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Brownie
tádí Škadaí
Pronounced: [tʼáˈdí ʃkʼadaˈhí]
Timeline and Universe: Nother
Species: Brownies
Spoken: 4th c. A.M.–, Dunamy Town, Mars
Total speakers: < 500 (probably)
Writing system: Bedaguši
Genealogy: Coalescence languages
 Brownie
Typology
Morphological type: Isolating
Morphosyntactic alignment: Accusative (probably)
Basic word order: [no data]
Credits
Creator: Muke Tever
Created: April/May 2000

Brownie (tádí Škadaí) is a language of Mars.

History

The first mentions of the Brownies (sge Škadaí) are in the 4th century A.M. Their common name (Dunamy: Prääna "brownie") was given because of their diminutive stature (1–1½ ft/30–45 cm on average) and their habit of living hidden in unused parts of houses. The native name is understood to refer to a person, probably the progenitor of the race; Škadaí is still a male name in use.

Classification

Brownie has not been proven to have a relationship to any other language of Mars, so is generally classified as a coalescence language.

Geography

The home territory of the Brownie people is Dunamy Town. It is very rare to find Brownies or their language anywhere else.

Phonology

Consonants

Voiced stops

  b (b)  d (d)  ɡ (g)

Ejective stops

  pʼ (p)  tʼ (t)  kʼ (k)

An epenthetic consonant [h] is inserted when there is no other consonant between two vocalic vowels, and in some speakers it appears in place of null initial as well.

The voiced series nasalize word-initially to [m n ŋ].

Vowels

 a (a)  ɛ (e)  i (i)  u (u)  
 á (á)         í (í)  ú (ú) 
 ʃ̩ (š)  s̩ (s)

The second series may be decribed as high tone, though they are more usually characterized as 'hooted'. S and š do pattern as vowels in Skeskatai roots.

Accent

Stress accent is on the final syllable.

Morphology

Most roots are disyllabic (C)V. Some exceptions exist, like šaú [S.a.hú] "human"; these are chiefly loanwords.

Grammar

Isolating; head-first.

Lexicon

  • aá [ahá] "other"
  • ádu [ádu] "all"
  • ae [ahɛ] "I, me"
  • as [as] "above"
  • babe [mabɛ] "word"
  • bábu [mábu] "to want"
  • babú [mabú] "much, many"
  • badá [madá] "in a while"
  • badú [madú] "one"
  • báku [mákʼu] "body"
  • bebá [mɛbá] "bad"
  • bedaguši [medaguʃi] "alphabet"
  • bíá [míhá] "be in/at"
  • bíá [míhá] "before"
  • bibá [mibá] "big"
  • bidí [midí] "below"
  • bíe [míhɛ] "be (copula)"
  • bís [mís] "feel"
  • búbu [múbu] "move"
  • dabu [nabu] "die"
  • dádí [nádí] "for a long time"
  • das [nas] "immediately"
  • dee [nɛɛ] "there is/there are"
  • dibí [nibí] "live"
  • dípu [nípʼu] "nearby"
  • diš [niʃ] "this"
  • dúbá [núbá] "do"
  • duš [nuʃ] "know"
  • epu [ɛpʼu] "after"
  • gubu [ŋu.bu] "good"
  • kage [kʼaɡɛ] "kind, type"
  • kibu [kʼibu] "for a short time"
  • papá [pʼapʼá] "a part"
  • pedu [pʼɛdu] "a place"
  • píbú [pʼíbú] "people"
  • sbá [spá] "someone"
  • sí [sí] "same"
  • sbí [spí] "see"
  • sdá [stá] "side"
  • sdí [stí] "say"
  • sdú [stú] "some"
  • sge [ske] "folk, race, people"
  • sge Škadaí "Skeškatai, Brownie folk"
  • spá [spʼá] "small"
  • ša [ʃa] "hear"
  • šaú [ʃahú] "human" (?)
  • šbe [ʃpɛ] "true"
  • šbí [ʃpí] "happen"
  • šku [ʃkʼu] "think"
  • špu [ʃpʼu] "far, distant"
  • šš [ʃʃ] "have"
  • šš [ʃʃ] "here (in this place)"
  • šte [ʃtɛ] "something"
  • štú [ʃtʼú] "you"
  • tádí [tʼádí] "talk, speech"
  • tatá [tʼatʼá] "touch"
  • tate [tʼatʼɛ] "time"
  • túdú [tʼúdú] "two"