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! Plain
! Plain
| p || t͡θ || t || t͡s || t͡ɬ || t͡ʃ || k ||  
| /p/ || /t͡θ/ '''tþ''' || /t/ || /t͡s/ '''ts''' || /t͡ɬ/ '''tł''' || /t͡ʃ/ '''tc''' || /k/ ||  
|-
|-
! Ejective
! Ejective
| p' || t͡θ' || t' || t͡s' || t͡ɬ' || t͡ʃ' || k' || ʔ
| /p'/ || /t͡θ'/ '''tþ'''' || /t'/ || /t͡s'/ '''ts' ''' || /t͡ɬ'/ '''tł' ''' || /t͡ʃ/ '''tc' '''|| /k'/ || /ʔ/ ''' ' '''
|-
|-
! Voiced
! Voiced
| ||  || || ||  || d͡ʒ || g ||  
| ||  || || ||  || /d͡ʒ/ '''j''' || /g/ ||  
|-
|-
! Fricative
! Fricative
| ɸ || θ || || s || ɬ || ʃ || x || h  
| /ɸ/ '''f''' || /θ/ '''þ''' || || /s/ || /ɬ/ '''ł''' || /ʃ/ '''c''' || /x/ || /h/
|-
|-
! Sonorant
! Sonorant
| m || || n ||  || l || j || ŋ w ||  
| /m/ || || /n/ ||  || /l/ || /j/ '''y''' || /ŋ/ /w/ ||  
|}
|}


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! Near-High
! Near-High
| /ɪ/ || /õ/ || /ŋ̊/ || /ʃ/ || /ɸ/
| /ɪ/ '''i''' || /õ/ '''o''' || /ŋ̊/ '''ŋr''' || /ʃ/ '''cr''' || /ɸ/ '''fr'''
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|-
! Mid
! Mid
| /ǝ/ || /ǝ̃/ || /n̊/ || /ɬ/ || /θ/
| /ǝ/ '''e''' || /ǝ̃/ '''u''' || /n̊/ '''nr''' || /ɬ/ '''łr''' || /θ/ '''þr'''
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|-
! Low
! Low
| /ä/ || /ã/ || /m̊/ || /s/ || /x/
| /ä/ '''a''' || /ã/ '''æ''' || /m̊/ '''mr''' || /s/ '''sr''' || /x/ '''xr'''
|}
|}
== Verb Slots ==
Verbs are built according to a template.  The optional first slot is to make it a comment, not a main clause
# VAC - Valency Altering Complex
# EAF - Epistemic-Affective Framing
# Mood
# Tense
# Aspect
# subject/object class
# incorporated noun
# person
# adverbial
# root
=== Slot 0 ===
This prefix turns a finite verb into a circumstantial clause, effectively making it non-finite.
{| class="wikitable"
! Name !! Sound !! Translations !! Notes
|-
! Simultaneous
| fu- || while, during, as || can also mean "at the same place"
|-
! Purpose
| łæ- || in order to, for the sake of, to, for || can be irrealis, as in intended consequence
|-
! Comparative
| kxrc- || like, as, -ly || for an alike-manner or a metaphor/simile
|-
! Causal
| t'mr- || since, from, because of || specifies the origin or source
|-
! Concessive
| tþ'a- || even though, despite, although || contrary, adversative
|-
! Neutral
| xwe- || -ing || does not specify the relationship beyond circumstances-to-comment
|}
=== VAC ===
The Valency-Alteration Complex (VAC).  One is required each time
{| class="wikitable"
! Name !! Effect !! Sound !! Notes
|-
! Transitive
| || he- || Normal conjugation for two-argument verbs
|-
! Intransitive
| || cli- || Normal conjugation for one-argument verbs
|-
! Causative
| +1 agent || ŋi- || Promotes external causer to subject, causee to object, old patient to oblique
|-
! Reflex/Recip
| -1 patient || tł'æ- || agent=patient
|-
! Antipassive
| -1 patient || cłr- || patient is backgrounded
|-
! Passive
| -1 agent || mŋr- || agent suppressed
|-
! Benefactive
| +1 patient || ło- || promotes goal/recipient
|-
! Locative
| +1 patient || xþr- || promotes location
|-
! Instr/Comit.
| +1 patient || ce- || Adds means or accompanier
|-
! Genitive
| +1 patient|| k'e- || Adds alienable possessor
|}
=== EAF ===
Epistemic-Affective Framing is about attitude or stance: how the speaker is positioned—emotionally, epistemically, experientially—toward the event.  One is required per verb.
{| class="wikitable"
! Name !! Sound !! Glosses !! Notes
|-
! Surprise
| -tþu- || "I didn't expect that" || often unpleasant but not necessarily so
|-
! Dislike
| -xo- || "I dislike that" || Always strongly negative
|-
! Love
| le- || "I am glad that" || Always strongly positive
|-
! Direct
| -ck'æ- || "I experienced that" || strict for personal, sensory phenomenon
|-
! Hearsay
| -tþi- || "It was told to me that" || read, heard, reported information
|-
! Inferential
| -pcr- || "I assume that" || assumptions, logically inferred
|}
=== Mode ===
# Imperfective - ongoing, incomplete
# Perfective - done, complete
# Progressive - changing, evolving
# Subjunctive - likely but not real, command, conditional
# Optative - unlikely and not real, wishes, hypothetical
=== Tense ===
# Present - now
# Hodiernal - today
# Past - before today
# Future - after today
# Gnomic - timeless
=== Aspect ===
# Momentane - of an instant
# Continuative - no clear boundaries
# Conative - attempt
# Semelfactive - one time unit in a sequence, once
# Stative - enduring, condition, identity

