[h2] Natively known as: [b]psou˩˥[/b] /psoʊ̯˩˥/ [/h2]

[i]…and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind…[/i][br][b]oi˩˥st ou˦ fo˧skä˧ ie˦nspa˦ ie˦nf ie˩˥ ou˦ oi˩˥st o˩˥slâ˧fnou˦s ksâ˧n ksâ˦ ie˩˥ ou˦ a˩˥ â˩˥k[/b][br][b]Pronunciation[/b]: /ɔɪ̯˩˥st oʊ̯˦ fo˧skɑ˧ aɪ̯˦nspa˦ aɪ̯˦nf aɪ̯˩˥ oʊ̯˦ ɔɪ̯˩˥st o˩˥slɜː˧fnoʊ̯˦s ksɜː˧n ksɜː˦ aɪ̯˩˥ oʊ̯˦ a˩˥ ɜː˩˥k/ [br][b]Psou˩˥ian word order[/b]: and he stood holding hat his and turned his face wet to the wind

[h2]Spelling & Phonology[/h2]

[b]Consonant inventory[/b]: f k l n p s t v

[table][tr][th]↓Manner/Place→[/th][th]Bilabial[/th][th]Labiodental[/th][th]Alveolar[/th][th]Velar[/th][/tr][tr][td]Nasal[/td][td][/td][td][/td][td]n[/td][td][/td][/tr][tr][td]Stop[/td][td]p[/td][td][/td][td]t[/td][td]k[/td][/tr][tr][td]Fricative[/td][td][/td][td]f v[/td][td]s[/td][td][/td][/tr][tr][td]Lateral approximant[/td][td][/td][td][/td][td]l[/td][td][/td][/tr][/table]

[b]Vowel inventory[/b]: a aɪ̯ e i o oʊ̯ ø ɑ ɔɪ̯ ɛ ɜː ʊ

[b]Diphthongs[/b]: aɪ̯ oʊ̯ ɔɪ̯

[b]Tones[/b]: ˦ ˩˥ ˧

[table][tr][th][/th][th]Front[/th][th]Central[/th][th]Back[/th][/tr][tr][td]High[/td][td]i[/td][td][/td][td][/td][/tr][tr][td]Near-high[/td][td][/td][td][/td][td]ʊ[/td][/tr][tr][td]High-mid[/td][td]e ø[/td][td][/td][td]o[/td][/tr][tr][td]Low-mid[/td][td]ɛ[/td][td]ɜː[/td][td][/td][/tr][tr][td]Low[/td][td]a[/td][td][/td][td]ɑ[/td][/tr][/table]

[b]Syllable structure[/b]: (C)(C)(C)V(C)(C)(C) [br][b]Stress pattern[/b]: No stress

[b]Spelling rules[/b]:

[table][tr][th]Pronunciation[/th][th]Spelling[/th][/tr][tr][td]aɪ̯[/td][td][b]ie[/b][/td][/tr][tr][td]ɔɪ̯[/td][td][b]oi[/b][/td][/tr][tr][td]ʊ[/td][td][b]u[/b][/td][/tr][tr][td]ɑ[/td][td][b]ä[/b][/td][/tr][tr][td]ɛ[/td][td][b]ë[/b][/td][/tr][tr][td]ɜː[/td][td][b]â[/b][/td][/tr][tr][td]Vː[/td][td][b]VV[/b][/td][/tr][tr][td]◌̯[/td][td][b][/b][/td][/tr][/table]

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[h2]Grammar[/h2]

[b]Main word order[/b]: Subject Verb Object (Prepositional phrase). “Mary opened the door with a key” turns into [i]Mary opened the door with a key[/i].[br][b]Adjective order[/b]: Adjectives are positioned after the noun.[br][b]Adposition[/b]: prepositions

[table][tr][td][b]Past[/b][/td][td]If starts with vowel: Prefix fl-[br]Else: Prefix flʊ˧-[br][b]flu˧ka˧k[/b] /flʊ˧ka˧k/
learned
[/td][/tr][tr][td][b]Present[/b][/td][td]No affix[br][b]ka˧k[/b] /ka˧k/
learn
[/td][/tr][tr][td][b]Future[/b][/td][td]Prefix ɜː˦-[br][b]â˦ka˧k[/b] /ɜː˦ka˧k/
will learn
[/td][/tr][/table]

