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There is also a comparative case, ''-eš'', and a vocative case, ''-a''. | There is also a comparative case, ''-eš'', and a vocative case, ''-a''. | ||
* Esperanto is harder than Balangbalang: ''Ơt kal Esperanto | * Esperanto is harder than Balangbalang: ''Ơt kal Esperanto tưtko hir Balaŋbalŋeš.'' (COPULA language Esperanto-GEN difficult.NOUN-GEN more Balangbalang-COMP) | ||
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Balangbalang (kal balaŋbalaŋ) is an auxiliary language of the Rulakian continent of Lumina. In universe, it was created by the legendary Ferlitian linguist Hots Dzanuŋul.
It's widely spoken in Qazhra, Ferlitia and Bülkhôjtia.
Introduction
Phonology
Balangbalang has the following vowels: a e i o u ơ ư /a e i o u ə ɨ/ and the following consonants:
p t c č k /p t ts tʃ k/ b d dz dž g /b d dz dʒ g/ f s š h /f s ʃ h/ m n ŋ /m n ŋ/ w l r j /w l r j/
Orthography
Consonants
Vowels
Prosody
Stress
Intonation
Phonotactics
Morphophonology
Morphology
Balangbalang uses the suffixed definite article -ku.
The genitive case ending is -o, which sometimes triggers syncope of the preceding vowel.
There is also a comparative case, -eš, and a vocative case, -a.
- Esperanto is harder than Balangbalang: Ơt kal Esperanto tưtko hir Balaŋbalŋeš. (COPULA language Esperanto-GEN difficult.NOUN-GEN more Balangbalang-COMP)
Syntax
Balangbalang is VSO.
Constituent order
Noun phrase
Noun phrases are head-initial.
jơf šubno = fox's head
šubun ralkočo = fox who eats