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This language was sparked by a mention in Tolkien's ''The Monsters and the Critics'' about how he overheard a man deciding he would "mark the accusative with a prefix", so I ran with the idea. The language is pretty CVCV and marks cases with prefixes rather than suffixes.
'''Kamatarna''' was sparked by a mention in Tolkien's ''The Monsters and the Critics'' about how he overheard a man deciding he would "''mark the accusative with a prefix''", so I ran with the idea. The language is pretty consistently CVCV and marks cases with prefixes rather than suffixes. Some words have the shape CVCCV arising from a contraction of one syllable in a previous stage CVCVCV.
::Sample:
 
:'''Kima dūma plo-kamatar?'''
== History ==
:''Who comes to our lands?''
 
== Phonology ==
===Consonants===
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable" style="width: 660px; text-align:center;"
! style="width: 68px; "|
! style="width: 68px; " |Bilabial
! style="width: 68px; " |Dental
! style="width: 68px; " |Palatal
! style="width: 68px; " |Velar
! style="width: 88px; " |Labio-Velar
! style="width: 68px; " |Glottal
|-
! style="" |Stop
| p b
| t d
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| k g
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|-
! style="" |Fricative
| f v
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| h
|-
! style="" |Sibilant
|
| s
|
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|-
! style="" |Nasal
| m
| n
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|-
! style="" |Liquid
|
| l r
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|-
! style="" |Approximant
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| j {{angbr|y}}
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|}
 
===Vowels===
{| class="wikitable" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! !! Front !! Central !! Back
|-
! Close
| {{IPA|i}} || || {{IPA|u}}
|-
! Mid
| {{IPA|e}} || || {{IPA|o}}
|-
! Open
| || {{IPA|a}} ||
|}
 
== Grammar ==
=== Pronouns ===
{| class="bluetable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! !! Singular !! Plural
|-
! First person
| taa || tar
|-
! Second person
| koon || koor
|-
! Third person
| poon || poor
|}
 
Pronouns can be used as suffix for possession.
 
====Interrogative====
'''Kima'''. ''Who.''
 
=== Noun ===
==== Cases ====
{| class="bluetable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! !! Singular !! Plural
|-
! Nominative
| Ø || -r
|-
! Accusative
| plo- || plo- -r
|-
! Dative
| ba- || ba- -r
|-
! Genitive
| ko- || ko- -r
|}
 
The accusative is used to indicate the goal of verbs of motion.
 
== Sample sentences==
'''Kima duma plo-kamatar?'''
 
''Who comes to our land?''
 
'''Lubunga ba-taa galu ba-koon'''
 
''It's not up to you, nor up to me.''
 
'''Ko-plusmakoon kaa plesa!'''
 
''It's an order from your king!''
 
==Sample words==
* '''bulsa'''. scepter.
* '''bunga'''. to weight.
* '''duma'''. to come.
* '''ga'''. and.
* '''ka'''. to be.
* '''kama'''. land, earth.
* '''kema'''. to give.
* '''kima'''. who.
* '''lu'''. no, not.
* '''plesa'''. order.
* '''plusma'''. commander, chief, king.
* '''pulsa'''. to command.
* '''tol'''. to love.
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