Hapát Maihivu

Hapát Maihivu ('our language') is a Capetan language intended to have a "dark Elvish" aesthetic (i.e. Finnish + Latin + Arabic).

TODO: use a more Sami aesthetic

Consonants: /m n p t k s v l r j h/ ⟨m n p t k s v l r y h⟩

Vowels: /a i u aː iː uː/ ⟨a i u á í ú⟩

Allowed geminates: /mm nn pp tt kk ss ll rr/ ⟨mm nn pp tt kk ss ll rr⟩

Allowed clusters: /mp mpp nt ntt nk nkk ns nv nj ps ts ks lp lpp lt ltt lk lkk ls lm ln lv lj rp rpp rt rtt rk rkk rs rm rn rv rj hj hv ht/ ⟨mp mpp nt ntt nk nkk ns nv ny ps ts ks lp lpp lt ltt lk lkk ls lm ln lv ly rp rpp rt rtt rk rkk rs rm rn rv ry hy hv ht⟩

1: már 2: allu 3: arvu 4: issi 5: úpa 6: viníri 7: minku 8: tahúsa 9: hilkámu 10: altuvatut 11: mártuvatut 12: tuva

Phonology

Consonants

Hapát Maihivu consonants

	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m /m/	n /n/		ng /ŋ/
Plosive	p /p/	t /t/		k /k/
Fricative		s /s/			h /h/
Approximant	v /ʋ/	l /l/	y /j/
Trill		r /r/

Vowels

Vowel phonemes

	Front		Central		Back
	short	long	short	long	short	long
Close	i /i/	í /iː/			u /u/	ú /uː/
Open			a /a/	á /aː/

Gradation

Strong grade	p	t	k	CC	nCC	lCC	rCC	mp	nt	nk	lp	lt	lk	rp	rt	rk
Weak grade	v	l	Ø	C	nC	lC	rC	mm	nn	ng	lv	ll	ly	rv	rr	ry

Morphology

Below, [S] = strong-grade stem, [W] = weak-grade stem.

Nouns

luki, luinna - human
	Singular	Plural
Absolutive	[S]	[W]-nna
Ergative	[S]-a	[W]-ntá
Genitive	[S]-at	[W]-ntát
Dative	[S]-r	[W]-ntar
Adessive	[W]-tur	[W]-nnatur
Ablative	[W]-tut	[W]-nnatut
Inessive	[W]-mur	[W]-nnamur
Elative	[W]-mut	[W]-nnamut

luki, luinna - human
	Singular	Plural
Absolutive	luki	luinna
Ergative	lukia	luintá
Genitive	lukiat	luintát
Dative	lukir	luintar
Adessive	luitur	luinnatur
Ablative	luitut	luinnatut
Inessive	luimur	luinnamur
Elative	luimut	luinnamut

Verbs

nuntakan, nuntaki, nuntat, nuntakapak, nuntakka, nuntakat, nuntakur

Present tense suffixes

	Singular	Plural
1	[S] + -:n	[S] + -:va
2	[S] + -:i (*-íi > -í)	[S] + -:ka
3	[W] + -t	[W] + -at
impersonal	[S] + -:r

nuntana 'to protect'

	Singular	Plural
1	nuntán	nuntáva
2	nuntái	nuntáka
3	nunnat	nunnát
impersonal	nuntár

sákkina 'to love'

	Singular	Plural
1	sákkín	sákkíva
2	sákkí	sákkíka
3	sákit	sákiat
impersonal	sákkír

Nouns from verbs: -vu

Pronouns

Declension of personal pronouns

	1sg	2sg	1pl	2pl
Absolutive	án	hí	hapa	hakki
Ergative	anna	unna	hapá	hakkia
Genitive	anat	unat	hapát	hakkiat
Adessive	antur	untur	havatur	hakitur
Ablative	antut	untut	havatut	hakitut
Inessive	ammur	ummur	havamur	hakimur
Elative	ammut	ummut	havamut	hakimut

3rd person/demonstratives?

Syntax

Times New Roman is consistently head-final.

Sákivuat si kirvavuat urkka maihín.

I speak of love and hate.

Antur pihtar yanakúi?

Are you saving it for me?