User:Praimhín/Old Irish-Semitic inspired conlang
Verapamil is a language of Southern Dodellia. It's the most commonly spoken Southern Veraic language and is believed to be distantly related to the Lakovic languages.
Inspirations: Mandarin, Semitic languages
Phonology
Verapamil, like Irish and Russian, uses broad/slender alternations in consonants.
Morphology
Nouns in Verapamil come in three numbers: singular, dual and plural, and three states: indefinite, definite and construct (marked with suffixes and/or sometimes with vowel changes). Furthermore there are six cases marked with prepositions:
- nominative
- accusative
- lative
- ablative
- locative
- instrumental/comitative
Syntax
Verapamil syntax is SVO and head-final like Mandarin.