Qanao language/Messy

The Qanao language (Qanao: classical: qana'öžjinaet [qanaʔo.ʒ̞jɪnaət]) is an in-progress conlang.

Phonology

Consonants

p	t	ť	k	q	`
p	t	c	k	q	ʔ
b	d	ď	g
mb	nd	ɲɟ	ŋg
m	n	ň	ŋ	γ
m	n	ɲ	ŋ	ɴ
φ	c	č
pɸ	ʦ	ʧ
f	s	š			h
ɸʰ	sʰ	ʃʰ			h
v	z	ž
β̞	z̞	ʒ̞
w	r	ř	y
w	ɹ	ɹʲ	ʔj
	l	ľ
	l	ʎ

Vowels

i	í	ji	jí	e	u	ú	wu	wú
i	i:	ʲjɪ	ʲji:	ə	u	u:	ʷʊ	ʷu:
a	á	ja	já	ö	o	ó	wo	wó
a	a:	ʲja	ʲja:	o	ɔ	ɔ:	ʷɔ	ʷɔ:

• Final o is realised as [o].

Vulgar pronunciation

• ji [ʲjɪ] → [ʲe]
• jí [ʲji:] → [ʲe:]
• e [ə] → [ɪ] after front vowels, [ʊ] after back vowels.
• u [u] → [ɯ]
• ú [u] → [ɯ:]
• wu [ʷʊ] → [u]
• wú [ʷu:] → [u:]
• ja [ʲja] → [ʲæ] ~ [ʲɛ]
• já [ʲja:] → [ʲæ:] ~ [ʲɛ:]
• ó [ɔ:] → [o:]
• wó [ʷɔ:] → [ʷo:]

• i* [i*] → [j*:]
• ui [ui] → [yi]
• ue [uə] → [yʊ]
• wui [ʷʊi] → [ʷi]
• wue [ʷʊə] → [ʷu]

TODO: Consonants

Reformed vulgar orthography

• ji → e
• jí → é
• e → j / w
• wu → ü
• wú → û
• ja → ä
• já → â

• i* → j´
• ui → üi
• ue → üw
• wui → wi
• wue → wu

Grammar

Inflection

Infixes

Classifiers

• xax - (n1) general: qanae` "Qanae"; patuek "tree"; zael "water"
• xjax - (n2) living things: qjanae` "Qjanae"
• xáx - (n3) permanent things: ázael "ocean"; ápatuek "forest"
• xox - (n4) static objects: noet "writing"
• xjix - (n5) transcendecent: žjinaet "language"; yiôsúer "universe"; kjimi "world"
• xix - (adj) qualities: niet "to be happy"; iôkiem "to be universal"
• xux - (vt) transitive actions: numúet "to cause to die"; muziel "to make clear, to declare"
• xúx - (vi) intransitive actions: múet "to die"; fúzael "to rain"

• x.ex - (n) vocative; (adj) qualitative vocative (common); (vb) infinitive vocative
• x.ix - (n, adj, vb) qualitative vocative / stem
• x.jix - (n, adj, vb) qualitative degree vocative / stem
• x.ux - (n, adj, vb) infinitive vocative / stem

Suffixes

Sentence-terminal

• -a - (n) identitative indicative present imperfect; (adj) qualitative indicative present imperfect; (vb) indicative present imperfect
• -ja - (n) identitative indicative future imperfect; (adj) qualitative indicative future imperfect; (vb) indicative future imperfect

Word-terminal

• -ir - qualitative noun-modifier
• -uir - qualitative verb-modifier

Continuative

• -ö- - (n) genitive
• -i- - (n, adj, vb) qualitative modifier

Conjugation

Examples

			n.	vb.	adj.
0	Infix stem		za.l	múfú.r	iöki.m
1	Consonant stem		zal-	múfúr-	iökim-
2	Sentence-medial		-	múfúr	iökim
3	Sentence-terminal		-	-	-
4	Infinitive	n.	-	múfú.r-	-
5	Derived adjective	q.	ázai.l-	múfúi.r-	iöki.m-
6	Adverbial modifier	q.	ázaul	múfúr	iökium
7a	Compounding (with noun)		ázalö-	múfúrö-	iökimi-
7b	Compounding (with non-noun)				iokimö-

Forms

• pr. - predicate, any of:
  • p.t. - terminal predicate (not always - there are some auxilliaries that attach to these)
  • p.s. - stem predicate
• ⁿ - suffix attaches to base specified in superscript instead of in the base column.
• _a - vowel specified in subscript appears only to break illegal consonant clusters.

