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Maidun Language

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Mâiḏun Xîl /mæi̯t͡θuɴ xɨɬ/ - Maidun language
Îmaḏ /ɨmat͡θ/ - Hello/Goodbye
Afiut /aɸʲut/ - Snow
X̱wairan /χʷai̯ʁan/ - House
Isparwut /ispaʁʷut/ - Tree
Sbiau /sbiau̯/ - Dog

Sample Sentence:
Xyafiutqat tsiriḏiju gukâi iwita*?
/çaɸʲutqat t͡siʁit͡θid͡ʒu ɢukæi̯ iwita/
*the pronoun “iwita” is optional and can be dropped

Gloss:
Xy-afiut-qa-t|ts-iriḏi-ju|guk-âi|iwit-a?
2.SG-see-REC-INT|1.SG.POSS-binocular-INST|(arctic fox)-DEF|2.SG-NOM
saw-recently with-binoculars the-arctic-fox you?

Meaning:
Did you recently see the Arctic fox with my binoculars?
This is the first time I've done a completely a priori language, whereas Iseren's grammar is mostly a priori, but it's vocabulary is a mishmash of different pacific northwest languages. I wanted to create something that was completely different from Iseren. The language is still kind of in it's "alpha" stage, so it will probably change dramatically over time.
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Looks related to Iseren, im probably wrong sorry