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*''-acytam'' - present progressive
*''-acytam'' - present progressive


:'''''Methazin ethyl hesphaphen cytamab.'''''
:'''''Methazin ethyl hesphaphen cytazumab.'''''
:'''''Ethyl hesphaphen mezecytamab.'''''
:'''''Ethyl hesphaphen mezecytazumab.'''''
:''We are your farmers. (polite)''
:''We are your farmers. (polite)''



Revision as of 00:47, 25 November 2015

Clofabosin
clofabinyl lorin
Created byIlL
Clofabo-Dodellic
  • Clofabosin
Language codes
ISO 639-3qcf
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Clofabinylin (clofabinyl lorin or simply clofabinylin) is a clitic-complex language spoken by the Clofabin people. It is the official language of Clofabinosin.

Phonology

Consonants

Clofabosin consonants
Labial Dental Alveolar Velar Glottal
Nasal m /m/ n /n/ n [ŋ]
Plosive voiceless p /p/ t /t/ c, k /k/
voiced b /b/ d /d/ g /g/
Fricative voiceless f, ph /f/ th /θ/ s /s/ ch /x/ h /h~ɦ/
voiced v /v/ z /z/
Lat. fric. ll /ɬ/
Trill voiceless rh /r̥/
voiced r /r/
Lat. app. l /l/

[ŋ] is an allophone of /n/ before velars.

The letter x is used for /ks/.

Vowels

Clofabinylin vowels
Front Back
unrounded rounded
Close i /i/ y /y/ u /u/
Mid e /e/ o /o~ɒ/
Open a /æ~ɐ~a/

o has the following allophones:

  • [ɒ] in closed syllables, except before a rhotic.
  • [o] in open syllables or before rhotics.

a has the following allophones:

  • [æ] in closed syllables, except before a rhotic.
  • [ɐ] in open syllables, except before a rhotic.
  • [a] before rhotics.

Grammar

Nouns

1st declension

Nom. bzw. acc. have -in bzw. -ine; other cases drop these suffixes.

ephathastin - drug
Number→
Case↓
Singular Plural
Nominative ephathastin ephathastazin
Accusative ephathastine ephathastazine
Vocative ephathastoin ephathastazoin
Genitive ephathastyl ephathastazyl
Preessive ephathastitol ephathastazitol
Postessive ephathastestat ephathastazestat
Instrumental ephathastox ephathastazox
Comitative ephathastone ephathastazone
Semblative ephathastole ephathastazole
Essive ephathastyne ephathastazyne
Separative ephathastynol ephathastazynol
Lative ephathastynal ephathastazynal
Adessive ephathastane ephathastazane
Ablative ephathastanol ephathastazanol
Allative ephathastanal ephathastazanal
Inessive ephathastene ephathastazene
Elative ephathastenol ephathastazenol
Illative ephathastenal ephathastazenal
Benefactive ephathastoic ephathastazoic
Terminative ephathastile ephathastazile

Other suffixes:
-ide (and/also, after the case suffix like Latin -que)
-yl ester (about)
-ein: or
-phan: xor

2nd declension

Nom. bzw. acc. ends in -n bzw. -ne; other cases add their suffixes onto the -n-.


thoraphen - poet
Number→
Case↓
Singular Plural
Nominative thoraphen thoraphenazin
Accusative thoraphene thoraphenazine
Vocative thoraphenoin thoraphenazoin
Genitive thoraphenyl thoraphenazyl
Preessive thoraphenitol thoraphenazitol
Postessive thoraphenestat thoraphenazestat
Instrumental thoraphenox thoraphenazox
Comitative thoraphenone thoraphenazone
Semblative thoraphenole thoraphenazole
Essive thoraphenyne thoraphenazyne
Separative thoraphenynol thoraphenazynol
Lative thoraphenynal thoraphenazynal
Adessive thoraphenane thoraphenazane
Ablative thoraphenanol thoraphenazanol
Allative thoraphenanal thoraphenazanal
Inessive thoraphenene thoraphenazene
Elative thoraphenenol thoraphenazenol
Illative thoraphenenal thoraphenazenal
Benefactive thoraphenoic thoraphenazoic
Terminative thoraphenile thoraphenazile

Clitic complex

  • Subject clitics: me-, the-, pro-, bu-, meze-, theze, prozo-, buzu-
  • Object clitics: ma-, tha-, pra-, ba-, maza-, thaza-, praza-, baza-

Verbs

  • cytam - be
    • cytamab (*cytazumab) - be (polite)
  • keram - exist
    • keratin - thing (something that exists)

Honorific

  • bro- for nouns
  • ci- for verbs
Brovopraphen hydrine cilyram.
The teacher drinks water.

Truth value

  • -a-: affirmative
  • -a: imperative
  • -e-: negative
  • -en: prohibitive

Discourse

  • -m: present plain declarative
  • -x: present plain interrogative
  • -mab or -zumab: present polite declarative
  • -ximab: interrogative present polite
  • -zumalin: polite imperative
  • -vir: past plain declarative
  • -virex: past plain interrogative
  • -vimab: past polite declarative
  • -viximab: past polite interrogative
  • -tib, -tix
  • -timab
  • -tinib
  • -tinimab
  • -acytam - present progressive
Methazin ethyl hesphaphen cytazumab.
Ethyl hesphaphen mezecytazumab.
We are your farmers. (polite)

Numerals

Clofabinylin numerals are duodecimal.

  • 1: esin
  • 2: rhein
  • 3: hallin
  • 4: thyzin
  • 5: orphin
  • 6: cybin
  • 7: xolin
  • 8: thicin
  • 9: vadin
  • X: gabarin
  • E: futhin
  • 10: phemin
  • 11: phemesin
  • 12: pherhein
  • 13: phehallin
  • 14: phethyzin
  • 15: phemorphin
  • 16: phecybin
  • 17: phexolin
  • 18: phethicin
  • 19: phevadin
  • 1X: phegafarin
  • 12: phefuthin
  • 20: rhemin
  • 21: rhemesin
  • 22: rherhein
  • 30: hallemin
  • 100: sanin
  • 1000: ichin

Derivational morphology

  • -atin nominalizer/abstract noun
  • alpha-
  • beta-
  • gamma-
  • delta-
  • sigma-
  • omega-
  • dextro-, levo- - directional verb affixes?

Phrases

  • Furine! (health.acc) - Hello!/Goodbye!
  • Ethynalide furine! (to one person)/Ethoxynalide furine! (to many people) - Hello!/Goodbye! (reply to Furine!)
  • Chalcam! (thank.aff.decl) - Thank you!
  • Methyl allin $NAME-am. - My name is $NAME.