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|name = Quququqquq
|nativename = quququqquq qaqqaäa
|pronunciation=kʰùvūvūkūɰˀ kʰàkǣǽǣ
|setting = [[Verse:Mwail]]
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|speakers=1.5 billion
|date=2025
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|fam1=[[Verse:Mwail/Irenesian languages|Irenesian]]
|fam2=[[Verse:Mwail/Erno-Kawenic languages|Erno-Kawenic]]
|fam3=[[Verse:Mwail/Kawenic languages|Kawenic]]
|fam4=Quququqquqqic
|fam5=Old Quququqquq
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'''Quququqquq''' (/ku:ku:'kʊkkʊk/, natively ''quququqquq qaqqaäa'' /kùkùkùkːùk kàkːàáà/ [kʰùvūvūkūɰˀ kʰàkǣǽǣ]) is the most phonologically minimalistic [[Kawenic languages|Kawenic]] language, with just one consonant /k/, two vowels /u a/, and two tones (high, Romanized ''ä ü'' and low, Romanized ''a u'').


In [[Verse:Angai|Angai]], '''Quququqquq''' (/ku:ku:'kʊkkʊk/, natively ''quququqquq qaqqaäa'' /kùkùkùkːùk kàkːàáà/ [kʰùvūvūkūɰˀ kʰàkǣǽǣ]) is the most phonologically minimalistic [[Kawenic languages|Kawenic]] language, with just one consonant /k/, two vowels /u a/, and two tones (high, written ä and low, written a). It's spoken in the island nation of Quqqaäa (pronounced /'kʊkə/ in English).
Quququqquq grammar is mainly inspired by Finnic languages. Like Estonian, Quququqquq is a partially fusionalized agglutinative language with a large noun case system.


Todo: Vedic-style chanting tradition
== Todo ==
auääuauüuauüq - a word like õueaiaäär


uüuquqau 'cow'
== History ==
Old Quququqquq had two consonants /t k/. After an epidemic hit, speakers could only communicate in a whistled form of the language, which didn't distinguish between the two consonants. When they later developed a written language based on this, the distinction was thus lost. Words that became homophonous were distinguished by compounding and derivation.
== Phonology ==
=== Allophony ===
=== Phonotactics ===
Initial q must be followed by a vowel


qäqqäquqau 'crow'
Geminate q may occur after a vowel, including word-finally


== Nouns ==
Any sequence of vowels/tones are allowed, except äää/aaa/üüü/uuu
<poem>
aqua 'water' (nom.)
aqü (gen.)
aquaq (part.)
aqüü (illative)
aqüqqu (inessive)
aqüqquq (elative)
aqüqua (allative)
aqüqqa (adessive)
aqüqqaq (ablative)
aqüququ (translative)
aqüquaä (terminative)
aqüquqqü (durative)
aqüqaua (essive)
aqüqauaq (exessive)
aqüqqäqu (comitative)
aqüuqqau (abessive)
aqüqqaqqu (instructive)
aqüq (nom. pl.)
aquaqa (gen. pl.)
aquauq (part. pl.)
aquaqaü (illative pl.)
aquaqaqqu (iness. pl.)
etc.
</poem>
== Verbs ==
<poem>
quqüäquqa 'to write'


Non-past:
== Morphology ==
quqüäqau 'I write'
=== Nouns and adjectives ===
quqüäqu (2sg)
Quququqquq nouns and adjectives have 17 cases:
quqüäquq (3sg)
# '''nominative''': the syntactic subject of any verb, intransitive or transitive
quqüäqaüq (1pl)
# '''genitive''': the possessor of a noun, or the semantic patient of a verb (the noun that undergoes change as a result of a transitive verb)
quqüäququq (2pl)
# '''partitive''': an object of a transitive verb that is not semantically a patient
quqüäqüüq (3pl)
# '''illative''': 'into'
quqüäqua (impersonal)
# '''inessive''': 'in, inside'
# '''elative''': 'out of'
# '''allative''': 'towards; recipient of an act of giving'
# '''adessive''': 'at, by, next to'
#* ''X-ADE qau Y-NOM'' is used for 'X has Y': ''Qauaqqüqua qau qüqququqau'' 'Qauaqquq has a cuckoo'
# '''ablative''': 'from; a person who something is taken, stolen, etc. from'
# '''translative''': 'becoming X'
# '''terminative''': 'as far as a location, until/by a certain point in time' (Korean -까지)
# '''durative''': 'at (temporal), during'
# '''essive''': 'being X'
# '''exessive''': 'becoming something else than X'
# '''comitative''': 'together with X'
# '''abessive''': 'without X'
# '''instructive''': 'using X'


