Minotaur Language

[Aegis Labyrinthine]

Hello everyone. I have looked and asked people if there has already been a write up on a Minotaurian language and came up empty handed, so I thought I may as well give it a go. Please keep in mind that this is my first time making a new language, so it will have its flaws, but all feedback is welcome I will use other language forums as a template.
I should also mention that I actually searched cows and bulls mooing, grunting, snorting, etc. on youtube, so I dedicate this thread to them.

First note with this language I would like to point out is that words are pronounced in both exhaling and inhaling, but more so exhaling. When a word is written in italics, that means that part of the word is inhaled.

Word structure:

-The sentence of a minotaur is always started off with words that indicate who the speaker is. Examples of these words are (in common) I, me, my, we. This is because minotaurs believe they are above everything and everyone else.
You will never hear a minotaur say "You and I will go to the store", instead they would say "Me and you will go to the store." One exception of this is when a lower caste is speaking with the royal family only. Even an aristocrat will put himself before an elite guard, who is in fact higher in the caste system. A slave on the other hand is not allowed to put himself above anyone else in a higher caste system and must always say, for example "You and I will go to the store." When one slave speaks to another slave, they usually put themselves after the other person just to stay in the habit of speaking appropriately.

-The indicated speaker is next followed by a noun. So if, in common, one was to say "I will go to the store" it would read as "I store will go". If one was to say (in common) "You and I will go to the store then back home" It would read in Minotaurian "Me you store (word representing 'and') home will go". The word to describe you are listing more than one thing is inserted between the two nouns just as the common language would add "and", unless there is an adjective which would come after which the noun its describing and then the related "and" word.

So the sentence could look like this with adjectives added to each noun "Me you store fancy (word representing 'and') home cozy will go."

-The verb always comes last, so the last thing the listener hears is what the speaker will do as an action. So a sentence (in common) like this "I will kill you" would look like "I you will kill" in minotaurian.

Pronunciation:

Remember Italicized means inhaled

Vowels: the inhaled short sounding vowels a, i, and o almost sounds like a short hicup

"a" sounds like "cat"
"a" sounds like inhaled "cat"

"e" sounds like "beck"


"i" sounds like "lick"
"i" sounds like inhaled "lick"

"o" sounds like "block"
"o" sounds like inhaled "block"

"u" sounds like "nut"


"uu" sounds like "should"
"uu" sounds like inhaled "should"

"oo" sounds like "food'
"oo" sounds like inhaled "food"

"ee" sounds like "feed"
no inhaled form

"ae" sounds like "day"
no inhaled form

"aw" sounds like "ball"
"aw" sounds like inhaled "ball"

"or" sounds like "core"
"or" sounds like inhaled "core"

Non-Vowels:
"sh" sounds like "shoot"
''sh" when inhaled sounds like a heavy breath in through clenched teeth

"s" sounds like "snake", but the "ssssss" sound is accompanied by a heavy breathy exhale

****More to come, under heavy construction******

[Aegis Labyrinthine]

These are the numbers associated with this language, numbers 1-1000.

Basic Words and Numbers:

Numbers:

boo ------- one
sh' ruu ------- two
shae ------ three
grere ------- four
hee ------- five
lee'oo ------- six
mroo ------- seven
jae'suu ------- eight
meye ------- nine
gruss ------- ten

