Aganean
Alphabet and orthography
The Aganean alphabet consists of the following 22 letters:
a å b c cg d dg e ë g h hg l m o ô (oë) p r s s´ u y (aë)
Digraphs are considered their own letters for collation purposes. Two letters, ô and y have the variations oë and aë respectively. They are considered the same letter, as ô and y are used only internally within a word with oë and aë used when the sounds begin or end a word. The letter y is always a vowel.
The letter u has two sounds, before a consonant or at the end of a word it sounds like oo, before another vowel, it sounds like an English
Verbs and adverbs
Aganean is an Ergative-Absolutive language. It uses the Aganean has no tenses, but two aspects, perfective and continuous. Aganean uses particles to conjugate verbs:
Aganean verbs | perfective | continuous | negative |
---|---|---|---|
imperative | ma | sgë | ra |
would | mar | sar | ar |
negative | mycg | sycg | aërcg |
want | më | së | rë |
must | moë | soë | roë |
can | mus´ | sus´ | rus´ |
need | mu | su | ru |
become | mo | has´ | aës´ |
make | pam | pas | oëpd |
ru ba gycamd leu e uë. I don't need to go to the hospital.
- ru - not need
- ba - to, at, in
- gycamd - hospital
- leu - to go
- e/ë - indicates agent of sentence
- uë - I, me
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