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* ''mulhɐ'' (nose) - animate | * ''mulhɐ'' (nose) - animate | ||
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Yacavestu verbs come in two tenses: past and nonpast, as well as several auxiliary suffixes. The bare nonpast is both a present habitual and a future tense. | |||
Revision as of 07:14, 22 March 2023
Yacavestu (Yacɐvestu) is a language of Yaca Island in Tricin. It's inspired by Clofabosin, Khmer and Portuguese.
Phonology
The consonants of Yacavestu are p t ch c b d gh g m n nh l lh r f v s z y.
The vowels are a e i o u ɐ, with only ɐ i u allowed in unstressed syllables. In addition there are diphthongs and nasal vowels (written with a tilde).
Grammar
Nouns
Yacavestu has a two way grammatical gender system like Clofabosin: animate/inanimate.
- bantoch (lamp) - inanimate
- masil (food) - inanimate
- calh (man) - animate
- mulhɐ (nose) - animate
Verbs
Yacavestu verbs come in two tenses: past and nonpast, as well as several auxiliary suffixes. The bare nonpast is both a present habitual and a future tense.