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==Nouns==
==Nouns==
===Cases===
*Nominative
*Absolutive
*Genitive
*Dative-Benefactive
*Instrumental
*Commitative
*Locative
**From the house
**Through the house
**To the house
*Temporal
**Since I was a child
**As a child
**Until I was a child


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!Use
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| rowspan="2" style="width:60px" | Number
| style="width:100px" | Singulative
| style="width:480px" | Indicates a single instance of a mass noun
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|Plural<br />Plurative
|Indicates multiple instances of countable and mass nouns
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| rowspan="8" | Cases
|Nominative
|Indicates the agent of a verb
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|Absolutive
|Indicates the direct object of a verb
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|Genitive
|Indicates relationship or possesion
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|Dative<br />Benefactive
|Indicates the indirect object of a sentence or the beneficiary of the action
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|Instrumental
|Indicates an instrument or tool used to perform the action
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|Comitative
|With something
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|Abessive
|Without something
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|Locative
|Indicates place or time of the action
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==Verbs==
==Verbs==
===Tenses===
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*None: Gnomic
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*Past: Past perfective
! colspan="4"| Second affix
*Past past: Past retrospective or Distant past
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*Past present: Past continuous
! style="width:120px" | None
*Past future: Past prospective
! style="width:120px" | Past
*Present: Present perfective
! style="width:120px" | Present
*Present past: Present retrospective
! style="width:120px" | Future
*Present present: Present continuous
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*Present future: Present prospective
! rowspan="4" style="width:60px" | First<br />affix
*Future: Future perfective
! style="width:60px" | None
*Future past: Future retrospective
|Gnomic
*Future present: Future continuous
|Past perfective
*Future future: Future prospective or Distant future
|Present perfective
|Future perfective
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!Past
|Past perfective
|Past retrospective<br />Distant past
|Past continuous
|Past prospective
|-
!Present
|Present perfective
|Present retrospective
|Present continuous
|Present prospective
|-
!Future
|Future perfective
|Future retrospective
|Future continuous
|Future prospective<br />Distant future
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==Particles==
==Particles==

Revision as of 17:52, 4 March 2015

Phonology

Phonemic Inventory

Consonants
Labial Coronal Dorsal Glottal
Nasal m n [ŋ]
Stop p t k [ʔ]
Fricative f β s ð ɣ h [ɦ]
Flap or tap ɾ
Lateral app. l

Consonants between brackets are only allophonic.

Vowel Inventory

  Front Near- front Central Near- back Back
Close
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i
u
e
ə̥
o
a
  Near-close
Close-mid
Mid
Open-mid
Near-open
Open

Syllable Structure

(C1)V(C2)

  • C1: a consonant other than /ɾ l s n/
  • C2: one of /ɾ l s n/
  • V: a vowel

Allophony

  • [n] assimilate in place of articulation to following consonants
  • [h] become voiced [ɦ] between voiced vowels
  • [ə̥] are assimilated into aspiration after stops [p t k]
  • [ə̥] become [ʔ] word-initially
  • [ə̥] become [ɦ] between vowels

Orthography

Nouns

Affixes
Function Use
Number Singulative Indicates a single instance of a mass noun
Plural
Plurative 		Indicates multiple instances of countable and mass nouns
Cases Nominative Indicates the agent of a verb
Absolutive Indicates the direct object of a verb
Genitive Indicates relationship or possesion
Dative
Benefactive 		Indicates the indirect object of a sentence or the beneficiary of the action
Instrumental Indicates an instrument or tool used to perform the action
Comitative With something
Abessive Without something
Locative Indicates place or time of the action

Verbs

Tenses
Second affix
None Past Present Future
First
affix 		None Gnomic Past perfective Present perfective Future perfective
Past Past perfective Past retrospective
Distant past 		Past continuous Past prospective
Present Present perfective Present retrospective Present continuous Present prospective
Future Future perfective Future retrospective Future continuous Future prospective
Distant future

Particles

Numbers

Morphosyntax

It's an active-stative language

Main word order is VSO, tends to be head initial.

Relative clauses

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