	Type	Base	1	2	3	4	5	6	7a	7b
Indicative	p.s.	vb-1	ø	-	-	-	-	-	ö
		q-1				i.d			i	ö
Identitive	p.s.	n-1	ø	-	-	a.r	-	-	rö
		vb-1	ad			u.d			dö
		q-1				i.d			di	dö
Present	p.t.	ps-1	a	ar	a	-	ai.r	ar	-
Past	p.t.	ps-1	i	id	i	-	i.r	id	-
Tenseless	p.t.	ps-1	á	ám	á	-	á.r	ám	-
Future	p.t.	ps-1	ja	jav	ja	-	jai.r	jav	-
Irrealis	p.s.	ps-1	já	jáh	já	-	já.r	jáh	-
Counterfactual	p.s.	ps-1	í	íf	í	-	í.r	íf	-
Approximative	q.	n-5-1	ø	-	-	-	-	6ø	1i	ö
		vb-5-1
		ps-1	is	-	-	-	-	us	si	sö
Perfective	p.s.	pr-1	ic	uc	-	cu.r	ci.r	uc	-
Negative	p.s.	pr-1	iz	uz	-	zu.r	zi.r	uz	-
Incorporative	p.s.	ps-1	av	-	-	u.v	i.v	uv	-

Miscellaneous

C: kómulnumútbö'ómúniťja

• kó (hon. / 2nd person) +
• mul (3rd person + acc.) +
• nu "to cause" (tr. prefix) +
• mút "to die" (intr. stem) +
• bô (cond. cont.) +
• 'ö (hum. / 1st person) +
• mú "to become" (intr. prefix) +
• niťja "to be happy" (adj. ind. future)

~ "I will become happy if you cause him to die." ~ "I will be happy if you kill him." ~ "Please kill him."

"Universal declaration of human rights" ~ C: ňja'imanöpjinirö'iökimimuziel

• ňja'i "person" (liv. + qual. mod.) +
• manö "living thing" (n. gen. cont.) +
• pji "things that are always" (transc. prefix) +
• nirö "to be permitted" (qual. gen. cont.) +
• 'iö "all" (adj. cont'v. prefix) +
• kimi "global" (adj. mod.) +
• mu "to cause to become" (tr. prefix) +
• ziel "to be clear" (adj. inf. voc.)

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

C: ir ňja'imaen múguirľjaq pjinirľjaq liruiq iösimuiq múfúrá.

• ir "all" (adj. mod. word)
• ňja'imaen "human being" (voc., topic)
  • ňja'i "person-like" (liv. qual. mod.)
  • maen "thing" (n. voc., topic)
• múfúrá "to be born" (intr. vb. + ind. aorist)
  • mú "to cause" (intr. prefix)
  • fúrá "to exist/live" (intr. ind. aorist)
• liruiq "free" (adv. mod. word + concat.)
• iösimuiq "equal" (adv. mod. word + concat.)
  • iö "all" (adj. cont'v. prefix)
  • simui "to be similar" (adj. adv. mod. cont.)
  • q (concat.)
• múguirľjaq "respect" (intr.-erg. + concat.)
  • mú "to cause" (intr. prefix)
  • guirľja "to raise" (tr. qual. intr.-erg. cont.)
  • q (concat.)
• pjinirľjaq "right" (intr.-erg. + concat.)
  • pji "things that are always" (transc. prefix)
  • nirľja "to be permitted" (qual. intr.-erg. cont.)
  • q (concat.)

C: dirikö'úmliq liöqjatliq qóqútötúdár

• dirikö'úimliq "ability to think logically" (tr.-acc. + concat.)
  • di "to be able" (adj. prefix)
  • rikö "to be logical" (qual. cont.)
  • úimľji "to think" (intr. qual. tr.-acc. cont.)
  • q (concat.)
• liöqjatliq "conscience" (tr.-acc. + concat.)
  • liö "good" (adj. cont'v. prefix)
  • qjatľji "heart" (liv. tr.-acc. cont.)
  • q (concat.)
• qóqutötúdár "received (from Designer)" (intr. vb. + ind. aorist cont.)
  • qó (respective prefix)
  • qutö "to lower" (tr. cont.)
  • túdár "to receive" (intr. vb. + ind. aorist cont.)

~ much more to do