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The main motive behind creating Rówok was to explore [[#Agency|patient and agent]] relationships, and to employ and self-indulgently tweak and torture a complex and fully productive [[#Middle voice|middle voice]] system. | The main motive behind creating Rówok was to explore [[#Agency|patient and agent]] relationships, and to employ and self-indulgently tweak and torture a complex and fully productive [[#Middle voice|middle voice]] system. | ||
Other motivating | Other motivating considerations were: | ||
* trying a set of uniform [[#Ratio casuum|case endings]] (barring vowel harmony and allophony) instead of the typical IE several declension patterns, so that all the case endings are recognizable throughout all grammatical [[#Number|numbers]] | * trying a set of uniform [[#Ratio casuum|case endings]] (barring vowel harmony and allophony) instead of the typical IE several declension patterns, so that all the case endings are recognizable throughout all grammatical [[#Number|numbers]] | ||
* a vague attempt at trying [[#Vowel harmony|vowel harmony]] in a conlang | * a vague attempt at trying [[#Vowel harmony|vowel harmony]] in a conlang | ||
* blurring the lines between [[#Adjectives|adjective]]/[[#Nouns|substantive]]/[[#Verbs|verb]], so the same [[#Roots and principle parts|root]] can easily be used in any of those categories | * blurring the lines between [[#Adjectives|adjective]]/[[#Nouns|substantive]]/[[#Verbs|verb]], so the same [[#Roots and principle parts|root]] can easily be used in any of those categories | ||
**as an extensive of the previous point an implicitly extensive [[#Participles|participial]] system | |||
*using primarily consonantal [[#Roots and principal parts|roots]] (started out trying for triliterals, but quickly adapted to allow quadriliteral) | |||
*having primarily imperfect/perfect [[#Aspect|aspect]] instead of [[#Tense|tense]], as reflected in the vowel structure of the aforementioned roots | |||
* having a strict and productive [[#Dual|dual]] in all applicable grammatical categories | * having a strict and productive [[#Dual|dual]] in all applicable grammatical categories | ||