(quqüäqa instead for connegative?)
==== Inflection ====
äau quqüä 'I do not write'
Nouns and adjectives have four principal parts:
äu quqüä
* I: nominative singular (never ends in -qq)
ää quqüä
* II: genitive singular (never ends in -q)
äqaüq quqüä
* III: genitive plural (often but not always ends in ''-qa''; never ends in -q)
äququq quqüä
* IV: partitive plural (often III+q but not always)
äqüüq quqüä
äqua quqüä


Past:
Some partitive plurals have vowel alternations:
quqüäqäu 'I wrote'
-a -> -ü
quqüäqäqu (2sg)
-ä -> -u
quqüäqä (3sg)
-u -> -ä
quqüäqäaüq (1pl)
-ü -> -a
quqüäqäuquq (2pl)
quqüäqäüüq (3pl)
quqüäqäüä


äqäu quqüä 'I did not write'
Given principal parts nouns are declined as follows:
äqu quqüä
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
äqä quqüä
|+
äqäauq quqüä
|-
äqäuquq quqüä
!| !! singular !! plural
äqäüüq quqüä
|-
äqäüä quqüä
!|nominative
| I || II-q
|-
!|genitive
| II || III
|-
!|partitive
| I-q || IV
|-
!|illative
| II-ü || III-ü
|-
!|inessive
| II-qqu || III-qqu
|-
!|elative
| II-qqüq || III-qqüq
|-
!|allative
| II-qua || III-qua
|-
!|adessive
| II-qqa || III-qqa
|-
!|ablative
| II-qqäq || III-qqäq
|-
!|translative
| II-ququ || III-ququ
|-
!|terminative
| II-quaä || III-quaä
|-
!|durative
| II-quqqü || III-quqqü
|-
!|essive
| II-qaua || III-qaua
|-
!|exessive
| II-qauäq || III-qauäq
|-
!|comitative
| II-qqäqu || III-qqäqu
|-
!|abessive
| II-uqqau || III-uqqau
|-
!|instructive
| II-qqaqqu || III-qqaqqu
|}


aquqquqa 'to eat'
Examples:
{{col-begin}}
{{col-break}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ ''aqua, aqü, aquaqa, aquauq'' 'water'
|-
!| !! singular !! plural
|-
!|nominative
|'''aqua'''||aqüq
|-
!|genitive
|'''aqü''' ||'''aquaqa'''
|-
!|partitive
|aquaq||'''aquauq'''
|-
!|illative
| aqüü || aquaqaü
|-
!|inessive
| aqüqqu || aquaqaqqu
|-
!|elative
| aqüqqüq|| aquaqaqqüq
|-
!|allative
| aqüqua || aquaqaqua
|-
!|adessive
| aqüqqa || aquaqaqqa
|-
!|ablative
| aqüqqäq || aquaqaqqäq
|-
!|translative
| aqüququ || aquaqaququ
|-
!|terminative
| aqüquaä || aquaqaquaä
|-
!|durative
| aqüquqqü || aquaqaquqqü
|-
!|essive
| aqüqaua || aquaqaqaua
|-
!|exessive
| aqüqauäq || aquaqaqauäq
|-
!|comitative
| aqüqqäqu || aquaqaqqäqu
|-
!|abessive
| aqüuqqau || aquaqauqqau
|-
!|instructive
| aqüqqaqqu || aquaqaqqaqqu


