#piðuki

[felix-conlangs]

days of the week in piðuki

sunday: sun-day; dohe-īka /dɔhɛ.ika/

monday: moon-day; etūs-īka /ɛtus.ika/

tuesday: mars-day; ūzāð-īka /uzɑð.ika/

wednesday: mercury-day; fexuh-īka /fɛχʊh-ika/

thursday: jupiter-day; pərara-īka /pəʁaʁa-ika/

friday: venus-day; wəlāji-īka /wəlɑʒɪ-ika/

saturday: saturn-day; nūwīh-īka /nuwih-ika/

[felix-conlangs]

pluralization in piðuki

ablaut (change in vowel):

change first vowel of the base noun (not including the case marker) thusly:

a->ā

ā->a

e->ē

ē->e

i->ī

ī->i

o->о̄

о̄->o

q->ə

u->ū

ū->u

ə->q

example:

piðuki: chickadee

pīðuki: chickadees

[felix-conlangs]

piðuki noun declension:

piðuki has 8 cases, indicated by adding a prefix to nouns:

different prefixes for if the noun starts with a vowel or consonant (no consonant or vowel clusters allowed)

nominative: (subject)

īg- /ig/

gī- /gi/

accusative: (direct object)

о̄z/- /oz/

zо̄- /zo/

genitive: (possession)

āc- /ɑʃ/

cā- /ʃɑ/

dative: (indirect object)

ēy- /ej/

yē- /je/

ablative: (motion away)

ūh- /uh/

hū- /hu/

allative: (motion towards)

as- /as/

sa- /sa/

locative: (location)

qp- /ʌp/

pq- /pʌ/

instrumental: (by means of, using)

ər- /əʁ/

rə- /ʁə/

[felix-conlangs]

piðuki conjugation

you conjugate all verbs the same way, by adding a prefix to the infinitive form:

1SG ci-

2SG ju-

3SG tq-

1PL zo-

2PL ða-

3PL pe-

example:

kilq: to be /kɪlʌ/

cikilq: i am /ʃɪkɪlʌ/

jukilq: you are /ʒʊkɪlʌ/

tqkilq: he/she/xe/it is (non gendered) /tʌkɪlʌ/

zokilq: we are /zɔkɪlʌ/

ðakilq: y'all are /ðakɪlʌ/

pekilq: they are /pɛkɪlʌ/

there are pronouns, but they are not used except to add emphasis

[felix-conlangs]

piðuki

Introducing piðuki! An a priori conlang of mine (not based on any natural languages)

phonemes:

a /a/

ā /ɑ/

b /b/

c /ʃ/

d /d/

e /ɛ/

ē /e/

f /f/

g /g/

h /h/

i /ɪ/

ī /i/

j /ʒ/

k /k/

l /l/

m /m/

n /n/

o /ɔ/

ō /o/

p /p/

q /ʌ/

r /ʁ/

s /s/

t /t/

u /ʊ/

ū /u/

v /v/

w /w/

x /χ/

y /j/

z /z/

ð /ð/

þ /θ/

ə /ə/

"Piðuki" means "chickadee" but is also the name of the language.

Words are not capitalized at all, mostly bc typing capital vowels with macrons is annoying.