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|setting = [[User:IlL/Hussmauch|Hussmauch]]
|setting = [[User:IlL/Hussmauch|Hussmauch]]
|name = {{PAGENAME}}
|name = {{PAGENAME}}
|nativename = ''clofabide serotin''
|nativename = ''clofaboserotin, clofabosin''
|pronunciation=
|pronunciation=
|region = Clofabinosin
|region = Clofabinositin
|familycolor=austronesian
|familycolor=austronesian
|fam1=Clofabo-Dodellic
|fam1=Clofabo-Dodellic
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[[{{PAGENAME}}/Lexicon|Lexicon]]
[[{{PAGENAME}}/Lexicon|Lexicon]]


'''{{PAGENAME}}''' or '''Clofabian''' (''clofabide serotin'' 'great river language' or simply ''{{PAGENAME}}'') is a language inspired by generic drug names. It is an agglutinative language and the official language of Clofabinosin.
'''{{PAGENAME}}''' or '''Clofabian''' (''clo-fabo-serotin'' 'great river language' or simply ''{{PAGENAME}}'') is a language inspired by generic drug names. It is an agglutinative language and the official language of Clofabinosin.
==Phonology==
==Phonology==
Clofabian phonology is remarkably simple, with just 14 consonants and 5 vowels.
Clofabian phonology is remarkably simple, with just 14 consonants and 5 vowels.
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!scope="row"|Genitive
!scope="row"|Genitive
|colspan="2"|''efatastide''
|colspan="2"|''efatasto-''
|colspan="2"|''efatastazide''
|colspan="2"|''efatastazo-''
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!scope="row"|Preessive
!scope="row"|Preessive
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*''cef-, fluf-, nef-'' = do this, do that, do what? (pro-verbs)
*''cef-, fluf-, nef-'' = do this, do that, do what? (pro-verbs)
*''nertib'' = when?
*''nertib'' = when?
*''-sin'' and ''-bin'' are used to nominalize genitives and ordinal numbers as well: ''rivasin'' = second (thing), ''rivabin'' = second (person), ''amposin'' = of the person; even the name of the language ''Clofabosin'' is derived from this construction


===Verbs===
===Verbs===
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The suffix ''-tin'' is used as a patientive: ''spora-'' 'eat' -> ''sporatin'' 'food'.
The suffix ''-tin'' is used as a patientive: ''spora-'' 'eat' -> ''sporatin'' 'food', ''inosi-'' 'dwell, inhabit' -> ''inositin'' 'country, land'


===Numerals===
===Numerals===
{{PAGENAME}} uses a base-12 numeral system. Numerals are nouns and precede the modified noun. The ''-abin'' suffix is used to build ordinals.
{{PAGENAME}} uses a base-12 numeral system. Numerals are nouns and precede the modified noun. The ''-asin/-abin'' suffix is used to build ordinals, except 'first' is irregular: ''lutasin'' (inanimate), ''lutabin'' (animate).


*1: ''esin'' (inanimate), ''ebin'' (animate)
*1: ''esin'' (inanimate), ''ebin'' (animate)
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