Non-past:
|}
aquqqau 'I eat'
{{col-break}}
aquqqu (2sg)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
aquqquq (3sg)
|+ ''quququqquq, quququqququ, quququqquqa, quququqquqq'' 'Quququqquq (adjective)'
aquqqaüq (1pl)
|-
aquqququq (2pl)
!| !! singular !! plural
aquqqüüq (3pl)
|-
aquqqua (impersonal)
!|nominative
|'''quququqquq'''|| quququqququq
|-
!|genitive
|'''quququqququ''' ||'''quququqquqa'''
|-
!|partitive
|quququqquqq ||'''quququqquqq'''
|-
!|illative
| quququqququü || quququqquqaü
|-
!|inessive
| quququqququqqu || quququqquqaqqu
|-
!|elative
| quququqququqqüq || quququqquqaqqüq
|-
!|allative
| quququqquququa || quququqquqaqua
|-
!|adessive
| quququqququqqa || quququqquqaqqa
|-
!|ablative
| quququqququqqäq || quququqquqaqqäq
|-
!|translative
| quququqququququ || quququqquqaququ
|-
!|terminative
| quququqquququaä || quququqquqaquaä
|-
!|durative
| quququqquququqqü || quququqquqaquqqü
|-
!|essive
| quququqququqaua || quququqquqaqaua
|-
!|exessive
| quququqququqauäq || quququqquqaqauäq
|-
!|comitative
| quququqququqqäqu || quququqquqaqqäqu
|-
!|abessive
| quququqququuqqau || quququqquqauqqau
|-
!|instructive
| quququqququqqaqqu || quququqquqaqqaqqu
|}
{{col-break}}


äau aquq 'I do not eat'
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
äu aquq
|+ ''qaqqaäa, qaqqaäa, qaqqaäqa, qaqqaäaq'' 'tongue, language'
ää aquq
|-
äqaüq aquq
!| !! singular !! plural
äququq aquq
|-
äqüüq aquq
!|nominative
äqua aquq
|'''qaqqaäa'''|| qaqqaäaq
|-
!|genitive
|'''qaqqaäa''' ||'''qaqqaäqa'''
|-
!|partitive
|qaqqaäaq ||'''qaqqaäaq'''
|-
!|illative
| qaqqaäaü || qaqqaäqaü
|-
!|inessive
| qaqqaäaqqu || qaqqaäqaqqu
|-
!|elative
| qaqqaäaqqüq || qaqqaäqaqqüq
|-
!|allative
| qaqqaäaqua || qaqqaäqaqua
|-
!|adessive
| qaqqaäaqqa || qaqqaäqaqqa
|-
!|ablative
| qaqqaäaqqäq || qaqqaäqaqqäq
|-
!|translative
| qaqqaäaququ || qaqqaäqaququ
|-
!|terminative
| qaqqaäaquaä || qaqqaäqaquaä
|-
!|durative
| qaqqaäaquqqü || qaqqaäqaquqqü
|-
!|essive
| qaqqaäaqaua || qaqqaäqaqaua
|-
!|exessive
| qaqqaäaqauäq || qaqqaäqaqauäq
|-
!|comitative
| qaqqaäaqqäqu || qaqqaäqaqqäqu
|-
!|abessive
| qaqqaäauqqau || qaqqaäqauqqau
|-
!|instructive
| qaqqaäaqqaqqu || qaqqaäqaqqaqqu
|}
{{col-end}}


=== Verbs ===
Unlike nouns and adjectives, most verbs have an unchanging stem. There are only two irregular verbs in the language: ''qaüqa'' 'to be' and ''quüqquqa'' 'to go'.


</poem>
Quququqquq verbs have several differences from those of Standard Average European:
* verbs are negated using a negative verb that marks TAM
* emphatic forms are used to emphasize the subject, instead of subject pronouns (cf. Old Irish)
* impersonal forms are used instead of the passive voice
 
Infinitives end in ''-uqa'' or ''-üqa'' depending on the verb. The connegative form (the form used after the negative verb) is always identical to the 2sg imperative except in irregular verbs.
 
