sounds
- q (ʔ); sh (ʃ); y (j); á (ə)
nouns
number
Plural nouns are formed by appending -m to nouns ending in vowels or -im to nouns ending in consonants. This does not alter the stress:
- adab > adabim — house > houses
- kadá > kadám — woman > women
case
Grammatical Cases
| Number |
Name |
Suffix |
Example |
English Gloss
|
| 1 |
Nominative |
- |
adab |
house
|
| 2 |
Oblique |
-o / -wa |
dabwa |
the house, in the house, to the house, etc.
|
| 3 |
Genitive |
-ai / -ya |
dabya |
of the house
|
| 4 |
Locative |
-ush / da |
dabda |
in/at/on the house
|
| 5 |
Instrumental |
-ak / -ha |
dabha |
with/using the house
|
pronouns
|
|
nominative
|
oblique
|
genitive
|
dative
|
| 1sg
|
-an
|
eyan
|
nai
|
x
|
| 2sg
|
-ti (-e)
|
eti (aye)
|
tiya
|
x
|
| 3sg
|
-u / -a
|
eya
|
ai
|
x
|
| 1pl
|
-uk
|
eyuk
|
kai
|
x
|
| 2pl
|
-ut
|
eyut
|
tai
|
x
|
| 3pl
|
-um
|
eyum
|
mai
|
x
|
number
| Ilya
|
number
|
English
|
Ilya
|
number
|
English
|
Ilya
|
number
|
English
|
| nul |
0 |
zero |
sha |
6 |
six |
kishada |
500 |
five hundred
|
| wa |
1 |
one |
seb |
7 |
seven |
hesha |
103 |
(one) thousand
|
| ni |
2 |
two |
oka |
8 |
eight |
dahesh |
104 |
ten thousand
|
| ush |
3 |
three |
nen |
9 |
nine |
sadahesh |
105 |
(one) hundred thousand
|
| ha |
4 |
four |
da |
10 |
ten |
|
|
|
| kish |
5 |
five |
sada |
100 |
(one) hundred |
|
|
|
verbs
tense
- - non-past tense
- -esh - past tense
mood
questions
- ma - what; which
- man - who
- mada - where
- imta - when
- shuma - why
- mawá - how
lexicon
b
- bahá - related to being smooth; soft; tender
- ban - related to plans; procedure
d
- da - ten (number-forming element)
- dab - related to living, residing, inhabiting
- adab - dwelling; home; house
- dabra - to dwell; reside
k
- kagá - related to donation; contribution
y
- yem - related to food and eating
- eyem - food; sustenance
- yemek - to eat
