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

-ase, -il, -ib

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
Genitive	ephathastyl		ephathastazyl
Preessive	ephathastitol		ephathastazitol
Postessive	ephathastast		ephathastazast
Instrumental	ephathastox		ephathastazox
Comitative	ephathastone		ephathastazone
Semblative	ephathastol		ephathastazol
Allative	ephathastynal		ephathastazynal
Terminative	ephathastase		ephathastazase

Other suffixes:
-ide (and/also, after the case suffix like Latin -que)
-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
Genitive	thoraphenyl		thoraphenazyl
Preessive	thoraphenitol		thoraphenazitol
Postessive	thoraphenast		thoraphenazast
Instrumental	thoraphenox		thoraphenazox
Comitative	thoraphenone		thoraphenazone
Semblative	thoraphenol		thoraphenazol
Allative	thoraphenynal		thoraphenazynal
Terminative	thoraphenase		thoraphenazase

Pronouns

• enodin, athalin, fubin - 1st, 2nd, 3rd person (animate) singular
• enozin, athazin, fuzin - 1st, 2nd, 3rd person (animate) plural

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
• -tinib
• -pril
• -afil
• -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

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.