Orcish (Dsh) Lexicon (from Swadesh, *long post*)

Here's a primer on what Orcish sounds like.  Two hundred words in all; I'll
explain the phonics afterwards.  (Caution: Eight-bit Latin-1 text; may not
show correctly for some users.)

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Dóh (Orcish) Vocabulary
Last update: Friday, 27 April, 2000 @ 10:15 AM

all     synô
and     èd
animal  drängó
ashes   ceït
at      de
back    kítxo
bad     n~ut
bark    wék
because tâd
belly   kóyt
big     t~eq
bird    plát
bite    xrök
black   kût
blood   drân
blow    fwâq
bone    kók
breast  sim
breathe pun
burn    sàg
child   kâip
claw    töt
cloud   s^yt
cold    mat
come    bóso
count   cânkö
cut     tõk
day     xî
die     mòt
dig     kanò
dirty   dohâq
dog     án
drink   trôu
dry     d~ut
dull    tòd
dust    pjòg
ear     kít
earth   herán
eat     màklä
egg     ài
eye     yôg
fall    sâat
far     fynö
fat(grease)     prót
father  â
fear    trîn
feather cät
few     p~ec
fight   kõd
fire    jâd
fish    pék
five    cô
float   sàqí
flow    w`yd
flower  hãya
fly     wòd
fog     xâm
foot    tàj
four    krót
freeze  fuòd
fruit   pàc
full    múd
give    p~i
good    tãn
grass   kjaàd
green   mïk
guts    tâkí
hair    drôm
hand    clâc
he      sed
head    pãd
hear    takú
heart   fùdÿ
heavy   tòlá
here    krít
hit     xóp
hold    kân
horn    cýô
how     tõc
hunt    tálù
husband siká
I       t~e
ice     sîq
if      hàd
in      kí
kill    kôrü
knee    tesa
know    xáu
lake    son
laugh   háhã
leaf    dala
left(side)      tuk
leg     fuod
lie     sjâg
live    gán
liver   siwâ
long    x~u
louse   cët
man     tê
many    wîd
meat(flesh)     sòra
moon    kû
mother  ã
mountain        tëýn
mouth   pot
name    gó
narrow  sed
near    tik
neck    cân
new     sì
night   käd
nose    fòi
not     ì
old     lã
one     áq
other   gó
person  sän
pierce  swýt
play    flósa
pull    tlot
push    d~u
rain    s~i
red     pôc
right(correct)  nyàd
right(side)     tég
river   porö
road(path)      kwí
root    dléc
rope    bûsá
rotten  grõt
round   tjèc
rub     wóp
salt    rìg
sand    héd
say     kwâd
scratch tíxí
sea     hãs
see     tát
seed    glóm
sew     s~yla
sharp   tík
short   xel
sing    drõ
sit     göt
skin    lôit
sky     tã
sleep   wièd
small   kítì
smell   pôü
smoke   hrõg
smooth  laì
snake   rip
snow    hlû
some    kôt
spit    pït
split   xola
squeeze sjéhu
stand   qit
star    wík
stick   dûc
stone   köd
straight        tjeg
suck    twït
sun     xû
swell   hrõp
swim    golò
tail    túka
that    ò
there   ôk
they    gên
thick   wóad
thin    klìc
think   jerá
this    é
thou    lá
three   g~et
throw   pèud
tie     dwîg
tongue  sõg
tooth   xýc
tree    xlóqü
turn    clip
two     wûd
vomit   rwéä
walk    hik
warm(hot)       jeg
wash    wòit
water   õ
we      õg
wet     w~ip
what    ú
when    âg
where   êy
white   seqi
who     íu
wide    pl~ed
wife    cãic
wind    l^yd
wing    hapa
wipe    tóg
with    cë
woman   lísã
woods   golé
worm    püt
ye      pég
year    qât
yellow  wèc

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Consonants:

          StAf Fric Nasl Glde
Labial    p    f    m    w
Dental    t    (þ)  n    l
Sibilant  c    s
Retroflex d              r
Palatal   q    x         j
Velar     k    h    g

Note: c is /ts/, d is /t./ (ret.), q is /tS/, x is /S/, h is /x/, g is /N/
and j is /j/ (y is a vowel, see below).  The thorn letter (þ) is used in
English loanwords and might be added to native words in a future version of
the language.

Vowels:

i y u
e o
  a

Note: y = schwa.

Tones:

a  No accent: level (Mandarin Tone 1)
á  Acute: rising (Mandarin Tone 2)
â  Circumflex: falling-rising (Mandarin Tone 3)
à  Grave: falling (Mandarin Tone 4)
ã  Tilde: nasal (and usually rising)
ä  Diaeresis: glottalized or "creaky" (and usually falling)

This list will be edited (especially if I add the thorn), but this is what
the language sounds like at least.

Grammar is very simple: agglutinating with postpositions, no vowel harmony,
SOV/AN word order.

DaW.
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