Kamatarna

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Kamatarna was sparked by a mention in Tolkien's The Monsters and the Critics about how he overheard a man deciding he would "mark the accusative with a prefix", so I ran with the idea. The language is pretty consistently CVCV and marks cases with prefixes rather than suffixes.

History

Phonology

Grammar

Pronouns

Singular Plural
First person ta tar
Second person koon koor
Third person poon poor

Pronouns can be used as suffix for possession.

Interrogative

Kima. Who.

Noun

Cases

Singular Plural
Nominative Ø -r
Accusative plo- plo- -r
Dative
Genitive

Number

plural: -r y na, ga de ko-

Sample sentences

Kima dúma plo-kamatar?

Who comes to our land?

Lubunga ko-ta luga ko-koon

It's not up to you, nor up to me.

Pulsamakoon plesa ka!

It's an order from your king!