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'''Yacavestub''' is a head-final ("Altaic") agglutinative language. It's inspired aesthetically by drug names (cf. [[Clofabosin]]), Estonian and [[w:Lushootseed language|Lushootseed]]. It also has clicks.
'''Yacavestu''' (''Yacɐvestu'') is a language of Yaca Island in Tricin. It's inspired by Clofabosin, Khmer and Portuguese.
 
''Yəl eŋcuvil dəgifam hərazu vestəmad.'' = ''Methavir nalaminyl mekerylide ester axoram.''
==Todo==
*redup at the beginning of verbs?
*''-mad'' (e.g. ''ololirmad'')
*''-vab''
*''-mob''
*''-əl''
*''-am''
*''-xab''
*''-mob''
*''-ub''
*''-ode''
*''rotunu'' = 'world'
*''elir'' = 'one'
*''pelog'' (after ''pegol'')


==Phonology==
==Phonology==
===Consonants===
m n ŋ p t k b d g f s h v z l r j {{angbr|''m n ŋ p t c b d g f s h v z l r y''}}


(/ks/ is written {{angbr|''x''}}.)
The consonants of Yacavestu are ''p t ch c b d gh g m n nh l lh r f v s z y''.


===Vowels===
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).


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==Grammar==
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!  style="width: 60px; " |Central
!  style="width: 60px; " |Back
|-
! style="" |Close
| '''i, y''' /i/
|
| '''u''' /u/
|-
! style="" |Mid
| '''e''' /e/
| '''ə''' /ə/
| '''o''' /o/
|-
! style="" |Open
|
| '''a''' /a/
|
|}


==Morphology==
===Nouns===
===Nouns===
====Case suffixes====
Yacavestu has a two way grammatical gender system like Clofabosin: animate/inanimate.
*''-ub'': (definite)
*''-uvab'': definite accusative suffix
*''-am'': genitive
*''-zode'':
*''-une'':
*''-vil''


====Definiteness and possession====
* ''bantoch'' (lamp) - inanimate
Nouns take a suffix for definiteness. Possessive suffixes are added directly to the noun for inalienable possession, and to the classifier for alienable possession.
* ''masil'' (food) - inanimate
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* ''calh'' (man) - animate
|-
* ''mulhɐ'' (nose) - animate
!colspan="3" |''vestu'' - 'language'
|-
!style="width: 100px;"|Number→<br/>State↓
!style="width: 100px;"|Singular
!style="width: 100px;"|Plural
|-
!|Indefinite
|''vestu''||''vestəl''
|-
!|Definite
|''vestub''||''vestələb''
|-
!|1sg possessor
|''vestel''||''vestəlel''
|-
!|2sg possessor
|''vestux''||''vestəlux''
|-
!|3sg possessor
|''vestun''||''vestəlun''
|-
!|1pl possessor
|''vestelod''||''vestəlelod''
|-
!|2pl possessor
|''vestuxod''||''vestəluxod''
|-
!|3pl possessor
|''vestunod''||''vestəlunod''
|}


===Verbs===
===Verbs===
Present tense: ''-mad''
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).
[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]][[Category:Languages]][[Category:Tricin]]
 
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).

Latest revision as of 07:22, 22 March 2023

Yacavestu/Lexicon

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, 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).

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