boo see gruss ------- eleven
sh'ruu see gruss ------- twelve
shae see gruss ------- thirteen
grere see gruss ------- fourteen
hee see gruss ------- fifteen
lee'oo see gruss -------sixteen
mroo see gruss ------- seventeen
jae'suu see gruss -------eighteen
meye see gruss ------- nineteen
gruss see sh'ruu ------- twenty
boo see sh'ruu ------- twenty one
sh'ruu see sh'ruu -------twenty two
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gruss see shae ------- thirty
boo see shae -------thirty one
sh'ruu see shae ------- thirty two
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gruss see grere ------- forty
boo see grere ------- forty one
sh'ruu see grere ------- forty two
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gruss see hee ------- fifty
boo see hee ------- fifty one
sh'ruu see hee ------- fifty two
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gruss see lee'oo ------- sixty
boo see lee'oo ------- sixty one
sh'ruu see lee'oo ------- sixty two
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gruss see mroo ------- seventy
boo see mroo ------- seventy one
sh'ruu see mroo ------- seventy two
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gruss see jae'suu ------- eighty
boo see jae'suu ------- eighty one
sh'ruu see jae'suu -------eighty two
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gruss see meye ------- ninety
boo see meye ------- ninety one
sh'ruu see meye ------- ninety two
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boo groo ------- one hundred
boo see boo groo ------- one hundred one
sh'ruu see boo groo ------- one hundred two
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gruss see boo groo ------- one hundred ten
boo see gruss see boo groo ------- one hundred eleven
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gruss see sh'ruu see boo groo ------- one hundred twenty
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gruss see shae see boo groo ------- one hundred thirty
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sh'ruu groo ------- two hundred
boo see sh'ruu groo ------- two hundred one
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gruss see sh'ruu groo ------- two hundred ten
boo see gruss see sh'ruu ------- two hundred eleven
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.gruss see sh'ruu see sh'ruu groo ------- two hundred twenty
boo see sh'ruu gruss see sh'ruu groo ------- two hundred twenty one
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shae groo ------- three hundred
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grere groo ------- four hundred
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hee groo ------- five hundred
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lee'oo groo ------- six hundred
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mroo groo ------- seven hundred
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jae'suu groo ------- eight hundred
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meye groo ------- nine hundred
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boo graek ------- one thousand

[Aegis Labyrinthine]

Basic Words:

greetings:
sae sha reeka ------- hello
laroomae ------- goodbye

yes,no:
bawk ------- yes
aetee ------- no*

*no or a negative response is also usually communicated with a deep exhaling, quick snort out the nose

me, you, he, she...:
gliss ------- me, I
proo ------- you
feetuu ------- we
pae ------- she
crot ------ he

family:
moocrot ------- brother
luupae ------- sister
plincrot ------- father
noopae ------- mother
clancrot ------- elder (grandfather/grandmother)
yapae ------- daughter
yacrot ------- son

emotions:
s' shrae ------- happy
mlik ------- mad
creedae ------- sad
dor ------- afraid
nuu'sh ------- confused

common nouns:
suusha'raeproo ------- minotaur
bashuuk ------- friend
cladoo ------- enemy
awshriss ------- house
e'draw ------- fruit
azoo ------- weapon
razoo ------- axe
laepron'azoo ------- sword


outside:
sorjaedrik ------- land
heeshris ------- water
wil' druu ------- tree
pajmroo ------- sky
simloo' druu ------- bush/shrub
yalamoo ------- beach/coast
lon' drik ------- hill





crae'not ------- fight
oogrow ------- love
yash ------- die

*****still under heavy construction, feel free to PM me some feedback *****

[Roland Moonstar]

I think this is really good start. All I can think of as far as a suggestion is some spatial concepts, such as "Big/small, wide/narrow, in/out, forward/back," etc. because one of the major uses of any language is describing where you want to go, where food can be found, where to avoid, and so forth. Some things like old/young, live/dead, close by/far away can be added as well. What do you think?

[Jiala'in Veldri]

I like this! Languages have got to be the hardest things to write up.

I think this could do with fewer examples of numbers and more words. PC Minotaurs will use words much, much more often than high numbers. As well, just keep in the mindset that this will help players roleplay their minotaurs better, so gear it toward an understanding of sentence structure and sound.

Awesome start, keep it up!

[Straylor Leonard]

Omigosh.

I'm totally peer modding you now.

Good job! Is there a second draft up?

[Aegis Labyrinthine]

Thanks everyone, I forgot to check this thread, so I just read the feedback now, I will get started on a second draft with more words, but yeah as far as the numbers go I just got those out of the way before getting started on words

Thanks for the feedback I will get cracking on it now