Verse:Mwail/Quququqquq
In Angai, Quququqquq (/ku:ku:'kʊkkʊk/, natively quququqquq qaqqaäa /kùkùkùkːùk kàkːàáà/ [kʰùvūvūkūɰˀ kʰàkǣǽǣ]) is the most phonologically minimalistic Kawenic language, with just one consonant /k/, two vowels /u a/, and two tones (high, written ä and low, written a). It's spoken in the island nation of Quqqaäa (pronounced /'kʊkə/ in English).
Todo: Vedic-style chanting tradition
uüuquqau 'cow'
qäaqqäaqquqau 'crow'
Nouns
aqua 'water' (nom.)
aqü (gen.)
aquaq (part.)
aqüü (illative)
aqüqqu (inessive)
aqüqquq (elative)
aqüqua (allative)
aqüqqa (adessive)
aqüqqaq (ablative)
aqüququ (translative)
aqüquaä (terminative)
aqüquqqü (durative)
aqüqaua (essive)
aqüqauaq (exessive)
aqüqqäqu (comitative)
aqüuqqau (abessive)
aqüqqaqqu (instructive)
aqüq (nom. pl.)
aquaqa (gen. pl.)
aquauq (part. pl.)
aquaqaü (illative pl.)
aquaqaqqu (iness. pl.)
etc.
Verbs
quqüäquqa 'to write'
Non-past:
quqüäqau 'I write'
quqüäqu (2sg)
quqüäquq (3sg)
quqüäqaüq (1pl)
quqüäququq (2pl)
quqüäqüüq (3pl)
quqüäqua (impersonal)
(quqüäqa instead for connegative?)
äau quqüä 'I do not write'
äu quqüä
ää quqüä
äqaüq quqüä
äququq quqüä
äqüüq quqüä
äqua quqüä
Past:
quqüäqäu 'I wrote'
quqüäqäqu (2sg)
quqüäqä (3sg)
quqüäqäaüq (1pl)
quqüäqäuquq (2pl)
quqüäqäüüq (3pl)
quqüäqäüä
äqäu quqüä 'I did not write'
äqu quqüä
äqä quqüä
äqäauq quqüä
äqäuquq quqüä
äqäüüq quqüä
äqäüä quqüä
aquqquqa 'to eat'
Non-past:
aquqqau 'I eat'
aquqqu (2sg)
aquqquq (3sg)
aquqqaüq (1pl)
aquqququq (2pl)
aquqqüüq (3pl)
aquqqua (impersonal)
äau aquq 'I do not eat'
äu aquq
ää aquq
äqaüq aquq
äququq aquq
äqüüq aquq
äqua aquq