The suffix ''-uqqaqq'' can optionally be added to plural verb forms. The pragmatics of ''-uqqaqq'' varies by dialect.
==== Regular ''-uqa'' verbs ====
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;"
|+
''quqüäq-uqa'' 'to write'
|-
! colspan="10" | indicative mood
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | imperative mood
|-
!colspan="2"|
! colspan="2" | nonpast
! colspan="2" | past
! colspan="2" | nonpast emphatic
! colspan="2" | past emphatic
|-
! per. || no.
! affirmative || negative || affirmative || negative || affirmative || negative || affirmative || negative || affirmative || negative
|-
! 1st || rowspan="3" | sg.
| quqüäq'''au''' || '''äau''' quqüäq'''a''' || quqüäq'''ää''' || '''äqqau''' quqüäq'''a''' || quqüäq'''auqqa''' || '''äqauqqa''' quqüäq'''a''' || quqüäq'''ääuqqa''' || '''äqqauqqa''' quqüäq'''a''' || - || -
|-
! 2nd
| quqüäq'''u''' || '''äu''' quqüäq'''a''' || quqüäq'''äqu''' || '''äqqu''' quqüäq'''a''' || quqüäq'''qä''' || '''äqäqqä''' quqüäq'''a''' || quqüäq'''äqqä''' || '''äqqäqqä''' quqüäq'''a''' || quqüäq'''a''' || '''äua''' quqüäq'''a'''
|-
! 3rd
| quqüäq'''uq''' || '''äa''' quqüäq'''a''' || quqüäq'''ä''' || '''äqq''' quqüäq'''a''' || quqüäq'''uqqa''' || '''äqaquqqa''' quqüäq'''a''' || quqüäq'''äqqa''' || '''äqqaqqa''' quqüäq'''a''' || quqüäq'''qaq''' || '''äuqaq''' quqüäq'''a'''
|-
! 1st || rowspan="3" | pl.
| quqüäq'''aüq''' || '''äqaüq''' quqüäq'''a''' || quqüäq'''äaüq''' || '''äqqauq''' quqüäq'''a''' || quqüäq'''aüquqq''' || '''äqaüquqq''' quqüäq'''a''' || quqüäq'''äaüquqq''' || '''äqqaüquqq''' quqüäq'''a''' || quqüäq'''qaüq''' || '''äuqaüq''' quqüäq'''a'''
|-
! 2nd
| quqüäq'''uquq''' || '''äququq''' quqüäq'''a''' || quqüäq'''äuquq''' || '''äqququq''' quqüäq'''a''' || quqüäq'''uququqq''' || '''äquququqq''' quqüäq'''a''' || quqüäq'''äuququqq''' || '''äqquququqq''' quqüäq'''a''' || quqüäq'''qü''' || '''äuqü''' quqüäq'''a'''
|-
! 3rd
| quqüäq'''üüq''' || '''äqüüq''' quqüäq'''a''' || quqüäq'''äüüq''' || '''äqqüüq''' quqüäq'''a''' || quqüäq'''üüquqq''' || '''äqauqq''' quqüäq'''a''' || quqüäq'''äüüquqq''' || '''äqqauqq''' quqüäq'''a''' || quqüäq'''qaq''' || '''äuqaq''' quqüäq'''a'''
|-
! colspan="2" | impersonal
| quqüäq'''ua''' || '''äqua''' quqüäq'''a''' || quqüäq'''äua''' || '''äqqua''' quqüäq'''a''' || - || - || - || - || quqüäq'''qua''' || '''äuqua''' quqüäq'''a'''
|}
 
