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== Vowels ==
== Vowels ==


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= Nouns =
= Nouns =

Revision as of 04:19, 16 July 2017

Word order

  • SOV
  • Attributes follow the words that they modify.

Phonology

Syllable structure is (C)V

Consonants

Labial Coronal Dorsal
Nasal m n
Plosive p t k
Fricative s
Approximant w l j

Clusters

  • Nasalized: /ᵐp ⁿt ᵑk/
  • Labialized:/pʷ kʷ mʷ nʷ ʃʷ t͡ʃʷ/
  • Palatalized: /pʲ kʲ mʲ ɲ/
  • the cluster tl is /t͡ɬ/ or /t͡l/

Vowels

  • /a i u/
a i u

Nouns

Classifiers

  • na- - person; human
  • nya- - tool; device; vehicle
  • tsa- - color of ~
  • la- - object; thing [generic noun]
  • lu- - abstract idea
  • tla- - masculine; male [MASC]
  • tli- - food
  • ya- - inanimate; material; stuff
  • yi- - feminine; female [FEM]

Determiners

  • ti- - last
  • tu- - so-called; reportative [REP]
  • mi- - other; different
  • mwa- - this; near me [PROX]
  • nyi- - self; reflexive [REFL]
  • nyu- - next
  • sa- - sort; kind of
  • wi- - that; near you [MED]; over there [DIST]

Number

Nouns are marked for various quantities:

  • pa- - dual; pair of; both [DU]
  • ka- - plural [PL]
  • ma- - many; much
  • mu- - group; collection; mass of
  • nu- - one; a
  • tsi- - few; little [quantity]
  • li- - all; every
  • yu- - piece of

Qualifiers

  • a- - venerated [honorific]
  • ta- - big; large
  • kwi- - good; regular; normal
  • si- - small; diminutive; dear
  • su- - bad; unpleasant
  • tsu- - lacking respect; damn

Pronouns

singular dual plural
1 wa- pwa- kwa-
2 ni- (m)pi- (n)ki-
3 u- pu- ku-

Verb arguments (i.e. subject, direct object, indirect object) are indicated with pronominal affixes which are added to verb stems. The pronominal affixes are inflected according to number (singular, dual, and plural) and person (1st, 2nd, etc.).

subject object verb tense / aspect / mood
ku- wa- kup -i
3pl 1sg harm PST
kuwakupi
They harmed me.

Verbs

Tense

Verbs are either non-past or past.

  • wa-yim-a
1sg-eat-NPST
I eat. / I am eating. / I will eat.
  • yi-yim-i
FEM-eat-PST
She ate.

Other verb modifiers

aspect

  • al- - repetitive; frequentative [FREQ]
  • itl- - finished [perfect]
  • utl- - progressive; continuing [CONT]

conjunctive

  • ak- - equally; also; as much as [CONJ]
  • an- - instead; rather; but
  • ats- - so long as
  • im- - so that; in order to; because; since
  • imp- - then; thereafter
  • ip- - unless
  • its- - instead of
  • ul- - then; therefore
  • uts- - if [possible]

modals

  • am- - question [Q]
  • amy- - ability [ABIL]
  • ank- - like to
  • any- - try to; attempt [ATT]
  • ap- - want [VOL]
  • atl- - possibility; potential [POT]
  • aw- - be allowed [PERM]
  • ay- - to intend to [VOL]
  • ik- - suggestive [SUG]
  • il- - necessity [NEC]
  • iy- - stop oneself; cease [not prevent]
  • uk- - negative; no; not [NEG]
  • umy- - obligation
  • unk- - hate to
  • uny- - begin; become [INCEP]

temporal

  • as- - while [DUR]
  • in- - previously; already
  • iw- - until; before
  • us- - always
  • ut- - to be about to

others

  • amp- - as if; seem to
  • amw- - causative [CAUS]
  • ant- - more
  • at- - augmentative [AUG]; intensifier
  • imy- - to undo
  • ink- - well; enough
  • iny- - diminutive [DIM]
  • is- - too little; not enough
  • it- - too much
  • um- - suddenly
  • un- - less
  • up- - if [but not] irrealis
  • uy- - probably; likely

Stems

  • kam- - symbol; write; mark
  • kup- - harm; hurt; corrupt
  • lum- - sleep; rest; relax
  • mak- - want; desire; love
  • mal- - speak; talk
  • n- - know; see
  • nay- - loud; noise; roar
  • nyak- - fire; burn; light
  • pat- - be awake; aware; focused
  • t- - be; exist [COP]
  • tlil- - bathe; wash
  • wap- - rhythm; pulse; meter
  • way- - go; move; walk
  • y- - have; belong; get
  • yam- - delight; happy; toy; glad
  • yap- - be green; foliage; plant
  • yat- - hand; five; grab
  • yim- - eat; nourish; bread

Examples

  • wana
wa-n-a
1-see-NPST
I see.
  • kokame
ko-kam-e
3-write-PFV
They wrote.

notes

for word generator:

C=ptkmnswly
V=aeiou
w[ou]|wa
yu|nya
[tl]u|tla