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==Grammar== | ==Grammar== | ||
===Noun Cases=== | |||
Lortho has nine cases: | Lortho has nine cases: | ||
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| -dɑnɑɾ | | -dɑnɑɾ | ||
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===Verbs=== | |||
There are three major verb types: -o verbs, -t verbs, and -n verbs. Each follow a general rule for conjugation: | |||
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! colspan="3" | -o Verbs (konpʰɑɾo) ''to speak'' | |||
! colspan="3" | -t Verbs (pʰɾɑmit) ''to push'' | |||
! colspan="3" | -n Verbs (ʃɑɪlɑn) ''to sit'' | |||
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| a || b || c | |||
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| d || e || f | |||
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| g || h || i | |||
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Revision as of 13:35, 18 March 2017
| Lortho loɾtʰo | |
| Spoken in: | Lortho |
| Conworld: | A planet which orbits a binary star |
| Total speakers: | (insufficient data) |
| Genealogical classification: | (Family)
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| Basic word order: | Verb Subject Object |
| Morphological type: | |
| Morphosyntactic alignment: | |
| Created by: | |
| Brian Bourque | March 2017 |
Overview
Lortho [IPA:loɾtʰo] is a constructed language created by Brian Bourque. It is a fusional/agglutinative language. The verbs are changed in conjugation; however, suffixes and prefixes are added to nouns to denote case.
Grammar
Noun Cases
Lortho has nine cases:
| Case | Modifier | Example | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | - | kɑnsɑptʰɑ | forest, woods |
| Accusative | -mɛ | kɑnsɑptʰɑmɛ | forest (direct obj.) |
| Dative | -mɛlɑ | kɑnsɑptʰɑmɛlɑ | forest (indirect obj.) |
| Genetive | Possessive Prefix¹ | nimakɑnsɑptʰɑ | our forest |
| Sublative | -inɑ/ɛnɑ | kɑnsɑptʰɑɪnɑ | in/into the forest |
| Ablative | -(ɛ)nat | kɑnsɑptʰɑnɑt | out of (from) the forest |
| Prolative | -dɑn | kɑnsɑptʰɑdɑn | to/towards the forest |
| -dɑnɑɾ |
Verbs
There are three major verb types: -o verbs, -t verbs, and -n verbs. Each follow a general rule for conjugation:
| -o Verbs (konpʰɑɾo) to speak | -t Verbs (pʰɾɑmit) to push | -n Verbs (ʃɑɪlɑn) to sit | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | b | c | ||||||
| d | e | f | ||||||
| g | h | i | ||||||
