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Myuftseezh/Swadesh list

Myuftseezh (xiø miøfcýż blotp) is a Mustlup (specifically, Ftseezhic) language inspired by my Germanic conlang Þiúsьk, Russian and Old Chinese. Its descendants include Chick Corean.

0: xrikiø

1-12: sec, kvliø, sko, moj, fax, øσiø, cziøþø, poŋd, cian, xiatiø, kviotiø, ciu

gross: piorcz

great gross: syliø

world: sξiøf

fosnø = therefore

xvro = health

Phonology

Myuftseezh is notable for its phonemic palatalization and vowel reduction in unstressed syllables, similar to Irish and Russian.

Consonants

		Labial		Dental		Alveolar		Postalveolar		Lateral		Palatal	Velar	Glottal
		hard	soft	hard	soft	hard	soft	hard	soft	hard	soft			hard	soft
Nasal		m mˠ	mь mʲ	n n̪ˠ			nь nʲ					ŋь ŋʲ	ŋ ŋ
Plosive	tenuis	p pˠ	pь pʲ	t t̪ˠ			tь tʲ					kь kʲ	k k	q ʔ	qь ʔʲ
	voiced	b bˠ	bь bʲ	d d̪ˠ			dь dʲ					gь gʲ	g g
Affricate				c t̪sˠ			cь tsʲ	cz tʃˠ	czь tʃʲ	ξ tɬˠ	ξь tɬʲ
Fricative	voiceless	f fˠ	fь fʲ	þ θˠ	þь θʲ	s sˠ	sь sʲ	sz ʃˠ	szь ʃʲ	σ ɬˠ	σь ɬʲ	xь xʲ	x x
	voiced	v vˠ	vь vʲ			z zˠ	zь zʲ	ż ʒˠ	żь ʒʲ	λ ɮˠ	λь ɮʲ
Trill						r rˠ	rь rʲ
Approximant										l ɫ	lь lʲ	j j

Clusters

Myuftseezh allows virtually any consonant cluster.

Vowels

For pairs of spellings, the non-palatalizing spelling (that doesn't palatalize the consonant cluster before it) is shown on the left and the palatalizing spelling is shown on the right. When ø is the only vowel in the word, the stressed syllable is marked with an acute accent.

	Front	Central	Back
Close	y, i /i/		u, iu /u/
Mid	e, ie /e/	ø, iø /ə/	o, io /o/
Open		a, ia /a/

Two reduced vowels can occur in unstressed position: /ə/ and /u/ [ʊ].

Grammar

Adjectives precede nouns and inflect for gender, number and case. Demonstratives and determiners also inflect as adjectives.

Hard-stem nouns decline as follows:

gørm 'reputation, rumor' (masculine)
State	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gørm	gørmx
Genitive	gǿrmø	gørmst

Soft-stem nouns decline as follows:

þanь 'house' (masculine)
State	Singular	Plural
Nominative	þanь	þanьx
Genitive	þániø	þanьst

szǿniø 'tree' (feminine)
State	Singular	Plural
Nominative	szǿniø	szønьf
Object	szǿniø	szønьst

The definite article inflects as follows:

xiø 'definite article'
State	Singular	Plural
Nominative	xiø	xiex
Object	xiu	xist

Verbs

Present tense

• viømárø = I sit
• ŋiømárø = you sit
• márø = he sits
• zømárø = we sit
• stømárø = you people sit
• σømárø = they sit

si is used to negate a verb:

• si viømarø = I do not sit

Past tense

Past tense is usually formed with z-: viøzmarø, ŋiøzmarø, etc.