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  1. Phonology
  2. Consonants
  3. Un-voiced:
  4. k t hw/ʍ p s ch/tʃ
  5.  
  6. Voiced:
  7. b d g ʔ r j/dʒ w
  8.  
  9. Vowels
  10. o ɑ u i
  11.  
  12. Letter genders:
  13. The Goron language has 2 main grammatical genders (which aren't always the same thing as genders such as male, female, etc);
  14.  
  15. 'Good/Neutral' and 'Bad'.
  16. In normal speech, the Good/Neutral voicing of letters should be used, and in the context of something bad happening (generally) unvoiced versions should be used when possible.
  17. (Ranging from 'Dammit I stubbed my toe' to 'OH SHIT I THINK MY WIFE'S CHEATING ON ME WITH MY BEST FRIEND!' and beyond)
  18.  
  19. ~Neutral~ P,B,D,G,W,Z,J / T,K,HW,CH ~Bad~
  20. B,P,D -> T
  21. G,J,Z,K -> CH
  22. W -> HW
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  24.  
  25. For statements, the grammar of goron is in the fashion of a polysynthetic language
  26. (which means root words have lots of things that effect them and give them meaning(as far as I can tell); gender, number, color, etc)
  27. You can read more about those kinds of languages here:
  28. http://www.incatena.org/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=40054&sid=546d2fbebbcfd0307d736f989590a1dc
  29. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polysynthetic_language
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  31. There isn't a strict order for a 'sentence' but the general one is: Object(s) Verb(s) Subject(s)
  32.  
  33. I have yet to decide what the pre/inter/suf -ixes will be.
  34.  
  35.  
  36. The 'tenses' are:
  37. Far Past (Centuries, Years)
  38. Near Past (Months, Weeks, Days)
  39. Now
  40. Now/Very Recent Past ("Has" would be the best description of a word like this in English)
  41. Near Future (Months, Weeks, Days)
  42. Far Future (Centuries, Years)
  43.  
  44. And then, finally, a specific time.
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  46.  
  47. Gorons will use a base 6 numbering system, representing 6 main parts of a body: the body, each arm, each leg, and the head.
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  49.  
  50. If a word ends in an vowel, a glottal stop will be made (though, Glottal Stops are never written).
  51.  
  52. -------------
  53. RANDOM WORDS:
  54. -------------
  55.  
  56. Goro- [Title]: Goes before a name, that is on an honourable person(/being).
  57. Gudud [Noun/Verb]: Small Rock/Stone; Crashing into something.
  58. ipɑ [Descriptive]: White; Clear.
  59. otu [Descriptive]: Black; Dirty.
  60.  
  61.  
  62. $$ Verbs are actions (Walking, running, walked, ran, etc).
  63. $$ Subjects are usually Nouns; Persons, Places or Things.
  64. $$ Objects usually go along with verbs, as something that the verb happened to. (Example: "The girls hurled stones." The Object is Stones).
  65. $$ I am putting this here mainly so I can remember.
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