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'''Yacavestu''' is a language of Yaca Island in Tricin. It's inspired by Clofabosin, Khmer and Portuguese. | '''Yacavestu''' (''Yacɐvestu'') is a language of Yaca Island in Tricin. It's inspired by Clofabosin, Khmer and Portuguese. | ||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
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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). | 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, e.g. ''axurão'' (speaks). | |||
Yacavestu is relatively unusual in that the verb stem alone is a tenseless negative form: ''axur'' (doesn't speak). Old Yacavestu used to have a consistent system of personal suffixes for verbs but in modern times, the 3rd person singular inanimate form became the default form for all persons and numbers. | |||
There is no infinitive in Yacavestu (it uses subjunctives instead). | |||