Clofabosin

Clofabosin
clofabinyl lorin
Created by	IlL
Language family	Clofabo-Dodellic Clofabosin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	qcf

Lexicon

Clofabinylin (clofabinyl lorin or simply clofabinylin) is a clitic-complex language spoken by the Clofabin people. It is the official language of Clofabinosin.

Phonology

Consonants

Clofabosin consonants

		Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m /m/	n /n/		n [ŋ]
Plosive	voiceless	p /p/	t /t/		c, k /k/
	voiced	b /b/	d /d/		g /g/
Fricative	voiceless	f, ph /f/	th /θ/	s /s/	ch /x/	h /h~ɦ/
	voiced	v /v/		z /z/
Lat. fric.			ll /ɬ/
Trill	voiceless		rh /r̥/
	voiced		r /r/
Lat. app.			l /l/

[ŋ] is an allophone of /n/ before velars.

The letter x is used for /ks/.

Vowels

Clofabinylin vowels

	Front		Back
	unrounded	rounded
Close	i /i/	y /y/	u /u/
Mid	e /e/		o /o~ɒ/
Open	a /æ~ɐ~a/

o has the following allophones:

• [ɒ] in closed syllables, except before a rhotic.
• [o] in open syllables or before rhotics.

a has the following allophones:

• [æ] in closed syllables, except before a rhotic.
• [ɐ] in open syllables, except before a rhotic.
• [a] before rhotics.

Grammar

Nouns

1st declension

Nom. bzw. acc. have -in bzw. -ine; other cases drop these suffixes.

ephathastin - drug
Number→ Case↓	Singular		Plural
Nominative	ephathastin		ephathastazin
Accusative	ephathastine		ephathastazine
Vocative	ephathastoin		ephathastazoin
Genitive	ephathastyl		ephathastazyl
Preessive	ephathastitol		ephathastazitol
Postessive	ephathastestat		ephathastazestat
Instrumental	ephathastox		ephathastazox
Comitative	ephathastone		ephathastazone
Semblative	ephathastole		ephathastazole
Essive	ephathastyne		ephathastazyne
Separative	ephathastynol		ephathastazynol
Lative	ephathastynal		ephathastazynal
Adessive	ephathastane		ephathastazane
Ablative	ephathastanol		ephathastazanol
Allative	ephathastanal		ephathastazanal
Inessive	ephathastene		ephathastazene
Elative	ephathastenol		ephathastazenol
Illative	ephathastenal		ephathastazenal
Benefactive	ephathastoic		ephathastazoic
Terminative	ephathastile		ephathastazile

Other suffixes:
-ide (and/also, after the case suffix like Latin -que)
-yl ester (about)
-ein: or
-phan: xor

2nd declension

Nom. bzw. acc. ends in -n bzw. -ne; other cases add their suffixes onto the -n-.

thoraphen - poet
Number→ Case↓	Singular		Plural
Nominative	thoraphen		thoraphenazin
Accusative	thoraphene		thoraphenazine
Vocative	thoraphenoin		thoraphenazoin
Genitive	thoraphenyl		thoraphenazyl
Preessive	thoraphenitol		thoraphenazitol
Postessive	thoraphenestat		thoraphenazestat
Instrumental	thoraphenox		thoraphenazox
Comitative	thoraphenone		thoraphenazone
Semblative	thoraphenole		thoraphenazole
Essive	thoraphenyne		thoraphenazyne
Separative	thoraphenynol		thoraphenazynol
Lative	thoraphenynal		thoraphenazynal
Adessive	thoraphenane		thoraphenazane
Ablative	thoraphenanol		thoraphenazanol
Allative	thoraphenanal		thoraphenazanal
Inessive	thoraphenene		thoraphenazene
Elative	thoraphenenol		thoraphenazenol
Illative	thoraphenenal		thoraphenazenal
Benefactive	thoraphenoic		thoraphenazoic
Terminative	thoraphenile		thoraphenazile

Clitic complex

• Subject clitics: me-, the-, pro-, bu-, meze-, theze, prozo-, buzu-
• Object clitics: ma-, tha-, pra-, ba-, maza-, thaza-, praza-, baza-

Verbs

• cytam - be
  • cytamab (*cytazumab) - be (polite)
• keram - exist
  • keratin - thing (something that exists)

Honorific

• bro- for nouns
• ci- for verbs

Brovopraphen hydrine cilyram.

The teacher drinks water.

Truth value

• -a-: affirmative
• -a: imperative
• -e-: negative
• -en: prohibitive

Discourse

• -m: present plain declarative
• -x: present plain interrogative
• -mab or -zumab: present polite declarative
• -ximab: interrogative present polite
• -zumalin: polite imperative
• -vir: past plain declarative
• -virex: past plain interrogative
• -vimab: past polite declarative
• -viximab: past polite interrogative
• -tib, -tix
• -timab
• -tinib
• -tinimab
• -acytam - present progressive

Methazin ethyl hesphaphen cytazumab.

Ethyl hesphaphen mezecytazumab.

We are your farmers. (polite)

Numerals

Clofabinylin numerals are duodecimal.

• 1: esin
• 2: rhein
• 3: hallin
• 4: thyzin
• 5: orphin
• 6: cybin
• 7: xolin
• 8: thicin
• 9: vadin
• X: gabarin
• E: futhin
• 10: phemin
• 11: phemesin
• 12: pherhein
• 13: phehallin
• 14: phethyzin
• 15: phemorphin
• 16: phecybin
• 17: phexolin
• 18: phethicin
• 19: phevadin
• 1X: phegafarin
• 12: phefuthin
• 20: rhemin
• 21: rhemesin
• 22: rherhein
• 30: hallemin
• 100: sanin
• 1000: ichin

Derivational morphology

• -atin nominalizer/abstract noun
• alpha-
• beta-
• gamma-
• delta-
• sigma-
• omega-
• dextro-, levo- - directional verb affixes?

Phrases

• Furine! (health.acc) - Hello!/Goodbye!
• Ethynalide furine! (to one person)/Ethoxynalide furine! (to many people) - Hello!/Goodbye! (reply to Furine!)
• Chalcam! (thank.aff.decl) - Thank you!
• Methyl allin $NAME-am. - My name is $NAME.