Hīkōian

Hīkōian was a language used by the people of Ascor, before the island became uninhabitable. This language quickly died along with the people of Ascor, when raging wildfires burnt down houses and settlements, along with the entire population.

Phonology

Consonant inventory: b c d f g h j k m n p s t v z ŋ ɟ ɦ ɸ ʣ ʦ β

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m		n		ŋ
Stop	p b		t d		k g
Affricate			ʦ ʣ
Fricative	ɸ β	f v	s z			h ɦ
Approximant				j

Vowel inventory: a aː e eː i iː o oː u uː

	Front	Back
High	i iː	u uː
High-Mid	e eː	o oː
Low	a aː

Syllable structure: (C)V
Stress pattern: Ultimate — stress is on the last syllable
Word initial consonants: b c f g h j k m n s t z ɟ ɦ ɸ ʣ ʦ β
Mid-word consonants: b c d f g h j k m n p r s t v z ŋ ɟ ɦ ɸ ʣ ʦ β
Word final consonants:
Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
c	chy
j	y
ŋ	ng
ɟ	j
ɸ	ph
ʣ	dz
ʦ	ts
β	w
Vː	V̄

Morphology

Adjective → adverb = Suffix -ha
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Suffix -tu
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = Suffix -βiː
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Suffix -gu
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Suffix -jo
Noun to verb = Suffix -go
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Suffix -vaː
Tending to = Suffix -voː
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Suffix -gi
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = Suffix -ho
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Suffix -fo
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Suffix -kiː
Diminutive = Suffix -fo
Augmentative = Suffix -foː

Dictionary

68 Words.

Grammar

Nouns

Singular	No affix hāmi /haːˈmi/ dog
Plural	Suffix -hoː hāmihō /haːmiˈhoː/ dogs

Articles

Hīkōian has no definite article ‘the’, or indefinite article ‘a’.

Pronouns

1st singular	ha /ha/ I, me, mine
2nd singular	phē /ɸeː/ you, yours
3rd singular	tsē /ʦeː/ he, she, him, her, his, hers, it, its
1st plural	mī /miː/ we, us, ours
2nd plural	e /e/ you all, yours (pl)
3rd plural	mu /mu/ they, them, theirs

Number System

Hīkōian has a base-10 number system:
1 - ā

2 - dze

3 - hā

4 - dzā

5 - hoka

6 - tō

7 - mū

8 - wo

9 - wā

10 - phī

11 - ā nī phī “one and ten”

100 - ā zepā “one hundred”

101 - ā zepā nī ā “one hundred and one”

200 - dze zepā

1000 - ā hē “one thousand”