==== Regular ''-üqa'' verbs ====
''-üqa'' results from assimilation of a stem ending in ''-u-'' + ''-uqa''. The rule ''u-u'' -> ''ü'' is applied whenever a suffix begins with ''u''.
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;"
|+
''auäqq-üqa'' 'to dig'
|-
! colspan="10" | indicative mood
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | imperative mood
|-
!colspan="2"|
! colspan="2" | nonpast
! colspan="2" | past
! colspan="2" | nonpast emphatic
! colspan="2" | past emphatic
|-
! per. || no.
! affirmative || negative || affirmative || negative || affirmative || negative || affirmative || negative || affirmative || negative
|-
! 1st || rowspan="3" | sg.
| auäqq'''uau''' || '''äau''' auäqq'''ua''' || auäqqu'''ää''' || '''äqqau''' auäqq'''ua''' || auäqq'''uauqqa''' || '''äqauqqa''' auäqq'''ua''' || auäqqu'''ääuqqa''' || '''äqqauqqa''' auäqq'''ua''' || - || -
|-
! 2nd
| auäqq'''ü''' || '''äu''' auäqq'''ua''' || auäqqu'''äqu''' || '''äqqu''' auäqq'''ua''' || auäqq'''uqä''' || '''äqäqqä''' auäqq'''ua''' || auäqq'''uäqqä''' || '''äqqäqqä''' auäqq'''ua''' || auäqq'''ua''' || '''äua''' auäqq'''ua'''
|-
! 3rd
| auäqq'''üq''' || '''äa''' auäqq'''ua''' || auäqq'''uä''' || '''äqq''' auäqq'''ua''' || auäqq'''üqqa''' || '''äqaquqqa''' auäqq'''ua''' || auäqq'''uäqqa''' || '''äqqaqqa''' auäqq'''ua''' || auäqq'''uqaq''' || '''äuqaq''' auäqq'''ua'''
|-
! 1st || rowspan="3" | pl.
| auäqq'''uaüq''' || '''äqaüq''' auäqq'''ua''' || auäqq'''uäaüq''' || '''äqqauq''' auäqq'''ua''' || auäqq'''uaüquqq''' || '''äqaüquqq''' auäqq'''ua''' || auäqq'''uäaüquqq''' || '''äqqaüquqq''' auäqq'''ua''' || auäqq'''uqaüq''' || '''äuqaüq''' auäqq'''ua'''
|-
! 2nd
| auäqq'''üquq''' || '''äququq''' auäqq'''ua''' || auäqq'''uäuquq''' || '''äqququq''' auäqq'''ua''' || auäqq'''üququqq''' || '''äquququqq''' auäqq'''ua''' || auäqq'''uäuququqq''' || '''äqquququqq''' auäqq'''ua''' || auäqq'''uü''' || '''äuqü''' auäqq'''ua'''
|-
! 3rd
| auäqq'''uüüq''' || '''äqüüq''' auäqq'''ua''' || auäqq'''uäüüq''' || '''äqqüüq''' auäqq'''ua''' || auäqq'''uüüquqq''' || '''äqauqq''' auäqq'''ua''' || auäqq'''uäüüquqq''' || '''äqqauqq''' auäqq'''ua''' || auäqq'''uqaq''' || '''äuqaq''' auäqq'''ua'''
|-
! colspan="2" | impersonal
| auäqq'''üa''' || '''äqua''' auäqq'''ua''' || auäqq'''uäua''' || '''äqqua''' auäqq'''ua''' || - || - || - || - || auäqq'''uqua''' || '''äuqaua''' auäqq'''ua'''
|}
 
==== ''qaüqa'' 'to be' ====
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;"
|+
''qaüqa'' 'to be'
|-
! colspan="10" | indicative mood
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | imperative mood
|-
!colspan="2"|
! colspan="2" | nonpast
! colspan="2" | past
! colspan="2" | nonpast emphatic
! colspan="2" | past emphatic
|-
! per. || no.
! affirmative || negative || affirmative || negative || affirmative || negative || affirmative || negative || affirmative || negative
|-
! 1st || rowspan="3" | sg.
| qauau || äau qaua || qauää || äqqau qaua || qauauqqa || äqauqqa qaua || qauääuqqa || äqqauqqa qaua || - || -
|-
! 2nd
| qaü || äu qaua || qauäqu || äqqu qaua || qauqä || äqäqqä qaua || qauäqqä || äqqäqqä qaua || qüu || äua qüu
|-
! 3rd
| qau || äa qaua || qauä || äqq qaua || qaüqqa || äqaquqqa qaua || qauäqqa || äqqaqqa qaua || qüuqaq || äuqaq qüu
|-
! 1st || rowspan="3" | pl.
| qauaüq || äqaüq qaua || qauäaüq || äqqauq qaua || qauaüquqq || äqaüquqq qaua || qauäaüquqq || äqqaüquqq qaua || qüuqaüq || äuqaüq qüu
|-
! 2nd
| qaüquq || äququq qaua || qauäuquq || äqququq qaua || qaüququqq || äquququqq qaua || qauäuququqq || äqquququqq qaua || qüuqü || äuqü qüu
|-
! 3rd
| qaüüq || äqüüq qaua || qauäüüq || äqqüüq qaua || qaüüquqq || äqauqq qaua || qauäüüquqq || äqqauqq qaua || qüuqaq || äuqaq qüu
|-
! colspan="2" | impersonal
| qaüa || äqua qaua || qauäua || äqqua qaua || - || - || - || - || qüuqua || äuqua qüu
|}
 
