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===Nouns=== | ===Nouns=== | ||
====Case suffixes==== | ====Case suffixes==== | ||
*''- | *''-ub'': (definite) | ||
*''-uvab'': definite accusative suffix | *''-uvab'': definite accusative suffix | ||
*''-am'': genitive | *''-am'': genitive |
Revision as of 06:08, 28 October 2016
Yacavestub is an agglutinative language spoken on the conworld of Suvənub. It's inspired aesthetically by drug names (cf. Clofabosin), Estonian and Lushootseed. It has been influenced by (pseudo-Lushootseed gib).
Yəlu eŋcuvil dəgifam hərazu vestəmad = methavir nalaminyl mekerylide ester axoram
Todo
- redup at the beginning of verbs?
- -mad (e.g. ololirmad)
- -vab
- -mob
- -əl
- -am
- -maban
- -xab
- elir = 'one'
Phonology
Consonants
m n ŋ p t k b d g f s h v z l r j ⟨m n ŋ p t c b d g f s h v z l r y⟩
(/ks/ is written ⟨x⟩.)
Vowels
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
Close | i, y /i/ | u /u/ | |
Mid | e /e/ | ə /ə/ | o /o/ |
Open | a /a/ |
Morphology
Nouns
Case suffixes
- -ub: (definite)
- -uvab: definite accusative suffix
- -am: genitive
- -zile:
- -une:
- -vil
Definiteness and possession
Nouns take a suffix for definiteness. Possessive suffixes are added directly to the noun for inalienable possession, and to the classifier for alienable possession.
vestu - 'language' | ||
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Number→ State↓ |
Singular | Plural |
Indefinite | vestu | vestəl |
Definite | vestub | vestələb |
1sg possessor | vestel | vestəlel |
2sg possessor | vestux | vestəlux |
3sg possessor | vestun | vestəlun |
1pl possessor | vestelod | vestəlelod |
2pl possessor | vestuxod | vestəluxod |
3pl possessor | vestunod | vestəlunod |
Verbs
Present tense: -mad