Hapát Maihivu

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: altuvassín 11: mártuvassín 12: tuva

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	luimur	luinnamur
Elative	luimut	luinnamut

Verbs

nuntahan, nuntahi, nuntat, nuntahapak, nuntanka, nuntakat, nuntakur

Present tense suffixes

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

nunttana 'to protect'

	Singular	Plural
1	nunttán	nunttáva
2	nunttái	nunttánka
3	nuntat	nuntát
impersonal	nunttár

Pronouns

Personal pronouns

	Singular	Plural
1	nán	havan
2	ní	hanki
3

nán - 1st person sg.
	Singular
Absolutive	nán
Ergative	inga
Genitive	inat
Adessive	intur
Ablative	intut
Inessive	immur
Elative	immut

Syntax

Times New Roman is consistently head-final.