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{{Infobox language
In [[Verse:Angai|Angai]], '''Quququqquq''' (/ku:ku:'kʊkkʊk/, natively ''quququqquq qaqqaäa'' /kùkùkùkːùk kàkːàáà/ [kʰùvūvūkūɰˀ kʰàkǣǽǣ]) is the most phonologically minimalistic [[Kawenic languages|Kawenic]] language, with just one consonant /k/, two vowels /u a/, and two tones (high, Romanized ''ä ü'' and low, Romanized ''a u''). It originated in the island nation of Quqqaäa (lit. 'the Commons', pronounced /'kʊkə/ in English). Today it has official status in Quqqaäa, Aqqaüqüququq (lit. 'Society of Friends'), and the Alliance.
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|name = Quququqquq
|nativename = quququqquq qaqqaäa
|pronunciation=kʰùvūvūkūɰˀ kʰàkǣǽǣ
|setting = [[Verse:Mwail]]
|region =
|speakers=1.5 billion
|date=2025
|familycolor=austronesian
|fam1=[[Verse:Mwail/Irenesian languages|Irenesian]]
|fam2=[[Verse:Mwail/Erno-Kawenic languages|Erno-Kawenic]]
|fam3=[[Verse:Mwail/Kawenic languages|Kawenic]]
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'''Quququqquq''' (/ku:ku:'kʊkkʊk/, natively ''quququqquq qaqqaäa'' /kùkùkùkːùk kàkːàáà/ [kʰùvūvūkūɰˀ kʰàkǣǽǣ]) is the most phonologically minimalistic [[Kawenic languages|Kawenic]] language, with just one consonant /k/, two vowels /u a/, and two tones (high, Romanized ''ä ü'' and low, Romanized ''a u'').


Quququqquq grammar is mainly inspired by Finnic languages. Like Estonian, Quququqquq is a partially fusionalized agglutinative language with a large noun case system.
Quququqquq grammar is mainly inspired by Finnic languages. Like Estonian, Quququqquq is a partially fusionalized agglutinative language with a large noun case system.
Quququqquq is the lingua franca of modern Angai.


== Todo ==
== Todo ==
auääuauüuauüq - a word like õueaiaäär
auääuauüuauüq - a word like õueaiaäär
== The Quququqquq-speaking world ==
=== Quqqaäa ===
The official name of the country is ''Quqqaäau Uqaqaüquaqquq'' (Republic of the Commons). It is an eco-fascist country controlling most of the natively Kawenic-speaking area. It is allied with Furnifoo against Āínkiīaánịạkàì theocracies.
=== Aqqaüqüququq (Philopolis) ===
Aqqaüqüququq, also called Philopolis in English, is a liberal democracy unlike Quqqaäa.
It plays a pivotal role in Timeline 3: to the rest of Angai, Aqqaüqüququq is regarded as very ethically progressive and a role model for society, especially in the way they're able to stand up to Quqqaäa (and threats of annexation)
=== Alliance ===
=== Differences between Quqqaäan, Philopolitan, and Alliance Quququqquq ===
Modern-day spoken Quqqaän Quququqquq can totally ditch the second person singular and use the plural for the new singular, and the plural with -uqqaqq for the actual plural (c.f. "y'all" and "all y'all")
so, i'm thinking that Quqqaäans may not even get into poetry that doesn't serve the ecofascist purpose so the 2nd person singular form is completely obsolete, and the -uqqaqq suffix carries political connotations of communality
but the people of Aqqaüqüququq really love their art, and they kept the T-V distinction in their dialect, so there are even spontaneous movements to generalize the old 2nd person singular to all formality levels like the Quakers
the association of the 2nd person singular with art rather than disrespect makes people want to prop it up
The pragmatics of the plural verb suffix ''-uqqaqq'' in Philopolitan Quququqquq are:
* inclusive when used with 1st person
* plural (rather than respectful) when used with 2nd person
* distanced/obviative/"the crowd" when used with 3rd person
the Alliance dialect of Quququqquq is closer to Quqqaäan Quququqquq but without some of the Quqqaäan pragmatics (-uqqaqq follows the Philopolitan standard)


== History ==
== History ==
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# '''allative''': 'towards; recipient of an act of giving'
# '''allative''': 'towards; recipient of an act of giving'
# '''adessive''': 'at, by, next to'
# '''adessive''': 'at, by, next to'
#* ''X-ADE qaü Y-NOM'' is used for 'X has Y': ''Qauaqqüqua qaü qüqququqau'' 'Qauaqquq has a cuckoo'
#* ''X-ADE qau Y-NOM'' is used for 'X has Y': ''Qauaqqüqua qau qüqququqau'' 'Qauaqquq has a cuckoo'
# '''ablative''': 'from; a person from whom something is taken, stolen, etc. from'
# '''ablative''': 'from; a person who something is taken, stolen, etc. from'
# '''translative''': 'becoming X'
# '''terminative''': 'as far as a location, until/by a certain point in time' (Korean -까지)
# '''durative''': 'at (temporal), during'
# '''essive''': 'being X'
# '''exessive''': 'becoming something else than X'
# '''comitative''': 'together with X'
# '''abessive''': 'without X'
# '''instructive''': 'using X'


==== Inflection ====
==== Inflection ====
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* II: genitive singular (never ends in -q)
* II: genitive singular (never ends in -q)
* III: genitive plural (often but not always ends in ''-qa''; never ends in -q)
* III: genitive plural (often but not always ends in ''-qa''; never ends in -q)
* IV: partitive plural (always ends in -q; sometimes III+q but not always)
* IV: partitive plural (often III+q but not always)
 
Some partitive plurals have vowel alternations:
-a -> -ü
-ä -> -u
-u -> -ä
-ü -> -a


Given principal parts nouns are declined as follows:
Given principal parts nouns are declined as follows:
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Unlike nouns and adjectives, most verbs have an unchanging stem. There are only two irregular verbs in the language: ''qaüqa'' 'to be' and ''quüqquqa'' 'to go'.
Unlike nouns and adjectives, most verbs have an unchanging stem. There are only two irregular verbs in the language: ''qaüqa'' 'to be' and ''quüqquqa'' 'to go'.