[table][tr][td][b]1st person[/b][/td][td][b]a˧[/b] /a˧/
I, me, mine, we, us, ours
[/td][/tr][tr][td][b]2nd person[/b][/td][td][b]ä˧[/b] /ɑ˧/
you, yours, you all, yours (pl)
[/td][/tr][tr][td][b]3rd person[/b][/td][td][b]ou˦[/b] /oʊ̯˦/
he, she, him, her, his, hers, it, its, they, them, theirs
[/td][/tr][/table]

[table][tr][td][b]Definite[/b][/td][td][b]pä˩˥[/b] /pɑ˩˥/
the
[/td][/tr][tr][td][b]Indefinite[/b][/td][td][b]u˧[/b] /ʊ˧/
a/some
[/td][/tr][/table]

[table][tr][td][b]Definite[/b][/td][td][b]ä˦lps[/b] /ɑ˦lps/
the
[/td][/tr][tr][td][b]Indefinite[/b][/td][td][b]vlou˧[/b] /vloʊ̯˧/
a/some
[/td][/tr][/table]

[h2]Numbers[/h2]

Psou˩˥ian has a base-20 number system:

1 – [b]ou˦[/b][br]2 – [b]ie˧[/b][br]3 – [b]e˩˥l[/b][br]4 – [b]ë˦[/b][br]5 – [b]i˧lts[/b][br]6 – [b]ie˦[/b][br]7 – [b]ø˩˥n[/b][br]8 – [b]ou˩˥sle˧[/b][br]9 – [b]lä˦[/b][br]10 – [b]i˦[/b][br]11 – [b]a˦knou˦[/b][br]12 – [b]â˩˥pä˧f[/b][br]13 – [b]kä˩˥ls[/b][br]14 – [b]a˦nsfä˩˥k[/b][br]15 – [b]pi˧k[/b][br]16 – [b]ë˩˥lk[/b][br]17 – [b]lu˧stvie˧[/b][br]18 – [b]toi˩˥lps[/b][br]19 – [b]ë˩˥ki˧[/b][br]20 – [b]vâ˧t[/b]21 – [b]vâ˧t[/b] [b]oi˩˥st[/b] [b]ou˦[/b] “twenty and one”[br]400 – [b]ou˦[/b] [b]u˧ns[/b] “one fourhundred”[br]401 – [b]ou˦[/b] [b]u˧ns[/b] [b]ou˦[/b] “one fourhundred one”[br]800 – [b]ie˧[/b] [b]u˧ns[/b] “two fourhundred”[br]8000 – [b]ou˦[/b] [b]nte˩˥[/b] “one eightthousand”

[h3]Derivational morphology[/h3]

[b]Adjective → adverb[/b] = Suffix -ɔɪ̯˩˥[br][b]Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj])[/b] = If ends with vowel: Suffix -f[br]Else: Suffix -ʊ˦f[br][b]Adjective → verb (to make something [adj])[/b] = Suffix -ɑ˩˥lps[br][b]Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun])[/b] = Suffix -a˩˥[br][b]Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic)[/b] = If ends with vowel: Suffix -p[br]Else: Suffix -a˩˥p[br][b]Noun to verb[/b] = If ends with vowel: Suffix -sts[br]Else: Suffix -o˧sts[br][b]Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb])[/b] = If ends with vowel: Suffix -n[br]Else: Suffix -aɪ̯˦n[br][b]Tending to[/b] = If ends with vowel: Suffix -f[br]Else: Suffix -ɔɪ̯˩˥f[br][b]Verb → noun (the act of [verb])[/b] = If ends with vowel: Suffix -sts[br]Else: Suffix -o˦sts[br][b]Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge)[/b] = Suffix -a˦nv[br][b]One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter)[/b] = Prefix ɜː˦-[br][b]Place of (e.g. wine → winery)[/b] = Suffix -i˩˥k[br][b]Diminutive[/b] = If ends with vowel: Suffix -s[br]Else: Suffix -ɜː˩˥s[br][b]Augmentative[/b] = If starts with vowel: Prefix f-[br]Else: Prefix fi˧-