Zerse
The Zerse alphasyllabary.
Phoneme Inventory
Consonants: p t k s t͡s m n ɬ tɬ ɾ ɭ j w
Vowels: i y e o a

s pronounced z between vowels
t͡s pronounced d͡z between vowels
unstressed ɬ and tɬ pronounced ɭ
Writing System
Alphasyllabary.
Secondary form for final letter.
Diacritic to note vowels.
Special letter for single vowels.
Structure
SOV order
adjective - noun - postposition
possessor - possessee
verb - auxiliary
Grammar
Singular: unmarked
Plural: ki-

Augmentative: tsa- / po-
Diminutive: yi-
Conjugation
Present: unmarked
Habitual: -tari
Past: -yu
Perfect: -tariyu
Future: -ri

Auxiliaries
Passive: hlo
Causative: ko
Vocabulary

Verbs

  • ta - to sit
  • tari - to stand
  • ko - to give
  • ni - to dig
  • nine - to create
  • ne - to cut
  • hli - to see
  • hlo - to take
  • tlo - to be
  • tloa - to live somewhere
  • ru - to break
  • ri - to go
  • ripoya - to go outside
  • le - to eat
  • yu - to finish
  • wiye - to be birthed
  • wole - to drink
  • ewo - to heal

Nouns

  • po - outsider
  • polotsa - forest
  • pololo - plant
  • turek - dreq (loan word)
  • tayitsaa - house
  • sesia - impress of anissia (loan word)
  • tsame - older sibling
  • tsaa - mountain
  • mu - animal
  • mume - hybrid
  • me - person
  • meloani - shoveler
  • mearu - pickaxer
  • mewiye - birthing parent
  • nimu - mole
  • nela - knife
  • tlo - life
  • tlokime - clan
  • tlolo - root
  • tloa - earth
  • tloani - shovel
  • la - stick
  • yitsaa - place
  • yimu - mouse
  • yime - younger sibling
  • yiyi - insect
  • yiwi - baby
  • yiwo - lake
  • wi - parent
  • wiya - bedroom
  • wiwi - grandparent
  • wo - water
  • e - fire
  • ea - flint
  • a - rock
  • aru - pickaxe

Adjectives

  • kime - ancient
  • tsa - big
  • yi - small
  • woa - shiny / pretty

Other

  • pi - 2p sg pp
  • ti - 2p plr pp
  • te - 3p sg pp
  • ki - many
  • ke - 3p plr pp
  • si - two
  • so - three
  • sa - one
  • hla - 1p sg pp
  • tla - 1p plr pp