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Inote is (C)V(C). However, as a rule, Inote does not allow two vowels or two consonants to come in contact in the same word.


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==Nominal Morphology==
Nouns agglutinate to show their case: nominative, accusative, genitive, or dative. These cases show a noun's function in a sentence. The '''nominative''' case marks the ''subject'' of a sentence, the one who completes a verb action. The '''accusative''' case marks the ''direct object'' of a sentence, the one who is acted upon by the subject. The '''dative''' case marks the ''indirect object'' of a sentence, the one for whom a verb is done. The '''genitive''' case marks ''possession''. In addition to their normal functions, the accusative and dative cases function as the objects of certain prepositions. Which case a preposition causes will be indicated in the preposition's definition.
===Noun Declension===
All nouns decline the same way: by adding one of seven suffixes to their end to mark case. Those eight suffixes are as follows:
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|Nom | |-ø      | |-(e)n
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|Acc | |-(n)a  | |-(a)n
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|Dat | |-(n)i  | |-(i)n
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|Gen | |-(n)o  | |-(o)n
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Revision as of 11:26, 13 May 2006


Inote
Pronounced: /InOte/
Timeline and Universe:  ???
Species: Inote
Spoken: Nenekir
Total speakers: 8 million
Writing system: Inote Alphabetic Script
Genealogy: Keru-Inoten

 Inotic

  Inote
Typology
Morphological type: Agglutinating
Morphosyntactic alignment: Nominative-Accusative
Basic word order: SVO
Credits
Creator: Sectori
Created: September 2005

The Inote language is a simple agglutinating language. It was originally Sectori's n00blang, but underwent a major grammar revision in late April 2006.

Phonology/Orthography

Inote should be written with their own alphabet, untypeable. For convenience, this article will be transcribed in the Latin script.


Consonants
Bilabial Labiod. Dental Alveolar Post-alv. Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal n
Plosive p t d k
Fricative s
Approximant ɹ


Vowels
Front Near-front Central Near-back Back
High (u)
Near-high ɪ ʊ
High-mid (e) (o)
Mid ə
Low-mid ɛ ɔ
Near-low
Low (a)

Inote is (C)V(C). However, as a rule, Inote does not allow two vowels or two consonants to come in contact in the same word.

Nominal Morphology

Nouns agglutinate to show their case: nominative, accusative, genitive, or dative. These cases show a noun's function in a sentence. The nominative case marks the subject of a sentence, the one who completes a verb action. The accusative case marks the direct object of a sentence, the one who is acted upon by the subject. The dative case marks the indirect object of a sentence, the one for whom a verb is done. The genitive case marks possession. In addition to their normal functions, the accusative and dative cases function as the objects of certain prepositions. Which case a preposition causes will be indicated in the preposition's definition.

Noun Declension

All nouns decline the same way: by adding one of seven suffixes to their end to mark case. Those eight suffixes are as follows:

|Singular| |Plural
|-ø | |-(e)n
|-(n)a | |-(a)n
|-(n)i | |-(i)n
|-(n)o | |-(o)n