Lortho

Lortho loɾtʰo
Spoken in:	Lortho
Conworld:	A planet which orbits a binary star
Total speakers:	(insufficient data)
Genealogical classification:	(Family) (Branch) (Subbranch) (Language)
Basic word order:	Verb Subject Object
Morphological type:
Morphosyntactic alignment:
Created by:
Brian Bourque	March 2017

Overview

Lortho [IPA:loɾtʰo] is a constructed language created by Brian Bourque. It is a fusional/agglutinative language. The verbs are changed in conjugation; however, suffixes and prefixes are added to nouns to denote case.

Grammar

Noun Cases

Lortho has nine cases:

Case	Modifier	Example	English
Nominative	-	kɑnsɑptʰɑ	forest, woods
Accusative	-mɛ	kɑnsɑptʰɑmɛ	forest (direct obj.)
Dative	-mɛlɑ	kɑnsɑptʰɑmɛlɑ	forest (indirect obj.)
Genetive	Possessive Prefix¹	nimakɑnsɑptʰɑ	our forest
Sublative	-inɑ/ɛnɑ	kɑnsɑptʰɑɪnɑ	in/into the forest
Ablative	-(ɛ)nat	kɑnsɑptʰɑnɑt	out of (from) the forest
Prolative	-dɑn	kɑnsɑptʰɑdɑn	to/towards the forest
	-dɑnɑɾ

Verbs

There are three major verb types: -o verbs, -t verbs, and -n verbs. Each follow a general rule for conjugation:

-o Verbs (konpʰɑɾo) to speak			-t Verbs (pʰɾɑmit) to push			-n Verbs (ʃɑɪlɑn) to sit
a	b	c
d	e	f
g	h	i