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

consonants
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


vowels
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