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 has 22 consonants:

/p t k p’ t’ k’ b d g m n/ p t k ṗ ṭ ḳ b d g m n

/s ʃ ɬ ts’ tʃ’ tɬ’ h l r w j/ s š ś ṣ ṣ̌ ṣ́ h l r w y

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.