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===Nouns=== | ===Nouns=== | ||
====Case suffixes==== | ====Case suffixes==== | ||
''-uvab'': accusative suffix | *''-uvab'': definite accusative suffix | ||
*''-zile'': | |||
*''-une'': | |||
====Definiteness and possession==== | ====Definiteness and possession==== |
Revision as of 23:35, 3 September 2016
Yacavestub is an agglutinative language spoken on the conworld of Suvənub. It's inspired aesthetically by drug names (cf. Clofabosin), Estonian and Lushootseed. It has been influenced by Tingatkiramei.
Todo
- redup at the beginning of verbs?
- -mad (e.g. ololirmad)
- rotunu: 'sky'
Phonology
Consonants
m n ŋ p t k b d g f s h v z l r j ⟨m n ŋ p t c b d g f s h v z l r y⟩
(/ks/ is written ⟨x⟩.)
Vowels
i u e ə o a ⟨i u e ə o a⟩
Morphology
Nouns
Case suffixes
- -uvab: definite accusative suffix
- -zile:
- -une:
Definiteness and possession
Nouns take a suffix for definiteness. Possessive suffixes are added directly to the noun for inalienable possession, and to the classifier for alienable possession.
vestu - 'language' | ||
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Number→ State↓ |
Singular | Plural |
Indefinite | vestu | vestəl |
Definite | vestub | vestələb |
1sg possessor | vestel | vestəlel |
2sg possessor | vestux | vestəlux |
3sg possessor | vestun | vestəlun |
1pl possessor | vesteloc | vestəleloc |
2pl possessor | vestuxoc | vestəluxoc |
3pl possessor | vestunoc | vestəlunoc |
Verbs
Present tense: -mad