User:K1234567890y/Vämbai language
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qoyataka dabainga | |
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Pronounced: | /qojAtA.dabAINa/ |
Timeline and Universe: | Spoken in The 8th World |
Species: | Human |
Spoken: | Vämbai islands in The 8th World |
Total speakers: | unknown |
Writing system: | Aqäna |
Typology | |
Morphological type: | Agglutinative |
Basic word order: | SOV |
Credits | |
Creator: | KOS-MOS (K1234567890y) |
Created: | 2007 |
Vämbai language(Native name:qoyataka dabainga) is a language spoken by the Dabai People, who dewell in Vämbai islands in The 8th World. The language is written in a script called Aqäna.
Phonology(Pronouciations are shown in X-SAMPA)
- a - /A/ or /Q/
- ai - /AI/
- au - /aU/
- ä - /{/;/E/
- b - /b/
- d - /d/
- dz - /dz/, /dZ/ or /dz\/ before /i/
- e - /e/
- eu - /eu/
- f - /f/
- g - /g/
- gh - /G/
- h - /h/
- i - /i/
- k - /k/
- kh - /x/
- l - /l/
- m - /m/
- n - /n/
- ng - /N/
- (ngg - /Ng/)
- (nk - /Nk/)
- o - /o/
- oi - /OI/
- p - /p/
- q - /q/
- r - /r/
- s - /s/, /S/ or /s\/ before /i/
- t - /t/
- ts - /ts/, /tS/ or /ts\/ before /i/
- u - /u/
- v - /v/
- wa - /uA/
- wä - /uE/
- we - /ue/
- wi - /ui/
- wo - /uo/
- ya - /iA/
- yä - /iE/
- ye - /ie/
- yo - /io/
- yu - /iu/
- z - /z/, /Z/ or /z\/ before /i/
- ' - /?/
Syllable Structures:(C)V(C), every syllable are ended up with vowels, -p, -t, -k, -q, -', -m, -n, -ng
Grammar of Vämbai language
Syntax
- Basic word order:
- (Moods-)Agent-Patient-(Aspects-Negation-Aux verbs-)Verb(-Question maker).
- The Basic word order is Agent-Patient-Verb, but Agent-Verb-Patient, Patient-Agent-Verb, and Patient-Verb-Agent are also used.
- The modifiers follow the words they modify, e.g.:"daba qoeta" = "Great person", "daba" means "a person, (absolutive)", the modified word; "qoeta" means "great", the modifier.
- (Moods-)Agent-Patient-(Aspects-Negation-Aux verbs-)Verb(-Question maker).
Noun inflections
- Noun affix order:(root)-I-II-III
- I:
- Single:-a
- Dual:-oi
- Plural:-ai
- II:
- Modifier of the noun is 1st single:-na
- Modifier of the noun is 1st exclusive dual:-no
- Modifier of the noun is 1st exclusive triple:-noi
- Modifier of the noun is 1st exclusive plural:-ne
- Modifier of the noun is 1st inclusive dual:-lo
- Modifier of the noun is 1st inclusive triple:-loi
- Modifier of the noun is 1st inclusive plural:-lai
- Modifier of the noun is 2nd single:-la
- Modifier of the noun is 2nd dual:-le
- Modifier of the noun is 2nd plural:-ni
- Modifier of the noun is other:-ta
- III - Cases:
- Absolutive:-(none)
- Ergative:-q
- Genitive:-nga
- Locative:-k
- Terminative:-keng
- Ablative/Instrumental/Comitative/Prolative:-kip
- Vocative:-ka
Verb inflections
tenses
- Infinitive/present:-e
- past:-eng
- aux verb:-o
aspect particles(added before verb)
- perfect:yo
- progressive:no
- habitual:to
- continuative:seo
- prospective:auno
- causative:zu'o
- simple:(none)
Moods(added in the initial of words)
- Indicative:(none)
- Subjunctive:lu'e
- Imprative:aki
- Optative:kho
Other things
- Negation:veu
- Verb causative:be-
- Verb Anitpassive voice(before causative prefix "be-"):a-(for consonant start words)/an-(for vowel start words)
Words
Pronouns
- 1st single:na
- 1st exclusive dual:no
- 1st exclusive triple:noi
- 1st exclusive plural:nai
- 1st inclusive dual:lo
- 1st inclusive triple:loi
- 1st inclusive plural:lai
- 2nd single:la
- 2nd dual:le
- 2nd plural:ni
- 3rd general single:ka
- 3rd general dual:koi
- 3rd general plural:kai
- 3rd near single(this):nga
- 3rd near dual(these two):ngoi
- 3rd near plural(these):ngai
- 3rd far single(that):nge
- 3rd far dual(those two):ngo
- 3rd far plural(those):ngu
- someone/something:gha
- Here:hä
- There:ni
Other words
- And:euk
- Or:auk
- But:zik
- Also:nese
- Relative clause starter:pok
- Since; after:at
- Until; before:bet
- When(not pronoun for making questions); as soon as:äng
- Quite:akaghe
- Very:antse
- Too(not also); excessively:gare
Prepositions
- To(people, + Terminative):ga
- For(+Terminative):we
- To(Place, +Terminative):dzo'
- From(+Ablative):dze
- Via(+Ablative):va
- With(Tools, +Ablative):en
- With(People, +Ablative):ba
- On(+Locative):neng
- In(+Locative):eng
- Under(+Locative):ong
- At(Place, +Locative):eng
- At(Time, +Locative):äk
Sample texts
- "(äk) nadzak (eng) nik naq le veu onlo mateng" - "I couldn't see you two at there yesterday."
- "la yo sakoneng." - "you're already dead"/"You've died"
- "laq muvoi ngume." - "you have two cows."
- "naq (gha) veu no barane"/"na veu no abnarane" - "I'm not eating."
- "aki laq (gha) veu onlo ngatsaro madze" - "Don't stop learning!"
Dzonaquna we kingaikeng(Prayer to the Kingai(ghosts of ancestors))
kingainaka qoeta, kho ni zuke,
kho (äk) bakaik nigela niq nagara noqa ga naikeng saghe,(nagara noqa = Rich harvest)
kho niq nai dina beke,
euk kho (äk) qunak niq nai (dze) arenakip akope nese,
ngai ke baranai pok ga nikeng naiq saghe,
kho ni abarane naebe.