Kerusha
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A conlang for fun by masako (talk) and his 8 year old daughter. It's me helping her make a language that makes sense.
Phonology
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labiovelar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosives | p b | t d | k g | ||
| Nasals | m | n | |||
| Fricatives | s z | ʃ (sh) | |||
| Approximants | j (y) | w | |||
| Trill | r |
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i~ɪ | u~ʊ | |
| Mid | e~ɛ | o | |
| Open | a~ə |
Pronouns
Kerusha has three basic pronouns; bu [1sg], ti [2sg], and ma [3sg]. These do not indicate gender. These can be made plural using the suffix "-shi", and possessive with "a-".
| singular | plural | possessive | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | bu I; me |
bushi we; us |
abu/shi my; mine / our(s) |
| 2nd person | ti you |
tishi you (all) |
ati/shi your/(s) |
| 3rd person | ma he; she; him; her; it |
masho they; them; those |
ama/sho their/(s) |
Numbers
Kerusha uses a base 10 number system. The basic numbers are as follows:
| Kerusha | number | English | Kerusha | number | English | Kerusha | number | English |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ozi | 0 | zero | ni | 6 | six | wekiya | 500 | five hundred |
| da | 1 | one | go | 7 | seven | tiya | 103 | (one) thousand |
| sho | 2 | two | ro | 8 | eight | metiya | 104 | ten thousand |
| pa | 3 | three | bi | 9 | nine | kitiya | 105 | (one) hundred thousand |
| ke | 4 | four | me | 10 | ten | 106 | (one) million | |
| we | 5 | five | kiya | 100 | (one) hundred | 109 | (one) billion |
Forming Larger Numbers
- meda - eleven / 11
- shome - twenty / 20
- dakiyago - one hundred seven / 107
- pakiyashomeni (long form) / pashoni (short form) - three hundred twenty six / 326
- nitiyashoke - six thousand and twenty four / 6024
Other Number Forms
| Kerusha | number | English | ordinal | multiple | fractional |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| da | 1 | one | x first |
x once |
- |
| mesho | 12 | twelve | x twelfth |
x duodecuple |
x a twelfth |
| wemeke (weke) |
54 | fifty four | x fifty fourth |
x 54 times |
x a fifty fourth |
| kiyani | 106 | one hundred (and) six | x 106th |
x 106 times |
x a 106th |
| gotiya | 7000 | seven thousand | x seven thousandth |
x 7000 times |
x 1/7000 |
Lexicon
a
- a- - possessive
ba
- bu - I, me
da
- diwa - why
e
ga
- gata - art
- -go - diminutive "smaller"
i
- -iy- - past tense
ka
- kara - love
- kodo - high
- kodo-ru - low
- ku - and
ma
- ma - he, she, him, her
- -me - someone who does; -ist
na
- na - go
- na-ru - come
- noga - eat
- noga-ru - vomit
- nusa - gummy
o
pa
- pizo - house
ra
sa
- -sa - plural marker
sha
- sha - the / a; one
- sha pizo - The house
- shayo - yummy
- -shi/o - plural pronoun
ta
- ti - you (singular)
u
wa
- -wa - augmentative "bigger"
- wama - be / stand
- wama - stand
- wama-ru - sit
ya
- -ya - object marker
- ye / pa / -ru - no, not
za
- -za - future tense
