Dritok is a constructed language (conlang) created by Donald Boozer in 2007. Boozer was Secretary (2012–2015) and Librarian (2009–2013) of the Language Creation Society. Dritok is in the artistic language genre of conlangs, specifically a fictional language. It is spoken by the Drushek, a species residing in the mountains of the fictional continent of Kryslan. The Drushek are large-eared, long-tailed leaping sciurine sapients with no vocal cords, who value solitude and quietness. The Drushek are culturally and linguistically homogeneous, but there are other languages spoken on Kryslan, including Umod and Elasin, by two other sentient species,. In Dritok, the name of the language is , with a labialized click at the end. 'Dritok' is its pronunciation in Umod, which renders the click as tɔk. Phonology Dritok consists of both oral speech (transcribed in lower case) and sign (transcribed in capitals). The syntax is heavily dependent on sign, but sign is used for some lexical words as well, typically for physical verbs such as 'hold'. indicates that morphemes are sequential, whether they are signed, oral or both. indicates that a sign accompanies an oral word – that is, that two morphemes are simultaneous. For instance, in 'my foot/leg' and 'your foot/leg', the pronouns (fist touching chest for 'my', flat palm facing interlocutor for 'your') are signed while the oral word is uttered. (For clarity, the sign is sometimes transcribed after the oral component, e.g. when both a prefixed and a simultaneous pronoun occur, as in 'I shelter them'.) Oral phonemes All oral phonemes in Dritok are unvoiced. The language is a gallimaufry of hisses, clicks and fricatives. The loudest phoneme in the language is a porcine snort, transcribed with a "double-dot wide O" (Ꙫ) at Speculative Grammarian. It tends to be found in words with a negative connotation, as the Drushek value stillness in their philosophy of (Shekstan). Most consonants may be labialized. Only a few are shown on the chart, because their Umod correlates are irregular. The consonants that cannot be labialized are the labials and the nasals (). Some consonants may be pronounced with substantial lengthening. is allophonically , with as the default realization. is produced with the air contained in the mouth rather than with the lungs. The glottals have also been described as pharyngeal. The dental click is a sharp rather than the affricated of tsk! tsk! in English. The velar click is described as being pronounced