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Vämbai language(Native name:qoyataka dabainga) is a language spoken by the Dabai people, who dewell in Vämbai islands in The 8th World. the word "Vämbai" means "archipalego" or "islands" in the Vämbai language, The language is written in a script called Aqäna.

Phonology(Pronouciations are shown in X-SAMPA)

• a - /A/ or /Q/
• ai - /AI/
• au - /aU/
• ä - /{/;/E/
• b - /b/
• d - /d/
• dz - /dz/, /dZ/ or /dz\/ before /i/
• e - /e/
• eu - /eu/
• f - /f/
• g - /g/
• gh - /G/
• h - /h/
• i - /i/
• k - /k/
• kh - /x/
• l - /l/
• m - /m/
• n - /n/
• ng - /N/
• (ngg - /Ng/)
• (nk - /Nk/)
• o - /o/
• oi - /OI/
• p - /p/
• q - /q/
• r - /r/
• s - /s/, /S/ or /s\/ before /i/
• t - /t/
• ts - /ts/, /tS/ or /ts\/ before /i/
• u - /u/
• v - /v/
• wa - /uA/
• wä - /uE/
• we - /ue/
• wi - /ui/
• wo - /uo/
• ya - /iA/
• yä - /iE/
• ye - /ie/
• yo - /io/
• yu - /iu/
• z - /z/, /Z/ or /z\/ before /i/
• ' - /?/

Syllable Structures:(C)V(C), every syllable are ended up with vowels, -p, -t, -k, -q, -', -m, -n, -ng

Grammar of Vämbai language

Syntax

• Basic word order:
  • (Moods-)Agent-Patient-(Aspects-Negation-Aux verbs-)Verb(-Question maker).
    • The Basic word order is Agent-Patient-Verb, but Agent-Verb-Patient, Patient-Agent-Verb, and Patient-Verb-Agent are also used.
  • The modifiers follow the words they modify, e.g.:"daba qoeta" = "Great person", "daba" means "a person, (absolutive)", the modified word; "qoeta" means "great", the modifier.

Noun inflections

• Noun affix order:(root)-I-II-III
• I:
  • Single:-a
  • Dual:-oi
  • Plural:-ai
• II:
  • Modifier of the noun is 1st single:-na
  • Modifier of the noun is 1st exclusive dual:-no
  • Modifier of the noun is 1st exclusive triple:-noi
  • Modifier of the noun is 1st exclusive plural:-ne
  • Modifier of the noun is 1st inclusive dual:-lo
  • Modifier of the noun is 1st inclusive triple:-loi
• Modifier of the noun is 1st inclusive plural:-lai
  • Modifier of the noun is 2nd single:-la
  • Modifier of the noun is 2nd dual:-le
  • Modifier of the noun is 2nd plural:-ni
  • Modifier of the noun is other:-ta
• III - Cases:
  • Absolutive:-(none)
  • Ergative:-q
  • Genitive:-nga
  • Locative:-k
  • Terminative:-keng
  • Ablative/Instrumental/Comitative/Prolative:-kip
  • Vocative:-ka

Verb inflections

tenses

• Infinitive/present:-e
• past:-eng
• aux verb:-o

aspect particles(added before verb)

• perfect:yo
• progressive:no
• habitual:to
• continuative:seo
• prospective:auno
• causative:zu'o
• simple:(none)

Moods(added in the initial of words)

• Indicative:(none)
• Subjunctive:lu'e
• Imprative:aki
• Optative:kho

Other things

• Negation:veu
• Verb causative:be-

Words

Pronouns

• 1st single:na
• 1st exclusive dual:no
• 1st exclusive triple:noi
• 1st exclusive plural:nai
• 1st inclusive dual:lo
• 1st inclusive triple:loi
• 1st inclusive plural:lai
• 2nd single:la
• 2nd dual:le
• 2nd plural:ni
• 3rd general single:ka
• 3rd general dual:koi
• 3rd general plural:kai
• 3rd near single(this):nga
• 3rd near dual(these two):ngoi
• 3rd near plural(these):ngai
• 3rd far single(that):nge
• 3rd far dual(those two):ngo
• 3rd far plural(those):ngu
• someone/something:gha
• Here:hä
• There:ni

Other words

• And:euk
• Or:auk
• But:zik
• Also:nese
• Relative clause starter:pok
• Since; after:at
• Until; before:bet
• When(not pronoun for making questions); as soon as:äng
• Quite:akaghe
• Very:antse
• Too(not also); excessively:gare

Prepositions:

• To(people, + Terminative):ga'
• For(+Terminative):we
• To(Place, +Terminative):dzo'
• From(+Ablative):dze
• Via(+Ablative):va
• With(Tools, +Ablative):en
• With(People, +Ablative):ba
• On(+Locative):neng
• In(+Locative):eng
• Under(+Locative):ong
• At(Place, +Locative):eng
• At(Time, +Locative):äk

Sample texts

• "(äk) nadzak (eng) nik naq le veu onlo mateng" - "I couldn't see you two at there yesterday."
• "la yo sakoneng." - "you're already dead"/"You've died"
• "laq muvoi ngume." - "you have two cows."
• "naq (gha) veu no barane" - "I'm not eating."
• "aki laq (gha) veu onlo ngatsaro madze" - "You can't stop learning!"

Dzonaquna we kingaikeng(Prayer to the Kingai(ghosts of ancestors))

kingainaka qoeta, kho ni zuke,

kho (äk) bakaik nigela nagara noqa ga naikeng saghe,(nagara noqa = Rich harvest)

kho niq nai dina beke,

eu kho (äk) qunak niq nai (dze) arenakip akope nese,

ngai ke baranai pok ga nikeng saghe,

kho niq kai barane naebe.