Gebelish

Gebelish is the most widely spoken language in the County of Gebel within the Kingdom of Theios-Essukdal. It became prominent after the founding of Gebel by Lugal Taki. It has been greatly affected by the Audalad language, but still retains its own character.

Phonology Orthography

ɛ = eh

ɔ = o

ɜ = uh

ɹ = r

θ = th

ɢ = gh

Phonotactics

CCVC

C=Consonants, V=Vowels

Unvoiced obstruents can only occur word initially, word finally, or in clusters

p, v, m cannot occur before a, e, i

Voiced obstruents must occur between vowels

Stress

Stress falls on the last syllable, penultimate if the last syllable contains no obstruents.

Grammar

Gebelish can be considered an analytic language. The word order is subject–verb–object.

Verbs

Verbs do not inflect. They do not change with person, tense, voice, mood, or number; nor are there any participles.

Nouns

Nouns can be made plural by adding the prefix sfi-. Otherwise nouns in Gebelish do not inflect nouns and have no gender; there are no articles.