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11: mártupuvassín
11: mártupuvassín
12: tupuva
12: tupuva
*pl: -nna
*abs: -0
*erg: -a (-á, -ia, -ua)
*gen: -at
Infinitive: ''-na''?
Personal endings:
*1sg: -:n ''nunttán'', ''míhtún''
*2sg: -:i ''nunttái'', ''míhtúi''
*3sg: -t ''nunttat'', ''míhtut''
*1pl: -:pá ''nuntápa'', ''míhtúpa''
*2pl: -nká ''nuntanka'', ''míhtunka''
*3pl: -át ''nuntát'', ''míhtuát''
*imp: -:r ''nunttár'', ''míhtúr''
*''-ain-'' = antipassive?
:'''''Vainkataramaná ísarvi uksat.'''''
:V.-ERG paste-ABS eat-3SG.SBJ
:''Venkataramana eats paste.''
:'''''Vainkataramana uksat.'''''
:V.-ABS eat-3SG.SBJ
:''Venkataramana eats.''


==Phonology==
==Phonology==

Revision as of 05:57, 27 January 2017

Times New Roman is an ancient language of Cuadhlabh, intended to have a "dark Elvish" aesthetic (i.e. Finnish + Latin + Arabic).

Consonants: /m n p t k s v l r j h/ m n p t k s v l r y h

Vowels: /a i u aː iː uː/ a i u á í ú

Allowed geminates: /mm nn pp tt kk ss ll rr/ mm nn pp tt kk ss ll rr

Allowed clusters: /mp mpp nt ntt nk nkk ns nv nj ps ts ks lp lpp lt ltt lk lkk ls lm ln lv lj rp rpp rt rtt rk rkk rs rm rn rv rj hj hv ht/ mp mpp nt ntt nk nkk ns nv ny ps ts ks lp lpp lt ltt lk lkk ls lm ln lv ly rp rpp rt rtt rk rkk rs rm rn rv ry hy hv ht

Allowed word-final consonants: /t n r/

1: már 2: allu 3: tarvuli 4: issili 5: úpali 6: vinírili 7: minkúli 8: tahúsali 9: hilkámuli 10: altupuvassín 11: mártupuvassín 12: tupuva

Phonology

Consonants

Hapát Maihivu consonants
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m /m/ n /n/ ng /ŋ/
Plosive p /p~b/ t /t~d/ k /k~x~g/
Fricative s /s/ h /h/
Approximant v /ʋ/ l /l/ y /j/
Trill r /r/

Vowels

Vowel phonemes
Front Central Back
short long short long short long
Close i /i/ í /iː/ u /u/ ú /uː/
Open a /a/ á /aː/

Gradation

Strong grade p t k CC nCC lCC rCC mp nt nk lp lt lk rp rt rk
Weak grade v l Ø C nC lC rC mm nn ng lv ll ly rv rr ry

Morphology

Nouns

luki, luinna - human
Singular Plural
Absolutive luki luinna
Ergative lukia luintá
Genitive lukiat luinnat
Adessive luitur luinnatur
Ablative luitut luinnatut
Inessive luinur luinnanur
Elative luinut luinnanut

Verbs

nuntahun, nuntahi, nuntat, nuntahapak, nuntanka, nuntahat, nuntahur

Present tense suffixes
Singular Plural
1 [S] + -:n [S] + -:va
2 [S] + -:i (*-íi > ) [S] + -nka
3 [W] + -t [W] + -at
impersonal [S] + -:r

nunttana 'to protect'
Singular Plural
1 nunttán nunttáva
2 nunttái nunttanka
3 nuntat nuntát
impersonal nunttár


Syntax