Gobldi Guk
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| Gobldi Guk | |
| Spoken in: | various countries, by goblins |
| Timeline/Universe: | |
| Total speakers: | unknown |
| Genealogical classification: | Language isolate Gobldi Guk |
| Created by: | |
| Jörg Rhiemeier | 2006 |
Gobldi Guk (which means 'language of the Goblins') is a language spoken by Goblins.
Phonology
Consonants
| Labials | Alveolars | Velars | |
| Voiceless stops | p | t | k |
| Voiced stops | b | d | g |
| Voiced lateral | l |
The lateral can be syllabic.
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
| High | i | y | u |
| Mid | e | @ | o |
| Low | ä | a | å |
The back vowels are rounded, the others unrounded.
Morphology
Nouns
Number
Nouns in Gobldi Guk are not inflected for number.
Case
Nouns in Gobldi Guk take the following case endings:
| Absolutive | -Ø |
| Ergative | -nä |
| Genitive | -di |
| Locative | -bo |
Pronouns
| 1st person | ba |
| 2nd person | kä |
| 3rd person | le |
| Reflexive | di |
Verbs
Verbs are inflected only for tense:
| Non-past | -Ø |
| Past | -ka |
Vocabulary
gobl n. goblin.
guk n. tongue, language.
