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	ephathastane		ephathastazane
Separative	ephathastanol		ephathastazanol
Lative	ephathastanal		ephathastazanal
Inessive	ephathastene		ephathastazene
Elative	ephathastenol		ephathastazenol
Illative	ephathastenal		ephathastazenal
Adessive	ephathastyne		ephathastazyne
Ablative	ephathastynol		ephathastazynol
Allative	ephathastynal		ephathastazynal
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	thoraphenane		thoraphenazane
Separative	thoraphenanol		thoraphenazanol
Lative	thoraphenanal		thoraphenazanal
Inessive	thoraphenene		thoraphenazene
Elative	thoraphenenol		thoraphenazenol
Illative	thoraphenenal		thoraphenazenal
Adessive	thoraphenyne		thoraphenazyne
Ablative	thoraphenynol		thoraphenazynol
Allative	thoraphenynal		thoraphenazynal
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: present polite declarative
  • -zumab: very polite
• -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. (very 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
• -mycin NOUN-ness
• alpha-
• beta-
• gamma-
• delta-
• sigma-
• omega-
• dextro-, levo- - directional verb affixes?

Phrases

• Furine! - Hello!/Goodbye!
• Ethanalide furine! (to one person)/Ethoxanalide furine! (to many people) - Hello!/Goodbye! (reply to Furine!)
• Chalcam! (familiar)/Chalcamab! (polite)/Chalcazumab! (very polite) - Thank you!
• Methyl allin $NAME cytamab. - My name is $NAME.