Qanao language/Messy

The Qanao language (Qanao: qana'ôžjinaet classical: [qanaʔo.ʒ̞jɪnaət] vulgar: [qanaʔo.ʒ̞enaɪt]) is an in-progress conlang.

Phonology

Consonants

p	t	ť	k	q	`
p	t	c	k	q	ʔ
b	d	ď	g
mb	nd	ɲɟ	ŋg
m	n	ň	ŋ	γ
m	n	ɲ	ŋ	ɴ
φ	c	č
pɸ	ʦ	ʧ
f	s	š			h
ɸʰ	sʰ	ʃʰ			h
v	z	ž
β̞	z̞	ʒ̞
w	r	ř	y
w	ɹ	ɹʲ	j
	l	ľ
	l	ʎ

Vowels

i	í	ji	jí	e	u	ú	wu	wú
i	i:	ʲjɪ	ʲji:	ə	u	u:	ʷʊ	ʷu:
a	á	ja	já	ô	o	ó	wo	wó
a	a:	ʲja	ʲja:	o	ɔ	ɔ:	ʷɔ	ʷɔ:

• Final o is realised as [o]. This is preserved in agglutination, but spelt with ô.

Grammar

Inflection

Infixes

Classifiers

• xax - (n1) general: qanae` "Qanae"; patuek "tree"; zael "water"
• xjax - (n2) living things: qjanae` "Qjanae"
• xáx - (n3) permanent things: ázael "ocean"; ápatuek "forest"
• xox - (n4) static objects: noet "writing"
• xjix - (n5) transcendecent: žjinaet "language"; yiôsúer "universe"; kjimi "world"
• xix - (adj) qualities: niet "to be happy"; iôkiem "to be universal"
• xux - (vt) transitive actions: numúet "to cause to die"; muziel "to make clear, to declare"
• xúx - (vi) intransitive actions: múet "to die"; fúzael "to rain"

• x.ex - (n) object; (adj) qualitative infinitive (common); (vb) infinitive
• x.ix - (n, adj, vb) qualitative infinitive
• x.jix - (n, adj, vb) qualitative degree

Suffixes

Sentence-terminal

• -a - (n) identitative indicative present imperfect; (adj) qualitative indicative present imperfect; (vb) indicative present imperfect
• -ja - (n) identitative indicative future imperfect; (adj) qualitative indicative future imperfect; (vb) indicative future imperfect

Continuative

• -ô- - (n) genitive
• -i- - (n, adj, vb) qualitative modifier

Miscellaneous

kómulnumútbô'ómúniťja =

• kó (hon. / 2nd person) +
• mul (3rd person + acc.) +
• nu "to cause" (tr. prefix) +
• mút "to die" (intr. stem) +
• bô (cond. cont.) +
• 'ó (hum. / 1st person) +
• mú "to become" (intr. prefix) +
• niťja "to be happy" (adj. ind. future)

~ "I will become happy if you cause him to die." ~ "I will be happy if you kill him." ~ "Please kill him."

"Universal declaration of human rights" ~ ňja'imjanôpjinirô'iôkimimuziel =

• ňja'i "person" (liv. + qual. mod.) +
• mjanô "living thing" (liv. gen. cont.) +
• pji "things that are always" (transc. prefix) +
• nirô "to be permitted" (adj. abl. cont.) +
• 'iô "all" (adj. cont'v. prefix) +
• kimi "global" (adj. mod.) +
• mu "to cause to become" (tr. prefix) +
• ziel "to be clear" (adj. inf. voc.)