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| = phonology =
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| == consonants ==
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| *Nasals: /m n ɳ ŋ/ <'''m n ny nk'''>
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| *Stops: /p~t k kʷ/ <'''t k kw'''>
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| *Fricatives: /ɦ~h/ <'''h'''>
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| *Approximants: /j w/ <'''y w'''>
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| * <small>Unvoiced stops > voiced when preceded by same consonant</small>
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| == vowels ==
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| * /a e o aˑ eˑ oˑ/ <'''a e o á é ó'''>
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| = nouns =
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| == cases ==
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| * '''nkato''' /ŋaˈto/ - dog
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| * NOM/ABS - ''-'' - '''nkato'''
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| * ACC - '''-to''' - '''nkatoto''' /ŋaˈtodo/
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| * GEN - '''-yo''' - '''nkatoyo''' /ŋaˈtojo/
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| * DAT - '''-ho''' - '''nkatoho''' /ŋaˈtoho/
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| * LOC - '''-mo''' - '''nkatomo''' /ŋaˈtomo/
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| * INST - '''-wé''' - '''nkatowé''' /ŋaˈtoweˑ/
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| == gender ==
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| * '''tá-''' - masculine
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| * '''yé-''' - feminine
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| == number ==
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| * '''ka-''' - plural
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| * '''ná-''' - collective
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| == pronouns ==
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| {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; width: 400px;"
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| !
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| ! ''NOM''
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| ! ''ACC''
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| ! ''GEN''
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| ! ''DAT''
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| ! ''LOC''
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| ! 1s
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| | '''wa-'''
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| | '''áwa-'''
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| | '''wayo'''
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| | '''waha'''
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| | '''wamá'''
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| ! 2s
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| | '''ne-'''
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| | '''áne-'''
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| | '''neyo'''
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| | '''neha'''
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| | '''nemá'''
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| ! 3s
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| | '''o-'''
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| | '''áho-'''
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| | '''oyo'''
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| | '''oha'''
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| | '''omá'''
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| ! 1s
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| | '''kwa-'''
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| | '''ákwa-'''
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| | '''kwayo'''
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| | '''kwaha'''
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| | '''kwamá'''
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| ! 2s
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| | '''nke-'''
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| | '''ánke-'''
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| | '''nkeyo'''
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| | '''nkeha'''
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| | '''nkemá'''
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| ! 3s
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| | '''ko-'''
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| | '''áko-'''
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| | '''koyo'''
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| | '''koha'''
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| | '''komá'''
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| = verbs =
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| All roots are verbal, i.e. (CV)C. So, '''yom-''' means "to relate, be akin to, or have association with". Nouns are derived from these roots.
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| * '''yoma''' - to relate, be akin to, or have association with
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| :: '''táyomato wayo''' | MASC-relate-IMPV | ''He's my brother.'' (lit: He relates mine.)
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| :: '''yomo''' | relate-NOM | ''relative; something/one that relates''
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| == tense, aspect, and mood ==
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| There is no tense, only the perfective and imperfective aspects. Imperfective verbs are marked by '''-a'''.
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| * '''kwanka''' | 1pl-eat-IMPV | ''We eat / We are eating''
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| Future events can be indicated by a tentative mood affix '''-eny-'''
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| * '''nenkenya''' | 2s-eat-TENT-IMPV | ''You might eat / be eating''
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| The perfective is indicated by the affix '''-e'''
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| * '''wanke''' | 1s-eat-PFV | ''I ate / have eaten''
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| To negate verbs, the affix '''-ók''' is used
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| * '''kwankóka''' | 1pl-eat-NEG-IMPV | ''We do not eat / We are not eating''
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| The interrogative mood is marked with the affix '''-em'''
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| * '''nenkeme''' | 2s-eat-Q-PFV | ''Have you eaten / Did you eat''
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| = vocabulary =
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| == verbs ==
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| * '''ma''' - do; make; cause; form; create
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| * '''na''' - see; know; be aware; look
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| * '''nka''' - eat; drink; ingest; consume
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| * '''nyata''' - burn; be alight; shine
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| * '''ta''' - be; exist; live
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| * '''teya''' - give; donate; transfer
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| * '''ya''' - have; possess; hold
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| * '''yoma''' - relate; be akin; associate
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| == nouns ==
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| * '''nkato''' - dog; wolf; bear
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| = examples =
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| * '''wayóka''' | 1s-have-NEG-IMPV | ''I don't have it.''
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| :: <small>The object is understood.</small>
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| * '''kwayéne''' | 1pl-FEM-see-PFV | ''We saw her.''
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| * '''nkatoto áhonkenya''' | dog-ACC ACC-3s-eat-TENT-IMPV | ''The dog might be eaten.''
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| * '''áwanókenye''' | ACC.1s-see-NEG-TENT-PFV | ''I might not have been seen.''
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| * '''koteye nkatoho kwayo nkoto''' | 3pl-give-PFV dog-DAT 1pl.GEN eat.NOM-ACC | ''They gave food to our dog.''
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