Quququqquq verbs have several differences from Standard Average European:
Quququqquq verbs have several differences from those of Standard Average European:
* negative verb that marks TAM
* verbs are negated using a negative verb that marks TAM
* emphatic forms are used to emphasize the subject, instead of subject pronouns (cf. Old Irish)
* emphatic forms are used to emphasize the subject, instead of subject pronouns (cf. Old Irish)
* impersonal forms
* impersonal forms are used instead of the passive voice


Infinitives end in ''-uqa'' or ''-üqa'' depending on the verb. The connegative form (the form used after the negative verb) is always identical to the 2sg imperative except in irregular verbs.
Infinitives end in ''-uqa'' or ''-üqa'' depending on the verb. The connegative form (the form used after the negative verb) is always identical to the 2sg imperative except in irregular verbs.
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|-
! 1st || rowspan="3" | sg.
! 1st || rowspan="3" | sg.
| quqüäq'''au''' || '''äau''' quqüäq'''a''' || quqüäq'''ää''' || '''äqqau''' quqüäq'''a''' || quqüäq'''auqqa''' || '''äqauqqa''' quqüäq'''a''' || quqüäq'''ääuqqa''' || '''äqqauqqa''' quqüäq'''a''' || - || -
| qauau || äau qaua || qauää || äqqau qaua || qauauqqa || äqauqqa qaua || qauääuqqa || äqqauqqa qaua || - || -
|-
|-
! 2nd
! 2nd
| quqüäq'''u''' || '''äu''' quqüäq'''a''' || quqüäq'''äqu''' || '''äqqu''' quqüäq'''a''' || quqüäq'''qä''' || '''äqäqqä''' quqüäq'''a''' || quqüäq'''äqqä''' || '''äqqäqqä''' quqüäq'''a''' || qüu || '''äua''' quqüäq'''a'''
| qaü || äu qaua || qauäqu || äqqu qaua || qauqä || äqäqqä qaua || qauäqqä || äqqäqqä qaua || qüu || äua qüu
|-
|-
! 3rd
! 3rd
| quqüäq'''uq''' || '''äa''' quqüäq'''a''' || quqüäq'''ä''' || '''äqq''' quqüäq'''a''' || quqüäq'''uqqa''' || '''äqaquqqa''' quqüäq'''a''' || quqüäq'''äqqa''' || '''äqqaqqa''' quqüäq'''a''' || qüu'''qaq''' || '''äuqaq''' quqüäq'''a'''
| qau || äa qaua || qauä || äqq qaua || qaüqqa || äqaquqqa qaua || qauäqqa || äqqaqqa qaua || qüuqaq || äuqaq qüu
|-
|-
! 1st || rowspan="3" | pl.
! 1st || rowspan="3" | pl.
| quqüäq'''aüq''' || '''äqaüq''' quqüäq'''a''' || quqüäq'''äaüq''' || '''äqqauq''' quqüäq'''a''' || quqüäq'''aüquqq''' || '''äqaüquqq''' quqüäq'''a''' || quqüäq'''äaüquqq''' || '''äqqaüquqq''' quqüäq'''a''' || qüu'''qaüq''' || '''äuqaüq''' quqüäq'''a'''
| qauaüq || äqaüq qaua || qauäaüq || äqqauq qaua || qauaüquqq || äqaüquqq qaua || qauäaüquqq || äqqaüquqq qaua || qüuqaüq || äuqaüq qüu
|-
|-
! 2nd
! 2nd
| quqüäq'''uquq''' || '''äququq''' quqüäq'''a''' || quqüäq'''äuquq''' || '''äqququq''' quqüäq'''a''' || quqüäq'''uququqq''' || '''äquququqq''' quqüäq'''a''' || quqüäq'''äuququqq''' || '''äqquququqq''' quqüäq'''a''' || qüu'''qü''' || '''äuqü''' quqüäq'''a'''
| qaüquq || äququq qaua || qauäuquq || äqququq qaua || qaüququqq || äquququqq qaua || qauäuququqq || äqquququqq qaua || qüuqü || äuqü qüu
|-
|-
! 3rd
! 3rd
| quqüäq'''üüq''' || '''äqüüq''' quqüäq'''a''' || quqüäq'''äüüq''' || '''äqqüüq''' quqüäq'''a''' || quqüäq'''üüquqq''' || '''äqauqq''' quqüäq'''a''' || quqüäq'''äüüquqq''' || '''äqqauqq''' quqüäq'''a''' || qüu'''qaq''' || '''äuqaq''' quqüäq'''a'''
| qaüüq || äqüüq qaua || qauäüüq || äqqüüq qaua || qaüüquqq || äqauqq qaua || qauäüüquqq || äqqauqq qaua || qüuqaq || äuqaq qüu
|-
|-
! colspan="2" | impersonal
! colspan="2" | impersonal
| quqüäq'''ua''' || '''äqua''' quqüäq'''a''' || quqüäq'''äua''' || '''äqqua''' quqüäq'''a''' || - || - || - || - || qüu'''qua''' || '''äuqua''' quqüäq'''a'''
| qaüa || äqua qaua || qauäua || äqqua qaua || - || - || - || - || qüuqua || äuqua qüu
|}
|}


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