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<tr><td>Do</td><td></td><td>Go</td><td></td><td>Be</td><td></td><td>Come</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Do</td><td></td><td>Go</td><td></td><td>Be</td><td></td><td>Come</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>baḷ</td><td>baḷmath</td><td>ṣa</td><td>ṣameth</td><td>dha</td><td>dha</td><td>dhamath</td><td>madń</td><td>maḍńmath</td></tr>
<tr><td>baḷ</td><td>baḷmath</td><td>ṣa</td><td>ṣameth</td></td><td>dha</td><td>dhamath</td><td>madń</td><td>maḍńmath</td></tr>
<tr><td>biḷane</td><td>bioḷaṣe</td><td>ṣiane</td><td>ṣaṣe</td><td>dhane</td><td>dhoi</td><td>miḍańe</td><td>mioḍaṣṇe</td></tr>
<tr><td>biḷane</td><td>bioḷaṣe</td><td>ṣiane</td><td>ṣaṣe</td><td>dhane</td><td>dhoi</td><td>miḍańe</td><td>mioḍaṣṇe</td></tr>
<tr><td>boḷu</td><td>abōḷima</td><td>ṣō</td><td>aṣōima</td><td>dhō</td><td>adhōima</td><td>moḍuń</td><td>amōḍimań</td></tr>
<tr><td>boḷu</td><td>abōḷima</td><td>ṣō</td><td>aṣōima</td><td>dhō</td><td>adhōima</td><td>moḍuń</td><td>amōḍimań</td></tr>

Revision as of 13:26, 15 March 2009

Note: From this point on, // contain phonemic transcription, [] contain phonetic transcription, but Nabhikan words will be in bold.


Nabhika
Pronounced: /nabʰika/
Timeline and Universe: none
Species: Human
Spoken: Nakat
Total speakers: 13 million
Writing system: Latin
Genealogy: ...
Typology
Morphological type: Agglutinative
Morphosyntactic alignment: Nominative-Accusative
Basic word order: SVO
Credits
Creator: ILuvEire
Created: February 2009

Phonology

Consonants


Consonants
Bilabial Labiod. Dental Alveolar Retroflex Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ɳ ŋ ng
Plosive p ph b bh t th d dh ɖ ʈ k kh g gh
Fricative f v s z ʂ ʐ h
Trill r ɽ
Lateral Approximant l ɭ

When the IPA is the same as the transcription, no extra character is put down. If there's a change from IPA, it's noted. An h is added to show aspiration, and ̣ (under-dot) is used to indicate the consonant is retroflex.

Vowels


Vowels
Front Near-front Central Back
High i u
High-mid e o
Low a

Any vowel can be lengthened, and it's marked with a macron.

Nouns

Nabhika words use two genders, animate and inanimate. There are three numbers, singular, dual, and plural. Many, many nouns use a triconsonantal root. These nouns frequently are changed into verbs.

Cases

CaseSuffixExample 1Example 2
NominativeNonezvan-dogbhāṣika
Accusative-azvanabhāṣikā
Gentitive-izvanibhāṣikai

When a word ending with an a is in the accusative case, the vowel is lengthened. Similarly, when a noun is in the gentitive case and ends with an i the vowel is just long.

Plurals

  • For the dual number, you'll need to change the vowel of the last syllable. Then add the suffix ṣi.
a->e
e->i
i->ī
o->i
u->e
  • The plural just lengthens the last vowel and adds the suffix -ra.

Examples

SingularMeaningDualPlural
Zavāndogzavēnṣizavānra
Bhāṣikalanguagebhāṣikeṣibhāṣikāra

Pronouns

In informal Nabhika, men use one set of pronouns, and women use another set. Men use the woman's set when speaking formally.

Masculine Pronouns

SingularPlural
First personta
Second personantunā
Third personi

Feminine Pronouns

SingularPlural
First personlenanu
Second personkimkuma
Third personaromiṣi

Verbs

Nabhika uses a triconsonantal root, like many Semitic languages.

TenseAffirmativeNegative
PastCaCCCaCCmath
PresentCoCuCaCōCimaC
FutureCiCaCneCioCaṣCe

And, and example verb (zvn - to bark) conjugated:

TenseAffirmativeNegative
Pastzavnzavnmath
Presentzovunazōviman
Futurezivanneziovaṣṇe

Irregular Verbs

DoGoBeCome
baḷbaḷmathṣaṣamethdhadhamathmadńmaḍńmath
biḷanebioḷaṣeṣianeṣaṣedhanedhoimiḍańemioḍaṣṇe
boḷuabōḷimaṣōaṣōimadhōadhōimamoḍuńamōḍimań
bḷiāābḷōńṣīāāṣōńdhāādhōńmḍińāāmoḍńoń

Adjectives

Sample Text

An introduction

Ta Taileḷ moḍuń. Nat zvānra moḍuń. Iń Sirenia ṇoḷuń horuth.