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-'''Nga''' is an artistic personal language of [[User:Suqi|Suqi]] that is heavily based around the compounding of monosyllabic root words to make new lexical items.
+'''Nga''' /ŋɑ/ is an artistic personal language of [[User:Suqi|Suqi]] that is heavily based around the compounding of monosyllabic root words to make new lexical items.
 == Phonology ==
 === Syllable Structure ===
-Nga follows a (C)V(V) syllable structure for root words, (C)V(V)(G) for compounded roots, and (C)(C)V(V)(C)(C) structure for affixes. ''G'' stands for gemination of the following consonant, which if followed by a vowel becomes [ʔ] instead.
+Nga follows a (C)V(V) syllable structure for root words, (C)V(V)(G) for compounded roots, and (C)(C)V(V)(C)(C) structure for affixes. /G/ stands for gemination of the following consonant, which if followed by a vowel becomes [ʔ] instead.
 === Vowel Harmony ===
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 === Allophony ===
+/u/ becomes [ᵿ] before /i/ in across a syllable boundary.
+Geminated voiced plosives become instead prenasalized voiced plosives.
 == Grammar ==
+=== Syntax ===
+The basic word order is VSO.
+=== Morphology ===
+==== Tense ====
+Past Tense: -''ltu''
+Present Tense: -''khai''
+Future Tense: -''myi''
+Irrealis: Ø
+* Past Irrealis: ''oltu''-
+* Present Irrealis: ''okhai''-
+* Future Irrealis: ''omyi''-
+==== Subject Markers ====
+There are different types of subject markers for different relationships the subject has to the verb or object.
+Motile subject: ''-msu''
+Present subject: -''ćto''
+Identity subject: -''ńwai''
+Potential subject: -''hći''
+== Translations ==
 == Lexicon ==
+Words in bold are just meant to make visual searching easier.
+=== Root Words ===
+“”
+“alone” ''ku''
+“big” ''pô''
+“blank” ''mi''
+“clean” ''ñe''
+“come” ''ńi''
+“cube, '''square'''” ''kei''
+“down” ''vu''
+“go” ''maa''
+“hit” ''ñhoi''
+“hold” ''mo''
+“ice” ''će''
+“ink” ''qui''
+“land”
+“light”
+“lightning”
+“person”
+“plant”
+“sea”
+“small”
+“speak”
+“tall”
+“together”
+“wood”
+=== Compound Words ===
+Compound words are formed with a specific structure to produce a meaning. The first root in a compound connects its meaning to the compound's meaning most literally, and the last root in a compound connects its meaning to the compound's meaning most abstractly.
+The meaning of a compound word is not produced systematically, it has a significant degree of arbitrarity. Therefore, if two roots on their own form a compound with one meaning, those same roots in the same order become part of another compound word, they will not incorporate the meaning of their own compound, they will contribute to a new meaning with the other root(s). However, compound words can be compounded to other roots if the boundary between the two has a /G/ interfix. This interfix is the only place /G/ occurs in the language.
+“”