Amal

See also:

• lexicon
  • thematic lexicon
• phrases

Introduction

Amal is meant to be a simple and euphonic personal conlang.

Phonology

written	IPA	as in English
p	/p/	pull
b	/b/	bed
t	/t/	town
d	/d/	dome
k	/k/	kid
g	/g/	goal [never as gem]
m	/m/	mesh
n	/n/	none
s	/s/	sack
sh	/ʃ/	shoe
h	/x~h/	loch or help
y	/j/	young
w	/w/	well
r	/r/	run
l	/l/	lean

Word Order

SOV

Nouns

morphology

case

case	infix	example	English
Nominative	-	teb	house
Oblique	-un	teb-un	to the house; in the house
Genitive	-in	teb-in	the house's; of the house
Vocative	-(o)ya	teb-ya	Oh house!
Instrumental	-esh	teb-esh	using the house; with the house; via the house

Pronouns

Pronouns in Amal are marked for number, person, and case. There are three persons. The stand-alone personal pronouns are not used widely as the person is evident from the personal verb ending. They are used for emphasis only in their simple form as the verb form itself already points to the person. This is similar to Spanish where a person will say comprendo - I understand instead of Yo comprendo - I understand.

Pronoun Declension

	NOM	ACC	DAT	GEN
1sg	an	ahan	eyan	anai
2sg	at	ahat	eyat	atai
3sg	a / al	ahal	eya(l)	alai
1pl	uk	ahuk	eyuk	ukai
2pl	ut	ahut	eyut	utai
3pl	um	ahum	eyum	umai

Verbs

tense

tense	infix	example	English
Simple Present Tense	-	ish-an	I drink
Present Perfect Tense	-ar	ish-ar-at	you have drank
Simple Past Tense	-iy	ish-iy-um	they drank
Immediate Past Tense	-id	ish-il-an	I just drank
Past Perfect Tense	-ir	ish-ir-an	I had drunk
Simple Future Tense	-uy	ish-uy-uk	we will drink
Future Possible Tense	-ush	ish-ush-a	he may drink
Future Perfect Tense	-ur	ish-ur-an	I will have drunk