Conlang Relay 19/Khangaþyagon
yaging volkeson, "a! bilbitehaltsher yer! volkesakh ya sivolk talpku u vi holshe de yeakhar."
volkesing yi, "graming pirr talpðen. manstingar banar singar vretar arrkhar den talpebgri. zhelut u graming pirr talpðen, iðuzhovlingar holar sur banar singar, gog omna'ut iðuzhovli holshe yir, beb bilbitihangar banar talpebgri."
yeðoshing volkeson kholontar garrtuwaning. ulvlanihangar yir. yaging yi, "yurish! remba ya spirrokhku u akdeling yi ðengig. peteshing yi banamar den talpebgri. rembing yi vellakur damzkur hirrihangar yir. vingar holar sur enban. gog omna'ut modut yagingar banar spirrokhakh beb vellaakh ansidikur hirrovlingsher yir, manstosfingar yir zhelut modut. bashtringar yir der gelo talporrðen, parushkilaug kuþanto enwo. vlanting bel omna. akdelingar spirrokh beb vellar pirrgramut.
loremingar gravdar sur nisamo omna'ut. rembingar spirrokhar banar magku mœzku, iðuzhingar yir yi gælip kemniip ullsaip. urœwaningar kholingar banar enil, beb sloningar yir ansidikur rolovlingar yir.
saming omna, warsing hal, graming pirr, beb nisaming vella. rembing vella, 'iðuzhang ya kemmif temv, beb hurrza mœz trinnitsa'utombar avrishutombar.' nirakingar banar garshlwaningar ansidikur urœdahingsher yir. bengilaug, halbanut u alþigraming pirr, akdelingar spirrokh beb vellar zhelbanig."
Grammar VSO, agglutinating. Adjectives follow the noun they qualify and agree with them. Numerals do not inflect for plurality, since they are already intrinsicly plural. Predicative adjectives compound with the verb. Adverbs agree with the verb. Reported speech uses a topic-comment form.
Morphology Nouns Nouns may be followed by segunakar (suffixes, literally follow-parts) of six ranks, given in the order which they follow the rood, of which the following are found in the text modsegunakar(1st rank)- deixis markers il this ban that wo any she no densegnunakar (second rank)- Proximity markers. Indicate how closely the marked noun is associated with another noun ut at eb in contact with orr far radsegunakar (third rank) - relative position ðen beyond gri over omb around karvsegunakar (fourth rank) - sense of motion. am to ig from sintsegunakar (fifth rank) - abstract. ku topic, about akh recipient aug purpose, reason, cause bantsegunakar (sixth rank) - number (a)r plural Verbs Verbs are obligatorily followed by a person, participal or infinitive segunak a 1st person e 2nd person i 3rd person o infinitive on/ont present participal (can also act as an agent noun) The following segunakar appear in the text Continuous aspect ha Tense ng past kh future Mood lt imperative Negation she Number (a)r plural Derivational affixes l forms adjectives in the sense "Characterised by" wan forms adverbs in the sense "in such a manner" Compounding The head of a compound appears last Vocab (in bukhstav order) bashtr ask ban stone beb and bel day beng reason bilbit chatter, witter on u such that urœ happy ulvan sleep ullsa wide khol hear su all, whole sam come spirrokh mouse sivolk story sing small slon want talp mountain temv much trinn bite a interjection commanding attention avrish delicious arrkh rough akdel leave ansidi oneself alþi high v know volkes tell stories vella bat vret sharp vlant become parushk purpose pettesh scamper pirr sun osf can ovl can omna night hurrza swarm hal time hol person hirr fly dah be damz many de alternative 3rd person pronoun, used when the referent is not the most obvious one. den two en thing manst stand, stay mag tree mœz great mod one rol move remb tell rik man itsa flying insect iðuzh see kuþant discover kemmif grass kemni green nisam return zhel place ðeng hole lorem begin garsh anger garrtu fierce gog but gel go gravd animal gram rise glaf horse gæl valley y+person ending personal pronoun yurish good yag say yeðosh look wars pass
