Clofabosin

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Clofabinylin (clofabinyl lorin or simply clofabinylin) is a clitic-complex language spoken in Clofabinosin in Ħérestem.

Phonology

Consonants

Clofabosin consonants
Labial Dental Alveolar Velar Uvular Glottal
Nasal m /m/ n /n/ n [ŋ]
Plosive voiceless p /p/ t /t/ c /k/ qu /kʷ/ k /q/
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/

The letter x is used for /ks/.

Vowels

Clofabinylin vowels
Front Central Back
Close i /i/ u /ʉ/ o /o~ʊ/
Mid e /e/ y /ə/
Open a /a/

Grammar

Nouns

ephathastin - drug
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Singular Plural
Nominative ephathastin ephathastazin
Accusative ephathastine ephathastazine
Vocative ephathastoin ephathastazoin
Genitive ephathastyl ephathastazyl
Preessive ephathastitol ephathastazitol
Postessive ephathastemab ephathastazemab
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

Clitic complex

Verbs

Verbs conjugate for truth value and connectives. Verbs do not encode agreement or tense.

Methevir phromam. = 'I learn.' (affirmative)
Methevir phromax? = 'Do I learn?' (interrogative)
Methevir phromamer. = 'Yes, I do learn.' (focused affirmative)
Methevir phromem. = 'I do not learn.' (negative)
Methevir phromex? = 'Do I not learn?' (negative interrogative)
Methevir phromemer. = 'No, I do not learn.' (focused negative)

Relative clauses are indicated by the suffix -yl:
Pefamyl amphin = the person in hiding
Propevir pefamyl amphin = the person now in hiding

Derivational morphology

Phrases

  • Furine! (health.acc) - Hello!/Goodbye!