Void Tongue

Phonology

Consonants

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Velar	Labio-velar	Glottal
Nasal	m		n
Stop	p		t		k		ʔ
Fricative		f	s	ʃ			h
Approximant						w
Lateral approximant			l

Vowels

	Front	Back
High		u
Near-high		ʊ
High-mid		o
Low	a

Syllable structure: (C)V(C)
Stress pattern: No fixed stress
Word initial consonants: f, h, k, l, m, n, p, s, t, w, ʃ, ʔ
Mid-word consonants: f, fl, h, hw, k, ks, kt, l, lk, m, mp, n, nh, nl, ns, nt, p, pl, pw, s, st, t, w, ʃ, ʃt, ʔ
Word final consonants: f, h, k, l, m, n, p, s, t, w, ʃ, ʔ

Phonological rules (in order of application):

• m→n at the end of words
• a→Ø before ʔ

Spelling rules

Pronunciation	Spelling
ʃ	sh
ʊ	u
u	oo
ʔ	’

Morphology

Adjective → adverb = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ntʊ Else: Suffix -ontʊ
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -to Else: Suffix -uto
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = Suffix -a
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -m Else: Suffix -ʊm
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -pwo Else: Suffix -upwo
Noun → verb (to create [noun]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -l Else: Suffix -al
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ksu Else: Suffix -uksu
Verb → adjective (likely to do [verb]) = Suffix -ʊp
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Suffix -u
Verb → noun that verb physically produces (e.g. build → building) = Suffix -ʊ
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -k Else: Suffix -ak
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Suffix -u
Diminutive = Suffix -uf
Augmentative = If ends with vowel: Suffix -n Else: Suffix -an

Syntax

Noun

Singular	No affix mat /mat/
Plural	Suffix -o mato /mato/

Verbs

Past tense may be indicated with the word:

Past particle

fu /fu/ past tense particle

	Future
Singular	Suffix -at kotakat /kotakat/
Plural	Suffix -an kotakan /kotakan/

Dictionary

37 Words.