Verse:Hmøøh/Mohnahas
Yacavestub is an agglutinative language spoken on the conworld of Suvənub. It's inspired aesthetically by drug names (cf. Clofabosin), Estonian and Lushootseed. It has been influenced by Tingatkiramei.
Todo
- redup at the beginning of verbs?
- -mad (e.g. ololirmad)
- -vab
- -mob
- -əl
- -am
- -maban
Phonology
Consonants
m n ŋ p t k b d g f s h v z l r j ⟨m n ŋ p t c b d g f s h v z l r y⟩
(/ks/ is written ⟨x⟩.)
Vowels
i u e ə o a ⟨i u e ə o a⟩
Morphology
Nouns
Case suffixes
- -uvab: definite accusative suffix
- -zile:
- -une:
- -vil
Definiteness and possession
Nouns take a suffix for definiteness. Possessive suffixes are added directly to the noun for inalienable possession, and to the classifier for alienable possession.
| vestu - 'language' | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number→ State↓ |
Singular | Plural |
| Indefinite | vestu | vestəl |
| Definite | vestub | vestələb |
| 1sg possessor | vestel | vestəlel |
| 2sg possessor | vestux | vestəlux |
| 3sg possessor | vestun | vestəlun |
| 1pl possessor | vesteloc | vestəleloc |
| 2pl possessor | vestuxoc | vestəluxoc |
| 3pl possessor | vestunoc | vestəlunoc |
Verbs
Present tense: -mad