Revision as of 16:08, 11 March 2025

Phonology

Consonants
Labial Dental Central Sibilant Lateral Palatal Velar Glotal
Plain /p/ /t͡θ/ /t/ /t͡s/ ts /t͡ɬ/ /t͡ʃ/ tc /k/
Ejective /p'/ /t͡θ'/ tþ' /t'/ /t͡s'/ ts' /t͡ɬ'/ tł' /t͡ʃ/ tc' /k'/ /ʔ/ '
Voiced /d͡ʒ/ j /g/
Fricative /ɸ/ f /θ/ þ /s/ /ɬ/ ł /ʃ/ c /x/ /h/
Sonorant /m/ /n/ /l/ /j/ y /ŋ/ /w/
"Vowels"
Oral Nasal Sonorant Sibilant Fricative
Near-High /ɪ/ i /õ/ o /ŋ̊/ ŋr /ʃ/ cr /ɸ/ fr
Mid /ǝ/ e /ǝ̃/ u /n̊/ nr /ɬ/ łr /θ/ þr
Low /ä/ a /ã/ æ /m̊/ mr /s/ sr /x/ xr

Verb Slots

Verbs are built according to a template. The optional first slot is to make it a comment, not a main clause

  1. VAC - Valency Altering Complex
  2. EAF - Epistemic-Affective Framing
  3. Mood
  4. Tense
  5. Aspect
  6. subject/object class
  7. incorporated noun
  8. person
  9. adverbial
  10. root


Slot 0

This prefix turns a finite verb into a circumstantial clause, effectively making it non-finite.

Name Sound Translations Notes
Simultaneous fu- while, during, as can also mean "at the same place"
Purpose łæ- in order to, for the sake of, to, for can be irrealis, as in intended consequence
Comparative kxrc- like, as, -ly for an alike-manner or a metaphor/simile
Causal t'mr- since, from, because of specifies the origin or source
Concessive tþ'a- even though, despite, although contrary, adversative
Neutral xwe- -ing does not specify the relationship beyond circumstances-to-comment

VAC

The Valency-Alteration Complex (VAC). One is required each time

Name Effect Sound Notes
Transitive he- Normal conjugation for two-argument verbs
Intransitive cli- Normal conjugation for one-argument verbs
Causative +1 agent ŋi- Promotes external causer to subject, causee to object, old patient to oblique
Reflex/Recip -1 patient tł'æ- agent=patient
Antipassive -1 patient cłr- patient is backgrounded
Passive -1 agent mŋr- agent suppressed
Benefactive +1 patient ło- promotes goal/recipient
Locative +1 patient xþr- promotes location
Instr/Comit. +1 patient ce- Adds means or accompanier
Genitive +1 patient k'e- Adds alienable possessor

EAF

Epistemic-Affective Framing is about attitude or stance: how the speaker is positioned—emotionally, epistemically, experientially—toward the event. One is required per verb.

Name Sound Glosses Notes
Surprise -tþu- "I didn't expect that" often unpleasant but not necessarily so
Dislike -xo- "I dislike that" Always strongly negative
Love le- "I am glad that" Always strongly positive
Direct -ck'æ- "I experienced that" strict for personal, sensory phenomenon
Hearsay -tþi- "It was told to me that" read, heard, reported information
Inferential -pcr- "I assume that" assumptions, logically inferred

Mode

  1. Imperfective - ongoing, incomplete
  2. Perfective - done, complete
  3. Progressive - changing, evolving
  4. Subjunctive - likely but not real, command, conditional
  5. Optative - unlikely and not real, wishes, hypothetical

Tense

  1. Present - now
  2. Hodiernal - today
  3. Past - before today
  4. Future - after today
  5. Gnomic - timeless

Aspect

  1. Momentane - of an instant
  2. Continuative - no clear boundaries
  3. Conative - attempt
  4. Semelfactive - one time unit in a sequence, once
  5. Stative - enduring, condition, identity