Usage

Lizardmen have an alphabet of 23 characters, but include many clicks and voiceless syllables.¹

ALPHABET: acćčʗehχikloprɾsśštuþyz

Not used: bdfgjmnvwth, with the exception that unvoiced consonants (p,t,k,ch,þ) may become voiced (b,d,g,j, th ) when they appear at the beginning of a word (for example, in the greeting “pica,” which is pronounced like “bee-tsah,” not like “pizza.”).

• ʗ (Postalveolar click, as in the Zulu “q”.)
• c (Voiceless alveolar affricate [“ʦ”], as in the Polish “cebula” and Japanese “tsunami.”)
• χ (Voiceless velar fricative as in Scottish “loch” and Polish “chór”.)
• ss, śś, šš, cs (“long” consonant, held for an extra mora [or “beat,”] in duration, as with Japanese long vowels.)
• Ś (“Soft” sh, as in the Polish ś.)
• Š (“Hard” sh, as in the Polish sz.)
• Ć (“Soft” ch, as in the Polish ć.)
• Č (“Hard” ch, as in the Polish cz.)
• s (As in English.)
• r (Alveolar trill, as in the Polish “r” or Spanish “rr.”)
• ɾ (Alveolar tap, as in the Polish or Spanish “r.”)
• Þ (Voiceless dental fricative, as in the English “th” [“thin,” not “this”].)
• a (ah)
• e (eh)
• i (ee)
• o (oh)
• u (oo)

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Lexicon

Lizardman	English meaning
Prefixes / Suffixes / Particles
-a	masculine
-e	feminine
-ʗ	non-, invert/opposite meaning of the preceding word
-ik	past tense of verb after a consonant stop
-k	past tense of verb after a vowel stop
-it	shall, future tense of a verb after consonant stop
-t	shall, future tense of a verb after vowel stop
ku’	of, from, possessed by
-la	equivalent to English “-er”, modifying a verb
-oco	-ing, present participle or gerund
-ša	multiple, plural
-te	more, greater, superlative
ye-	polite form of address
-ya	indeterminate, unsure, hard to define designates word as a question
Pronouns
isili	I, me
šali	we, us
šaliʗ	them, others, not us
ku’isili	mine
tosa	you singular
šatosa	you plural
ku’tosa	yours
Conjuctions
’au	and
a	or
Words
ʗ	no, not, don’t
aro	safe
aroʗ	dangerous
aropaʗ	sleep (lit. “safe to do nothing”)
arošarilahu	safe settlement, home, village
aru	up
aχuz	beast, monster
cak	sword
cakla	fighter, sword user
ce	expression of amusement, equivalent to a laugh ‘ha’
ceš	fire
cešla	fire elemental
cor	to go
corʗ	to come
corrate	hurry up, go faster
ćošklaχ	green
cuk	tooth
ʗuχapaśi	rune magic
eppa	visit
eppala	visitor, wanderer
eppaśśorroco	elves
eprik	capable
epu	to feel, to sense, to see
eþi	bright
eþioco	brightness
eþiʗ	dim (not-bright)
eþitec	gold, treasure (lit. “bright metal”)
eχu	carry
eχuʗ	drop
hal	think
halya	dream
hizeÞiɾoć	color
hizeÞiɾa	light
hizeÞi’oco	candle
hizeÞiɾoco	torch
hizeÞiɾotoloco	hot magma or lava (lit. “light stone”)
horra	apply to/on
hoy	sling
hoytolk	sling bullet
hu	place
iri	life, breath
iriʗ	undead
iriʗte	lich
irila	living being, person, somebody
iriraʗ	hibernation (lit. “slow life”)
kari	to hunt
karila	hunter
karioco	a hunt
ki	long
kora	ripper
kra	good
kraʗ	bad, evil
krik	grab
kri’kla	lurker
krikÞri	to fish
krikÞrioco	fishing
kri’yeþri	a fish
kuþepa	lizardman (singular)
kuk	wound, injury
kupošla	mage, one who possesses magic
kuþa	choose, decide
kuþala	leader, one who makes decisions
kuþoco	choice
χrešśl	fear
χrešśla	coward
χrešśliz	fearful
χrešślo	fearfully
lokrik	trap
luś	near
luśʗ	far
luśʗte	distant
oku	trust
okuʗpakuk	treachery
osiɾikuþor	magic, ether
ossli	enough
pa	to do, to make
pakuk	fight, attack (lit. “make wounds”)
paśi	to talk
paśioco	speech, language
pica	hello, goodbye, pleasure
picaʗ	pain, sorrow
picaʗte	grief
pliχu	water
porra	challenge
preka	fate, luck
puþkašala	Shamblers
ra	fast
raʗ	slow
rek	time
rek’a	soon
rek’ak	already, just now, near past
rekte	later
rekya	sometime
rekyaʗ	never
ruþ	thread
ruþeča	psionicist, psionic monster, mind crippler
šaʗuχ	rune (singular)
šaʗuχa	runes (plural)
šacukte	powerful (lit. “many teeth”)
šaluś	together
šaluśʗ	apart
šarilahu	settlement (lit. “people place”)
šatate	wealthy (lit. “many eggs”)
šatu	children
ša’uča	bundle of sticks
sek	arrow
seko	bow
sela	to give
sel’ayek	to trade
si	to be
soɾʗ	stranger
sor	enemy
sora	steal
sorala	thief
soraoco	theft
soralakušabas	egg stealer (an insult so bad they made up a unique word for it)
śpal	heavy
śpalʗ	light (weight)
śpalzo	old (lit. “tail heavy”)
sseþ	yes, thus, that way
sseþʗya	maybe
ššluk	rot grub
śśorru	dark, gray, shadow, colorless
sstreś	to help
sstreśoco	help (noun)
su	in, inside
suʗ	out, outside
tate	egg
tec	metal
þaplo	mound
þaploʗ	cave, hole
þe	death
þepa	lizardmen (plural)
þeś	to like
þesʗ	to hate
þesʗoco	hate (noun)
þeśte	love
þeul	doom
þit	need
þitla	beggar, one in need
þok	short
þokzo	young (lit. “short-tail”)
þoso	down
þuš	pile
tolk	stone
troso	because of, caused by
tu	child
tua	male child
tue	female child
tuk	to build
tuχoco šarila	dwarf (lit. “building people”)
u	female
uča	branch, stick
učaśś	tree
uktar	release
ul	claw
ulki	greedy
ur	scale
ureþi	healthy (lit. “bright scaled”)
ureþiʗ	sick (lit. “dim scaled”)
ureþite	proud, arrogant (lit. “scale-so-bright”)
uš	to start, to begin
ušʗ	to stop, to end
uz	if
uya	androgynous or male homosexual (lit. “unsure if its a woman”)
yek	to take
yeśorʗ	friend
yeśuk	weapon
yetec	armor
yeþe	kill
yeþela	warrior, killer
yeχrešśla	cautious, one who fears reasonably
yoppu	to heal
yoppuʗ	to wound, to damage
yoppula	healer
yosþu	to provision
yotaya	red
yut	this
yuþal	known (lit. “this think”)
yuþalʗ	unknown
yuþalʗya	unknowable
zacul	bat (the animal)
zeχa	food
zo	tail
zu	through
zucor	enter (lit. “go through”)
zucorʗ	exit
zucukša	to eat (lit. “through the teeth”)
zzþuk	spider