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''' | '''{{PAGENAME}}''' /tibak/ is a language of Ldon Źama inspired by Iau, Natqgu and Semitic languages (particularly Biblical Hebrew). | ||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
{{PAGENAME}} has 4 consonants: b d t k, and a large inventory of vowels, with 3 tones. | |||
===Orthography=== | ===Orthography=== | ||
Some vowels are written with consonant letters. | Some vowels are written with consonant letters. | ||
==Morphology== | |||
{{PAGENAME}} morphology is entirely suffixing except for adjectives. Adjectives are a small closed class and work by infixing and/or changing the vowels in the noun according to a predictable umlaut pattern. | |||
There are two declension classes: | |||
* Class one nouns mark the definite with the suffix ''-bẽ́''. | |||
* Class two nouns mark the ''indefinite'' with ''-bẽ́''. | |||
Verbs inflect by aspect but not tense. Curiously, the imperfective and perfective forms are interchanged when the verb follows the interrogative particle ''kủ-''. | |||
==Syntax== | |||
{{PAGENAME}} is strictly OVS. | |||
[[Category:Kataba]][[Category:Tricin]] | [[Category:Kataba]][[Category:Tricin]] | ||
Revision as of 13:13, 22 February 2018
Ditab /tibak/ is a language of Ldon Źama inspired by Iau, Natqgu and Semitic languages (particularly Biblical Hebrew).
Phonology
Ditab has 4 consonants: b d t k, and a large inventory of vowels, with 3 tones.
Orthography
Some vowels are written with consonant letters.
Morphology
Ditab morphology is entirely suffixing except for adjectives. Adjectives are a small closed class and work by infixing and/or changing the vowels in the noun according to a predictable umlaut pattern.
There are two declension classes:
- Class one nouns mark the definite with the suffix -bẽ́.
- Class two nouns mark the indefinite with -bẽ́.
Verbs inflect by aspect but not tense. Curiously, the imperfective and perfective forms are interchanged when the verb follows the interrogative particle kủ-.
Syntax
Ditab is strictly OVS.