==== ''quüqquqa'' 'to go' ====
This verb uses the stem ''aqäaq-'' in the indicative mood and the stem ''quüqq-'' in the imperative mood.
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;"
|+
''quüqquqa'' 'to go'
|-
! colspan="10" | indicative mood
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | imperative mood
|-
!colspan="2"|
! colspan="2" | nonpast
! colspan="2" | past
! colspan="2" | nonpast emphatic
! colspan="2" | past emphatic
|-
! per. || no.
! affirmative || negative || affirmative || negative || affirmative || negative || affirmative || negative || affirmative || negative
|-
! 1st || rowspan="3" | sg.
| aqäaq'''au''' || '''äau''' aqäaq'''a''' || aqäaq'''ää''' || '''äqqau''' aqäaq'''a''' || aqäaq'''auqqa''' || '''äqauqqa''' aqäaq'''a''' || aqäaq'''ääuqqa''' || '''äqqauqqa''' aqäaq'''a''' || - || -
|-
! 2nd
| aqäaq'''u''' || '''äu''' aqäaq'''a''' || aqäaq'''äqu''' || '''äqqu''' aqäaq'''a''' || aqäaq'''qä''' || '''äqäqqä''' aqäaq'''a''' || aqäaq'''äqqä''' || '''äqqäqqä''' aqäaq'''a''' || quüqq'''a''' || '''äua''' quüqq'''a'''
|-
! 3rd
| aqäaq'''uq''' || '''äa''' aqäaq'''a''' || aqäaq'''ä''' || '''äqq''' aqäaq'''a''' || aqäaq'''uqqa''' || '''äqaquqqa''' aqäaq'''a''' || aqäaq'''äqqa''' || '''äqqaqqa''' aqäaq'''a''' || quüqq'''aq''' || '''äuqaq''' quüqq'''a'''
|-
! 1st || rowspan="3" | pl.
| aqäaq'''aüq''' || '''äqaüq''' aqäaq'''a''' || aqäaq'''äaüq''' || '''äqqauq''' aqäaq'''a''' || aqäaq'''aüquqq''' || '''äqaüquqq''' aqäaq'''a''' || aqäaq'''äaüquqq''' || '''äqqaüquqq''' aqäaq'''a''' || quüqq'''aüq''' || '''äuqaüq''' quüqq'''a'''
|-
! 2nd
| aqäaq'''uquq''' || '''äququq''' aqäaq'''a''' || aqäaq'''äuquq''' || '''äqququq''' aqäaq'''a''' || aqäaq'''uququqq''' || '''äquququqq''' aqäaq'''a''' || aqäaq'''äuququqq''' || '''äqquququqq''' aqäaq'''a''' || quüqq'''ü''' || '''äuqü''' quüqq'''a'''
|-
! 3rd
| aqäaq'''üüq''' || '''äqüüq''' aqäaq'''a''' || aqäaq'''äüüq''' || '''äqqüüq''' aqäaq'''a''' || aqäaq'''üüquqq''' || '''äqauqq''' aqäaq'''a''' || aqäaq'''äüüquqq''' || '''äqqauqq''' aqäaq'''a''' || quüqq'''aq''' || '''äuqaq''' quüqq'''a'''
|-
! colspan="2" | impersonal
| aqäaq'''ua''' || '''äqua''' aqäaq'''a''' || aqäaq'''äua''' || '''äqqua''' aqäaq'''a''' || - || - || - || - || quüqq'''ua''' || '''äuqua''' quüqq'''a'''
|}
 
=== Pronouns ===
Personal pronouns have no nominative forms; emphatic forms of verbs are used instead to emphasize a pronominal subject.
 
Pronouns have emphatic forms too.
 
* ''quqüü'' 'who, what'
 
=== Derivation ===
 
== Phrasebook ==
* ''Uu.'' 'Yes.'
* ''Aäa.'' 'No.'
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