

-          Kem = when

-          Kû = which

-          Kô = who

-          Te = where

Dictionary of various words

-          Adi = you (object)

-          Av = her (object)

-          Bol = ball

-          Bôl = boat

-          Bôyg = mountain

-          Brâ = land, nation

-          Đân = town

-          Gavâ = to live

-          Ilrâ = to love

-          Kat = cat

-          Kelo = hello, greetings

-          Mô = to be, to have

-          Mûr = sea

-          Niz = nose

-          Nô = no/not (precedes verb)

-          Nyomô = to be named

-          Ôy (“ôyn” in plural, the only exception to the indeclinable “y” rule) = all

-          Ôş = white

-          Şo = and

-          Vozâ = to sail

-          Yôn = year

-          Zirg = black