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! colspan="2" | -o Verbs <nowiki>[konpʰɑɾo]</nowiki> ''to speak''
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! colspan="2" | -t Verbs <nowiki>[pʰɾɑmit[</nowiki> ''to push''
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Revision as of 13:50, 18 March 2017


Lortho
loɾtʰo
Spoken in: Lortho
Conworld: A planet which orbits a binary star
Total speakers: (insufficient data)
Genealogical classification: (Family)
(Branch)
(Subbranch)
(Language)
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 kɑnsɑptʰɑ 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:

Present Tense
-o Verbs [konpʰɑɾo] to speak -t Verbs [pʰɾɑmit[ to push -n Verbs [ʃɑɪlɑn] to sit
konpʰɑrin, -un -inɑn, -unɑn pʰrɑmidin, -un -pʰrɑmidinɑn, -unan ʃɑɪlɑnin, -un -inɑn, -unan
-ɑnːi, -ɑnːu -ɑmin, -ɑmun -pʰɾɑmidɑnːi, -ɑnːu -pʰɾɑmidɑmin, -ɑmun -ɑnːi, -ɑnːu -ɑmin, -ɑmun
-i, -u, -ɑ -imi, -imu, -imɑ -pʰɾɑmidi, -u, -ɑ -pʰɾɑmidimi, -imu, -imɑ -i, -u, -ɑ -imi, -imu, -imɑ