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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
|
| k g
|
|
|-
! style="" |Fricative
| f v
|
|
|
|
| h
|-
! style="" |Sibilant
|
| s
|
|
|
|
|-
! style="" |Nasal
| m
| n
|
|
|
| 
|-
! style="" |Liquid
|
| l r
|
|
|
|
|-
! style="" |Approximant
|
|
| j {{angbr|y}}
|
|
|
|}
 
===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.

Latest revision as of 18:10, 1 October 2021


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.

History

Phonology

Consonants

Bilabial Dental Palatal Velar Labio-Velar Glottal
Stop p b t d k g
Fricative f v h
Sibilant s
Nasal m n
Liquid l r
Approximant j ⟨y⟩

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close i u
Mid e o
Open a

Grammar

Pronouns

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

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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