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== Phonology == | == Phonology == | ||
===Consonants=== | |||
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! 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 | |||
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! style="" |Stop | |||
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! style="" |Nasal | |||
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! style="" |Liquid | |||
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! style="" |Approximant | |||
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===Vowels=== | |||
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! !! Front !! Central !! Back | |||
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| {{IPA|i}} || || {{IPA|u}} | |||
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! Mid | |||
| {{IPA|e}} || || {{IPA|o}} | |||
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! Open | |||
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== Grammar == | == Grammar == | ||
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''It's not up to you, nor up to me.'' | ''It's not up to you, nor up to me.'' | ||
''' | '''Ko-plusmakoon kaa plesa!''' | ||
''It's an order from your king!'' | ''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.